Seongpo-dong butcher shop in Ansan: hanwoo brisket and meal kits

There's a mall called Star Plaza next to the artists' apartments in Seongpo-dong, Ansan. There's a food corner and a butcher section in the basement, and this particular butcher shop has a ton of good stuff.

Where is Morakmorak Home & Cook in Seongpo-dong, and where do you park?

Morakmorak Home & Cook is on basement level 1 of Star Plaza in Seongpo-dong, Ansan. Behind the artists' apartments there's a Star Plaza intersection, and the shop sits right on that corner.

For parking, you can use the lot in front of the mall. There's a barrier gate, and the butcher shop offers parking support (20 minutes free).

The outdoor lot is quite spacious. It's a mall with various shops for groceries and general goods, and there's a mart and a butcher shop on basement level 1. Head down there.

Inside the Ansan butcher shop: marinated meats and soups on display

Morakmorak Home & Cook is right in front of the up escalator. Fresh meat, marinated meats, galbitang, sujigomtang, seolleongtang, tteokgalbi, and hanwoo (Korean beef) are all neatly displayed.

The tteokgalbi (grilled minced-beef patties) come individually packaged with sauce included. I bought some on a previous visit and it was so juicy, not too sweet or salty, and had good thickness — really good value.

LA-style marinated galbi is ₩5,400 per 100g, and Korean pork jjimgalbi is ₩15,000 per 1kg. Spicy boneless dakbal (chicken feet), too — great stir-fried over rice, or just with beer ♡

Genuinely cheap. When you think about the time and ingredients it takes to buy meat and marinate it yourself, this is a really satisfying butcher-shop meal kit. Great to use when prepping a Chuseok family meal, don't you think?

Chuncheon-style dakgalbi is ₩15,000 for 2 geun, and soy or gochujang-marinated jeyuk is ₩8,900 per 1 geun. There's also ribeye bulgogi and hand-marinated king galbi. Really feels like the holidays ♡

Frozen case: seolleongtang, galbitang, woo-samgyeop and thin-sliced pork belly

Morakmorak Home & Cook's frozen case is lined with must-have freezer items — soups made and simmered in-house, then frozen.

There's seolleongtang, sujigomtang, galbitang, and samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup). Great for summer or seasonal-change recovery meals, and also handy for a busy morning when you just need to ladle it over rice for the kids. The galbitang comes with generous ribs, too — I had this before and it was delicious. Looks like there's an event on galbitang right now ^^ One order is plenty for two people.

Woo-samgyeop, ribeye shabu, and Korean pork sliced belly are the items that always need to be in our freezer. Keeping them stocked is super handy — for doenjang jjigae, topping tteokbokki, a quick fried rice, or lightly grilled as a side dish.

Bright red, cleanly trimmed raw meat. It's packaged in various sizes, so you can grab whatever weight you need.

What we bought: hanwoo brisket for birthday miyeokguk and Korean pork sliced belly

On this visit to Morakmorak Home & Cook, since it was my child's birthday, I picked up hanwoo brisket for miyeokguk, plus the freezer must-have, Korean pork sliced belly.

Great freshness, great marbling, and skin-packed so it's even cleaner. Couldn't resist and grilled a bit of the sliced pork belly right away lol. Being Korean pork, it had no off smell at all — just pure nutty flavor. They even gave me scallion salad and dipping sauce, so I slurped it right up.

If you're in Seongpo-dong, Ansan, stop by Morakmorak Home & Cook for a wide range of meat, marinated meats, and meal kits — perfect for Chuseok prep. They also do courier delivery, so feel free to browse at your leisure.