Suwon BBQ: straw-fire pork belly & guacamole tortilla, Jipbul Taebaek

Today I visited Jipbul Taebaek, a well-known restaurant in Ingye-dong, Suwon. This is a review that includes items I paid for myself.

Ingye-dong Nahyeseok-gil favorite / Ingye-dong BBQ favorite / Ingye-dong group-dinner favorite

Jipbul Taebaek in Ingye-dong is a place where you can eat beef ribs seared with rice straw and charcoal. It hasn't even been open a month, but it's already getting a lot of buzz, so I went to check it out haha.

Location and straw-fire searing at Jipbul Taebaek Suwon Ingye Branch

Jipbul Taebaek in Ingye-dong is a 5-minute walk from Suwon City Hall Station. They carefully select the flavorful #6–8 flower rib cuts of beef rib, then sear them over a rice-straw fire that reaches 1,000°C in an instant — said to lock in the juiciness while adding a subtle straw aroma. Searing meat with straw itself felt a bit unusual and intriguing, so I was curious how the meat would turn out!

What's the interior like at this Ingye-dong restaurant?

The interior of Jipbul Taebaek, this Ingye-dong BBQ restaurant in Suwon, felt clean and comfortable despite being a barbecue place — the space was large and the tables were well spaced apart. It's great for a family meal, a date, or a group gathering or work dinner haha.

On one side, you can watch a bit of a fire show as they sear the meat over the straw fire! Hahahahaha, the flames shoot up so naturally your eyes are drawn to it haha.

Menu and order at this Ingye-dong BBQ restaurant

Please check the photo for the menu at Jipbul Taebaek, this BBQ restaurant in Ingye-dong, Suwon. I ordered 2 servings of straw-fire pork belly and 1 serving of pork neck.

As you saw earlier, the meat comes pre-seared once over the straw fire!

Taebaek-style sauces and grilling service

Jipbul Taebaek, this group-dinner favorite in Ingye-dong, offered sides that felt a bit different from other BBQ places. There was coal-black sesame salt, seed soy sauce meat sauce, angelica pesto, black mushroom pesto — a variety of sauces and banchan (side dishes) reflecting Taebaek's local character, which is right there in the restaurant's name. Mixing and matching them let a single bite of meat show off several different flavors!

The meat is grilled by friendly staff themselves, and beyond the meat being delicious on its own, it really did taste noticeably different being grilled by grilling experts...

The thick cuts were packed with juice, and one bite had me impressed right away!!! Easily the best grilling service I've had 👍🏻

Rice cake wraps and guacamole tortilla

There's also a rice cake wrap — lightly grilled rice cake eaten with the meat — and it's seriously delicious, so please try it,,❤️

The guacamole tortilla is a side dish where you top a tortilla with guacamole and meat.

It made me think, wow, there are so many different ways to enjoy this meat! haha. The guacamole-plus-meat combo turned out surprisingly good 👍🏻

Finishing with cheonggukjang stew and rice

After finishing all the meat, I wrapped things up properly with cheonggukjang (fermented soybean) stew and rice haha. The cheonggukjang was really rich and savory 👍🏻 By the way, the bowl of rice comes packed full, so sharing one bowl between two people would probably work well... I normally always finish a full bowl of rice even when eating meat, but here there was so much rice I had to leave a bit 🤧

Overall thoughts on Jipbul Taebaek Suwon Ingye Branch

If you're looking for an Ingye-dong BBQ restaurant in Suwon where you can really taste the depth of flavor in the meat, why not try the special straw-fire grilling at Jipbul Taebaek!? I'd recommend Jipbul Taebaek Suwon Ingye Branch for anyone wanting to enjoy special straw-fire-grilled beef ribs and pork in Suwon ✔️