# Holiday couple's Korean BBQ in Gajeong-dong, Incheon: Heukdwaeji - By Hyejin Nam (https://superchart.com/en/@wolmido-salt-air/) - Written Sep 23, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Seohae, Incheon - Sponsored: This review was written after receiving a complimentary meal from the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@wolmido-salt-air/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@wolmido-salt-air/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/index.md) · [日本語](https://superchart.com/ja/@wolmido-salt-air/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/index.md) ## In short Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul Gajeong Ruwon City Main Branch is a Jirisan black pork barbecue restaurant in Gajeong-dong, Ruwon City, Incheon. On the first day of the holiday the writer and her husband ordered two servings of the signature thick black pork neck plus ogyeopsal (five-layer pork belly), which staff grilled and cut at the table to dip in the restaurant's house-made meljeot (fermented anchovy sauce). Free steamed egg and mukbap (acorn jelly soup) came with it, along with mushrooms grilled in foil, making it a proper meat feast. ## Good to know - **Location**: Gajeong-dong, Ruwon City, Incheon — walking distance from Gajeong Station - **Parking**: Basement parking in the building, free for 3 hours - **Pork**: Jirisan black pork, Berkshire K breed - **Signature menu**: Black pork neck; also pork belly, jowl and pork skin - **Sides**: Doenjang sulbap (soybean paste rice) and kimchi stew - **Banchan**: Salad, myeongi (mountain garlic leaves), kimchi, lettuce and cabbage wraps, shiitake wasabi, wasabi, ssamjang, garlic, salt, chives - **On the house**: Steamed egg and mukbap (acorn jelly soup), free - **Grilling**: Staff grill and cut the meat at your table - **Seating**: Plenty of tables, with a private room at the back - **What we ordered**: Two servings of black pork neck plus ogyeopsal (five-layer pork belly) *as written by the visitor on Sep 23, 2026* Right at the start of this holiday! My husband and I went for a meat transfusion at Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul Gajeong Ruwon City Main Branch, a well-known restaurant in Gajeong-dong, Incheon. I'd heard it was a famous black pork spot even in Paju, so I went in with high expectations. ![Exterior of Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul Ruwon City Main Branch in Gajeong-dong, Incheon](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-01-7kncp-966.webp) ## How to get there: Gajeong Station on foot, 3 hours free parking This Ruwon City restaurant is walkable from Gajeong Station, and parking is easy in the building's basement lot! They generously give you up to 3 hours free. Right at the entrance you can see the meat aging +_+ ![Black pork meat aging, visible from the entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-02-4kzhz-966.webp) ## Inside Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul: dining room and self-serve bar The inside felt clean and well organized. There are plenty of tables, and there's a room in the back too, so it'd be great for group gatherings or family events. ![Clean, well-organized interior of the barbecue restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-03-gwvc8-966.webp) ![Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul dining hall with plenty of tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-04-ac591-966.webp) ![Private room in the back suitable for group gatherings](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-05-19apb-966.webp) There's a self-serve bar in the center of the store where you can refill whatever side dishes you like! ![Self-serve side dish bar at the center of the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-06-a0mdh-966.webp) ![Refillable side dishes at the self-serve bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-07-1xi72-966.webp) ## Jirisan Berkshire K black pork: menu and banchan This Gajeong-dong barbecue spot serves Jirisan black pork of the Berkshire K breed. The signature menu is black pork neck, and there's a variety beyond that too — pork belly, pork jowl, pork skin, and more. They also have side menu items like doenjang sulbap (soybean paste rice) and kimchi jjigae! The basic side dishes are salad, mountain garlic leaves, kimchi, lettuce/cabbage wraps, shiitake wasabi, wasabi, ssamjang, garlic, salt, and chives. Personally I loved how many sauces there were. ![Table set with basic side dishes and sauces](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-08-s8mzh-966.webp) ![Plate of mountain garlic leaves and shiitake wasabi among the side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-09-1nw68-966.webp) They put mushrooms wrapped in foil on the grill. I didn't know why they grilled them wrapped in foil... but when I unwrapped them later, it was amazing?! I'll show you below haha. ![Foil-wrapped mushrooms placed on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-10-1kg3r-966.webp) ## Thick black pork neck grilled and cut by the staff This is the neck meat we ordered! I ordered it because it's the signature menu, and it was really, really thick. I'm someone who loves thick meat, so I was super excited. ![Thick raw Jirisan black pork neck meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-11-eafaq-1200.webp) For reference, at this Gajeong-dong barbecue spot customers don't grill it themselves — the staff grill it on the grill pan shown in the photo below and bring it out to you. It's convenient that they grill it for you, but it was even better that it came out already cooked~ ![Staff grilling the meat on the restaurant's grill pan](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-12-jllvm-966.webp) ## Free steamed egg soufflé and mukbap with every order Another thing I loved was that the steamed egg and mukbap (acorn jelly soup) are free!!! This bomb steamed egg... was truly soft and fluffy and delicious... ![Free bomb steamed egg served as a side](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-13-s8a6i-966.webp) ![Close-up of the softly puffed-up steamed egg](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-14-md7lp-966.webp) The mukbap was also served on the house, and it was so refreshing and great for whetting your appetite. ![A refreshing bowl of free mukbap (acorn jelly soup)](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-15-32xfg-966.webp) ![Close-up of the appetite-whetting mukbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-16-1ls70-966.webp) ## Meljeot made in-house at Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul While we were eating the steamed egg and mukbap, the freshly grilled meat came out! It was great that they cut it all up and grilled it for us!! And in the center they put their own homemade meljeot (fermented anchovy sauce). ![Cut and grilled neck meat with meljeot in the center](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-17-p0v1a-966.webp) The meat was really thick and large, so it had a satisfying chew and lots of juice. Dipped in salt, I could really taste the true flavor of Jirisan black pork. ![Thick black pork neck meat dipped in salt](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-18-j1bi3-966.webp) The shiitake wasabi was seriously ㅠㅠㅠㅠ such a charming flavor. I wanted to make it at home too... And now, the moment we'd been waiting for — the meljeot!!!! It wasn't too salty and tasted great, so I dipped it in generously. ![A piece of black pork neck meat dipped generously in meljeot](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-19-uyrlm-966.webp) It tasted amazing wrapped in a lettuce wrap too! It really felt like a proper meat transfusion after a while haha. Personally this meljeot was the best... it had garlic and chili inside too, so I dipped the meat deep in and ate it together haha. ## Mushrooms grilled in foil alongside the pork The mushrooms that had been wrapped in foil were, before I knew it, cooked to a delicious-looking finish, full of vegetable juice!!! It was clearly different from just grilling them plain. ![Unwrapped foil mushrooms full of vegetable juice](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-20-xfhl5-966.webp) ![Well-cooked mushrooms sitting alongside the meat on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-21-46yws-966.webp) They were definitely chewier and springier, with vegetable juice bursting out — really delicious, and the combination with the meat was great too +_+ ![A bite combining mushroom and black pork meat together](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-22-o1sgg-966.webp) ## Two servings of pork neck, then ogyeopsal on top After finishing two servings of neck meat, I thought we should enjoy more black pork, so we ordered pork belly on top. ![Additional order of black pork belly](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-23-ka7hu-966.webp) We dunked the pork belly into the meljeot too, and it went so, so well together ㅠㅠ If you go for the Gajeong-dong / Ruwon City barbecue, definitely try this meljeot! ![A piece of pork belly dipped in meljeot](https://img.superchart.com/images/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal-24-kjwnk-966.webp) ## Where it is - Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul Gajeong Ruwon City Main Branch (흑돼지형제들 가정루원시티본점) - 15 Yeomgok-ro 464beon-gil, 1st Floor Units 101, 102, 103, Seo-gu, Incheon, South Korea - 인천광역시 서해구 염곡로464번길 15 1층 101호, 102호, 103호 - 37.5263362, 126.6708121 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%ED%9D%91%EB%8F%BC%EC%A7%80%ED%98%95%EC%A0%9C%EB%93%A4%20%EA%B0%80%EC%A0%95%EB%A3%A8%EC%9B%90%EC%8B%9C%ED%8B%B0%EB%B3%B8%EC%A0%90/@37.5263362,126.6708121,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@wolmido-salt-air/heukdwaeji-brothers-luwon-city-samgyeopsal/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt