Hongdae Korean BBQ at opening, salchisal and garlic sauce: Gogikkun

Gogikkun Gimchunbae Hongdae Supgil Branch (고기꾼김춘배 홍대숲길점) is a Hongdae Korean BBQ spot with outdoor-style seating on Gyeongui Line Forest Park. I went on a Hongdae date with a friend for the first time in ages. You have to squeeze in some outdoor dining before autumn is totally over, right…✨

A BBQ place right on Gyeongui Line Forest Park? Romance overload! This is the ultimate outdoor-dining date spot. I booked through Naver Reservation before going!

What's the atmosphere like at Gogikkun Gimchunbae Hongdae Supgil Branch?

This branch looks straight out onto the Gyeongui Line Forest Park. Gogikkun has branches around Hongdae and Yongsan, but I came to this one on purpose for the forest-path view!

The green autumn forest view is so pretty. I felt like making BBQ my first meal of the day, so we showed up almost right at opening!

Gogikkun Gimchunbae menu, drinks and corkage-free policy

Gogikkun lets you enjoy both hanwoo (Korean beef) and hanjeon (Korean pork) in one Hongdae BBQ spot! The drink list looked great too: highballs, gaoliang liquor, draft beer… I'll have to come back in the evening and drink next time.

✨I heard that if your bottle is a different kind from what the restaurant sells, corkage is free. So good✨

Side dishes and 4 sauces: the special garlic sauce is the best

The basic side dishes are onion, bean sprouts, myeongi-namul (pickled wild garlic leaves) and scallion salad, plus four sauces: garlic, ssamjang (seasoned soybean paste), pink salt and meljeot (salted anchovy sauce). What a solid sauce lineup.

The special garlic sauce and the meljeot are seriously good. I don't like strong garlic flavor, but this garlic sauce tastes only of the nice part of garlic, and no garlic breath afterward..🤍 haha. And the myeongi-namul is the best. It's cut small so it's easy to eat, and it's not harsh, so I kept eating it.

What's in the hanwoo and handon set for 2 (600g)?

The hanwoo/hanjeon set for 2 (600g) came with three cuts: 250g pork neck, 200g galbi-sal (rib meat) and 150g of today's hanwoo. There were two of us, so we ordered the set for 2!

Today's hanwoo was salchisal (chuck flap tail). Out of all the beef, salchisal is my absolute favorite… It's so tender and rich and nutty, I love it.

Hanwoo and hanjeon together, so beautiful. The color of the meat is no joke. There's also minari and 3 kinds of mushrooms at the bottom of the basket!

Does Gogikkun Gimchunbae grill the meat for you?

At Gogikkun Hongdae Supgil Branch, the staff do all the grilling. I'd heard salchisal needs a quick sear on the outside over high heat, and they grilled it exactly that way, so deliciously..🤍

Beef cheers, cheers, I can't resist. The salchisal looks absolutely gorgeous.

They grilled the salchisal so well that it was super tender.. even just dipped in plain salt, it's amazing. Great marbling and full of juice, I could only laugh.

Handon pork goes on the grill right after the beef

Once the beef is done, they put the pork belly on right away. Breaking the flow of the meat would be a disaster..(^///^)

Since it's hanjeon, the pork looks fantastic too. They cut it all into neat cubes and grill it to perfection, what a grilling service ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

Kimchi and minari come in generous amounts too, cooking away in the meat fat. Quality meat and vegetables.. hallelujah, I'm so happy.

Semi-outdoor midday dining on Gyeongui Line Forest Park

At Gogikkun Hongdae Supgil Branch, I could enjoy a semi-outdoor vibe even in the middle of the day. I was so, so happy.

When I come to Hongdae I'd only thought of Gyeongui Line Forest Park as a walking route, but a place with this kind of atmosphere is here.,🤍 Eat BBQ, then take a walk: the perfect course.

Pork with minari and the special garlic sauce

The golden-grilled pork goes with all the sauces and the grilled vegetables. I alternated between all the sauces, so there was no time to get bored.

Minari goes so well with pork and keeps it from feeling greasy. Minari plus garlic sauce is so good.

The mushrooms were grilled perfectly and full of juice too. Best mushrooms I've had lately..

How is Gogikkun Gimchunbae's half-and-half naengmyeon (7,000 won)?

The half-and-half naengmyeon (cold noodles) is ₩7,000, and one bowl comes half mul-naengmyeon (in cold broth) and half bibim-naengmyeon (spicy mixed). I'd never seen half-and-half naengmyeon in my life. Total genius.

I mixed it up well and ate it with the pork! The sweet-and-sour noodles go perfectly with fatty pork belly, and it's flawless with the fattiest galbi-sal. I'd only ever had naengmyeon with marinated galbi, but it goes well with plain pork belly and pork neck too.

I was already full but couldn't stop eating the noodles.. My friend is a naengmyeon lover and scraped the bowl clean.

Is Gogikkun Gimchunbae Hongdae Supgil Branch good for a Hongdae date?

After a proper feast, I got a candy to freshen up. A BBQ place with a Gyeongui Line Forest Park view.. I never imagined it.. Gogikkun Hongdae Supgil Branch nails both atmosphere and taste. Totally recommended as a Hongdae date course🤍