Korean BBQ in Ansan after a wedding: ₩59,000 pork set at Yangsimso

I went to Ansan not long ago for a friend's wedding! And after the ceremony, I was seriously craving meat for dinner haha.

So I searched for a good Korean BBQ place in Gojan-dong, Ansan, and found Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch (양심소), which has great ratings on Kakao Map! It opened this March, so the place is clean, and I heard you can grill 48-hour aged beef over charcoal, so I went in with high hopes 😋

Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch hours and parking

Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch is a charcoal-grilled beef restaurant in Gojan-dong, open daily 11:00–22:30. Corkage is allowed and they have high chairs.

If you're driving, use the basement 1 parking lot of the Praum City building! You get 2 hours of free parking, which is plenty for a dinner. Note that visitors can only use basement 1, and if it's full you can use the public lot behind Sinwon Plaza nearby (₩1,500 for 1 hour, ₩3,300 for 2 hours).

The restaurant is about 900m from Exit 1 of Jungang Station, so it's a bit of a walk, which means driving like we did works well haha.

Inside Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch: is there a private room?

Since it opened in March, the whole place felt clean and well kept.

Taste matters at a BBQ place, but cleanliness quietly matters too, right?! Because it opened recently, I liked eating in such a pleasant space haha. They also have separate private rooms, so it looked good for a family meal, a company dinner or a group gathering in Ansan.

They even have high chairs, so families with kids can come comfortably 🙌

Yangsimso menu and prices

Yangsimso's main item is 48-hour aged beef. The menu has everything from platters to a la carte cuts and meals! They also list the origin of the meat clearly, which is a plus 👍🏻👍🏻 Here are the main prices.

• Yangsimso Special platter, 800g: ₩117,000
• Kkotgalbi (flower-cut short rib) platter, 720g: ₩135,000
• LA platter, 500g: ₩57,000
• Homemade marinated pork galbi platter, 750g: ₩49,000

A la carte, there's aged galbisal (rib meat) 150g for ₩22,000, hanger steak (toshisal) 150g for ₩24,000, LA galbi 250g for ₩29,000 and more. The platters let you try several cuts at once, so they looked great for families or bigger groups!

What side dishes come with Korean BBQ at Yangsimso?

After we ordered the meat, they set out a nice variety of side dishes! There were seasoned perilla leaves, salad, bean sprouts, white kimchi and more, and overall they went really well with the meat haha. The scallion salad especially, with its sweet-sour-spicy seasoning and crunchy greens, was perfect with fatty pork belly.

Yangsimso's ₩59,000 Handon pork set: how are the pork neck and belly?

We ordered the Hanjeon set (Korean pork set) for ₩59,000! It comes with both pork neck and pork belly, so you don't have to pick just one haha.

Lean, clean-tasting charcoal-grilled pork neck

First, the pork neck looked absolutely gorgeous. It's leaner than pork belly, so it was nice and light! Grilled golden over charcoal, you could really taste the meat's nutty flavor, and it wasn't too dry and had a good chew. Good stuff.

Charcoal-grilled pork belly, crispy outside and rich

And my favorite, pork belly!! Pork belly just has to have a bit of fat to be good, right? lol. Grilled crispy on the outside, the rich flavor really came through, and alternating with the pork neck kept it from getting boring. Maybe because it was charcoal-grilled, it had a different charm from meat cooked on a regular grill 😋

Personally, the neck is about clean flavor and the belly about richness, so I loved that the Hanjeon set lets you enjoy both!

Yukhoe bibimbap and doenjang stew included with the Handon set

The Hanjeon set also came with yukhoe bibimbap (rice mixed with seasoned raw beef) and doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew)! I thought it would be just meat, so getting a meal included made the set feel really worthwhile haha. The yukhoe bibimbap is fresh raw beef mixed with vegetables, great to have in between bites of meat! I couldn't eat it and my husband did, and he went on and on about how delicious it was lol.

And doenjang stew is a must with meat!! A spoonful of rice with that savory broth cleans up your greasy palate so nicely haha.

Pork neck, pork belly, yukhoe bibimbap and doenjang stew all in one, so the ₩59,000 Hanjeon set felt really generous 🙌

Verdict: Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch for dinner after a wedding

I went to Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch for dinner after a friend's wedding in Ansan, craving meat! It's known as a beef specialist, but the ₩59,000 Hanjeon set we ordered was satisfying too! I liked getting pork neck and pork belly together, and the charcoal grilling made it even more appealing haha. Since it opened in March it's clean and has private rooms, so it looked good for family meals or group gatherings.

• Anyone looking for a clean BBQ place in Gojan-dong
• Anyone who wants pork neck and pork belly together
• Anyone looking for a family dinner spot near Jungang Station
• Anyone looking for an Ansan group dinner spot with a private room

If that's you, Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch is worth a visit! There's 2 hours of free parking and a Naver review event benefit too, so be sure to check it out if you go 🙌