Busanjin curry restaurant with half-and-half curry and scramble

Everyone around me kept telling me to go out and enjoy myself before giving birth, so I went on an outing to Jeonpo-dong in Busan! I actually like every kind of curry — Ottogi 3-minute curry, Indian curry, Japanese curry, all of it — but lately I've been really craving Japanese curry specifically. So I looked into it and found out there's a curry spot in Jeonpo called Sarugak20, and I went to check it out. Here's my honest review :)

Sarugak20's location and hours

Sarugak20 is located in a basement directly across from the Jeonpo 1-dong community center.

Tue–Sun 9:30–19:30 (closed Mondays) Last order 19:00

Since Sarugak20 is underground, you have to head down a staircase. There's a handrail on the left, so go down carefully haha.

The menu board and kitchen are right there as soon as you come down!

A basement space that still gets sunlight

I definitely walked down into a basement, but it felt like ground level haha. It was a warm restaurant with plenty of sunlight coming in! There's also a group table, so it looks great for visiting with several people :)

Once you walk in, the owner hands you a paper menu. You take the paper, pick whatever seat you like, and order from there 👍

Cold water and glasses are also set out for you.

There were cozy seats like this too.

There are also plenty of solo-friendly seats, so it's a great place to drop by alone comfortably too! 👍

There's even a sink to wash your hands 🥹 with hand wash, hand towels, and hand cream all set up.. ✨️

On one wall of the restaurant there's this row of nice furniture and little decor pieces 📻🪑

They also sell cute little accessories like bracelets, rings, and keyrings haha. There was a lot to look at before the food came out, which I liked.

What we ordered

• Brisket cream curry
• Half-and-half curry + added scramble
• Sweet potato cheese croquettes (2pc)
• Zero-sugar cider

After ordering, they brought out spoons, napkins, a straw, and the drink first!

Half-and-half curry, two flavors — cream and special

This is the half-and-half curry. Anyone who comes to Sarugak20 will probably want to order this just from the look of it..!

What am I supposed to do about all that cheese...🥹 I added an omelet too haha. Gotta get that protein in~~😝

The half-and-half curry is split into cream curry and special curry, so alternating between the two meant I never got sick of it! The cream curry was mild, while the special curry felt richer and more full-flavored — the taste is completely different, just like the two colors of curry.

Brisket cream curry

This is the brisket cream curry. How do they get the rice-to-curry ratio so perfectly matched every time — I finished it all without either running short.

Look at that brisket..!✨️ The brisket wasn't tough at all and tasted great. It wasn't super melt-in-your-mouth tender, but it had a bit of a chew to it, which actually went better with the curry haha.

Doesn't it look so pretty all laid out together?😍 I'm not the only one who eats a ton of kimchi with curry, right?..haha. That diced radish kimchi (kkakdugi) worked like a pickle on pizza — eating a bit of it in between bites made everything taste even better>_<

Sweet potato cheese croquette

Sweet potato cheese croquette 🍠🧀 The shredded cabbage salad underneath the croquette was an unexpected nice touch..! Refreshing to eat as a palate cleanser haha.

The croquette was super crispy, and it was packed with cheese and sweet potato inside, so it was sweet and savory and just so good 👍 (It's hot right out of the fryer, so let it cool a bit before eating..!)

I scraped the plate completely clean — didn't leave anything, kkakdugi and all haha.

They also sell frozen curry to take home :) It seems like it'd be great to just heat up simply at home!

Who I'd recommend this to

• ✔️Recommended as a solo dining spot in Jeonpo
• ✔️Recommended as a date spot in Jeonpo
• ✔️For anyone wanting Japanese curry in Jeonpo