Seomyeon pork rib BBQ with half-and-half naengmyeon for two: Gilchon

Gilchon Sutbul Galbi Seomyeon Main Branch: a pork rib BBQ near Seomyeon Station Exit 8

Today's Busan restaurant pick from the chic couple is Gilchon Sutbul Galbi Seomyeon Main Branch, tucked somewhere between Seomyeon and Bujeon Market! The address is 24 Dongcheon-ro 107beon-gil, Busanjin-gu, Busan, and it's open from 4:00 PM to 11:30 PM.

A cool breeze has started blowing but this week feels a bit hot again somehow. Still, compared to the stifling summer heat, it feels livable now haha. Today we're heading to a Busan restaurant for grilled meat and naengmyeon (cold noodles) too haha. I've been craving naengmyeon lately haha. I used to be a milmyeon (wheat noodle) person but I feel like I'm turning into a naengmyeon person.

Come out Seomyeon Station Exit 8 and it's a short stroll away, so it seems like a solid spot for gatherings or work dinners too. We found it easily, so let's head on in haha.

No table setting fee, and half-and-half naengmyeon on the menu

Gilchon Sutbul Galbi Seomyeon Main Branch has no table fee. The sign outside made quite an impression — has that neat, tidy vibe haha. And even better, no table fee? Right away it feels like we're getting a cheaper meal haha.

Pork ribs they filet in-house, and a no-brainer finish with half-and-half naengmyeon... Just like always agonizing over jjajang or jjamppong, I've agonized before over water or mixed when ordering milmyeon or naengmyeon, but this is the first time I've seen a place kindly offer half-and-half naengmyeon haha. We haven't even gone in yet, but today after the meat, we're definitely finishing with half-and-half naengmyeon. So excited haha.

What are the room and seating like at Gilchon Sutbul Galbi? A partition at every table

Inside, Gilchon Sutbul Galbi Seomyeon Main Branch is spacious and clean, with partitions between every table. Once we stepped in, the place was spacious and super clean, and the vibe was great too. With partitions at every table, it felt like a private space to grill meat haha.

Aprons hang in a visible spot, so anyone who needs one can just grab it. We were told to sit wherever we liked, so we picked a spot we liked. We browsed the menu on the tabletop order tablet at our seat haha. We came to eat meat, but all I could think about was naengmyeon.

Gilchon Sutbul Galbi menu and prices

• Fresh pork ribs, standard platter 500g — ₩29,500
• Fresh pork ribs, large platter 800g — ₩47,000
• Fresh pork ribs, extra half platter 270g — ₩15,900
• Marinated pork ribs, standard platter 500g — ₩29,500
• Marinated pork ribs, large platter 800g — ₩47,000
• Marinated pork ribs, extra half platter 270g — ₩15,900

The meat comes in standard platter, large platter, and extra half platter sizes. You choose between fresh pork ribs or marinated pork ribs, and today we went with fresh, standard platter! Normally we'd get the large platter too, but today we went modest — half platter as more of a side to the meal, basically grilling a bit of meat alongside our food haha.

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The 500g fresh pork rib platter, with side dishes and potatoes

Gilchon Sutbul Galbi's fresh pork ribs come with potatoes and green onion, and the meat is already salted on top so you don't need to season it separately. The basic side dishes were set out and our ordered ribs arrived too. The ribs look so good haha.

The basic side dishes are lettuce wraps, baek-kimchi (white kimchi), and scallion salad — just what's needed, served neat and clean. The ribs came with potato and green onion, so we put the potatoes and ribs on the well-preheated grill first. The meat already had salt sprinkled on top so we didn't need to add any ourselves, which was nice. Watching the ribs cook up quickly made my mouth water haha.

We went around 5pm, early evening, and even then quite a few customers were coming in. Here comes hubby to the rescue! He sliced the well-cooked ribs into bite-sized pieces haha. The well-roasted potatoes were also a treat. So good haha.

Is one standard platter enough for two people?

If you're mainly there for the meat, at Gilchon Sutbul Galbi the large platter is the better call over the standard one. We wrapped the well-cooked meat in lettuce with pickled radish, onion, a dab of wasabi — heavenly haha.

Come to think of it, it's been a while since we came out just to grill meat haha. It always seemed like tender, tasty meat, but eating it after a while made it taste even better haha. If you're eating mainly for the meat, you really should order the large platter. Since we, the chic couple, ordered the standard platter, we quickly threw the remaining meat on the grill and ordered the half-and-half naengmyeon. Everyone knows naengmyeon and meat together are delicious, right? Can't let the momentum break, so quick, order the naengmyeon, go go.

How big is the 6,900 won half-and-half naengmyeon?

The half-and-half naengmyeon at Gilchon Sutbul Galbi Seomyeon Main Branch is ₩6,900, served as one bowl with both water naengmyeon and mixed (spicy) naengmyeon together. The portion was bigger than I expected, which surprised me a bit haha. It was plenty enough to share, but we, the chic couple, each ordered our own haha. If it's delicious, it doesn't count as calories, right? Zero calories, surely?

Eating water naengmyeon and mixed naengmyeon at the same time felt kind of like having some kind of power haha. I loosened up the water naengmyeon noodles well, mixed the spicy one well too, and slurped a bite of each along with the meat. Yum yum~~~ So good I surrender.

The verdict after dinner at Gilchon Sutbul Galbi

The portion looked like way too much and I thought we'd definitely leave some, but bite after bite, we ended up finishing it all haha. This feeling of grilling meat like a proper meal was good, so we're planning to come back. It was a delicious meal haha.

Eating water naengmyeon and mixed naengmyeon at the same time felt kind of like having some kind of power haha.