Ansan Jungang Station BBQ lunch with brisket doenjang rice: Yangsimso

Where is Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch, and what are the hours and parking?

Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch is a Korean BBQ restaurant on the back side of the 1st floor of the Gojan Praum City building in Ansan's Jungang-dong, facing the public parking lot. It's open daily from 11am to 10:30pm with no break time, but the lunch set menu can only be ordered on weekdays from 11am to 2pm!

If you park in the building's basement, you get 2 hours free and up to 4 hours of parking support. There's also a large private room, so I'd recommend this place for group gatherings and company dinners too.

There are also outdoor tables with an old-school pojangmacha (street tent) vibe, though in practice they seem to be used mostly for dessert or while waiting for a table :) The indoor space is spacious and pleasant, and parking is easy, so lots of families and coworkers come here. My own family loves it too — my parents visit about once a week, that's how famous this place is.

I don't need to explain the benefits of beef in detail — everyone already knows it's good for you :) If you want healthy skin and to fight aging, eat plenty of beef!

Hall and private rooms: arriving just before the lunch cutoff with a Naver reservation

Since I'd booked ahead through Naver Reservation, I made it in just before lunch orders closed! The hall is spacious and clean, and every time I visit, the staff are so kind that I'm impressed all over again.

There are private rooms too, and you can use them individually or connect them by opening up the full doors for a bigger group — which I loved :)

Yangsimso — good meat doesn't lie

I really love this phrase, and it just adds to the trust!

Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch menu and prices

Yangsimso has a wide range of meat dishes and meal/dessert options, and if you book or review on Naver, you can get a free soda, sausage, or the newly added Coolina ice cream as a service.

• Coolina ice cream ₩3,000
• Cha-dol doenjang jjigae ₩5,000
• King oyster mushroom 1pc ₩2,000
• Rice ₩1,000
• Ttukbaegi ramyeon ₩5,000
• Bomb steamed egg ₩5,000
• Cha-dol doenjang bap ₩8,000
• Kodari naengmyeon ₩12,000
• Bibim naengmyeon ₩8,000 / Water naengmyeon ₩8,000
• Hanwoo pork belly 170g ₩16,000, pork neck 170g ₩16,000
• Domestic house-marinated pork ribs, based on 250g, ₩15,000
• Hanwoo pork 4–5 people 850g ₩90,000 (tasting yukhoe and doenjang jjigae included on first order)
• Hanwoo pork 2–3 people 510g ₩58,000
• Pork ribs 750g ₩49,000
• Aged LA galbi 500g platter ₩54,000 (comes with 120g yukhoe and doenjang)
• 48-hour aged tosisal 150g ₩19,000, galbisal ₩19,000

You can also enjoy pork here, and there are various set menus covering multiple cuts — from the Yangsimso special platter to hanwoo yukhoe, a galbisal platter, and even a flower galbisal platter. It's a Gojan-dong, Ansan restaurant worth knowing about :)

Side dishes and the self-serve bar

The side dishes were served neatly and paired well with the meat — onion slices, fruit salad, baek-kimchi (white kimchi), yeolmu kimchi, garlic scape muchim, scallion strips, pickled peppers, barley ssamjang, and wasabi shiitake :)

After the meat, you absolutely need a cold soda :) It'd feel wrong not to have one :)

There are various dipping sauces to go with the meat, and you can help yourself to extra side dishes at the self-serve bar.

The 19,000-won lunch set: grilled marinated galbisal and naengmyeon

I ordered the lunch set that comes with naengmyeon (cold noodles) and grilled meat. At ₩19,000 per person, choosing grilled marinated galbisal plus water or bibim naengmyeon, the portion was really generous!

Since naengmyeon was included, they also brought scissors, disposable vinegar, and mustard. Even the wet wipes were nice and thick — that kind of careful attention really showed! Today's lunch: grilled marinated galbisal!

The marinade had soaked in so well, and grilling it over charcoal gave it even more smoky flavor with great umami and depth~ Grilling duty was, of course, mom's job :)

Cha-dol doenjang bap, 8,000 won: a separate order at lunch

The naengmyeon arrived cold with slushy ice crystals on top. We split the order — one water naengmyeon, one bibim naengmyeon! And since naengmyeon alone felt like it wasn't quite enough, we also ordered cha-dol doenjang bap (brisket doenjang rice)!

At dinner, this doenjang jjigae comes included by default with meat orders, but at lunch it's not included, so you need to order it separately. It's ₩8,000, but definitely order it — the portion is generous and it's truly delicious :)

It's served bubbling with brisket, savory doenjang jjigae, and rice all cooked together — so, so good :)

Bibim naengmyeon and marinated galbisal — a perfect pairing that needs no explanation.

Piling meat and pickled peppers on top of the doenjang rice and digging in was so good. A satisfying, filling lunch.

Coolina ice cream for dessert, and the final verdict

We finished off with Coolina ice cream, given as a free service through the Naver review event — a perfect palate cleanser.

They even had the thoughtful touch of sugar-free fruit candies as a post-meal service, plus floss and mouthwash for a complete finish :) If you're looking for a great BBQ restaurant near Gojan-dong, Jungang-dong, or Ansan City Hall in Ansan, I genuinely recommend Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch :)