Palsaek Samgyupsal 팔색삼겹살 - Chain Meat Restaurant

Palsaek Samgyeopsal is a big chain meat restaurant that you can find various locations of around Seoul.  This is among my favorites of the big chain samgyeopsal places in the Seoul area, because of the food quality, atmosphere and price.

The thing that makes Palsaek Samgyeopsal stand out among the heaps of other meat places in Seoul is the fact that all of the samgyeopsal is marinated.  In Korean, "Palsaek" means eight colors and so the main set that you can order at this places comes with eight different flavored varieties of pork belly (samgyeopsal).  The flavors that they offer include ginseng, wine, pine leaf, garlic, herb, curry, dwenjang (a bean paste similar to Japanese miso) and gochujang (a Korean pepper paste).

My personal favorites have got to be the curry, pine leaf and wine.  Usually I am not a huge fan of gochujang as I feel that I am eating too much of it as it is, but the gochujang flavored meat that is offered at this restaurant is one of my favorites as well.  Although these ones in particular stand out, every single flavor that they offer is delicious.

In addition to this, they also bring out a large plate of soup (jeonggeol) on the side of this huge meat fest.  There used to be only one flavor and that was the seafood stew, but now they offer a choice of three different types.  I have only ever had the original seafood soup which is delicious, but now they also offer kimchijjigae and a shellfish stew as well.  In addition to all of this, they bring out a lot of fresh veggies and a salad which is something that I really appreciate as many vegetables of pickled in other restaurants, and they also grill kimchi, bean sprouts and mushrooms along with the meat.

The atmosphere in this place is that of a large and clean meat place and it would be good for any occasion that grilling meat is acceptable.  It is nice inside which makes it great for work or dates, but it is also a barbecue place which makes it also work for a Friday night out with friends.

Storefront

Description of Meat Flavors

Different Sets and Pricing

Description of Meat and Soup Varieties

Sides and Drinks

Sides

Eight Flavors of Meat

Soup and Kimchi on the Grill

Meat, Kimchi and Mushrooms on the Grill

Palsaek Samgyeopsal is a chain place with several locations.  Here is a general Naver Maps search for Palsaek Samgyeopsal.

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