Restaurants in Korea: Seolleim Samgyupsal 설레임 삼겹살

Friday, January 29, 2016

Seolleim Samgyupsal 설레임 삼겹살 - Sinchon 신촌

Seolleim Samgyupsal is a small meat place in Sinchon that has a lot to offer in all areas of a restaurant. It has a great atmosphere and excellent food and is definitely a step above all the rest of the meat places in Sinchon.

This is a great place for a weekend night out with friends. It has a fun night time type of atmosphere and feels a bit like a bar. It would be a great night to go out with a group to drink a bit while enjoy the delicious meat that is served at Seolleim Samgyupsal.

The meat in this place is some fresh thick pieces of samgyupsal of excellent quality and it is served with a sauce that is heavy in garlic which I am a sucker for. I have been here several times and had the samgyupsal and it is always to die for. This past time I went with a friend and in addition to the samgyupsal we also had a few orders of the moksal. This was the first time that I had eaten it and it was also nice big fresh pieces of meat, but I would recommend the samgyupsal which is the specialty of the restaurant.

There is not a ton of sides that come at this place, but there are a few types of kimchi that can be grilled with the meat and radish which is one of my favorites as a complement to the meat. There is also of course lettuce for making ssam. The sides have a self service bar where you can go to load up on as many as you would like to eat.

I usually order the dwenjangjjigae and rice which is always very good and quite standard, but this time we mixed it up a little bit and got the kimchi kalgugsu. This was a reasonably spicy dish that came with quite a bit of kimchi and of course the standard noodles that always come in kalgugsu. Both the soup and the kalgugsu are great but I'd recommend the soup over the noodles if you are not up for something pretty spicy.

Finally, the price is right at this place being only around 5000 won per an order of meat, but there is one drawback. Despite the low price, many of the orders of meat are only around 150 grams of meat which means that often times one person can easily eat more than one order.

This is easily my favorite out of the small meat places in Sinchon and I recommend anyone in the area to give it a try.