통영굴밥 — Restaurant in Seoul

A quick disclaimer. Of the four people who visited, 2 were sick for a few days and had diarrhea after eating here. We had to go to the hospital One of us was only slightly sick for a day, and one wasn't sick at all. The food was very fresh and clean, but we suspect they were infected with the norovirus. (We saw on the news 1/2024 that there was a norovirus infection in Tongyoung) While I believe this establishment is very clean, eat raw oysters at your own risk.

That aside, this review does not reflect us being sick, but only the experience we had at the restaurant.

There were 4 of us and though we were there first, they were trying let in another group in before us. I had to point this out, and they said it's ok, and that they were trying to give us this other table. I didn't want to cause a commotion so I didn't argue further, but that was really weird.

The four of us ordered 2 specials, which come with all these extra sides, and 2 soups. This was plenty of food for the 4 of us, and a great decision.

The special comes with a sizzling bowl of their oyster rice, which is what made them famous. I'm not a big "x over rice" dishes of any kind, so opted for the soup, but tried a bite of hubby's and was pleasantly surprised. There was a generous portion of oysters and a perfect amount of seasoning. No wonder they're so popular here.

The special also came with 4 oyster sides: raw oysters 4 oysters rockafeller oyster pancakes raw oyster muchim (spicy salad)

They were ALL delicious, though the raw ones were probably the culprit of our problems.

Separate from the special, we also had a bowl of oyster soup and meseng-oyster soup. The oyster soup came with rice already inside, and the meseng-oyster came with rice on the side. So a great choice for my semi-keto.

Seriously, everything here...

カオルtvを見て絶対ここに行きたいと思い紹介されていた牡蠣のチヂミと牡蠣のクッパを食べてきました。 お店の名前は統営クルパっていいます！ 釜山の統営地域の牡蠣が毎日食べられるお店です。 どのサイトにも載っていないのですがブレイクタイムがあるらしいので10時前にはお店に到着しました。 景福宮駅の6番出口を目指して外には出ずそのままビルの中に入っていきます。 ビルに入ると右に曲がりまっすぐ行くとお店は出てきますよ！ ハングルが読めなかったのでYouTubeのスクショを見せて注文しましたがちゃんと伝わりました。 YouTubeでも牡蠣のチヂミは量がかなりあると言っていましたが確かにボリューミーです！ 2人だったのでなんとか食べ切りましたが1人だと絶対無理でしたw 牡蠣のクッパも絶品！ ここは日本人も少ないので...

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