Hannam Bugeotguk — Restaurant in Seoul

Meal budget per person (without drinks) Category 1 (under 60000 KRW, 50 USD)

Bugeotguk from the name of restaurant is Dried Pollack Soup, which is traditional food eaten for hangover after drinking. So, the name is figuratively reminiscent of alcohol and in deed it's a good restaurant to eat with drinks. The signature menu is Combination Jeon (Korean style Pizza or Pancake), Sea food platter. Seasoned cockles are tasty and calls for alcohol. It is also new and savory to dip beef sashimi in sesame oil sauce (in stead of the usual red pepper paste) Seasoned bellflower root with boiled pork slices is also recommended because the two foods go well together.

The restaurant is full of guests, crowded and loud. So, it is recommended for friends, the ones who like to drink with tasty side dishes or like the ambience crowded with people. Reservation is essential. Valet parking...

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Seoul. Valet parking costs 4,000 krw. If you go here, you can encounter a variety of very local dishes that you might not normally try. Meat pancake, perilla leaf pancake, and raw cod pancake are truly works of art. I tried water raw fish today and it was really delicious. A variety of fish, not just regular water raw fish, made my mouth happy. I also highly recommend the sea urchin roe bibimbap. It's definitely...

Lunch is good. Dinner is so-so. We always have their seaweed soup and tofu. They are reasonably priced and yummy though for me both are little salty. Dinner dishes are rather for drinking. The assorted korean pancakes were too greasy. It costs 30,000 KRW for 10 small pieces. The fish soup was good but had some bones which made it harder to eat. I have to try more dinner dishes but it's...