Hojokban — Restaurant in Seoul

A Korean friend brought me here to get a taste of some new wave Korean food while I was visiting Seoul. Highly recommend coming here for dinner if you're in the Apgujeong neighborhood. It's good for a small group meetup, and I really enjoyed the food and the restaurant's unique take on some more traditional dishes.

My favorite dish of the night was the buddae jigae, which came with a healthy heap of cheese that made the stew nice and creamy. I also really liked the potato crisps and the bossam, which came with fresh garlic and sesame sauce which paired perfectly with it. Highly recommend pairing your meal with a bottle of makgeolli, which the restaurant makes in house. Will def try some more menu items the next time I'm...

With Hojokban (호족반) possibly opening up its first location in Los Angeles, I decided to give a brief review of their menu in Korea.

Hojokban offers a modern twist on Korean comfort foods like fried rice (볶음밥), galbi (갈비), rice balls (주먹밥) and pork jowl (수육). The food itself is quite good.

I ordered their Cheongdam Rice Balls and Garlic Pork Jowl. Their pork jowl is quite tender and the rice balls are quite decent as well.

If you are looking for an elevated Korean dining experience, I would recommend checking them out. Do note though that you can find good Korean food for a fraction of the cost at other...

Excellent food. Perfect amount of fusion without being confusion. Galbi is astoundingly tender and the noodle has the right balance of spice and perilla which makes it very umami but yet balanced enough you’d want a second bowl

Prices have become steeper compared to the past

NY Galbi 54,000₩ Chilli Perilla noodles 10,000₩

With alcohol a meal for 2 was 77,000₩.

Wait time was extremely long due to limited seating. I recommend coming before 6pm to book ur table and expect to wait 1...