Korean BBQ Gangnam Style - Bon Ga (본가)

Meat? Gooooooood. Korean BBQ?? Very gooooooood. I probably like Korean BBQ more than I probably should. I'm surprised in myself that it wasn't until Day 3 that l went to a proper Korean BBQ joint. The place we went to was just south of Gangman station in a side street. From the multilingual menu, this place' is known for serving a particular part of the cow but very thinly. Maybe a bit too thin because I found I had to put a few slices into my lettuce wrap.

Melvin and I tried to order a meat platter but the waiter told us it was for 3-4 people. So we attempted to order four different meats but the waiter again told us it was too much food. Normally waiters are correct when it comes to portions of food but in this instance ours was wrong. Although I was full, Melvin claimed he could have eaten more. 

This restaurant provided the usual bean paste, raw garlic (man my breath was stinky for the rest of the day), mountain portions of sides and a great selection of lettuce leaves. I read up later that you can order the spicy versions of our thinly shied meat, but considering the amount of chilli induced pimples on my face, this was probably for the better.

It may have been because Melvin and l were the only eating customers in the restaurant at 3pm but we had our grill plate changed over at least two times. I wonder if they change it that often when it is busy during normal eating hours.

The meal was pretty good, to be honest I've tasted better at a friend's house. So I guess l just have to try other Korean BBQ restaurants whilst I'm into country. No complaining there.

First day in the land of kimchi and BBQ

안녕 하세요!!

Reporting from Seoul (apologise for the simple blog layout, I'm using my Samsung Note 3).

The boyfriend (Melvin) and I touched down in Seoul around 3pm today, feeling very seedy from watching movies instead of sleeping during our 16 hr travel. After getting dropped off by a lunatic of a taxi driver and checking into our hotel, we were ready to eat some meat. Unfortunately where we are staying (Myeongdong) is not known for their restaurants. So we settled for a Chicken Galbi BBQ joint called Yoogane. For those who don't know much about Korean BBQ, galbi refers to ribs. According to their window, they have been making traditional marinated chicken galbi BBQ for 30 years.

The verdict..... it was pretty delicious and not too spicy, but then again we were sleep deprived and our last four meals were on an airplane. We ordered the chicken galbi and octopus combo. The menu pictures were quite deceiving. We thought a pan would come out full with meat..... it wasn't.......maybe a third full. However, enough food for the both of us. I did like that they put a barrier around the pan so you didn't get splashed with oily meat juice.

All up we spent ₩22000 (~25AUD) which included two bowls of rice and unlimited sides (they aren't really worth talking about).

After getting bumped around by 10million people, we ended the night with a hot dog potato twister (being Myeongdong, we paid the premium price of ₩3000).

Thanks for reading, it's time to sleep for 16hours smelling like shampoo and BBQ'd chicken.

(I don't know why Melvin is sideways)