Korea: Sinchon Hwangso Gopchang
Abby and her boyfriend UK arrived in Korea two days after we did. Even though our excuse for going to Korea in the first place was to check out Abby's future in-laws, none of us actually intended to meet them. (Well, CK might have, but Jiejie and I certainly didn't.)
To our eternal embarrassment, UK had taken our joke seriously and told his parents about our visit. His parents then proceeded to plan a whole Incheon excursion, complete with a boat ride and this crazy dinner where the tabletop laden with dishes came pre-set up and slid directly onto a smaller table:
That wasn't even all the dishes. More mains came out later. As we simply went where they directed us, I have no clue what the name of the restaurant was or how much a meal like that cost.
Despite this absolute feast, when the three of us headed back to Seoul, we went straight from the station to Sinchon Hwangso Gopchang for a late night snack:
And by snack, I really mean a full on meal.
After the travesty that was the intestine experience Jiejie brought us to the night before, CK couldn't let Jiejie continue on without knowing what it should be like. And given our limited time left in Korea, this was the only time we could've squeezed it in.
The meal, I mean, SNACK started with the usual veggie sides and dipping sauces:
It also came with raw cow's stomach (apparently the 3rd one) and raw beef liver:
CK isn't a fan of the liver, but while I detest cooked liver, raw liver is perfectly acceptable to me. It's a texture thing.
And then came the main event [insert hallelujah chorus]:
We got the two person combo, called seng modeum (생모듬) on the menu, which means "assorted raw" if Google Translate can be believed. For ₩40,000 ($33.14), it included two portions of daechang or large beef intestine, gopchang or small beef intestine, and beef heart. It also came with chives, mushrooms, and potatoes. CK originally wanted to order rectum as well, but accidentally ordered beolyang (벌양) or stomach (₩17000 / $14.08) instead. We weren't too bummed by that.
The server helped us cut up the meat and then we proceeded to watch as everything sizzled away in their own fat. And boy was there a lot of it. Yum.
We could've asked for rice to be dumped into the pan with all the remaining meat and veggies and fat at the end to make some lovely fried rice, but we simply didn't have the stomach space for it. It being our second dinner, we were already quickly approaching food coma level of fullness. Looking back now, I really regret not getting the rice.
Sigh.
To make things worse, there really aren't any restaurants like this in the Bay. If I want to get my intestine fix, I would need to head to Los Angeles. UGH. SO FAR. (Not Korea far, thank goodness, but still very far.)
The best part of the meal was watching Jiejie's eyes widen as she realized she'd been missing out all this time on truly amazing intestine.
So worth the stomach pain from overeating yet again.
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서울 서대문구 연세로9길 31
02-337-2640
To our eternal embarrassment, UK had taken our joke seriously and told his parents about our visit. His parents then proceeded to plan a whole Incheon excursion, complete with a boat ride and this crazy dinner where the tabletop laden with dishes came pre-set up and slid directly onto a smaller table:
That wasn't even all the dishes. More mains came out later. As we simply went where they directed us, I have no clue what the name of the restaurant was or how much a meal like that cost.
Despite this absolute feast, when the three of us headed back to Seoul, we went straight from the station to Sinchon Hwangso Gopchang for a late night snack:
And by snack, I really mean a full on meal.
After the travesty that was the intestine experience Jiejie brought us to the night before, CK couldn't let Jiejie continue on without knowing what it should be like. And given our limited time left in Korea, this was the only time we could've squeezed it in.
The meal, I mean, SNACK started with the usual veggie sides and dipping sauces:
It also came with raw cow's stomach (apparently the 3rd one) and raw beef liver:
CK isn't a fan of the liver, but while I detest cooked liver, raw liver is perfectly acceptable to me. It's a texture thing.
And then came the main event [insert hallelujah chorus]:
We got the two person combo, called seng modeum (생모듬) on the menu, which means "assorted raw" if Google Translate can be believed. For ₩40,000 ($33.14), it included two portions of daechang or large beef intestine, gopchang or small beef intestine, and beef heart. It also came with chives, mushrooms, and potatoes. CK originally wanted to order rectum as well, but accidentally ordered beolyang (벌양) or stomach (₩17000 / $14.08) instead. We weren't too bummed by that.
The server helped us cut up the meat and then we proceeded to watch as everything sizzled away in their own fat. And boy was there a lot of it. Yum.
We could've asked for rice to be dumped into the pan with all the remaining meat and veggies and fat at the end to make some lovely fried rice, but we simply didn't have the stomach space for it. It being our second dinner, we were already quickly approaching food coma level of fullness. Looking back now, I really regret not getting the rice.
Sigh.
To make things worse, there really aren't any restaurants like this in the Bay. If I want to get my intestine fix, I would need to head to Los Angeles. UGH. SO FAR. (Not Korea far, thank goodness, but still very far.)
The best part of the meal was watching Jiejie's eyes widen as she realized she'd been missing out all this time on truly amazing intestine.
So worth the stomach pain from overeating yet again.
신촌황소곱창
서울 서대문구 연세로9길 31
02-337-2640
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