Had a tasty meal at SAMWOOJUNG.
The menu is much shorter than other ktown spots, but everything we tried was very good. We had their specialty of Seoul-style bulgogi, shrimp pajeon, bo ssam, and pork fried rice.
The shrimp pancake was just lovely, the bo ssam was very good but we didn’t do it justice, the pork fried rice was my least favorite but other people loved it.
I enjoyed their banchan, which is often what I look forward to most. They had a dish I have not encountered as banchan before -= fried flounder – which was just delicious. The other things were pretty usual but very well-made: kimchi, broccoli, sprouts, and baby potatoes. With the bo ssam they served a different kimchi, made with crab, that was also delicious, and a clam condiment that looked like the ssamjang they gave us with the bulgogi.
The bulgogi was good (but then I love bulgogi). It comes by weight of meat. They cook it at the table, you eat some of it with lettuce and perilla leaves, then they serve you the sauce and poached eggs and more meat over rice.
I wanted to try the cold noodles, but we had way too much food on the table already, so next time. They also serve a room temperature barley tea instead of water, which was interesting.
Service was very good, even though there seemed to be only person there.
