samgyupsal (pork belly)

              


           You might be familiar with samgypsal if you like to watch korean drama or if you have korean friend. Samgyupsal is that inseparable from koreans and our culture! Anyway, to introduce samgyupsal shortly, it is thick, fatty slices of port belly meat. It is cooked on a grill and you can directly eat from a grill(let's call it korean barbecue style)! Aside from samgyupsal, koreans cook and eat many types of meat directly from grill.



                  

Left: from the drama 'my girlfriend is Gumiho'. The main actress, Shin, Min Ah is eating korean barbecue. 
Right: from the drama 'a man unable to marry'




 Gal-bi(rib). we cook and cut meat using scissors on the grill and eat directly without serving on dish or something. Since i was too familiar with this kind of cooking method, i thought all of the people in the world are used to cook and eat directly from grill. But I heard that foreigners(i mean, non-koreans) are not using scissors to cut food on the table, is that true??!


    Gop-chang (beef/port small intestines). you might feel uneasy to try this food at first. Actaully  some korean girls can't eat Gop-chang. But i like it personally:P                                    






See? cook and eat directly from grill is common culture of koreans and we do like to eat it as a dinner with family or friend!


However, koreans never eat one food without side dishes!haha 

 lettuce is MUST ITEM for grilled meat. we like to eat meat with lettuce, onion, garlic and Ssam-jang(soybean paste mixed with red pepper paste, garlic and sesame), etc





 And finally, SOJU!
soju and samgyupsal is like associated foods that koreans automatically recall soju whenever eat samgyupsal!
i still don't know the real taste of soju (it's because i'm still young?:Phaha) but samgyupsal + soju is really widely loved menu by koreans for its delicious taste and moderate price






You can meet various types of samgyupsal and Korean barbecue restaurant in the Philippines. 

 Hwangso makchang. located in Malate, Makati, Pasig, Paranaque. Many Filipinos are visiting here, too!



 Choice buffet. located in Hobbies of Asia, Pasay city. 


Try with your family samgyupsal using korean barbecue method!>_<!