All but one small, round table were occupied upon arrival, so our ravenous group of seven squeezed around the vacancy. Wasting no time, we ordered five servings of each of the only two items on the menu - "joomuk" gogi (assortment of pork parts cut into "fist"-sized hunks) and kkup-ddae-gi (pork skin).
Arriving first was the joomuk gogi, which after a slight sear, was cut up into bite-sized pieces and tossed in a sweet, soy sauce and black pepper marinade in a bowl before being thrown back on the grill.
As the meat sizzled, gang-dwenjang (강된장) ㅡ a dwenjang stew reduced to have a higher concentration of fermented soybean paste ㅡ was served in a small, black pot. It is thicker and/or saltier than stew and, thus, enjoyed more as a dipping sauce or mix-in than as a soup. We were instructed to mix it into our white rice (like a sauce), which as a result helped us clear our bowls of rice as fast as we cleared the grill of joomuk gogi.
The gang-dwenjang made it impossible for us to not fill our stomachs with rice, but the pig skin, which we were most excited about, arrived shortly on our grill.
Drenched in a sweet, soy sauce marinade, the skin crackled under a mound of chives, which also began to wither in the heat. When the strips had curled in the heat, and turned dark brown from soaking in the marinade, they were ready to be eaten. Seven pairs of chopsticks went in a frenzy and the skin and chives were gone before the next table freed up.
Jeopalgye Kotgumeong
Address: 12, Gotgamjeon-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do
Hours: 5PM~10:30PM daily
저팔계 콧구멍
주소: 강원도 강릉시 곶감전길 12
영업시간: 1700~22:30
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