Korean BBQ
Beef short rib marinated in a sweet soy-pear-garlic sauce, then grilled until caramelised at the edges. Tender, slightly sweet and a touch celebratory — the cut you order to treat someone.
5 places to eat
Lively Hongdae grill house for galbi and beer.
Apgujeong's grand old galbi institution.
24-hour Gangnam galbi and raw-beef institution.
Top-grade Korean beef, a special-occasion temple.
Premium charcoal galbi in a leafy Samcheong-dong house.