Bossam in Insadong: Why We Serve Garlic Sauce

Most people who look for bossam in Insadong ask the same two things: is the pork dry, and what is the sauce. We simmer pork belly until the grain loosens. The sauce is made separately.

The sauce is Hampyeong garlic aged with yuzu. Wrap a slice with aged kimchi, seasoned dried radish, and greens.

Small is 32,000 won, medium 46,000. Extra meat is 15,000. Pollock-roe sauce is 13,000.

On weekdays from 11:00 to 14:00 there is a 13,000-won lunch set with rice. In the evening order a 2-, 3-, or 4-person table, or Neomu Hansang.

12-5 Insadong 8-gil, Jongno-gu. About five minutes from Anguk Station Exit 5. Phone 02-735-7885.