The Best Korean Beef BBQ

Do you love to barbecue? What's your favorite style of barbecue?

Do you love Korean style barbecue?

What's your favorite Korean barbecue?

Look at that red cuts of perfeclty marbled beef! Are you excited to put 'em over perfectly ready charcoals to get that natural juicy goodness come out and make your bbq more delicious and savory? Let's talk about the best Korean beef bbq that you'll surely drool for more! This is a platter of the best Korean beef to bbq and it's "Hanu".

한우 [Hanwoo] also "Hanu" is Korean Native breed of small cattle, typically brown cows, and they are well-fed with plants or vegs making them more enjoyable when it's time to barbecue! I think "Hanu" is the best beef! It's like steak!

Here's the typicla Korean meal setting in a restaurant! There are tasty side dishes that also serves as appetizers!

Soup is always present, as well as the green leafy vegetables like lettuce, if it's a Korean bbq meal!

Perfectly ready charcoals will depend on each restaurant/ bbq house but here's our golden hour!

Charcoals are ready when they are covered with gray ash and we can see "calm flame" and that's my terminology!

Perfectly ready charcoals are best to barbecue any meat, making natural juicy goodness come out and your meat won't get burned as it is cooked slowly but surely over a calm flame. Meat will definitely be juicy and tasty and savory!

I can't wait to barbecue the best Korean beef bbq - Hanu! As you can see our "Hanu" or Korean beef isn't marinated, not even seasoned with salt and pepper, but just red cuts with perfect marbling! Well, the sauce will make it so good! But you know what, Hanu is so good even without sauce! Just barbecue it and savor it right away! Ooh, tasty indeed!

 

 

Let's go! Here's the best Korean beef bbq like no other! As the ready charcoals slowly cook our Hanu, enjoy the side dishes tagging along! And, tell us what's your favorite sauce or dips. Do you enjoy Korean beef bbq with wasabi?

Do you enjoy Korean beef bbq with soy sauce and white onions, or just dip in some salt?

Now, look at these so cute rice bowls! Can you guess what they are for? Do you love rice? Do you eat rice?

Do you know that they're not plain rice for you to enjoy with the best Korean beef bbq? They're special rice that you will shape it into an oblongated one and you put Korean beef bbq on top of it! Yes, just like sushi! It's for beef sushi!

Tada! Here's our Korean beef sushi - Hanu sushi! Olala, just put a bit of wasabi on top of Hanu and voila!

Wow it is so delicious! And it's a DIY sushi hahah! You can beat any sushi chef with Hanu sushi!

Kidding aside, the photo tells you tons of delicious savory flavor you just can't have enough! Photo is raw (no filter btw)

Ramen!!! Yes, one bbq house serves ramen for free! You can enjoy it with the best Korean beef bbq - Hanu or have it afterwards! But look how cool, we cook ramen like this! So, this paper is specially made to cook ramen and you can put it on top of cushion and you just wait until it's ready! There's a guideline/step you must follow to prepare your ramen!

So, this is a typical dining table in a bbq house or bbq restaurant here in South Korea! We mostly bbq indoor!

The tables got bbq spot, it's super safe and cool. And there's smoke exhaust/extractor just right above hanging, to avoid smoky room/restaurant! I'm amazed with this kind of set up! I can enjoy bbq to the fullest even indoor!

Here is their menu! They serve premium Korean beef - premium Hanu! We ordered the special part near the rib and the restaurant actually called it "Hanu back meat" which means that this part is so good that they hide it at the back or behind them, so they can savor them. It's 12,000 KRW per 150 grams (10 USD per 150g).