Food Detective / South Korea / Samgyeopsal
Samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly) · 삼겹살
삼겹살 · Samgyeopsal
Thick slices of pork belly you grill at the table and wrap in lettuce with garlic and sauce.
- Kind
- Meat
- Cooking
- Grilled
- Taste
- Salty, Filling meal · Not spicy
- Served · texture
- Hot · Crisp edges, juicy fat
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients, including hidden ones
- Main ingredient
- Pork
- Usually included
- Vegetables
- Can be in the sauce or broth
- Tofu & soy
- Dipping pastes (ssamjang) are soybean-based; side kimchi usually contains salted seafood.
- Usually ordered for two or more.
Basis: General recipe. Shops differ and unlisted ingredients can be present; this is not an allergy guarantee.
CHAINS
Which chain, which menu item
Prices in local currency (KRW).
No chain with a confirmed menu item yet. Find restaurants on Google Maps ↗
“Signature” is used only when the brand itself says so. No sales ranking is invented, and no dish is judged tastier than another.
PRICE GUIDE
General price guide · 200 g (survey conversion; menu portions vary)
- Budget
- —
- Typical
- ₩21,321 · Official · Seoul · Seoul average for “삼겹살 200g 환산”, Korea Consumer Agency price survey, September 2026. · source
- Premium
- —
Separate from chain menu prices. Premium reflects setting and service, not a rip-off.
ORDERING
Phrases to show when ordering
- 새우는 빼 주세요
- Please leave out shrimp (saeu-neun ppae-juseyo)
- 해산물은 빼 주세요
- Please leave out seafood (haesanmul-eun ppae-juseyo)
- 멸치 육수나 액젓이 들어가나요?
- Is there anchovy broth or fish sauce in it? (myeolchi yuksu-na aekjeot-i deureoganayo?)
- 돼지고기는 못 먹어요
- I can’t eat pork (dwaeji-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
- 소고기는 못 먹어요
- I can’t eat beef (so-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
- 계란은 빼 주세요
- Please leave out egg (gyeran-eun ppae-juseyo)
- 견과류 알레르기가 있어요
- I’m allergic to nuts (gyeongwaryu allereugi-ga isseoyo)
- 안 맵게 해 주세요
- Not spicy, please (an maepge hae-juseyo)
- 알레르기가 있어요
- I have an allergy (allereugi-ga isseoyo) — then say the ingredient
A request, not a guarantee the ingredient can be removed.
Recipe sources: Wikipedia — Samgyeopsal (2026-10-18). Photos are Google results AMS does not vouch for; check opening status on Google Maps.