Our story
Insa Dodam is a Korean restaurant in a repaired hanok at 5-1 Insadong 16-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul. A small kitchen cooks bibimbap, bulgogi, jjim, and jeon from what we prepped that day.
A careful meal
Bibimbap is lunch only so the namul stay fresh. Extra rice if you need it. If the food is good, tell a neighbour. If it is not, tell the owner.
Food
Lunch centres on six steamed namul over rice. Evening is Eonyang-style crispy bulgogi (first in our staff recipe contest), spicy octopus, stone-pot galbi-jjim sweetened with fruit and vegetables rather than sugar, and vegan minari-jeon.
Makgeolli
Unjeong, Yesan apple Golmok, Pocheon hangari, Seonho, and Jipyeong. Two bottles at once go into a hangari. Soju and bottled beer as well.
Rooms
Hanok rooms and a hall. No Wi-Fi — talk to each other. From Anguk Station Exit 6, walk down Insadong cultural street; we are at the start of the alley.