Song Jook Heon Restaurant Review, Seoul, Korea

Reviewer: Foodnut.com CA

Why did we dine here? – Song Jook Heon is a classic hanjeongsik, or traditional Korean restaurant.
This restaurant is located across the street from the secret garden of Changdeok Palace.
This meal is pre-designed by the chef and can include up to 30 dishes. The food served here originated in royal palaces of ancient Korea. With the popularity of Korean soap operas, more people are being introduced to this type of meal. We noticed another room had a bunch of businessmen and some female accompaniment.

We were given a private room with a minimal amount of furniture, and the food just starting coming. The people there spoke very little English. We asked them about several dishes and got no correct response.

Below are some pictures of the items we received. Many items were a mystery to us. Scary but fun!

Stand out dishes were: abalone, steamed pork, hot duck patty, and bulgogi.

Typical dishes include: several kinds of Kimchi, steamed pork, grilled abalone with pan-fried ginkgo berries, japchae noodles, hodo root, totovivo, salmon salad, hot duck patties with a hint of ginger, and codfish dumplings with an egg white foam, bulgogi, pickled garlic, jeotgal and jangahjji or salted fish eggs and anchovies. Cantalope and watermelon rounded out the meal. The food came fast and is a ton of food.

This meal costs us 70,000 KRW or approximately US $68.

Insider Tip – Reservation are mandatory. Closed on the weekends.

Cuisine – Korean hanjeongsik
Location – Seoul
Opened –

Service – Song Jook Heon had reasonable service with a waiter or waitress coming in every once in a while. There was a service button on the table for any requests.
Verdict – Song Jook Heon clearly is a unique experience for folks like us. We do not know of any similar restaurant in our area. Foodies visiting Seoul, should give a restaurant like this a try.

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