Hae Woon Dae

This funky, cluttered barbecue place is the one you'll find yourself returning to again and again. Open the door on a cold evening, and the smells and sounds of meat sizzling over charcoal greet you like an eager host. Start with a manhole-cover-sized seafood pancake or a plate of fried dumplings if you want. But save enough room for barbecue: Anything that swims, flies or ambles over pasture will be sliced and marinated in the kitchen. But beef is the thing. Each meal comes with lettuce wraps, sauces, rice, soup and a dozen varieties of pickles and salads. Let the friendly staff show you how to cook the kalbi (short ribs) bones to turn the fat into the most delicious cracklings you can imagine.