[Seoul/Jongno 3-ga] Jongno Seolleongtang – A 30-Year Tradition Restaurant at Jongno 3-ga Station Specializing in Braised Oxtail and Oxtail Stew

I headed to Jongno 3-ga for some braised oxtail and a glass of soju.
If you come out of Exit 15 and enter the alley in front of Kookil-gwan
At the entrance of the alley leading to Samhaejip Jongno SeolleongtangThere is.

Although it is a Seolleongtang specialty restaurant, it has assorted boiled beef hot pot and
It is an old restaurant also famous for its oxtail stew.

Seolleongtang is 11,000 won for a regular bowl, and Oxtail Soup is 24,000 won.
The purpose of today's meal is the oxtail stew.
Depending on the size, it is 75,000 won for medium and 86,000 won for large.
The tail is from Australia.

In a clear broth with oxtail
Boil with vegetables
It is a hot pot dish where you simmer the broth while eating.

Oxtail Stew [Medium 75,000 won / Large 86,000 won (Verification needed)]

The tails are pre-boiled.
You can eat it once the pot boils, but
I wait a little while for the flavor of the oxtail to seep into the broth.

Mustard soy sauce and a spicy seasoning paste to mix into the broth are served separately.
I wait for time while constantly picking at the innocent cabbage.

The oxtail is a part where cartilage, tendons, and fat are densely packed at every joint.
It is rich in collagen, so if you boil it for a long time, it breaks down into gelatin.
The broth becomes thick enough to stick to your lips.
The thick upper segment is fleshy and
The proportion of bone and tendons increases towards the end.

If you gently push the meat with chopsticks, it naturally slides out of the bone.
Chewable tendons between the lean meat that tears along the grain, and
I like the feeling of the gelatin stretching softly in my mouth.

The pepper sprinkled on the meat dissolves into the broth, adding a spicy kick.
It is a dish that makes you drink endlessly.

We started lightly with a soju and beer mix.
I happened to find that they were selling premium Andong Soju.

Ilpum sells three types: 17, 21, and 40 degrees.
One 350ml bottle of 40% alcohol costs 16,000 won
For this price at a restaurant, for a 40-degree pure rice distilled spirit
It is really on the cheaper side.

It is a liquor with an attractive clean sweetness characteristic of rice.
My friends said they liked it because it was strong and had a high alcohol content, and my friend
My friends were divided into those who preferred Chamisul because the other one was too strong and had an unfamiliar scent.
It seems that when it comes to alcohol, it's all a matter of personal taste.

I also originally found it really hard to stand the distinctive aroma of rice soju.
Starting this year, I suddenly fell in love with the charm of rice soju.

A hearty daytime drink enjoyed in the uncle's neighborhood.
The fact that the sun hadn't set even after we finished eating and left
I left the store feeling a strange sense of happiness.
I enjoyed the meal 🙂