Korean - Ancine

Ancine, more properly pronounced 'anssi-ne'

specializes in braised pork feet and poached pork bellies

Located on the outskirts of Hongdae,

it has a single-house looking exterior

Interior

Just like a house would, they have several rooms that serves as dining halls

as well as a room that serves as their kitchen

The Menu

I would recommend something on this menu, since their specialty is

Jokbal (braised pork feet) and Bossam (poached pork belly)

They offer set menus which the waitress recommended

it allows you to try different types of Jokbal or Bossam in one order

And you can also pick your own spiciness:

no peppers for babies

1 pepper for amatures

2 peppers for Koreans

Menus with rice,

if you've gone totally Korean and wish to have rice with your food

Food setting

And the bossam

that brown sauce was the killer

ended up asking a whole bowl with just brown sauce

Tasted like... mild barbecue sauce with hints of wasabe?

something so simple yet so good

Jokbal Naenchae (naing-chae?)

This was something along the lines of... Jokbal crab salad.

There was a ton of roughly cut carrots and onions, I'm guessing it was to make

some kind of general food display pod,

but I didn't really want to eat chunky raw carrots and onions with faux-crab.

The 'dressing' was a wasabi type dressing.

Adequate to the dish, goes well with the Jokbal I suppose

The Jokbal indeed tasted different from the ones I've had before,

however I would have to order a regular Jokbal in order for me to figure out

whether this one is superior or not. 

As of now, I'll just leave it as 'different'

Overview

The Bossam was a bit lean for my liking,

however I'm guessing it's the restaurant's style and I respect that.

The brown sauce was really good with the Bossam, as I mentioned, an absolute killer

I would definitely return here sometime in the future

The ambiance is good for a date

not too dark, not too bright

The white decor is somewhat girlish

with pictures of comic strips playing across on their monitors

Food-wise, this place is worth going for some drinks too.

perhaps it doesn't have the local 'sit on plastic stools while you cook your own meat' feel,

it does have the typical Hongdae 'transformed house' restaurant feel to it

and the menu would go well with beer.

Ancine

02-335-0587