Sundaeguk is a type of traditional Korean soup that is made from Korean blood sausage and other ingredients. There’s a local number of restaurants in your area, but today we’re focusing on one restaurant called Damso sagol Sundae in Jeongja neighborhood in Bundang. It’s featured today here because of the quality of ingredients and the cheap price, only 5,500 won for a bowl of stone pot sundaeguk. This place is literally the best hangover restaurant in the Jeongja neighborhood. While I’ve never been here during “drinking hours,” I’m sure that the place is also works as an entertaining night place. However, as a Sunday afternoon meal after a long weekend, this spot is the best hands down.
Americans generally have a hard time ingesting animal organs and entrails. After all, there's the cliche joke - whether or not rightfully earned - that if it’s not ground, processed, breaded, and fried beyond recognition, we normally don’t like it. Before I moved to Korea, I preferred my breakfast in the shape of unicorns and leprechauns, and I liked eating pasta in the shape of the alphabet. So, sundaeguk - which gets most of its protein nutrients from meat and organ meat - is not the favorite of most newbie expats who arrive here in South Korea. I have to admit, while I don’t consider myself a picky eater, it took me a while to get over some of the ingredients in sundaeguk. However, this plate is certainly the most accessible of the challenging foods. In fact, if you’re not eating sundaeguk as part of your diet, you’re missing out on one of the best traditional dishes that Korea has to offer!
So, what’s exactly in it that has a lot of people holding off from eating this food? Well, there’s a number of varieties of sundaeguk, but typically, all them have the following:
Sundae, a kind of blood sausage made with cellophane noodles and pork blood
Various parts of the pig, including:
Meat
Intestines
Liver
Lungs
Cartilage
Bean sprouts
Sesame
soy sauce
green onions, garlic
Cheongyang peppers
salt, pepper
perilla leaves
Anyway, have you tried this soup? Leave a comment below and tell us about your experiences.
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