A Famous Korean “Grilled Sausage” Street – Sweet and Spicy Korean Grilled Pork Sausages

Text and Photos /Little Dot Paine

After taking a bus down from Mount Bagong, the long traffic jam made the elderly passengers on the bus very curious about my next destination as a foreigner. They were also worried I might get lost and kept asking where I was headed and suggesting where to get off... I finally gave in and told them I was going to eat grilled sausages. Immediately, they urged me to get off at any nearby subway station and transfer to Andirang Station (Paisan?), truly confirming that this is a well-known grilled sausage street. So, loaded with everyone’s expectations (???!!!!), I arrived at Andirang (Anjirang) Grilled Sausage Street (Paisan? Gutan? Han) to eat grilled sausages.

Take the subway to Andirang Station, and walk straight ahead then turn right right in front of Exit 3 to reach the grilled sausage street.

This whole area is lined with grilled sausage vendors. What’s special here is that while you usually find beef intestines in Seoul, this place sells pork intestines—very similar to the large intestines used in Taiwan’s pig intestine vermicelli.

Every grilled sausage shop grills their sausages right at the entrance to attract customers.

This street isn’t short either. The first half consists of regular storefronts, but the latter half features shops in tent-like carriage setups—and they’re all named after countries around the world, which is quite fun.

The businesses inside the tent carriages in the latter half are extremely popular, clearly more frequented than those in the first half—it seems the prices might be a bit cheaper?!

But because these shops are really crowded, and I was alone, I couldn’t eat grilled sausages by myself. Plus, these places are so busy that people usually go in groups. I instinctively avoided those shops.

Instead, I chose a grilled sausage shop from the first half with proper storefronts.

Later, I picked one at random. First of all, let me say, the aunty just approached me because I was alone—I’m not particularly recommending this shop, as the shops along this row are probably all quite similar.

The first option is Bibim Ttan, seasoned pork intestines, costing 12,000 KRW for a single serving. But you can’t just order a single serving—alone, you should still get the two-person portion. However, the aunty said that the single serving isn’t much, and you could finish the two-person portion on your own. The second, slightly cheaper option is non-seasoned Ttan, similar to Taiwan’s pork large intestine head.

So I ended up eating the two-person portion of Bibim Ttan by myself.

The portion really wasn’t that big~

Look closely—you can see that these are very similar to the large intestines used in Taiwan’s pig intestine vermicelli. The seasoned grilled pork intestines have a slightly sweet and spicy flavor, a very Korean taste.

You can wrap them in vegetables to eat.

Or dip them in sauce.

Comes with a side of steamed egg.

You can also eat it with the steamed egg—pork intestines are much easier to eat compared to beef intestines, with less chance of getting that chewy, tough texture. If you’re hesitant about beef intestines, try the grilled pork intestines to still enjoy the taste of Korean grilled sausages.

There’s not only grilled sausages, but also rice cakes. The rice cakes are delicious and super chewy (Q)!

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