Hyojadong Sottukkeong (효자동솥뚜껑) is a pork barbecue restaurant in Gamil, Hanam, where black pork belly is grilled on a heavy cast-iron pot lid. We went as a family of four on a weekday evening in June 2026, ordered the 500 g black pork belly set for 35,900 won, and added yukhoe, jjagyechi and kimchi fried rice at the end. The pork came off the lid crisp on the outside and juicy inside, and it is a place we would go back to.
- Name: 효자동솥뚜껑 하남감일점 (Hyojadong Sottukkeong, Hanam Gamil branch)
- Address: 1F, Gamil Prugio Mark Bere, 80 Gamiljungang-ro, Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do (경기 하남시 감일중앙로 80 감일푸르지오마크베르 1층) · Google Maps
- Hours: weekdays 16:00 to 23:00, weekends 15:00 to 23:00, last order 22:00, closed on Tuesdays (as listed when we went; check before you go)
- Visited: a weekday evening in June 2026, my wife, our two kids and me
- What we ordered: black pork belly set, 500 g (35,900 won, with steamed egg and doenjang stew), yukhoe, jjagyechi and kimchi fried rice, with soju and a cola
- My rating: 4.4 / 5
- Info checked: September 23, 2026
A pot-lid barbecue place in our neighborhood
We live in Gamil, and we had walked past this restaurant many times. It is on the ground floor of the shopping arcade under the Gamil Prugio Mark Bere apartments, facing a main road, and there always seemed to be people eating inside. Sottukkeong (솥뚜껑) means the lid of a big iron rice pot, and sottukkeong samgyeopsal is pork belly grilled on a thick, dome-shaped cast-iron plate that looks like one. The fat runs down the slope of the lid, and kimchi and vegetables placed around the edge cook in it.
We arrived at about 5:30 p.m. By a little after six the room was full, and most of the other tables were families with children like us. The dining room is clean and fairly large, with wooden walls, booths along one side and a row of folding doors on the street side that can be opened when the weather is cool. At the entrance, a banner for the restaurant’s first anniversary advertised drinks for 2,500 won.
Ordering on the table tablet
Every table has a tablet for ordering, with a LANG button for other languages. The first tab is the meat sets, and its heading says a steamed egg and doenjang stew come free once with a meat order. These are the prices on the tablet when we went:
| Item | Korean | Price (won) |
|---|---|---|
| Black pork belly, 500 g | 흑돼지 삼겹살 (500g) | 35,900 |
| Black pork belly and kkot-moksal (neck) | 흑돼지 삼겹살 + 꽃목살 | 35,900 |
| Pork belly, jowl and gabeuri-sal | 삼겹살, 항정살, 가브리살 | 54,000 |
| Beef brisket, 450 g (new) | 차돌박이 (450g) | 44,900 |
| Extra black pork belly, 200 g | 흑돼지 삼겹살 (200g) | 14,000 |
| Extra kkot-moksal, 200 g | 꽃목살 (200g) | 14,000 |
| Extra frozen pork belly, 150 g | 냉삼추가 (150g) | 10,500 |
| Extra beef brisket, 150 g | 차돌박이 추가 (150g) | 15,000 |
The drinks tab was labeled as an event: Terra beer, Chamisul soju and Chamisul Original were 2,500 won each, and a cream draft beer was 4,000 won. There is also a side menu tab, which is where we found the yukhoe, the jjagyechi and the fried rice. I did not photograph that tab, so I have left those prices out.
The table setting
Before the meat, a round tray of side dishes arrives: bracken (gosari), bean sprouts, green onion kimchi (pa-kimchi), cabbage kimchi, white kimchi (baek-kimchi), garlic, wasabi and dipping sauces, with lettuce for wraps. There is also a self-service bar by the counter for refills. The pot lid has a hole in the middle that holds a small earthenware pot. The steamed egg (gyeranjjim) goes there first, and once it is done, it is swapped for the doenjang stew, which then simmers while you eat. We cooked the egg first and gave it to the kids while the pork was still raw.
Black pork belly on the lid
The 500 g of black pork belly (heukdwaeji samgyeopsal) came as thick slabs on a steel plate, with a king oyster mushroom, a thick slice of onion and a bunch of minari (Korean water parsley) for grilling alongside. The lid gets hot quickly. We laid the slabs around the steamed egg, browned the outside well, then cut them into bite-size pieces with scissors and let them finish cooking. Kimchi, bean sprouts and bracken went on the lower edge of the lid, where they fried in the pork fat.
This was the best part of the meal. The pork was crisp on the outside and still juicy inside. It was good on its own, and even better with a little wasabi on top, which my wife and I both liked. We also wrapped some in lettuce with the grilled kimchi and garlic.
Yukhoe and jjagyechi
We added yukhoe (육회), Korean seasoned raw beef, as something to have with soju. It came on a steel plate on a bed of minari, topped with an egg yolk and sesame seeds, and you mix the yolk through before eating. It was fine, but nothing special. It worked as a change from the pork rather than a reason to come.
We also ordered jjagyechi (짜계치), a Korean comfort dish made from Chapagetti black bean instant noodles with a fried egg and a slice of cheese on top. Ours came in a shallow pan with a sprinkle of chili powder next to the egg.
Kimchi fried rice to finish
To finish, we ordered fried rice. It arrives already seasoned with kimchi and is spread over the lid, in the same place the pork and kimchi were cooked. We pressed it down and left it for a while, so the bottom and the edges turned crisp. Those crisp bits were the best part. It was salty and a little spicy, and a good way to end a pork dinner.
For families
This worked well for us as a family dinner. The steamed egg is ready before the meat, so the kids had something to eat straight away, and non-meat dishes like jjagyechi are on the menu. On our visit, most tables had kids. We got a table easily at 5:30, but the room was full soon after six on a weekday, so going early helps.
Would we go back?
Yes. The black pork belly on the pot lid was very good, crisp outside and juicy inside, and with the steamed egg and doenjang stew included in the set, it makes a full family dinner. The yukhoe was ordinary, but the fried rice with its crisp edges made up for it. I am giving it 4.4 out of 5.
For all our Hanam reviews grouped by area, see our Hanam restaurant guide.
More places we eat in Gamil:
- Geobugi Dongne, pork barbecue and shabu-shabu
- Jjokgalbi Gamil, grilled pork ribs
- Shabu 20, a shabu-shabu buffet