Agupiung Station Restaurant Good for Eating Alone: Ibul Deopbap

I had never imagined eating a meal alone, but as time went by and I started working in society, there were times when I had to eat by myself. I couldn’t just skip a meal and go hungry because I couldn’t eat alone.

As a result, I naturally came to look for places that are good for eating alone.

There is also a restaurant at Apgujeong Station that is good for eating alone. The Apgujeong Station restaurant good for solo dining is Ibul Deopbap.

If you think about restaurants that are good for dining alone, many of them have single-person tables or bar-style interiors. Ibul Deopbap, located near Apgujeong Station, is also arranged in a bar style and uses an automatic ordering machine, so for a restaurant that serves rice bowl dishes, you could say the prices are quite affordable.

As the name Ibul Deopbap suggests, the main menu here is rice bowls.

So naturally, I always ordered gyudon and ate that.

Because it had rained and the temperature felt a little chilly, I wanted something with broth. So I ordered something other than a rice bowl.

After ordering, if you sit down, they bring the menu to your table.

While waiting for the food, you can set up the side plate on the table with pickled ginger, pickled radish, and water.

I like pickled ginger, so lots and lots of pickled ginger.

When ordering gyudon, you can place the pickled ginger on top and eat it together, so I didn’t bother putting the pickled ginger on a separate plate. But today I ordered something other than gyudon, so I put the pickled ginger on a plate.

Ibul Deopbap always has customers because many people come to eat alone and the prices are not bad. So you might think you’d have to wait a long time, but the food comes out quickly, so turnover is good and a seat opens up quickly if you wait a little.

I ordered nabe instead of a rice bowl.

Nabe is a Japanese word meaning all kinds of hot pot dishes, and these days it seems many people enjoy mille-feuille nabe.

But in Japan, nabe refers to food made by cooking meat, fish, edible vegetables, and so on in a cooking pot and serving it at the table. The difference from shabu-shabu is that it is not eaten while cooking at the table, but comes out fully prepared!!

The nabe at Ibul Deopbap contains beef, and the vegetables include napa cabbage leaves, green onions, onions, tofu, fish cake, ham, and udon noodles.

The portion is not small for the price, but still, when you think of nabe, the vegetables feel plentiful, though I did find the amount of vegetables a little lacking.

Since the broth in the nabe is rich, you can take out the vegetables and meat and dip them in the egg yolk before eating. Then the egg yolk balances out the saltiness, making the nabe delicious.

It had been a while since I last had nabe, and while it wasn’t bad, I think at Ibul Deopbap I’ll just stick to ordering the rice bowls.

There’s a reason it specializes in rice bowls, after all.

Ibul Deopbap Apgujeong branch, good for eating alone, is located on the left side if you leave Exit 4 of Apgujeong Station, enter the alley you can see, and keep walking straight.

The building is set back a little, but it’s still easy to find.

The Apgujeong Station restaurant good for eating alone, Ibul Deopbap!!

A healthy nabe dish that’s perfect for eating when the cold wind blows, with vegetables, tofu, and meat all in good balance.