Since moving to Korea we have only gone out for brunch a handful of times. Not because restaurants don’t offer brunch (many do) and not because brunch isn’t good here (it is), it’s just that brunch in Korea tastes like…brunch in Korea. It’s similar, but not quite right. Either the sausage is a bratwurst, the pancakes aren’t served with syrup, the biscuits and gravy aren’t seasoned, or the ketchup is sweet. In most every instance there’s a coleslaw salad and a couple stray cherry tomatoes sharing the plate with a stack of dry toast and slab of pork belly. Over time, we sort of gave up on going out for brunch and opted instead to spend our lazy Sunday afternoons cooking at home.
We decided to give brunch another try while in Seoul a couple weeks ago. I had heard The Beastro mentioned more than a few times by expats as a great spot for brunch, and despite having serious skepticism about its claim of servung American food, we booked a reservation online. While the menu seemed legitimately American, we have been fooled in the past before. If nothing else, we knew the drinks would probably be good.