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Gangnam sashimi: yellowtail & avocado wraps at Gurume (구르메) 🐟

Gurume (구르메), Gangnam

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Rich yellowtail, soft avocado and a sheet of gopchang-gim seaweed in one bite. 🐟 Gurume (구르메) in Gangnam, Seoul is where I've been going for sashimi for four years, and this wrap is the bite I picture first.

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Gopchang-gim seaweed, rice and wrap fixings — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — Gopchang-gim seaweed, rice and wrap fixings

A yellowtail and avocado wrap on a plate — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — A yellowtail and avocado wrap on a plate

The sea cucumber I ordered too — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — The sea cucumber I ordered too

Aged yellowtail with avocado on the plate — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — Aged yellowtail with avocado on the plate

Ramyeon noodles lifted with chopsticks — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — Ramyeon noodles lifted with chopsticks

A wrap in my hand: seaweed, yellowtail, avocado and wasabi — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — A wrap in my hand: seaweed, yellowtail, avocado and wasabi

Seafood jjampong ramyeon topped with scallops and mussels — Gurume (구르메), Gangnam — Seafood jjampong ramyeon topped with scallops and mussels

Place: Gurume (구르메), Gangnam · Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

📍 Where: Gurume (구르메) is at 510 Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The map link below takes you straight to it. 📍
🍽️ What I ordered: I ordered aged yellowtail (숙성대방어), ₩59,000; sea cucumber (해삼), ₩35,000; and seafood jjampong ramyeon (해물짬뽕라면), ₩12,000. Those were the menu prices on my visit. I lay out the seaweed, add a slice of yellowtail, avocado and a little wasabi, and wrap it into one bite. The yellowtail's richness and the avocado's softness come together, but the fish still leads, and after one wrap I want to lay out another sheet. The yellowtail wrap was my favourite of the meal. The ramyeon came in a red broth with scallops and mussels on top. 🍜
👀 Visit impressions: It was already full from 6 p.m. on my visit, so leave some room in the evening rather than squeezing dinner into a tight gap. If you like sashimi, try the aged yellowtail with gopchang-gim and avocado. If I had to pick one place for sashimi in Gangnam, Gurume is still my one pick. 🐟

Written by Harrison Hong. Written from my visit and the photos and video I took.