This small chain pitches itself as serving traditional bansang meals. But instead of fresh food being served in a communal family-style manner, one selects from an array of pre-cooked food, which is placed into a compartmentalized plastic tray, kinda like that Hundred Grains place. I'm not sure if the naming is intentional, but ogog happens to be Korean for "five grains."
Anyway, the pre-cooked food was a problem for me. The bulgogi in the left corner was cold and tough, and the little kimchijeon rounds next to it were rather lifeless after having sat around for a while. The only thing I did like was the item on the right, as it wasn't supposed to be cooked nor served hot in the first place. It was a serving of soy sauce marinated saaewoojang prawns, which were fresh and savory enough for me to eat quickly and happily. It's cool that they made this dish so easily accessible; next time I'm just going to fill multiple compartments with it. That, and maybe try their soondubu add-on, as it looked pretty good, even if it's oddly served in a plastic takeout bowl.
On that note, these guys use a lot of single-use plastics. They knew that I was dining in, and yet they gave me a plastic cover for the tray. The kimchi came in a plastic-lidded container inside the tray, and my drink was served in a plastic cup in a plastic bag with a plastic-wrapped straw. And no, I didn't use the plastic-wrapped spoons either. I know that this sounds silly, but it really bothered me how much plastic these guys used.
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