Hello! This time, I visited a great-value tuna restaurant in Sillim called ‘Kio Tuna.’ I found it while searching for a new all-you-can-eat tuna place after the one I used to visit closed.
The location was super convenient—about a 1-minute walk from Exit 1 of Sillim Station, so it was very easy to visit.
They have private rooms for groups, bar seating, and window seats. My photos aren’t great this time. Since I’m still new to blogging, I feel a bit shy taking pictures—kind of self-conscious and worried about people watching.
We ordered the lowest course, “Mi.” At 39,000 KRW per person, it was cheaper than most other all-you-can-eat tuna spots. After ordering, they served porridge, soup, kimbap, and sushi. The porridge was light and soothing, the soup tasted closer to soybean paste soup than miso, and the kimbap was interestingly filled with crab stick and shrimp tempura.
The appetizers were really varied: a tangy salad, sweet corn salad, braised tuna, and a grilled dish. The braised one was definitely tuna, but I couldn’t fully confirm whether the grilled one was tuna too. Still, since it tasted different from the usual grilled gill dish you get at regular sashimi places, I’m pretty sure it was grilled tuna.
Here comes the tuna platter. I could already spot the white otoro on top, and since it was the first round, the selection was seriously impressive. I’m still learning, but it looked like they had otoro, chutoro, akami, and most of the main cuts you’d expect.
Doesn’t it look so glossy and delicious? It honestly felt like top-grade tuna, and just seeing it already put me in a good mood.
In the middle of the meal, they served shrimp tempura and a bubbling hot fish cake soup. That’s when I thought, “Wow, this tuna place is really solid.” The warm soup came exactly when we needed it.
These are our first and second refills. For the second refill, they took our plate and served everything nicely on a separate board. Even though we picked the lowest course, the variety and quality were surprisingly generous.
After we finished the braised dish, the owner quietly told us there was an especially tasty cut for braising. We asked for it, and they brought out this one. Just looking at it, you can tell how rich and fatty it is. It was honestly the most flavorful and oily tuna braise I’ve ever had. I want to eat it again… but my photo didn’t really capture how good it was.
The tuna had an amazing aroma the moment I took a bite. The otoro was rich and fatty with a slight crunch, the chutoro was clean and tender with great texture, and the akami had that pure, classic tuna flavor I love. I was completely satisfied.