You start off by taking a piece of lettuce or perilla leaf.
Then take a piece of meat, dip it in the gireumjang sauce, and place it on the leaf.
Next add in some ssamjang, kimchi, garlic, mushroom, and anything else you like. Some choose to add a bit of rice too.
Now, roll it up and stuff it in your mouth. Yes, the whole thing.
Take a shot of soju (distilled rice liquor). This bit is completely optional. But in Korea, samgyeopsal is never complete without soju. This pairing is called SamSo, ‘sam’ from samgyeopsal and ‘so’ from soju.