# Sokcho Korean restaurant for perilla pollack soup brunch: Bigeumdo - By Window Bean Watcher (https://superchart.com/en/@changsin-bean-window/) - Written Jun 18, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Sokcho, Gangwon - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@changsin-bean-window/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@changsin-bean-window/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/index.md) ## In short Bigeumdo is a Korean restaurant on Sinheung 2-gil in Sokcho, Gangwon, serving hwangtae haejangguk-bap (dried pollack hangover soup with rice) and neat side dishes. After a night of makgeolli, a couple staying at Sono Delpino skipped the resort breakfast and went to Bigeumdo at 11 a.m. on a Monday. They ate perilla-scented pollack soup served in its pressure cooker and radish salad mixed with salted squid. Bigeumdo is a clean Sokcho Korean restaurant that suits a hangover morning or a family meal with kids. ## Good to know - **What we ordered**: Hwangtae haejangguk-bap, dried pollack hangover soup with rice (2 servings minimum) - **How to order**: Tablet at the table - **Side dishes**: 5 (radish salad with salted squid, stir-fried potato strips, stir-fried garlic scapes with anchovies, and more) - **Pollack**: Dried pollack from Yongdae-ri, Inje - **Visit time**: Monday, 11 a.m. - **Facilities**: Baby chairs, private rooms - **Parking**: Spacious parking lot *as written by the visitor on Jun 18, 2026* ## Why we skipped the Sono Delpino breakfast for Bigeumdo The day after staying at Sono Delpino in Sokcho, we skipped the resort breakfast and had a late brunch of pollack hangover soup rice (hwangtae haejangguk-bap) at Bigeumdo (비금도), a Korean restaurant in Sinheung-dong, Sokcho. I slept like a log at Sono Delpino and thought about signing up for breakfast, but I wasn't confident about getting up early, and I could predict that after stuffing ourselves at dinner I'd wake up all puffy ^^ so no breakfast package for us. ![On the way to breakfast the morning after staying at Sono Delpino](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-01-1h9u5-900.webp) Instead, the place we went for a late brunch was 📍Bigeumdo, a Sokcho breakfast spot. It's known for being clean and tidy 😊 ![Bigeumdo, a Korean restaurant in Sinheung-dong, Sokcho](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-02-1fdar-878.webp) ![Inside Bigeumdo in Sokcho](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-03-1e2ub-868.webp) ![The clean, tidy space at Bigeumdo in Sokcho](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-04-10ycd-900.webp) ![Dining area inside Bigeumdo, Sokcho](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-05-3pmbu-900.webp) ![Quiet weekday-morning interior of Bigeumdo in Sokcho](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-06-1vg4h-900.webp) ## Is Bigeumdo in Sokcho good for a family meal? Bigeumdo has baby chairs and private rooms, and the menu is mostly Korean food that all ages will like, so it suits a family meal. We visited at 11 a.m. on a Monday, and maybe because it was a weekday and an awkward time, we were the only customers. But soon a big family of 6 adults and 4 kids came in. Bigeumdo is definitely a perfect spot for a family meal ✨ There are baby chairs, there are rooms, and the menu is packed with dishes everyone from kids to grandparents will enjoy. ![Seating at Bigeumdo in Sokcho, good for family meals](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-07-10tru-900.webp) ## How to order Bigeumdo's pollack soup rice, and the conditions You order easily on a tablet at the table, and the pollack soup rice can only be ordered for 2 servings or more. We'd had makgeolli and other drinks the day before after a long time, so my husband and I agreed on pollack soup rice easily. Since it needs at least 2 servings, you need the other person's consent, and we settled it in one second 👍🏻 ![Menu and tablet ordering at Bigeumdo in Sokcho](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-08-xkr5q-872.webp) ## How many side dishes at Bigeumdo, and which was the best? The pollack soup rice came with 5 side dishes, tidy home-style ones, and all of them were delicious. The food came out quickly! In other blog reviews I think I saw grilled flatfish too, and I don't know whether it comes with a different menu or was just left out for us T.T ![Five side dishes served with Bigeumdo's pollack soup rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-09-1aesg-900.webp) Still, the side dishes were so good that I ate my rice well! ### No. 1 side dish: radish salad with salted squid The salted-squid radish salad (jeotgal musaengchae) seems to be a signature, since they even sell it separately. I ate it thinking it was plain radish salad, but it was so good that I looked closer and found very finely chopped salted squid in it! That was the kicker,, I still think about this taste 💛 ### No. 2 side dish: stir-fried potato strips as soft as radish The texture is so soft that at first I wondered if it was even potato. You can't really feel that crunchy potato bite, it's soft like radish 👏🏻👏🏻 The rest are tied for 3rd, haha. The garlic scape and anchovy stir-fry was tasty too,, honestly all 5 were delicious. ![Bigeumdo side dishes including salted squid radish salad and stir-fried potato strips](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-10-1ak5j-900.webp) ![Bigeumdo pollack soup rice table setting for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-11-1tuiz-1200.webp) ## How does Bigeumdo's pollack soup rice served in a pressure cooker taste? The pressure cooker comes to the table whole, with pollack, bean sprouts and scallions plus perilla powder, and a nutty aroma hits you right away. The sight of the whole pot is violent! It seems to hold only pollack, bean sprouts and scallions, but the smell is amazing. It's a nutty smell that makes you want to scoop up a spoonful right now! My husband said, "This tastes like perilla seeds?" So I looked closely and there was perilla powder! Found the source of the nuttiness. Turns out Jang-geum (the famous cook from a Korean drama) was living in our house, haha ![Bigeumdo pollack soup rice served in the pressure cooker](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-12-1949e-900.webp) ![A bowl of perilla-scented pollack soup rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-13-1vcci-870.webp) Seriously insanely good,, it's incredible with kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi) on top! I'm so curious about the owner's broth secret. I've never once made pollack hangover soup at home, but now I want to try right away 💚 I've been on a clean diet lately and kept away from soups, so I could feel the sodium zinging all over my body! ### Yongdae-ri pollack from Inje makes up for last winter's regret The pollack in Bigeumdo's soup is Yongdae-ri pollack from Inje. Last winter when we traveled to Inje, we couldn't have pollack soup and only ate tofu, and I went home so disappointed, but that regret was settled right here ^^ ![Pollack soup rice made with Yongdae-ri pollack from Inje](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-14-u3to7-900.webp) This is a scene you only see after a satisfying meal. I guess my husband scraped it clean to the bottom while I wasn't looking, haha ![Pressure cooker scraped clean to the bottom](https://img.superchart.com/images/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch-15-kobxj-900.webp) ## Bigeumdo, Sokcho overall: parking, service and interior Bigeumdo has roomy parking and interior and friendly staff, and it's a place I'd go back to on a morning that needs a hangover cure. As expected, hahaha, not a single piece of pollack in sight and just a few grains of rice left, the soup rice fell heroically and settled my stomach nicely~~ Bigeumdo was cleaner and more charming than I expected. I liked the interior too. Above all, I can't forget that pollack soup broth haha ## Where it is - Bigeumdo (비금도) - 5 Sinheung 2-gil, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-teukbyeoljachi-do, South Korea - 강원특별자치도 속초시 신흥2길 5 - 38.2005787, 128.5356499 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%B9%84%EA%B8%88%EB%8F%84/@38.2005787,128.5356499,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@changsin-bean-window/sokcho-bigeumdo-hangover-hwangtae-brunch/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt