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Writes about restaurants and small eateries across Jeju and the Busan/Gyeongnam area. · Writes about: Restaurants

Busan noodle shop, after-work solo bibim and mandu: Seomyeon Milmyeon

Seomyeon Milmyeon is a milmyeon (Busan-style wheat noodle) restaurant in EOS Plaza, near Exit 8 of Seomyeon Station in Busan. On a weekday after work, the writer came alone at 6pm and ordered a regular bibim milmyeon (10,000 won) and mandu (dumplings, 7,500 won) at the kiosk: the bibim milmyeon had a sesame-oil aroma and a spicy, tangy, sweet sauce, the mandu had thin, chewy wrappers, and the portions were so big the writer felt fit to burst. Seomyeon Milmyeon is a great spot for a filling solo meal in Seomyeon.

Written Oct 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceBuk-gu, BusanRestaurants

Gupo, Busan Chinese restaurant after-work couple dinner: Hongmigwan

Hongmigwan (홍미관) is a Chinese restaurant that makes its own noodles, near Gupo Market in Buk-gu, Busan. On a weekday after work, around 7 pm, a couple ordered four dishes at Hongmigwan (samseon jjamppong, uni-jjajang, japchebap and mini tangsuyuk) and finished every one, with the bouncy, jjolmyeon-like noodles and the crispy sauce-poured tangsuyuk as the highlights. Hongmigwan may not be a once-in-a-lifetime Chinese restaurant, but overall it is a clean, good-value Chinese restaurant in Gupo.

Written Jul 3, 2026Sponsored

PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

Jeju Airport black pork with no break time, a 3:30pm meal: Pork80

Pork80 Jeju Airport Branch is a charcoal grill house for Nanchuk Matdon, Jeju's native black pork, in Nohyeong-dong, Jeju City. Stopping by at 3:30pm before returning a rental car, the writer had 600g of Nanchuk Matdon (72,000 won) grilled at the table by staff, then finished with pork rice (porkbap, 5,000 won) and yeolmu noodles (cold noodles with young radish kimchi, 8,000 won). With no break time and three hours of free parking, Pork80 made an easy last meal of a Jeju trip.

Written Aug 18, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeogwipo, JejuRestaurants

No-wait galchi jorim dinner near Sanbangsan, Jeju: Sikgwa Hamkke

Sikgwa Hamkke Jeju Sanbangsan Branch is a boneless galchi jorim (braised cutlassfish) restaurant in Hwasun, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, near Sanbangsan on Jeju. On the second night of a Jeju trip, the writer skipped the long lines at the famous cutlassfish restaurants nearby, took a bus to Sikgwa Hamkke, and ordered the boneless galchi jorim for two (45,000 won) with Hallasan soju, which came as a 12-dish spread with abalone-conch-shrimp rice, fried cutlassfish belly, and soy-marinated crab. The stew's seasoning at Sikgwa Hamkke was only so-so, but the home-style side dishes were in a class of their own.

Written Aug 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

Jeju BBQ open till 11pm in Nohyeong-dong: raw galbi for two, Boncham

Jeju Boncham Sutbul Galbi is a charcoal-grilled black pork and galbi (short rib) restaurant in Nohyeong-dong, Jeju City. Arriving on an evening flight after work, the writer walked in at 9:30pm and ordered two servings of raw galbi, one serving of black pork belly and seafood soybean paste stew, with the staff grilling every cut at the table. Jeju Boncham Sutbul Galbi stays open until 11pm, which made it an easy late dinner on the first night in Jeju.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored

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