Jocheon, Jeju noodle restaurant serving radish tea: Myeonjumak Jeju

On a Saturday morning family outing, Ppotto and I went for a walk on Saryeoni Forest Path, and after a lovely stroll there was no debate about where to eat — we headed straight there. A great restaurant for east Jeju, easy to visit with a kid, near Saryeoni Forest Path, with delicious noodles: Myeonjumak ☺️

Myeonjumak Jeju Main Branch hours and what families get for kids

• Myeonjumak, a restaurant near Saryeoni Forest Path

• Open year-round (closed on major holidays)
• Hours: 09:00 – 15:00
• Last order: 14:30
• Group seating available, Naver reservations, high chair, baby food microwave, free baby noodles (under 36 months)

We hadn't been to Myeonjumak in a while — last time was after visiting Eco Land with Ppotto, and this time it was after Saryeoni Forest Path. It's right on Beonyeong-ro, so it's perfect for stopping in after playing at east Jeju attractions, which means we always end up here when we go out east ☺️

The parking lot and the dining room are both spacious, so it never feels cramped ☺️ There's enough room for strollers to get through, and I once even saw a customer in a wheelchair here.

Ppotto is past three years old now and doesn't need them anymore, but back in the day we relied on the high chair, the baby food microwave, and the free baby noodles — all of which make this a great place to visit with a baby.

What is the radish tea served instead of water, and the self-serve bar?

There's also a phone stand, phone charger, hair ties, and mouthwash on hand. Myeonjumak really does try hard in a lot of ways to make things convenient for customers ☺️

The water at Myeonjumak is a little special — instead they serve muu-cha (radish tea), said to help digestion and boost immunity. The name alone made me a bit wary, but once I actually tried it, it tasted like nutty roasted barley tea.

The seaweed and sauce served alongside the noodles and soup have the date they were packaged stamped right on the container, which gave me the sense that things are well managed here in many ways.

Hakgasan kimchi, approved by a self-proclaimed kimchi fanatic of an owner — tangy and just right with noodles ☺️

The generous side dishes at the self-serve bar, and the baby dishes and utensils kept in a sterilizer — everything always feels carefully managed, which makes Myeonjumak a place I trust.

Half an order of Jeju black pork dombegogi at Myeonjumak

What we ordered: double-portion gogi guksu, gogi bibim guksu, half a plate of Jeju black pork dombegogi, and makgeolli

The Jeju black pork dombegogi arrived before the noodles ☆ Personally I'm more of a traditional thick-cut dombe person, but Myeonjumak's is thinly sliced and tender, and Ppotto eats it well, so we always end up ordering it.

Myeonjumak's dombegogi is a little different — it feels like it's been boiled the way jokbal (braised pig's trotters) is. Even the color looks jokbal-ish(?), and the more you chew, a faint jokbal aroma spreads through it.

It's tasty wrapped in lettuce, but the flavor really takes off when you eat it with the bibim guksu ☺️

Double-portion gogi guksu, ordered now that our child is past 36 months

After the Jeju black pork dombegogi came the double-portion gogi guksu and the gogi bibim guksu, one right after the other ☆

Myeonjumak's noodles use noodles from Dongnam Guksu, a well-known Jeju local company, which makes them even chewier and more delicious,

Rich bone broth, springy noodles, and thick pork topping — Myeonjumak's gogi guksu is always good. A few days earlier Ppotto had just turned 36 months, so we sadly couldn't order the baby noodles anymore and ordered the gogi guksu as a double portion instead, and the portion was enormous.

Ppotto, who normally never scoops up food on their own, actually fed themselves with Myeonjumak's gogi guksu ☺️

Gogi bibim guksu and makgeolli at Myeonjumak Jeju Main Branch

Fresh, crunchy vegetables topped with savory, chewy pork — Myeonjumak's bibim guksu sauce, tangy with a gentle spicy kick that gets your appetite going, tastes great every single time.

Eaten together with the uniquely jokbal-scented dombegogi, it's quadruple as delicious ☺️

The noodles were so good it naturally made me want makgeolli — cracked one open nice and cold, and since I wasn't driving I drank both glasses myself, quadruple as delicious 🥰

Close to major east Jeju spots like Eco Land, Saryeoni Forest Path, and Jeolmul Recreation Forest, Myeonjumak Jeju Main Branch is the east Jeju restaurant we always stop by whenever we're out that way with Ppotto — a great place to go with kids ☺️