Hamdeok black pork restaurant for two with Maldon salt: Jeju Samchun

There are so many good restaurants around Hamdeok Beach, but Jeju Samchun is easily in my top 3 for black pork haha 😆

Inside Jeju Samchun near Hamdeok Beach: seating and atmosphere

Jeju Samchun Hamdeok Beach black pork is a grilled black pork restaurant on the 1st floor of 537-1 Sinbuk-ro, Jocheon-eup, Jeju-si. The inside was so clean and pleasant I almost forgot I was in a meat restaurant!

Further inside, there are tables big enough for groups.

There's also a baby chair and a restroom inside.

What is the 300-hour low-temperature aging room?

The aging chamber at Jeju Samchun is packed with black pork aged at low temperature for 300 hours, giving you tender meat. There's even a certificate showing it's a verified Jeju pork seller.

Ordering for two: the Jocha Set 500g on the tablet

Ordering is done through the tablet on the table, and we went with the Jocha Set 500g, a good size for two.

Side dishes and what comes on the salt plate

The basic side dishes Jeju Samchun sets out go really well with black pork—lots of ssam vegetables and dipping sauces.

This was actually the first grilled meat restaurant I've been to that gives pollack roe as a side dish—I'll share the tasty combo below!!

This was my first time trying breadcrumb salt, and the crunchy breadcrumb texture actually pairs surprisingly well with the meat.

Jocha Set 500g for 60,000 won and the grapevine smoke show

🐷 Jocha Set (500g) ₩60,000

The low-temperature-aged black pork is smoked with grapevine chips, and they perform an opening reveal that lets the smoke pour out!

The Jocha Set comes with pork neck and pork belly, plated with an adorable dol hareubang figure 👀

The best part about Jeju Samchun black pork—the staff grill the meat for you themselves 👏🏻

After grilling it perfectly, they kindly told us what combinations taste best with the meat!

The pollack roe seaweed wrap the staff taught us

Here's the combo! Put black pork and pollack roe on kim (seaweed sheet), add whatever sauce you like—maeljeot (fermented anchovy sauce) or shiitake pickle—and eat it in one bite, it's amazing 👍🏻 (Grilling the kim briefly on the pan makes it even better...)

With so many sauces and side dishes to wrap the meat with, it was fun eating the black pork in all sorts of combinations.

Samchun kimchi jjigae, 8,000 won or free with a photo review

🥘 Samchun kimchi jjigae ₩8,000

You can get this for free by joining the photo review event—definitely do it!

Because it comes in a generous portion, loaded with meat and sour kimchi, it was the perfect match for the black pork 👍🏻

I finished off this satisfying meal with beer, which you can't skip with good black pork. Ahh~🍻🍻

Is Jeju Samchun worth it for two?

There are so many good black pork restaurants in Jeju, but Jeju Samchun black pork stood out. With so many sauces and generous side dishes to pair with the black pork, it was a genuinely fun meal picking and choosing combinations. The low-temperature aging plus the grapevine smoking made the meat tender and full of flavor, too! After enjoying the ocean view at Hamdeok Beach, I'd recommend having a great meal of delicious black pork at Jeju Samchun 🫶🏻