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Writes about small restaurants and everyday meals found while getting around Jeju Island. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés
Cheongchuni Oranda Dongmun Market Main Branch Tapdong is a shop inside Dongmun Market in Jeju City that makes and sells oranda and gwajul, traditional Jeju rice snacks, by hand. At Cheongchuni you can freely taste several kinds before choosing, and the gamtae (sea moss), yuzu and manong (garlic) oranda all come with gift box packaging and nationwide courier delivery. Taste first, then pack a box as a souvenir or ship it home.
Handam Guksu Gwakji Aewol Branch is a gogi-guksu (pork noodle soup) restaurant on Aewol-ro in Aewol-eup, Jeju, close to the Handam Coastal Trail and the Aewol café street. The signature gogi-guksu arrived in a mild, clean pork-bone broth under a generous pile of Jeju pork, and kimchi and pickled radish came from a self-serve bar in any amount. For anyone worn out by salty, spicy food on a Jeju trip, Handam Guksu is an easy lunch bowl.
Jeju Samchun is a black pork grill restaurant at 537-1 Sinbuk-ro in Jocheon-eup, Jeju, near Hamdeok Beach. At Jeju Samchun I sat at a folding-window table looking out over the garden while staff grilled the Jocha Set of pork neck and five-layer pork belly, served with a seafood doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew). The 300-hour low-temperature aging and the lingering grapevine smoke made this a meal worth remembering.
Pork80 Jeju Airport Branch is a charcoal-grill restaurant specialising in Jeju native black pork, about 10 minutes by car from Jeju Airport. The signature Nanchuk Matdon was ordered for lunch and grilled from start to finish by the staff, served with meljeot (fermented anchovy dipping sauce) brought out warm, matcha salt, yeolmu radish noodles and Pork Rice. For black pork in Jeju with no risk of disappointment, Pork80 Jeju Airport Branch was the safe choice.
Onjeong Jorim Jeju Hyeopjae Branch is a Jeju Manong fish stew restaurant a 5-minute walk from Hyeopjae Beach in Hallim-eup, Jeju. Lunch here was the Jeju Manong Mixed Jorim, hairtail and mackerel stewed together, eaten at a window seat with a view of the Jeju scenery, and the basic side dishes were refillable at the self-serve bar. For a rice-friendly braised fish meal near Hyeopjae Beach, Onjeong Jorim is an easy choice.
Nopo Dwaeji Aewol is a black pork restaurant in Aewol-eup, Jeju, a 5-minute walk from Gwakji Beach. Black pork aged 168 hours is seared first over barley straw and charcoal, served as thick cuts, and staff grilled the neck and belly to the right doneness through the whole meal. With kimchi jjigae, kelp rice, and a self-serve side dish bar, Nopo Dwaeji Aewol makes a filling lunch stop near the beach.
