Weekend queue for spicy jjukkumi and ice cream: Jigueseo On Jjukkumi

Last weekend I was craving smoky jjukkumi (spicy webfoot octopus), so I went to Jigueseo On Jjukkumi Hanam Main Branch, a well-known jjukkumi restaurant in Hanam. I was super excited going in since it's a place where you can have perilla-oil jjukkumi together with hot pot rice!!

Location and parking at Jigueseo On Jjukkumi Hanam Main Branch

• 🗺️ Address: 5 Seohanam-ro 390beon-gil, Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• 🕰️ Hours: Daily 11:00–21:00
• 🅿️ Parking: Private lot available

There's a wide parking area right in front of the restaurant, so it was fine to come by car too. No stress about parking at all! In fact, lots of the other guests were families with cars.

A packed dining room even at 11am on a weekend

The place was way bigger than I expected, with tables spaced out generously. We got there around 11am and it was already packed with customers,,, people kept streaming in from 11 onward 🫢

Probably because it was the weekend, but there were a lot of families and a wide range of ages!! I saw quite a few tables with grandparents along too.

The menu and what we ordered

The signature dish here is the Banggan perilla-oil jjukkumi hot pot rice set! It's a combo of naturally pressed perilla oil + jjukkumi + hot pot rice.

🥢 Today's order — perilla-oil jjukkumi hot pot rice set, ₩13,000 x 2 people

How the banchan spread comes out

🍚 After ordering, a short wait and the banchan (side dishes) started arriving one by one. Seaweed soup, japchae (glass noodle stir-fry), salad, salted pollock roe — a nice variety of dishes that pair well with jjukkumi.

These weren't just filler side dishes — they really lived up to the word 'set meal.' The japchae and pollock roe were delicious 🥺 My boyfriend loved the jellyfish salad.

How spicy is the jjukkumi? Spicier than Shin Ramyun

🐙 The jjukkumi finally arrived, looking gorgeous 🐙 One bite in and it was spicier than expected. By my standard, definitely spicier than Shin Ramyun..!! If you like spicy food you'll enjoy it, and it hit the spot perfectly for me since I love buldak (fire chicken noodles).

The jjukkumi was so plump and bouncy it was almost touching,,, ㅠ_ㅠ Whether it's in season or not, the flesh was really full and it was genuinely delicious jjukkumi... After a bite of jjukkumi, one spoonful of seaweed soup washes the heat right down, and you just keep going.

How the Banggan perilla oil changes the flavor

And the real highlight of this dish is the perilla oil! They kept bragging about how it's pressed fresh at their own oil mill, and the flavor really delivered. Adding a little perilla oil to the jjukkumi softens the spice a bit and brings out a huge nutty aroma.

Finishing with hot pot rice and nurungji

🍚 Hot pot rice Having warm hot pot rice on top makes it feel like a pretty solid full meal. It's tasty to spoon the jjukkumi sauce over the rice, and at the end you can pour water into the pot to make nurungji (scorched rice), so the meal finishes clean and satisfying ✌🏻

Ice cream dessert and the receipt review event

Ice cream is served for dessert. Finishing with something cool and sweet really wipes the spice out of your mouth, haha. Getting dessert taken care of right after the meal 🍦

And off to one side there was also a receipt review event going on! Apparently if you write a receipt review, you get a free bowl of Hangang ramyeon 👍🏻 We were already too full so we skipped it, but next time I'll have to try the Hangang ramyeon too.

Final verdict

Nutty perilla oil + spicy jjukkumi + warm hot pot rice, plus a really well-put-together banchan spread — nothing to leave out here 👍🏻 The staff were kind, the perilla oil was fragrant, the jjukkumi was spicy with a generous portion ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I'd recommend Jigueseo On Jjukkumi as a great Hanam jjukkumi restaurant for whenever you want a hearty Korean meal with family!

✅ Taste review & what I liked

• ✔️ The perilla oil aroma comes through nicely and pairs well with the jjukkumi
• ✔️ The jjukkumi is spicy, so it's great for people who like spicy food
• ✔️ Comes with hot pot rice, making it a filling meal
• ✔️ Wide variety of banchan, and refills available for ones you run low on
• ✔️ Staff were kind, making for a comfortable meal

☂️ Downsides — none / Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️