Udo peanut makgeolli with braised cutlassfish, Seogwipo: Tamra Hansang

How to find Tamra Hansang: 3 minutes from Sinsin Hotel, 10 from Olle Market

During my Jeju trip I stayed at Sinsin Hotel in Seogwipo, so let me post about the braised cutlassfish place with the best reviews, famous as an Olle Market restaurant — Tamra Hansang! It was about a 3-minute walk from Sinsin Hotel and a 10-minute walk from Olle Market!

If you're staying at a hotel nearby, or trying to decide where to eat around Sinsin Hotel or Seogwipo Olle Market, I recommend Tamra Hansang ☺️👍 It's a place where you can try a variety of Jeju foods all in one meal, from braised cutlassfish — a Jeju trip essential — to mackerel sashimi, spot shrimp sashimi, and dombe pork 😉!!

What we ordered at Tamra Hansang: braised cutlassfish and Udo peanut makgeolli

We ordered the braised cutlassfish we'd been looking forward to eating in Jeju, plus Utangmak! (Udo peanut makgeolli)!

Hahaha, Utangmak! It's nutty, sweet and tasty, but I guess I'm not really into fancier, doctored-up makgeolli lol. Still, since Jeju is our largest island, and this is the specialty makgeolli of an island within that island, Udo, I have a soft spot for it.

Apparently Udo's volcanic soil and sea breeze make it a great environment for growing peanuts, so peanut farming has thrived there for a long time 🥜 That's why everything from nutty peanut ice cream to makgeolli and other snacks made with Udo peanuts is beloved there!! So if you haven't tried Utangmak! yet, I recommend giving it a shot 😉

Tamra Hansang's side dishes, with free refills on the cucumber aged kimchi

Here are the basic side dishes at Tamra Hansang, Seogwipo Olle Market!… I'd only heard about it, but the side dishes ranged from soy-marinated shrimp to carefully made namul (seasoned vegetables) — clean sides that fit a well put-together meal!!! Especially the cucumber mukeunji (aged kimchi)!!! Genuinely delicious!! (I got a refill... eating it with sungnyung is basically a knockout) haha

One braised cutlassfish order, plus mackerel, amberjack and spot shrimp sashimi

True to Seogwipo, Jeju form, ordering the braised cutlassfish brought out a whole plate of Jeju sashimi too! Could double as a sashimi restaurant — two birds, one stone haha. Mackerel sashimi, which you can only eat when it's super fresh, plus yellowtail amberjack and cutlassfish sashimi and spot shrimp, all in season right now!

What I ordered was braised cutlassfish, but the perk is you get to eat all of Jeju's representative dishes in one sitting!! This is exactly why the restaurant is named Tamra Hansang ('Tamra full course') — living up to its name, right??? 😆👍

On top of that, boneless fried cutlassfish and seasoned dombe pork too… truly a course meal 💋💋

The fried cutlassfish had all its bones removed so it was easy to eat, and the flesh inside was soft and clean-tasting haha 🥹

Boat-fresh cutlassfish, 3-4 ji: how does the braise taste?

The cutlassfish in the braise was so tender that just touching it lightly with chopsticks made the flesh flake apart along its grain. When I asked, they said the cutlassfish is sourced directly from fishing boats!! The fish looked to be around 3-4 ji in size!!

Once in your mouth, you can feel that distinctive moist yet firm texture of cutlassfish flesh, and the more you chew, the more a clean, nutty flavor spreads subtly 🫢💚

And the braising sauce matters a lot for braised cutlassfish too!! It wasn't just spicy for the sake of it — the balance of sweet, salty and spicy was so good that I kept reaching for more 🙏

Potato and ginkgo stone pot rice with sungnyung: a certified rice thief

On top of that, stone pot rice with potato and ginkgo nuts… at this point, weren't we treated like royalty in Jeju? Hahaha. And you can't skip the sungnyung that comes with stone pot rice, haha.

What I especially loved was how well the seasoning soaked into every layer of the flesh, so the softly crumbling cutlassfish blended perfectly with the rich, spicy sauce 👍👍👍 This was truly the culprit 🕵🏻 A total rice thief!!!!

My boyfriend ended up ordering Hallasan soju while eating haha. Honestly everything here goes with soju, so it was inevitable haha

Boneless cutlassfish with stone pot rice... and braised potatoes 🥔

And finally sungnyung with well-braised radish… my one-line review is: why would you go anywhere else? haha

Who should eat at Tamra Hansang in Seogwipo?

Tamra Hansang 🍊, close to Seogwipo's Olle Market, has space to seat large groups and friendly service! With fresh seasonal sashimi and braised cutlassfish that's both tender and spicy, plus sweet-seasoned cutlassfish and braised radish, a whole bowl of rice gets stolen 🍚

Tamra Hansang, a local Jeju restaurant I'd love to bring my parents to — highly recommended 👍👍🫶🫶👍👍!!