Jungmun black pork BBQ with parents, 600g for ₩66,000: Kkamang Dwaeji

This post covers the key info (hours, parking, reservations), the menu, the layout and interior, how the food tasted, and a few tips.

A Jungmun black pork restaurant with my parents: Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch

Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch (까망돼지 중문점) is a Jeju black pork BBQ restaurant in Jungmun, Seogwipo. I'd come to Jeju with my parents and really, truly wanted some seriously good black pork, so I did a quick search and headed over.

The only BBQ restaurant to win both a Blue Ribbon and a Red Ribbon!!

It was every bit as good as everyone says!!!!! Honestly the best thing I ate in Jeju!!

What's on the menu at Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch?

The meat menu centers on pork belly and neck. If you order the thick-cut set (geun-gogi), you get to try both belly and neck together.

Hours, parking, reservations and waiting: quick summary

• Location: Jungmun Tourist Complex area
• Parking: none right in front of the restaurant (a nearby public lot is recommended)
• Restrooms: inside, separate for men and women, clean
• Hours: 11:30–23:00 (open every day)
• Waiting: yes, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings
• Reservations: available on Naver!
• Seating: tables for 4, group seating available
• Signature menu: Jeju black pork

Today's order was the Jeju black pork thick-cut (600g) for ₩66,000. Okay, honest review time~

Location and atmosphere inside Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch

The restaurant is in Saekdal-dong, a short drive from the Jungmun Tourist Complex. It's on the first floor of the Yeomiji House building, so it's easy to find, and there's parking space in front of the building too.

The inside is really pleasant, right~~?

There's floor-to-ceiling glass on the window side so you can see the view outside, and the tables aren't crammed together, so it was comfortable to eat.

Side dishes and the self-serve bar

The basic side dishes are pickled radish (ssambu), onion, bracken, wild garlic pickles (myeongi-namul) and kimchi. A clean, no-fuss spread that sticks to the basics.

If you run out of anything, just help yourself to more at the self-serve bar.

Everything in the basic table setting is also at the self-serve bar, so you barely need to ask for anything. And if you do need something, the staff are kind enough to help even when they're busy.

How does the 600g Jeju black pork (₩66,000) taste?

The 600g Jeju black pork thick-cut is ₩66,000. Before grilling, the staff show you the raw meat, and the thickness alone is something else.

After the pre-grill, the meat came out cut into bite-size pieces and piled up temptingly. The lean meat showing clearly between the thick cuts, balanced with rich, nutty fat, looked delicious just sitting there.

Black pork pre-grilled over oak smoke

I was told they pre-grill 720-hour aged, first-grade black pork over oak smoke before serving it.

So by the time it lands on the grill, the outside is already golden.

Since they cut it into bite-size pieces for you, you only need to flip each piece once, and the waiting time shrinks a lot.

Black pork with meljeot, bracken and wild garlic pickles

I grilled it and dipped the first piece in meljeot (salted anchovy sauce), and it's really, really, really good.

Golden outside, juicy inside, with juices seeping out with every bite. I worried such thick meat might be dry, but it's so tender. One bite and my eyes went wide, it was that good...

From here on I just started eating like crazy. Grilling the bracken.. wrapping pork in the pickled radish.. wrapping it in the wild garlic pickles too, haha

It was so good my hands just kept getting faster and I ate a ton of everything.

Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch as the first meal of a Jeju trip: how was it?

The black pork is just so good, seriously. From the aging process to the pre-grill service, the variety of sides and even the rich kimchi stew, I was happy with everything at Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch.

I believe the first meal of a trip sets the mood for the whole thing, and thanks to Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch, this Jeju trip got off to a great start. The charcoal aroma of the aged Jeju black pork belly, the rich black pork kimchi stew. If you're searching for a black pork restaurant in Jungmun, save this one.

It's number one on my revisit list for my next Jeju trip.

If you're looking for a truly great black pork place in Jeju, I highly recommend Kkamang Dwaeji Jungmun Branch, winner of both a Blue Ribbon and a Red Ribbon~~