Jiwon Kal · 2 stories

A Harbor Plate in Sokcho

Writes about restaurant meals found along the coast and mountain towns of Gangwon. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangneung window-seat sashimi set for two, ₩70,000: Samsami-ne

Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch is a sashimi restaurant near Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung, next to the St. Johns Hotel, with 25 years of serving red sea bream yubiki (thin-sliced raw fish). After a first round of kaljjebi (hand-torn noodle soup) upstairs in the same building, the writer came down to a window table at Samsami-ne and ordered the value assorted sashimi set for two at 70,000 won, which arrived with vinegar-gochujang mulhoe (cold raw fish soup), a stone-bowl steamed egg and a generous side dish spread. It is an easy, good-value seafood stop to slot into a Gyeongpodae travel course.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangneung abalone porridge restaurant with free whelk: Haenyeo Village

Gangneung Jeonbok Haenyeo Village is a pressure-pot abalone porridge and haenyeo (women divers) table restaurant on Haean-ro by Gangmun Beach in Gangneung. A visit around 11am for the pressure-pot abalone porridge for two (50,000 won) brought raw abalone, scallops, steamed mussels, steamed whelk, herring roe jeotgal (salted roe), cold boiled pork and grilled fish to the table, and the free steamed whelk (4 pcs) given for a receipt review was the best bite of the meal. With St. John's Hotel and Shilla Monogram nearby, Gangneung Jeonbok Haenyeo Village fits neatly into a late-breakfast or lunch stop.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
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