Steamed skate restaurant by Sokcho Jungang Market: Jungang Sanghoe
In short
Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe is a steamed skate (gaori-jjim) restaurant on the first floor of the Centum Mark building next to Sokcho Jungang Market in Sokcho, Gangwon. The pro gaori-jjim (small) costs 45,000 won, and with two bowls of rice and corn noodles the total came to 50,000 won, with flesh that was tender and carried no fermented smell at all. Centum Mark parking is covered for 2 hours, and an early weekday visit meant walking straight in with no wait.
Good to know
- Address
- 1F Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe, 28 Jungang-ro 121beon-gil, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do
- Hours
- Daily 10:00–21:00 (break 16:00–17:00)
- Closed
- Tuesdays
- Parking
- Centum Mark parking lot, 2 hours covered
- Reservations
- Groups of 5 or more only
- Other
- Groups welcome, takeout available
- Pro gaori-jjim (small)
- 45,000 won
- Bowl of rice
- 1,000 won (2 bowls 2,000 won)
- Corn noodles
- 3,000 won
- Total order
- 50,000 won
- Cooking wait
- 15–20 minutes
- Price reference
- ₩45,000 ≈ $33.5 · ₩2,000 ≈ $1.5 · ₩3,000 ≈ $2.2 (2026-09-15)
as written by the visitor on Aug 31, 2026
I hadn't been to Sokcho in a while and wanted to eat something delicious! This time I decided to try something distinctive — steamed skate. If you're looking for a great skate restaurant near Sokcho Market, here's my review of Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe!
Where is Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe, and what are the hours?
Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe is located at 28 Jungang-ro 121beon-gil, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, on the 1st floor of the Centum Mark building. It's open daily from 10:00 to 21:00, with a break time from 16:00 to 17:00, and closed on Tuesdays. Parking is available, groups are welcome, takeout is possible, and reservations are only accepted for parties of 5 or more.
The location is close to the market! Since it's right next to it, I didn't even need to park in the public lot — I got to briefly visit the market too.
Where to park near Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe
You can park at the Centum Mark parking lot, which gives you 2 hours free! There's plenty of spacious parking, which was really convenient. Taking the elevator up, you can already see the menu displayed.
Finding the entrance at Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe
Arrived at Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe! Since it's inside the Centum Mark building, it's not immediately obvious when you step off the elevator, but if you follow the corridor into the big hall, you'll spot it right away.
The main menu items are displayed on the exterior, and you can tell right away that steamed skate is the signature dish!
Since it was a bit early, there was no waiting — went straight in!!
Seating and wait time inside Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe
The tables at Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe are mostly for 4, but there are also several 6-person tables! Even though it was a weekday, the place was packed, and before long a waiting line formed!
There was also a display introducing the surprising health benefits of skate.
Since it's steamed skate, it took about 15–20 minutes to prepare. Handy that groups of 5 or more can reserve ahead!
There's also space set up for large groups.
Oh, apparently they also make donations! Now for a bit of waiting...
Menu and what we ordered at Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe
What I ordered at Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe was the pro-gaori-jjim (small) for ₩45,000, plus two bowls of rice for ₩2,000, and corn noodles for ₩3,000 — ₩50,000 total. Since I came here specifically for skate, of course I had to order the skate!
What made me hesitate was that the full skate set comes with stir-fried squid too! Hmm!! But apparently the single dish has a bigger portion than the set, so I went with the single dish!!
- Pro-gaori-jjim (small) ₩45,000
- 2 bowls of rice ₩2,000
- Corn noodles ₩3,000
- Total ₩50,000
How did the pro gaori-jjim (small) taste?
Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe's pro-gaori-jjim came with soy sauce mixed with wasabi, seaweed, and bean sprouts to wrap it in. All sorts of side dishes came out too! There was soy sauce with wasabi for dipping, and seaweed with bean sprouts similar to how you'd eat braised pollock.
The seaweed soup had octopus in it too — chewy and delicious, loved it!
Looks smaller than expected, right? That's because it's hidden under the sauce!
There's a huge amount of flesh, and it's definitely super soft and delicious! Can you see the white flesh??
When you lift it slightly, the soft flesh tears apart with a pull, and a soft, tender flavor spreads in your mouth — so good! Picking it apart bit by bit is such a great feeling!
Plus the sauce tastes a bit like buldak (spicy fire chicken sauce), though of course not nearly as spicy as buldak — just right, and it makes you want to mix everything up!
Wrapping the flesh and sauce with bean sprouts and seaweed is genuinely delicious!
Does the steamed skate have a fermented smell?
I remember steamed skate sometimes having a fermented smell or taste, but surprisingly, Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe's had none of that!
Adding corn noodles and mixing them into the leftover sauce
The ₩3,000 corn noodles were perfect for using up the leftover sauce. As I ate, some sauce was left over and it felt a shame to waste it, so I added the corn noodles and mixed them in — it went great with the sauce flavor!!
And there it is — Taetae finished it all off, even the corn noodles! On the left, the skate bones remain as evidence of the battle!
Happily cleared the whole table and walked out — and there was already another waiting line!
If you're looking for a great skate restaurant in Sokcho, I recommend this place! That's my review of Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe!
Where it is
1F Sokcho Jungang Sanghoe, 28 Jungang-ro 121beon-gil, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea강원특별자치도 속초시 중앙로121번길 28 1층 속초중앙상회
