Jeju airport black pork with easy parking: Pork80

Whenever I come to Jeju, black pork and meat noodle soup are two things I eat again and again, haha. Black pork isn’t that common once you leave the island, so I just keep eating it, haha. I visited Pork80 near Jeju Airport and enjoyed its Nanchuk Matdon black pork.

Pork80 Jeju Airport Branch is at 1F, 37 Noyeon-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and it is open from 11:30 AM to 11:30 PM.

A black pork restaurant with easy parking in Jeju’s Nohyeong-dong

Parking lot

I usually check parking before going to a restaurant in Nohyeong-dong near Jeju Airport, since so many places are inconvenient for parking; I even skip accommodations without it. Pork80, a black pork spot near Jeju Airport, has a parking lot only a 1–2 minute walk away. It was spacious too, so it felt worry-free for getting around on a rental-car trip.

Exterior

Pork80 sits along the road, so it is easy to find. There is a Grand Hyatt and lots of other hotels nearby, so international visitors come here too.

Interior and grilling service

The tables were roomy, the space was divided up nicely while still feeling clean, and it was convenient that the restroom was inside.

The grilling service is only offered with an order of Nanchuk Matdon. I visited at lunch when it was quiet, so I received the service, but they said they may not be able to grill the meat during busy times.

Pork80’s menu and ordering Nanchuk Matdon

Menu

The signature Nanchuk Matdon platter was ₩72,000, while black pork gabrisal and black pork hangjeongsal were ₩22,000 each.

They also had Jeju marinated galbi, fresh five-layer pork belly, and fresh pork neck.

There was a wide selection of drinks, including sparkling water, zero-sugar drinks, draft beer, non-alcoholic beer, and highballs.

For meal dishes, there were horned-turban shell seafood ttukbaegi (hot-pot stew), soft tofu stew, kimchi fried rice, young-radish noodle soup, spicy mixed noodles, and fried rice.

I ordered the Nanchuk Matdon and read through the guide on how to enjoy it.

Thick Nanchuk Matdon with meljorim

Table setting

Fresh kimchi, pickled perilla leaves, onion soy sauce, corn, shredded radish salad, scallion salad, and seasoned raw crab came out.

Nanchuk Matdon platter

The meat came with chopped scallions, and each piece was incredibly thick. The black pork looked moist, glossy, and beautifully colored even before cooking.

Pork80 uses charcoal grilling, so good charcoal comes out, and once they put the meat on the grill, they cook it from start to finish. Personally, I find it easy to cook beef myself, but it is definitely more convenient when someone grills pork for you. They grilled it perfectly, so all I had to do was eat—it was really convenient.

Usually you get meljeot, a Jeju salted anchovy sauce, but Pork80 gives you a generous serving of meljorim, a braised anchovy dip. There are anchovies in it, but tofu too, haha. It was not salty, so it tasted best when I dipped the meat right in.

Even though the heat was fairly high, it cooked evenly golden without burning. Despite how thick each piece was, they cooked it beautifully.

I tried a piece of meat on its own, generously dipped in the meljorim. They give you salt too, but I personally liked the meljorim much more than the salt. It was delicious without any overly fishy flavor, haha.

They also grilled the scallions over the charcoal really well without burning them. They set the cooked meat to the side so it stays warm. I liked that I could eat slowly instead of rushing. Each piece was thick, so you could really taste all the juices of the black pork belly.

It was delicious even with just a little wasabi,

and it was tasty wrapped with the scallion salad that came as a side dish too.

The meat was tender, so the kids ate it well too, haha. My niece or nephew enjoyed it as well, hahaha. The area around Jeju Airport in Nohyeong-dong is downtown, so driving around is what I worry about most, but the easy parking was really nice. With the grilling service and delicious meat too, I was very satisfied, haha.