Where to eat in Jeju

Pork and bracken fern are simmered until they lose their shape, giving the gosari yukgaejang a thick, porridge-like bod…

The abalone, shrimp and rockfish braise has a thin, sweet sauce that soaks deep into the radish, tofu and siraegi green…

The braised rockfish (ureok jorim) is spicy without being harsh, and the flesh lifts away with chopsticks. That flesh g…

Abalone stone-pot rice soaks up the flavor of the innards, with dates and chestnuts tucked in. Once the rice is scooped…

Emerald water fills the windows here, since the cafe sits right on Hamdeok Beach. The Gujwa carrot and mayo bread and U…

The Neulbom set at lunch puts 100g of grilled black pork with stone-pot rice, bibimbap vegetables and gangdoenjang, a t…

With gogi guksu the only thing on the menu, a bowl is in front of you almost before you sit down. The pork stock is cle…

Bring a small child and the kitchen sends out one free toddler meal per table, and sometimes a banana carved into a dol…

A server strips the bones from a whole grilled hairtail using nothing but a spoon, right beside your table. The fish is…

Each cut has its own pairing, so the pork belly is topped with pickled chamnamul greens and salted pollack roe. Staff g…

The galchi jorim is made with large hairtail; the fish stays tender while thin slices of radish soak deep into the sauc…

Seats inside and out look down over Jungmun Beach, and the beach-side terrace faces the sunset. In the evening, reggae…

Sanbangsan's sheer back face rises right behind this cafe, and the sand dunes of Hwanguchi Beach run down to the sea in…

Give the mackerel stew a few minutes of simmering before you dig in; it gets better as it reduces. The nutty perilla an…

Grilled tilefish and steamed egg come free to any table ordering three or more portions of meat, putting a fish course…

Coffee and cocktails share one menu here, so an afternoon of coffee and a cookie or cake by the sea can turn into a coc…

Mixed raw fish such as yellowtail, hairtail and mackerel is piled high over chewy fresh noodles in the modeum-hoe-guksu…

Manong baguette, the house garlic bread, is soaked in butter and garlic and spread with a thick, sweet-salty sauce. Str…

Bowls of beef haejangguk (hangover soup) arrive one per person the moment you sit down; there is only one dish, so nobo…

The broth of the seafood dumpling hotpot tastes like crab stew. Four kinds of dumplings, filled with black pork, kimchi…

One Gwanghae modum set brings braised and grilled hairtail (galchi jorim and galchi gui), grilled mackerel, a seafood s…

Bomal, small Jeju sea snails, give the broth a nutty, concentrated taste, while the kalguksu noodles are kneaded with h…

Donsadon started here in Nohyeong-dong in 2006. Black pork neck and skin-on belly share one plate, 600g for two, and yo…

Seongsan Ilchulbong is close by but out of sight; what fills the windows is Udo and water of a deep jade green. The hal…