Dal Jjukkumi 달쭈꾸미

Dal Jjukkumi is an iron-plate baby octopus restaurant on Wolmi Island in Incheon. Its Woojju Sikryang cooks baby octopus with thin beef brisket on one hot plate, allowing the rendered beef fat and red seasoning to coat the curled seafood. Jigu Sikryang replaces the brisket with thicker pork belly, while Dalnara Sikryang keeps the focus on seasoned octopus without an added meat cut. The octopus is eaten while its body remains springy, and perilla leaves add a fresh herbal edge when used as wraps. Emmental fondue provides a smooth melted-cheese dip for individual pieces. Mozzarella corn cheese combines elastic strands of cheese with sweet corn kernels, producing a second cheese texture rather than repeating the fondue. Flying-fish-roe rice balls mix plain rice, mayonnaise, and popping roe into compact bites that temper the chili seasoning. A long rolled omelet contains cheese and roe, whereas steamed egg arrives as a soft, spoonable side. King prawn tempura encloses a plump shrimp in a crisp coating. Fried baby octopus gives the same seafood a dry, crunchy exterior that differs from the sauced iron-plate version. Yeonpotang takes another route by cooking baby octopus in a clear broth without the red stir-fry seasoning, keeping the liquid light enough for the seafood shape and texture to remain distinct. Fried rice is made on the iron plate after the main ingredients have been eaten, absorbing the remaining octopus seasoning and rendered meat fat. Cheese or roe left from the side dishes can be folded into the rice at the table. The menu names use a space theme: the combination of woo from beef brisket and jju from jjukkumi forms Woojju, the Korean word for space, while Dal refers both to the moon and to Wolmi Island. The dining table is organized around the large iron plate, with cheese, egg, rice balls, leaves, and sauces in smaller dishes around it. The restaurant stands on Wolmimunhwa-ro in the amusement area of Wolmi Island, where the seafood meal and the nearby rides occupy the same waterfront district.