Hong's Jjukkumi Hongdae Bonjeom 홍스쭈꾸미 홍대본점

Staff cook the jjukkumi bokkeum, stir-fried baby octopus, on the table griddle from start to finish, so diners never have to judge doneness. Two heat levels are offered, mild and spicy, and the sauce leans savory rather than sharply capsaicin-hot. Wrapping a piece in a perilla leaf with pickled radish cools it down and adds crunch. The meal ends with almani bokkeumbap, fried rice heaped with flying fish roe. The shop has run on Eoulmadang-ro near Hongik University Station for over a decade and draws many foreign visitors.