Taegwang Sikdang 태광식당

Taegwang Sikdang is a local stir-fry restaurant at 142 Tapdong-ro in Jeju City, between Jeju Airport and the Tapdong waterfront. The table centers on pork jumulleok and hanchi jumulleok cooked together on a hot pan. One plate of each is a common two-person structure. Pork goes onto the pan first so that fat and seasoning begin to spread. Hanchi, a small squid, is added later to prevent excessive cooking. Pork supplies chew and fat, while hanchi remains softer and more elastic than standard squid, leaving two distinct textures under the same sauce. The marinade is red but does not rely on extreme chile heat. Sweetness and salt lead, and the liquid reduces as the pan grows hotter until sauce clings to both meat and seafood. Perilla leaves add a green herbal aroma and interrupt the dense seasoning. A bowl of white rice allows portions of pork and hanchi to be moved off the pan and eaten before the sauce becomes more concentrated. After the main ingredients are gone, rice can be fried directly in the remaining sauce or thin wheat noodles can be added. Fried rice absorbs seasoning and fat into the grains and develops pressed sections against the pan. Somyeon coats every strand with the sauce, producing a separate noodle finish rather than repeating plain rice. Two people ordering one pork plate, one hanchi plate, a bowl of rice, and one portion of fried rice divide meat, seafood, plain grain, and pan-cooked grain across the meal. Clear bean-sprout soup supplies light hot broth and crisp sprouts between bites from the strongly seasoned pan. Neatly arranged banchan and sticky white rice complete the base table. Mulhoe is a separate cold seafood soup and creates a different temperature from the stir-fry. Most seating is floor style with shoes removed, although a solo customer can order a pan without needing a large group. When seats are full, names are written by hand on a waiting sheet near the entrance. Parking beside the building is limited, and public parking in the surrounding streets provides additional capacity. The location fits an airport-arrival or departure route when the desired Jeju meal is a red pan of pork and hanchi rather than grilled black pork or a raw fish platter.