Jeju is
famous for its food and namely seafood dishes. Most of them
tend to preserve the natural flavors of their ingredients.
All the dishes are served with several side dishes, every
restaurant has its own side dishes (spicy and not spicy),
but famous Korean Kimchi is a compulsory side dish for every
restaurant. Most popular Korean restaurants specialize in
fish or meats, sometimes there are also specialized restaurants
on some set dishes. Most of the listed meals are not spicy,
but there is plenty of traditional spicy food especially in
seafood restaurants available. Since many typical Korean dishes
tend to be spicy, make sure that the dish is spicy or not
before ordering from the menu. Here are some typical Jeju
dishes.
"Pulkogi"
- stewed meat with vegetables. This dish is also prepared right
on the table in a special wide bowl. (Not spicy)
"Kalchi
Kui" - broiled hair-tail fish - long silver colored fish. Very
tender taste. (Not spicy)
"Hwae"
(raw fish, squid, lobster) - fresh thin slices of delicate fish.
Even Koreans from the mainland value local fresh fish; once
you are on Jeju you must taste it. Hwae is served both in Korean
and in Japanese style fish restaurants. (Not spicy)
"Chopap, kimchopap" - sushi (rice balls with wasabi sauce and
slices of fresh fish or seafood on the top) and rollers (rice
with vegetables and omelet, rolled in a thin sheet of dried
seaweed). (Wasabi is spicy)
"Haemul
sotpap" - rice with seafood in a hot stone pot. Good with soybean
sauce and vegetable margarine. (Not spicy)
"Yangnyom
kalbi" - marinated pork or beef ribs grilled on charcoal. Tender
meat slices are grilled right on the table on a pot grill using
charcoal. (Not spicy)
"Obunjaki
Kui" - roasted small shellfish "obunjaki". Very delicious shellfish
especially if roasted with mushrooms on the pot plate. This
shellfish may be used as an ingredient of hot seafood stew or
rice porridge. (Not spicy)
"Pulkogi"
- stewed meat with vegetables. This dish is also prepared right
on the table in a special wide bowl. (Not spicy)
