Whenever my cravings for authentic Korean cuisine arise, I know I can count on the myriad of restaurants and eateries in Tanjong Pagar (AKA Singapore’s own “Koreatown”) to deliver.
As much as it’s hard to go wrong with the usual Korean BBQ, fried chicken, and kimchi stew, there’s one particular restaurant that stands out from the rest — Jeju Sanghoe.
At the time of writing, it’s the only specialty restaurant on our shores serving the cuisine of Jeju Island, so you’ll no longer be missing out (on the food, at least) if you’ve yet to visit the popular tourist destination.
Jeju Sanghoe specialises in traditional Jeju-style pork noodles, or Gogi-Giksu (S$16.50), thin noodles in a robust milky pork broth. As a bibim-guksu lover, I can totally see myself ordering the Bibim Gogi-Guksu (S$16.50), spicy dry noodles with pork.
If you’d like to try both, grab a friend and order the Noodle Set (S$50.50), which also comes with a small serving of Dombae-Gogi (boiled pork belly) and two fizzy drinks.
Porridge lovers will enjoy both the Jeju Style Gogi-Gukbap (S$17), the rice equivalent of the Gogi-Guksu, as well as the Moum-Guk (S$17), seaweed pork soup with rice.
If you’re dining in a group, why not tackle the Halla Mountain Braised Pork Spare Rib (S$67), a hearty stew topped with a mountain of pork spare ribs that reminds me of Thai leng saap (pork spine soup)?
Spice lovers can head straight for the rather intimidating-looking Spicy Halla Mountain Braised Pork Spare Rib (S$73), which features the restaurant’s proprietary dadaegi (seasoned red pepper) sauce.
Otherwise, Korean BBQ fanatics can enjoy the signature wet-aged pork (involving a vacuum-sealed cold water process) in the form of boiled Dombae (S$34 for 10 slices) or Black Stone Sizzle Pork Belly BBQ (from S$26 for 1 pax), best paired with the assortment of unique banchan (side dishes) — I’ve got my eye on those soy-marinated quail eggs and prawns with wasabi and soy sauce.
Lastly, if you’d like to order some Jeju-style street food for the table, the Ra-Myun with Abalone (S$25) and Mudak-Chigi (S$38), a platter of tteokbokki, pork cutlet, fried prawns, jumuk-bap (rice balls) and fried seaweed rolls, will do you no wrong. Also, don’t forget to wash down everything with a bottle of the hard-to-find Jeju Hallabong Makgeolli (S$25).
As someone who has always wanted to visit Jeju, I can’t wait to try the cuisine for myself!
Jeju Sanghoe 제주상회
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📍 74 Tras St, Singapore 079013
🕑 11.30am—3pm, 5pm–10pm (Daily)
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