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Jumunjin Haemul (Seafood) Village, where fresh seafood from the nearby sea
is found along the coastal road that connects Yeongjin Port and Jumunjin Port

Jumunjin-eup

Jumunjin Haemul (Seafood) Village

Jumunjin

Haemul-jjim
(Braised Spicy Seafood)

Braised spicy seafood is made with fresh seafood such as fish, monkfish and octopus that are caught from the nearby sea

Jumunjin

Haemul-tang
(Spicy Seafood Stew)

A spicy stew made with a wide variety of fish and shellfish as well as vegetables and seasoned with a special sauce including spicy chili pepper powder

Jumunjin

Jangchi-jjim
(Braised Jangchi Fish)

Jangchi is a fish that inhabits the deep parts of the East Sea (300-500m below sea level) and has a higher protein content than eel. Jangchi-jjim is a savory dish made using jangchi that has been dried against the sea breeze.

Jumunjin

Gomchi-guk
(Moray Soup)

This is a clear hot soup made with moray, which helps you get over hangovers and prevent arthritis and diabetes thanks to its colloidal composition.

Gangneung Sacheon Mulhoe Village, where you can try a unique variety of mulhoe
(cold raw fish soup) seasoned with pear juice and slightly frozen Korean plums

Sacheon-myeon

Sacheon Mulhoe Village

Sacheon

Sea Urchin and
Sea Squirt Bibimbap

This is a stamina-boosting food made with sea urchins and sea squirts that are rich in various nutrients.

Sacheon

Seop-guk
(Honghap-tang; Mussel Soup)

Mussel soup made with wild mussels that are rich in vitamins and help protect the functions of the kidneys and liver.

Sacheon

Hoedeopbap
(Raw Fish Bibimbap)

Rice with chewy and savory raw fish, which mostly contains squid and vegetables and seasoned with chogochujang (red chili pepper sauce mixed with sugar and vinegar).

Sacheon

Mulhoe
(Cold Raw Fish Soup)

A delicacy made with a wide variety of seafood and sweet and source soup that is popular in the summer and winter.

Gangneung Chodang Tofu Village, offering tofu made with domestically
grown soybeans that have absorbed the pine scent and deep scent of the East Sea

Chodang-dong

Chodang Tofu Village

Chodang

Dubu-jeongol (Tofu Hot Pot) /
Sundubu-jeongol
(Soft Tofu Hot Pot)

A spicy and refreshing hot pot made by boiling chodang tofu and vinegar water as well as napa cabbage and sauce.

Chodang

chodangchodubu / Modubu
(Special Varieties of Tofu)

Soybeans are ground using a millstone and the filtered with a hemp cloth. The filtrate is then boiled in an iron pot to make chodubu or removed of excess moisture in a square frame to make modubu. These are the quintessential chodang tofu.

Chodang

Jjamppong
Sundubu

This is a spicy and refreshing dish that tastes fiery like jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles).

Byeongsan Ongsimi Village, where potato is ground
and shaped into small balls before being boiled in broth

Byeongsan-dong

Byeongsan Ongsimi Village

Byeongsan

Gamjajeon
(Potato Pancake)

Plump potatoes grown in Gangneung are ground and removed of excess moisture. Starch that sink is mixed and fried in oil to make potato pancakes.

Byeongsan

Gamja-ongsimi
(Potato Balls)

This is one of the most famous dishes of Gangwon-do that is made by boiling potato balls in a savory soup.

Byeongsan

Dotorimuk-muchim & Dakbal (Seasoned Acorn Jelly Salad and Chicken Feet)

The bouncy acorn jelly salad, made with acorns collected from the Taebaeksanmaek Mountain Range, and the spicy chicken feet will make your mouth water.