Sumsonai — Restaurant in Jeju

I guess Korea on the whole is still somewhat lacking in being more tourist friendly.

I came to this restaurant after seeing the good reviews about its Jjamppong and pizza. Ended up having to wait outside in the cold winter weather for 20 mins. Other Koreans, reservations or not went in before us.

The good thing is before we warmed our seats, they had our food ready and served them to us. That's because the floor manager got our orders while we were freezing our butts off the cold.

The food is good, I'll give them that. At least in Korean, Jeju, I would say that the cream seafood pasta had been enjoyable. But then for those who know, it's really Korean Jjampong with cream soup. Kinda like eating cream pasta with less creamy texture soup. The squid was cooked well and not chewy which is great. The prawns were not fresh and meh

All the while when we were eating we were freezing our butts off because they were cheap on the heating. It's like they can't wait for me to leave.

All in all, will I recommend it to anyone? Not in a...

We visited this jjamppong (짬뽕) restaurant in Jeju-do and had a wonderful experience! We tried to book through the Catch Table app but couldn’t secure a reservation — yet the staff kindly welcomed us and offered us a spot anyway.

The seafood noodle (haemul jjamppong, 해물짬뽕) was incredibly delicious, full of fresh local ingredients and rich flavor. To top it off, they gave us a small hand mirror as a goodbye gift, which turned out to be super useful during our trip.

Highly appreciated for both the fine cuisine and their warm hospitality. Truly a memorable dining...

I ordered the 짬뽕 with level 1 spice, and it was quite spicy but not to the point that it was hard to eat. The seafood was fresh, for $10 (9900₩) they give you two medium sized shrimp, two medium sized abalones, plenty of mussels and pieces of squid, along with the usual mushrooms, onions and spices that accompany 짬뽕. Compared to other jjambbong it didn't have a fishy taste, and was extremely flavorful. However, it was rather expensive and there was only one...