Ojo Haenyeo's House — Restaurant in Seogwipo-si

Porridge and abalone is the main selection at this restaurant.

Porridge seems to be have been steamed with slight hint of butter to make it smoother smell. However, unless you enjoy abalone in a raw form, you may not like the taste. Also, make sure to cut off the intestine from abalone when you are eating. Restaurant does not cut it out for you when serving.

Porridges color may not be ‘appetite’ favorite (as it is slightly dark green color), it’s smooth and easy to eat. Chopped abalones are also included in the porridge.

I don’t super recommend this place, as it has lost its hype and trend setting atmosphere...

Although there is English menu, and the waitress was very friendly, the food was very unimpressive. The abalone porridge costs 12k won but there were only 5 slices of abalone inside. It did not taste fantastic either. I had some abalone stew for lunch at an unknown restaurant nearby and there were 4 whole abalone inside, on top of the baby crayfish, clams, and other seafood inside. And that only costed 15k won. The abalone porridge, in comparison, was nothing but a disappointment. I won't want to try abalone porridge again and won't recommend this...

We drove over 1.5 hours to Ojo Haenyeo’s House for its famed Abalone porridge. It’s a nice big restaurant with its own parking lot. The seafood was fresh but the Abalone porridge was below my expectations. Maybe I was expecting a different flavor profile but it was too mushy and sticky...