List of Jeju dishes facts for kids
Jeju Island, a beautiful island in South Korea, is famous for its unique food! Because it's an island, many dishes use fresh seafood. People on Jeju also use local ingredients like buckwheat, millet, and special vegetables that grow there. Eating these foods is a great way to experience the island's culture.
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Main Dishes: Tasty Meals from Jeju
Jeju Island has many delicious main dishes that are perfect for lunch or dinner. They often feature local grains and fresh ingredients.
- Japgokbap (잡곡밥) is a healthy rice dish. It's made by cooking different kinds of grains together, not just white rice. This makes it very nutritious!
- Saengseon guksu (생선국수) means "fish noodles." It's a noodle soup where the broth is made from fish, giving it a unique seafood flavor.
- Memil kalguksu (메밀칼국수) is a type of noodle soup. The noodles are made from buckwheat flour, which is very popular on Jeju Island.
- Memil jeobaegi (메밀저배기) is another dish made with buckwheat. It's a simple, comforting meal.
- Memil mandu (메밀만두) are dumplings. What makes them special is that their wrappers are made from buckwheat, not regular wheat flour.
- Gontteok guk (곤떡국) is a warm soup. It contains tteok, which are chewy rice cakes.
Porridge: Warm and Comforting Bowls
Porridge, called juk (죽) in Korean, is a soft and easy-to-eat meal. It's often eaten for breakfast or when someone is feeling unwell. Jeju Island has many kinds of porridges, especially those made with fresh seafood.
- Memil beombeok (메밀범벅) is a thick porridge. It's made with buckwheat and other grains, making it very filling.
- Haemuljuk (해물죽) is a delicious seafood porridge. It's packed with various kinds of seafood from the island.
- Jeonbokjuk (전복죽) is a famous abalone porridge. Abalone is a type of sea snail, and this porridge is known for being very healthy and tasty.
- Okdomjuk (옥돔죽) is a special porridge made with tilefish. Tilefish is a popular fish found around Jeju.
- Gingijuk (깅이죽) is a unique porridge. It's made with crabs, giving it a rich seafood taste.
- Chogijuk (초기죽) is a porridge made with shiitake mushrooms. These mushrooms add a deep, earthy flavor.
- Dakjuk (닭죽) is a simple chicken porridge. It's a comforting meal, especially when you need something warm.
- Maeyeoksaejuk (매역새죽) is made with young wakame. Wakame is a type of seaweed, and this porridge is very fresh.
- Bomaljuk (보말죽) is a porridge made with a type of small sea snail called bomal.
Challyu: Soups and Stews of Jeju
Challyu refers to various soups and stews that are common in Jeju cuisine. These dishes are often served with rice and other side dishes.
- Gosari guk (고사릿국) is a soup made with fernbrake. Fernbrake is a type of edible fern that grows in the mountains.
- Tot naengguk (톳냉국) is a cold soup. It's made with tot, a type of brown seaweed, and is very refreshing on a hot day.
- Pork yukgaejang (돼지고기육개장) is a spicy soup. Unlike the common beef yukgaejang, this one is made with pork.
- Doenjang jjigae (된장찌개) is a popular Korean stew. It's made with doenjang, which is a fermented soybean paste, giving it a savory flavor.
Grilled Dishes: Smoky Flavors
Grilled dishes, called gui (구이), are very popular in Jeju. Fresh seafood and meats are cooked over an open flame, giving them a delicious smoky taste.
- Okdom gui (옥돔구이) is grilled tilefish. This fish is a specialty of Jeju Island, and grilling it brings out its best flavor.
- Dwaejigogi gui (돼지고기구이) is simply grilled pork. Jeju is also famous for its black pork, which is very tender and flavorful.
- Bollak gui (볼락구이) is grilled rockfish. It's another tasty seafood option from the island.
- Sangeopo gui (상어포구이) is grilled dried shark fillet. This is a unique dish found in Jeju.
Pancakes: Savory and Sweet
Korean pancakes, or jeon (전), are often made by mixing ingredients with flour and pan-frying them. Jeju has its own special varieties.
- Sangeo sanjeok (상어산적) is a dish made with shark. It can be a type of skewer or pancake.
- Gyeoran jeon (계란전) are simple egg pancakes. They are light and fluffy.
- Gosari jeon (고사리전) are pancakes made with fernbrake, the same ingredient used in gosari guk.
- Chogi jeon (초기전), also called pyogo jeon (표고전), are pancakes made with shiitake mushrooms.
- Kkwong jeok (꿩적) is a dish made with pheasant meat. Pheasant is a traditional ingredient on Jeju.
- Kkwong jijimi (꿩지짐이) are pancakes also made with pheasant meat.
Pickles: Tangy Side Dishes
Jangajji (장아찌) are Korean pickles. They are usually made by marinating vegetables in soy sauce, chili paste, or other seasonings. They add a tangy flavor to meals.
- Huchutip jangajji (후춧잎장아찌) is a pickle made from pepper leaves.
- Putgochu oijangajji (풋고추오이장아찌) is a pickle made with green chili peppers and cucumbers. They are marinated in soy sauce.
Raw Dishes: Fresh from the Sea
Jeju Island, being surrounded by the ocean, has many delicious raw seafood dishes, known as hoe (회). These dishes highlight the freshness of the ingredients.
- Jarihoe (자리회) is a raw dish made with damselfish. Damselfish is a small fish common in Jeju waters.
- Jari mulhoe (자리물회) is a cold soup with sliced raw damselfish. It's served in a tangy, spicy broth and is very refreshing.
- Ojingeo hoe (오징어회) is sliced raw squid. It's often served with a spicy dipping sauce.
Sauteed Vegetables: Healthy Sides
These dishes are made by lightly cooking vegetables, often with seasonings, to create healthy and flavorful side dishes.
- Totnamul (톳나물) is a dish made with tot seaweed. It's usually seasoned and served as a side.
Wraps: Fun Ways to Eat
Ssam (쌈) means "wrap" in Korean. These dishes involve wrapping various ingredients in leaves, often with rice and a dipping sauce.
- Nalmiyeok ssam (날미역쌈) is a wrap using fresh miyeok (sea mustard) leaves.
- Naldasima ssam (날다시마쌈) uses fresh dasima (kelp) leaves for wrapping.
- Kongnip ssam (콩잎쌈) is a wrap made with soybean leaves.
Kimchi: Spicy and Fermented
Kimchi is a famous Korean side dish made from fermented vegetables. Jeju Island has its own special kinds of kimchi, often using seafood.
- Jeonbok kimchi (전복김치) is kimchi made with abalone. It's a luxurious and flavorful type of kimchi.
- Haemul kimchi (해물김치) is seafood kimchi. It includes various types of seafood mixed with the fermented vegetables.
- Nabak kimchi (나박김치) is a watery kimchi. It's often less spicy and very refreshing.
Dried Dishes: Unique Textures
These dishes involve drying ingredients, which changes their texture and concentrates their flavors.
- Dasima twigak (다시마 튀각) are crispy fried kelp snacks.
- Gajuk bugak (가죽부각) are crispy fried slices of gajuk (a type of tree bark used in cooking).
- Kkaetip bugak (깻잎부각) are crispy fried perilla leaves.
- Suae (수애), also known as sundae, is a type of Korean sausage, often made with blood and noodles.
- Cheongmuk (청묵) is a jelly made from buckwheat.
Tteok: Chewy Rice Cakes
Tteok (떡) are traditional Korean rice cakes. They come in many shapes, sizes, and flavors. Jeju Island has several unique tteok varieties, often made with buckwheat or millet.
- Bingtteok (빙떡) is a type of tteok made with buckwheat. It's often thin and rolled.
- Dal tteok (달떡) means "moon tteok." It's made by pounding rice and shaping it into a circle, like a full moon.
- Dodom tteok (도돔떡) is a tteok made with rice.
- Chim tteok (침떡), also called jopssal sirutteok (좁쌀시루떡), is a steamed tteok made with millet.
- Chajopssal tteok (차좁쌀떡) is a tteok made with Italian millet.
- Omaegi tteok (오매기떡) is a famous Jeju tteok. It's made with Italian millet and shaped into a ring.
- Dollae tteok (돌래떡) is made with Italian millet flour or buckwheat flour.
- Sok tteok (속떡), also called ssuk tteok (쑥떡), is a tteok made by pounding rice with boiled mugwort, a type of herb.
- Memil bukkumi (메밀부꾸미) is a pan-fried tteok. It's made from buckwheat dough and often has a sweet filling.
- Ppadaegi tteok (빼대기), also called gamje tteok (감제떡), is a tteok made from dried sweet potato powder. It's shaped like songpyeon, a traditional half-moon shaped tteok.
- Sangae tteok (상애떡) is a tteok made with wheat flour and makgeolli, a traditional Korean rice wine.
Desserts: Sweet Treats from Jeju
After a delicious meal, Jeju Island offers some unique sweet treats, many of which are a type of traditional Korean candy called yeot.
- Yakgwa (약과) is a traditional Korean cookie. It's made with honey and wheat flour, often shaped like a flower.
- Dak yeot (닭엿) is a special candy called yeot. It's made with sticky millet and chicken, which might sound unusual but is a traditional flavor.
- Kkwong yeot (꿩엿) is yeot made with sticky millet and pheasant meat.
- Dwaejigogi yeot (돼지고기엿) is yeot made with sticky millet and pork.
- Hobak yeot (호박엿) is a sweet yeot made with pumpkin. It has a natural sweetness.
- Bori yeot (보리엿) is yeot made with barley.
- Maneul yeot (마늘엿) is yeot made with sticky millet and garlic.
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