Dish guide · Soups and stews
Momguk
몸국
Jeju pork and seaweed soup
A Jeju soup of rich pork broth thickened with mom, a sea plant called gulfweed. It tastes of both land and sea.
What it is
- The broth comes from pork and sometimes offal, boiled with the seaweed until thick.
How to eat it
- 1Eat it with rice. Add a little chili paste or vinegar if it's on the table.
History
- On Jeju, pork was cooked for family and village events. One story says that when the soup ran short, cooks stretched it with seaweed, and momguk became a banquet dish.
Allergies and diet
Usually contains
- Pork offal may be in the broth.
Recipes differ between restaurants. If you have an allergy, always ask the staff before you order.
🗣️ Allergy card for the staff
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📍 Where to try it
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Sinseol Oreum 신설오름
Soups & stews · Jeju City & North Coast
A Jeju City specialist in momguk, the island's festival soup: pork broth thickened with moja-ban seaweed. It's rich but clean, with a taste of the sea. Boiled pork and gogi-guksu round out a good introduction to Jeju's old dishes.
Try: Momguk (pork and seaweed soup)
Locals' pickShort wait - 🍲
Woojin Haejangguk 우진해장국
Soups & stews · Jeju City & North Coast
Jeju City's most famous breakfast. The dish to order is gosari-yukgaejang: a thick stew of pork and bracken ferns cooked down until it's almost porridge. It's nothing like the red yukgaejang on the mainland. Jeju's seaweed soup, momguk, is the other local choice, and lines start before the door opens.
Try: Gosari-yukgaejang (pork and bracken fern stew)
30-60 min wait
Sources
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