Dish guide · Seafood
Mulhoe
물회
Cold raw fish soup
Slices of raw fish or seafood with vegetables in an icy, spicy, vinegary broth. It's a coastal summer favorite.
What it is
- The name means raw fish in water. Toppings include sliced fish, squid or abalone, with sliced vegetables.
- Jeju has versions with damselfish or squid, and abalone mulhoe is common on the island.
How to eat it
- 1Mix everything together, add rice or noodles if provided, and eat it while it's icy.
History
- It began as a quick meal for fishermen on the boat, and reportedly as a hangover cure.
Allergies and diet
Usually contains
- The seafood is raw.
- Some versions include sea cucumber or sea urchin.
Recipes differ between restaurants. If you have an allergy, always ask the staff before you order.
🗣️ Allergy card for the staff
Pick your allergy to see the sentence in Korean.
📍 Where to try it
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Hamyangjip 함양집
Home-style meals · Gyeongju Bomun Lake & Bulguksa
The restaurant most Koreans think of for hanu mulhoe, Korean beef in icy broth, which it's said to have created in 2010. Add beef tartare bibimbap or cheese bulgogi.
Try: Korean beef mulhoe
30-60 min wait 
Hyanghwajeong 향화정
Home-style meals · Gyeongju Hwangnidan-gil & Old Town
The Hwangnidan-gil spot for cockle bibimbap: seasoned cockles over rice, served as a portion for two. Seafood pancake and beef mulhoe in icy broth round out the table.
Try: Seasoned cockle bibimbap
30-60 min waitSunogine Myeongga 순옥이네명가
Home-style meals · Jeju City & North Coast
A Jeju seafood specialist near the airport. It's best known for jeonbok-mulhoe, a cold, tangy soup of raw abalone, and for abalone in a hot ttukbaegi (stone bowl). If it's your first mulhoe, this is a good place to try one: the broth is bright, sweet and very cold.
Try: Jeonbok-mulhoe (cold raw abalone soup)
Short wait
Sources
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