Jeju Sanghoe
74 Tras Street
https://www.instagram.com/jejusanghoe_sg/?hl=en
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| Jeonbok Juk / Abalone Porridge (SGD $30) |
Authentic Taste Of Jeju And Seogwipo
(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: 8
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 8
Value for Money: 8
Spent about SGD $53 per person.
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Launched in November 2023 by Jason Yeo, Jeju Sanghoe occupies a niche in Singapore's Korean scene, offering speciality South Korean fare from the island of Jeju. Their uncommon but delicious dishes attract regulars and Korean enthusiasts to return time and again to Jeju Sanghoe.
Ambience at Jeju Sanghoe features basalt stone statue replicas and traditional South Korean roof tiles, creating a rustic yet authentic setting that lets diners feel the beautiful island. The décor is deliberately understated, with warm lighting and wooden accents. Enclosed dining rooms offer a sense of privacy, though ambient noise and chatter fills the air.
Service at Jeju Sanghoe is attentive without being intrusive. Staff members are knowledgeable and eager to explain the origins of dishes, especially for lesser‑known Jeju specialties. They promptly replenish side dishes on request, and clean up quickly when diners leave. The team is friendly and polite, creating an approachable experience for all.
Food at Jeju Sanghoe is traditional South Korean cuisine, focused on Jeju specialities. The use of premium ingredients and authentic recipes means you get quality, true-to-form dishes that hail from the island. Created to be hearty and substantial, portions are sized for communal group sharing. Prices carry a slight premium, budget about SGD $53 per person.
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| Jeju Sanghoe Exterior |
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| Jeju Sanghoe Interior |
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| Seating |
Their Corn Tea / Oksusu Cha / 옥수수차 (SGD $Complimentary) is made in the traditional South Korean style. Dried corn kernels are roasted until fragrant, then simmered in water to extract the caffeine‑free tea, which is thin and light in texture with a grainy earthy bitter sweet nutty flavour. Served chilled, their corn tea is brewed fresh daily, and offered as a complimentary drink.
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| Corn Tea (SGD $Complimentary) |
The Beer Cass (SGD $14) is a popular South Korean beer, a non-pasteurized lager style beer, brewed by Oriental Brewery in Gangnam district, Seoul, South Korea. It has a bright straw golden colour, with aromas of hay, white rice, corn, and grass. The body is light, crisp, and dry, with moderate amount of carbonation, and tastes of wheat, cornflakes, biscuits, and malt. Has a refreshing grainy sweet flavour, with a dry finish. A popular manner of drinking this is to mix it with plain soju.
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| Beer Cass (SGD $14) |
The offer a variety of 9 types of Banchan / Side Dish / 반찬 (SGD $Complimentary), served alongside a meal. Can be replenished on request.
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| Banchan / Side Dish (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Banchan / Side Dish |
The Eomuk Bokkeum / Stir-Fried Fish Cake / 어묵볶음 (SGD $Complimentary) features sliced fish cake sheets stir-fried with vegetable oil, garlic, light soy sauce or dark soy sauce, salt, yellow onions, carrots, spinach, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. Served chilled, this has a tender soft pliant texture, with vegetal sweet savoury nutty flavour. Good!
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| Eomuk Bokkeum / Stir-Fried Fish Cake (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Eomuk Bokkeum / Stir-Fried Fish Cake |
The Gamja Bokkeum / Stir-Fried Julienned Potato / 감자볶음 (SGD $Complimentary) features julienned potatoes lightly sautéed in vegetable oil, garlic, and salt. Served chilled, the result is a crunchy exterior, a fluffy interior, and a starchy earthy salty savoury flavour. Good!
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| Gamja Bokkeum / Stir-Fried Julienned Potato (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Gamja Bokkeum / Stir-Fried Julienned Potato |
The Goguma Mattang / Candied Sweet Potato / 고구마 맛탕 (SGD $Complimentary) features strips of deep-fried sweet potato drizzled with honey, then left to cool. Served at room-temperature, this has a crunchy crisp bite with earthy honeyed floral sweet flavour. Good!
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| Goguma Mattang / Candied Sweet Potato (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Goguma Mattang / Candied Sweet Potato |
The Japchae / Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Glass Noodles / 잡채 (SGD $Complimentary) features chewy sticky sweet potato glass noodles stir-fried with garlic, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white sugar, sesame oil, tender carrots, crisp bean sprouts, and crisp spring onions. Served chilled, this carries addictive vegetal earthy sweet salty savoury nutty flavour. Highly recommended!
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| Japchae / Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Glass Noodles (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Japchae / Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Glass Noodles |
The Kimchi Baechu / Kimchi Pickled Cabbage / 김치 배추 (SGD $Complimentary) features napa cabbage rubbed with sea salt; seasoned with a paste made from scallions, ginger, daikon radish, garlic, glutinous rice, saeujeot / fermented shrimp sauce, aekjeot / fish sauce, eoriguljeot / oyster sauce, and red chili; then left to ferment in a brine of white vinegar and water. This has a sharp vegetal sour sweet spicy taste, with a crisp juicy texture. Good!
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| Kimchi Baechu / Kimchi Pickled Cabbage (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Kimchi Baechu / Kimchi Pickled Cabbage |
The Kimchi Oi Sobaegi / Kimchi Pickled Cucumber / 김치 오이소박이 (SGD $Complimentary) features cucumbers rubbed with sea salt; seasoned with a paste made from scallions, ginger, daikon radish, garlic, glutinous rice, saeujeot / fermented shrimp sauce, aekjeot / fish sauce, eoriguljeot / oyster sauce, and red chili; then left to ferment in a brine of white vinegar and water. This has a sharp vegetal sour sweet spicy taste, with a crisp juicy texture. Good!
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| Kimchi Oi Sobaegi / Kimchi Pickled Cucumber (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Kimchi Oi Sobaegi / Kimchi Pickled Cucumber |
The Matsal Kon Chijeu / Crab Stick And Corn Cheese Salad / 맛살콘치즈 (SGD $Complimentary) features springy crab stick surimi, tender carrots, soft grated mozzarella cheese, and juicy corn kernels, mixed with creamy mayonnaise and seasonings (salt, pepper, white sugar, sesame seeds). This playful and refreshing fusion dish carries vegetal milky sweet savoury flavour. Good!
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| Matsal Kon Chijeu / Crab Stick And Corn Cheese Salad (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Matsal Kon Chijeu / Crab Stick And Corn Cheese Salad |
The Mechurial Salmeun Geot / Boiled Quail Egg / 메추리알 삶은 것 (SGD $Complimentary) features bouncy quail eggs hard-boiled in water. Has eggy sweet savoury flavour. Good!
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| Mechurial Salmeun Geot / Boiled Quail Egg (SGD $Complimentary) |
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| Mechurial Salmeun Geot / Boiled Quail Egg |
The Sangchu / Lettuce / 상추 (SGD $Complimentary) features fresh crisp lettuce leaves with vegetal sweet flavour. Meant to wrap meats before consuming. Good!
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| Sangchu / Lettuce (SGD $Complimentary) |
The Dombe Gogi / Boiled Pork / 돔베고기 (SGD $45) is a Jeju specialty dish of black pig boiled pork belly slices, tender and succulent with a light chew to texture, carrying medium meaty savoury flavour with good fragrance. Highly recommended!
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| Dombe Gogi / Boiled Pork (SGD $45) |
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| Dombe Gogi / Boiled Pork |
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| Dombe Gogi / Boiled Pork |
The Heuk Dwaeji Samgyeopsal Gui / Barbecue Black Pork Belly / 흑돼지 삼겹살 구이 (SGD $28) features tender chewy succulent black pig grilled pork belly slices served on a hotplate with a bed of tender yellow onions. This has smoky meaty salty savoury earthy fatty flavour, yum. Worth ordering!
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| Heuk Dwaeji Samgyeopsal Gui / Barbecue Black Pork Belly (SGD $28) |
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| Heuk Dwaeji Samgyeopsal Gui / Barbecue Black Pork Belly |
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| Heuk Dwaeji Samgyeopsal Gui / Barbecue Black Pork Belly |
The Gogi Guksu / Pork Noodles / 고기국수 (SGD $29) features a base of long thin wheat noodles with a soft bouncy texture and grainy earthy sweet flavour, garnished with thick slices of tender savoury nutty sweet black pork loin and black pork belly, and crisp vegetal sweet herbal spring onions. The soup is cloudy and rich with meaty sweet savoury flavour. Highly recommended!
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| Gogi Guksu / Pork Noodles (SGD $29) |
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| Gogi Guksu / Pork Noodles |
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| Gogi Guksu / Pork Noodles |
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| Gogi Guksu / Pork Noodles |
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| Gogi Guksu / Pork Noodles |
The Jeonbok Juk / Abalone Porridge / 전복죽 (SGD $30) features South Korean short grain white rice, simmered in water with pork bones over hours, until the texture becomes thick gloopy creamy rich. Seasoned with salt, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and garnished with wispy crunchy seaweed and boiled sliced abalone (at least 2 abalones are used), this lovely congee style dish carries robust grainy earthy salty vegetal savoury sweet flavour. Nicely addictive, we kept reaching for more. Highly recommended!
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| Jeonbok Juk / Abalone Porridge (SGD $30) |
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| Jeonbok Juk / Abalone Porridge |
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| Jeonbok Juk / Abalone Porridge |
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| Jeonbok Juk / Abalone Porridge |
A novel fusion dish, the Modak Chigi / Gathering Together / 모닥치기 (SGD $37) is a Jeju street‑food inspired one-dish platter. It includes jumeokbap / rice balls with seaweed, gimmari / fried seaweed rolls, sewoo tweegim / tempura battered prawns, deep-fried pork mandu / dumplings, tteokbokki / ddukbokki / rice cakes, seasoned dry ramyeon / instant noodles, and donkatsu / breaded pork cutlet with parmesan cheese. This aptly named dish is so filling. Worth ordering!
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| Modak Chigi / Gathering Together (SGD $37) |
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| Modak Chigi / Gathering Together |
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| Modak Chigi / Gathering Together |
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