Dongtae-tang Breakfast on Geoje Island
Day two on Geoje Island. Breakfast at the pollack-stew place right in front of our lodging.
What is it? Dongtae-tang (동태탕) is a spicy stew made with frozen pollack, tofu, radish, and enoki mushrooms, served bubbling in an earthenware pot. In Korea a hot, spicy soup is a completely normal breakfast — especially the morning after drinks, when it doubles as haejang (해장, “hangover-chasing”).
The pollack flakes apart softly, and the broth is that classic combo of refreshing and spicy at once. Having a place like this next to your lodging is a small travel win.
Where
Checked the photo GPS — Irun-myeon, Geoje-si (the Jisepo/Gujora beach area).
- Coordinates:
34.843, 128.701(map) - Follows yesterday’s milmyeon on the Geoje food trail