Hanchi Mulhoe & Octopus Rice Bowl — Yoonsikdang, Geoje

Lunch on Geoje Island at a place called Yoonsikdang. We ordered hanchi mulhoe and a rock-octopus rice bowl.

Hanchi mulhoe

Mulhoe (물회) is one of Korea’s great summer seafood dishes: raw seafood tossed in a sweet-tangy gochujang dressing, then submerged in icy broth — basically a cold, drinkable raw-fish salad. Hanchi (한치) is a small squid prized for its tender crunch. On a hot day this is hard to beat.

Dolmuneo-deopbap (rock octopus rice bowl)

Chunks of rock octopus stir-fried in a sweet-spicy sauce, served over rice with shredded cabbage, perilla leaves, and gim (seaweed). The octopus is thick and springy.

You mix everything together — that’s the way. The sauce coats every grain of rice and the spoon doesn’t stop.

Where

Photo GPS says Nambu-myeon, Geoje — the island’s southern coast.

• Coordinates: 34.721, 128.589 (map)
• Same day as the dongtae-tang breakfast