Mokpo Travel: Exploring the City’s 10 Most beloved Dishes
The coastal city of Mokpo serves as a gateway to the country’s gastronomic treasures. Beyond its breathtaking marine landscape and vibrant traditional culture, Mokpo offers a culinary journey that spans from its bustling markets teeming with the freshest seafood to home-style eateries and gourmet restaurants, each with a unique story to tell. Let’s explore the Top 10 best foods in Mokpo below🔽.
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① Godeungeo Jorim (Braised Mackerel)
This dish features chunks of mackerel simmered with radish slices in a spicy, sweet, and tangy sauce. The rich, oily mackerel pairs well with the spicy and vibrant sauce.
② Bibimbap with Seafood
Bibimbap is a colorful and well-balanced dish. The Mokpo version might include fresh or cooked seafood such as prawns, squid, and clams. The dish often comes with a spicy gochujang sauce that you mix in with all the ingredients before eating.
③ Galchi Jorim (Braised Cutlassfish)
Cutlassfish is a type of fish known for its firm, white meat. In this dish, it’s typically cut into pieces and cooked in a sauce made with gochujang, gochugaru, garlic, and soy sauce. The radish absorbs the sauce and balances out the fish’s flavor.
④ Jeonbok-juk (Abalone Rice Porridge)
Abalone, a type of marine snail, is known for its tender texture and sweet, subtle flavor. The rice in the porridge becomes soft and creamy, soaking up the flavors of the abalone and other ingredients.
⑤ Meongge (Sea Squirt)
This sea creature Meongge has a unique, squishy texture and a somewhat briny flavor. They often serve it on a bed of thinly sliced radish with a side of chojang (red chili pepper paste with vinegar) for dipping.
⑥ Seaweed Soup
In Korean culture, people often consume this soup on birthdays and after giving birth. Seaweed is known for its high mineral content and health benefits, and it gives the soup a slightly slippery texture and a unique, subtle flavor.
⑦ Eel Dishes
Eel is rich in vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids. Grilled eel can have a texture similar to chicken but with a sweet and slightly fishy flavor. The spicy or soy-based sauce brushed on while grilling enhances its natural flavor.
⑧ Gulbi (Dried Yellow Corvina)
Yellow Corvina is known for its firm texture and mild, delicate flavor. The process of salting and wind-drying this fish enhances its natural taste and makes it a popular dish for special occasions. They often serve it with a spicy pepper paste sauce and freshly steamed rice.
⑨ Makguksu (Buckwheat Noodles)
Makguksu is chewy with a unique nutty flavor from the buckwheat. The sauce made with gochujang (Korean red chili pepper paste), vinegar, sugar, and sesame oil adds a tangy and spicy taste, often topped with thinly sliced cucumber, kimchi, and a boiled egg.
⑩ Jangjorim (Soy Braised Beef)
Jangjorim involves slow-cooking beef in a soy-based broth until it becomes tender and absorbs the flavors of the broth. They often serve it with hard-boiled quail eggs and people can eat it cold or warm.
