Jeju Sanghoe @ 74 Tras St, Tanjong Pagar

Been wanting to try this for quite sometime and when travel kakis mentioned dinner, this was presented as one of the options. And, since this post is here, means we had our dinner there! Thank you Ivan for making the reservation. It's been a while since Tracy, Hence, Ivan and myself gathered.

entrance

showcase of signatures

Not sure what magic did Ivan cast when making the reservation, but our table happened to be inside a private room. Cool!

maybe staff already guessed that we needed a larger table to fit in all the food?

mini dol hareubang figurines

staff informed to order via the tablet

menu

roasted barley

let's have some ice-cold beer while deciding on the food

Once the food order was placed, staff very quickly brought out the banchans. I was pretty impressed by the speed of service!

banchans

fried potato snack

crabstick

My favourite side dish were the kimchi and the fried potato snack.

Wanted to try their gukbap but then it was only available for lunch. So we ordered the gogi guksu (meat noodles) instead.

Jeju styled Gogi Guksu (Large) @$29

closer view of the noodles

I enjoyed the somyeon and the light broth. Comforting taste and warms the tummy.

Dombe Gogi (Large) @$45

Boiled pork, sliced and served on a cutting board. Served with lettuce, sliced garlic and green pepper. Can dip with salt or ssamjang.

closer view

Black Pork Belly BBQ @$28

The BBQ pork belly was grilled in the kitchen and brought to our table. The grilled fragrance was delicious. If you like slightly chewy meat, then this one is for you. My favourite was the dombe gogi for its tender meat and natural flavours.

The dombe does bring back the memories of Jeju. We chatted, we reminisced as we ate.

Modak-Chigi @$37

I had wanted to try modak-chigi in Jeju but didn't have the opportunity. Modak chigi (모닥치기) is said to be a popular Jeju street food, and it is a combination of different snacks like tteokbokki, gimbap, mandu, twigim (fried items), and somyeon. 

The modak chigi at Jeju Sanghoe had rice balls with seaweed, gimmari, prawn tempura, fried mandu, tteokbokki, ramyeon, and donkatsu (pork cutlet). I was surprised by the noodles. Sweet, spicy and likeable texture. Do eat it while it is hot otherwise, it'll clump together when cooled. Donkatsu was thick and well-fried. Pork was a tad tough though. Gimmari was crisp on its outside and I realised that if there's extra tteokbokki sauce to dip in, then that'll be even better. Maybe next time I can try requesting for that.

Funnily, no one remembered the abalone porridge, so when the door opened and staff brought this bowl in, we were shocked. Haha!

Abalone Porridge @$30

While I wasn't a fan of abalone porridge during our Jeju trip, the version at Jeju Sanghoe was tasty! Abalone texture was just right (not too crunchy, not too soft), porridge temperature was good (means hot), obvious sesame fragrance and overall seasoning done well.

It's such a treat to have abalone bits in every bite of the porridge. 

Overall, service was fast and efficient. Kudos to the staff. My favourite dishes and will order again, are the dombe gogi and abalone porridge.

Thank you Ivan, Tracy and Hence for the great evening and the quick catch-up.

Jeju Sanghoe

Address: 74 Tras St, Singapore 079013

Website: https://myneon.me/?m=menu&sno=1409

Contact: +6569777977

Business Hours:

Daily: 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5:30–10 PM

Jeonpo Meat Shop 전포식육 - KBBQ Lunch @ 21 McCallum Street (The Clift)

It was a Saturday lunch meat up, and Tracy suggested "Jeonpo Meat Shop". Located at The Clift, just opposite of Amoy Street Food Center. Reservation was made two days prior.

just round the corner

lunch menu

looks familiar

let's eat meat

Arrived earlier than reserved time, and was greeted promptly by staff upon entering the restaurant. However, we had some minor miscommunication and staff thought I was a walk-in customer although had informed them that we have a reservation. No worries, as that was sorted out within minutes.

I felt that the floor was a tad slippery on the day of visit (probably due to my shoe soles) and had to walk in slow-mo or step on those mat squares. Now that I am entering old age, need to be careful.

interior

love the signage and posters

As usual, all the necessary utensils such as drinking cups, cutleries, water bottle are all located on your own table.

having sixth sense that the group will be ordering this

There is a QR code at the corner to the table to scan for menu. However, we discovered that some of the items in the hardcopy menu seemed to be missing from the app. Hence, we ended up placing the orders with the staff. Ordered Pork and Beef Set (@$140++) which comprises of pork jowl, pork belly and king-cut beef shortribs. Added additional portion (150gms) of pork jowl (@$31++). We'll also be having seafood pancake and japchae.

After which, tray of side dishes were served to the table. For a group of 5 pax, we got 2 trays.

side dishes and BBQ accompaniment

mixture of small cubes onions, garlic, radish and squid

pickled variety

blanched beansprouts

juicy kimchi

My favourites were the kimchi and the soy-pickled radish. The pickled green chili was spicy but shioks!

shredded cabbage with black sesame dressing

Staff will help to grill the meats, so one can just sit back and enjoy the end results.

screen setup to prevent oil splatter

ready for well grilled jowls

BBQ pork jowl

let's eat~

Meat was firm with a good bite. Enjoy it with lettuce and there's coarse sea salt, ssamjang or garlic sauce. 

lettuce

salad

Keke, we were having a debate on whether the garlic sauce had some kind of fruit in it (we were guessing like pear, mango or pineapple) only to have the staff coming back to inform, nope no fruit in there. Hahaha!

garlic sauce

I had "Jeonpo Highball" to go along with the meal. It turned out to be a ginger-ale based highball.

Jeonpo Highball @$10++

cute glass with somaek ratio

Pork belly was quickly grilled up and it was gone as soon as it was served.

pork belly

Personally, I felt that the japchae and seafood pancake portion were smaller than expected. Nevertheless, the japchae was loaded with meat and we enjoyed the well-fried flavours.

japchae @$22++

Seafood pancake had plenty of chives/spring onions and some small shrimps with bits of squid. The batter was soft in the insides.

seafood pancake @$21++

Finale of the grilled meats was the King-cut Beef Shortribs.

King-cut Beef Shortribs

patience

ready

served chunky

It is hard to go wrong with beef shortribs. Loved that it was served chunky and that one bite was a good one. Flavourful on its own.

Thank you Ivan, Elle, Tracy and Hence for the meat up~

Jeonpo Meat Shop 전포식육

Address: 21 McCallum St, #01-03, 04, 05, 06, Singapore 069047

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeonpo_meatshop_sg/

Business Hours:

Daily: 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM