If you still don’t have a taste for raw seafood, this is the place to acquire it. The seafood restaurant Koraebul, literally meaning “whale fire,” takes its name from a seaside town in the northern part of Gyeongsang province where they get their seafood.
The restaurant might be located around Yeoksam-dong in Gangnam, but receives its seafood fresh from fishermen on the east coast of the peninsula every morning.
Since the ingredients are so fresh, Koraebul often serves raw preparations of its seafood, whale, flatfish, and abalone to come chilled and sliced alongside sauces like the spicy and vinegary chojang or with some doenjang, fermented bean paste. The rest of the menu includes prix fixe courses that display the abundance of the East Sea with rock octopus, clams, and turbot.
