Mackerel-based Restaurant and Mackerel Promotional Zone Opened in Busan

(Source: Dynamic Busan)

(Source: Dynamic Busan)

For the first time in Busan, a mackerel restaurant and promotional zone has opened on the 3rd floor of the Samjung Giants Park Building across from the Sajik Baseball Stadium on December 1, 2016.

Seonmang Suhyup, a fisheries cooperative that catches up to 80 percent of mackerel in Korea, opened it to promote mackerel consumption to the public and the mackerel promotional zone inside of the restaurant was opened to promote mackerel as a city fish.

The Korean title of the restaurant is “한 어부의 고등어 사랑” meaning “A Fisher’s Mackerel Love”.

Korea’s favorite fish, the mackerel, will be a part of all the main dishes at the new restaurant.

The main cuisines of the restaurant include godeungeo gui jeongsik (set menu of grilled mackerel), godeungeo jorim (stewed mackerel) and ssambap jeongsik (set menu with vegetable wraps and rice), godeunge chueotang (mackerel stew with vegetables), godeungeo hwareo hoe (sliced raw mackerel), and mackerel cutlet for kids. The restaurant also sells processed mackerel food items.

A 270 square meter restaurant, including three rooms for 8 people, will accommodate up to 104 people.