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Name: Momejon Garden (모메존가든)

Where: 2140-11 Samyang 2-dong, Jeju City. (Travelling east from Jeju City on the 1132, or Iljudong-ro, at Samyang take the first left after the Seonsa-ro junction on to the Wondang-ro which runs down the west face of Wondangbong, a hill on Olle 18. The restaurant is just to your left.)

When: Everyday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Menu: Traditional Korean dishes, the most popular being hobakhunjeori, or duck-in-a-pumpkin.

Taste: Momejon’s duck-in-a-pumpkin meal is full of surprises. A roasted pumpkin filled with garlic and mushrooms, topped with mouth-watering duck, and drizzled over with their magic sweet-soy glaze; it’s a taste like no-other. Plus the sides are abundant, tasty, and refillable!

Price: Medium: The small sized duck-in-a-pumpkin is enough to feed 2-3 people and priced around 25,000 won. The larger portions range closer to 35,000 won.

Interior: Typical Korean floor tables and mats don’t make the interior unique or special but it’s clean and comfortable.

Atmosphere: Like many family-owned Korean restaurants you feel like you are sitting in someone’s house. Everyone does as they please, there’s a lot of laughter and conversation happening from the kitchen and the neighboring tables.

Staff: The friendliest staff ever. Happy to take everyone in and treat them like family, the owners and employees of Momejon are prompt to satisfy your every dining need.

▲ Photo by Mary Rager