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Euna Hoetaun, Gyeongju: Sashimi from Its Own Boats, Eaten in Hand-Made Wraps

A round white plate of thinly sliced pale raw fish arranged in a ring, many of the slices showing a silvery edge, with a mound of chopped pieces in the middle and small dishes of sauce and seaweed around it.
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Euna Hoetaun (은아회타운) is in Gampo-eup, on Gyeongju's east coast, near the small harbor of Daebon Port. Gyeongju City's tourism page says five or six raw-fish restaurants cluster around it, and most run their own boats. This one runs two, Euna 1 and Euna 2, and serves their fish.

The front of Euna Hoetaun in April 2021: a two-story building with a dark blue tiled roof, signboards with the shop name and phone number, banners with photos of sashimi and other dishes, and a banner advertising a lodging package.
The front of Euna Hoetaun in April 2021.

From the street

The blue-tiled, two-story building carries signboards and banners. Those in my April 2021 photo list sashimi, grilled fish, wakame soup (돌미역국), mulhoe (물회, cold raw-fish soup) and hoebap (회밥, a raw-fish rice dish), each with a picture. Another banner then advertised an overnight package: sashimi, spicy fish stew (매운탕) in the evening, free lodging and abalone porridge in the morning, ₩40,000 per person. VisitKorea also says guesthouse (minbak) stays are available at a low price.

The side dishes

A table covered with clear plastic and laid with white dishes: a grilled slender fish, peanuts and sweet potatoes, brown ridged pieces that look like silkworm pupae on a perilla leaf, a tray of seaweed, kimchi, shrimp and sea snails, corn on a leaf, and bowls of porridge-like soup.
Side dishes on a plastic-covered table.

One photo shows the side dishes without the sashimi plate: a grilled slender fish, peanuts and sweet potatoes, what look like silkworm pupae (beondegi, 번데기) on a perilla leaf, seaweed, kimchi, shrimp and sea snails, corn on a leaf, and bowls of porridge-like soup. Gyeongju City says a sashimi set comes with a basic spread of wakame soup made with Gampo's rock-grown wakame (돌미역), abalone porridge, grilled flatfish, seafood, seaweed and rock laver (돌김). I can't tell which fish the grilled one is.

Sashimi in a ring

The cover photo shows the sashimi: thin slices in a ring, many with a silvery edge, and a mound of chopped pieces in the middle. I can't identify the fish. Gyeongju City says the house is known for assorted sashimi of two or three seasonal fish and for flatfish sashimi (참가자미회), a Gyeongju specialty, and calls flatfish mulhoe a treat too.

Wrap it yourself

A hand holding a wrap made on a perilla leaf with dried laver, sashimi and a round slice that looks like garlic, topped with a pile of red-seasoned shredded vegetables that trails out of the wrap.
A wrap on a perilla leaf, with sashimi, laver and red shredded vegetables.

Two photos show a hand holding a wrap. In one, a perilla leaf holds laver, sashimi and a round slice that looks like garlic, topped with red-seasoned shredded vegetables that spill out.

A hand holding a wrap built on a sheet of dried laver with green seaweed, a long green seaweed stalk, a strip of kimchi and a piece that looks like grilled fish.
A wrap built on laver, with seaweed, kimchi and what looks like grilled fish.

The other is built on a sheet of laver, with green seaweed, a long seaweed stalk, a strip of kimchi and a piece that looks like grilled fish. Gyeongju City adds that the sashimi tastes even better eaten the way the owner recommends, so ask how when you sit down.

How to order

Show this to the staff

모둠회 하나 주세요.

Modumhoe hana juseyo.

One assorted sashimi, please.

참가자미 물회도 하나 주세요.

Chamgajami mulhoe-do hana juseyo.

One flatfish mulhoe, too, please.

회 먹는 방법 알려 주세요.

Hoe meongneun bangbeop allyeo juseyo.

Please tell me how to eat the sashimi.

The two tourism pages I read give no menu prices, so ask the price of each item when you order.

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