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Hwarowi Hamdeok Black Pork Barley-Straw Grill, Jeju: Black Pork by the Geun and Lunch Sets

Chunks of pork with thick white fat on a round steel-wire grate over a black metal brazier, with a small steel sauce cup on the grate and smoke rising toward a steel hood.
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Hwarowi Hamdeok Black Pork Barley-Straw Grill (화로위 함덕흑돼지 보리짚불구이) is a black pork restaurant in Hamdeok, Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, in the northeast of the island. Its specialty is heukdwaeji geun-gogi (흑돼지 근고기), thick-cut Jeju black pork ordered by weight, which Visit Jeju, the Jeju Tourism Organization's travel portal, says is aged, grilled directly over charcoal and smoked with barley straw.

Chopsticks lifting a piece of grilled pork with a band of white fat on one side and browned lean meat on the other, above a round steel grate.
A piece lifted off the grate: a band of white fat on one side, browned lean meat on the other.

The black pork geun-gogi on the brazier

In the cover photo from January 2022, chunks of pork with thick white fat sit on a round steel-wire grate. The grate rests on a black metal brazier with a steel rim, a small steel sauce cup stands on the grate, and smoke rises toward a steel hood above. Visit Jeju's tagline describes Hwarowi's geun-gogi as pre-grilled (초벌구이) pork that the staff grill for you. The same page says the meat goes well with meljeot-bokkeumbap (멜젓볶음밥), fried rice made with Jeju's fermented anchovy sauce.

Stew, stone-pot rice and noodles

A two-handled metal pot of red stew with a tofu-like block and sliced scallions, surrounded by small steel bowls of side dishes and leaf lettuce.
A two-handled pot of red stew among small steel bowls and lettuce leaves.

My photos at Hwarowi show more than the pork. A two-handled metal pot of red stew with a tofu-like block and sliced scallions sits among small steel bowls of side dishes, with leaf lettuce for wrapping the pork. Visit Jeju lists black pork kimchi stew (흑돼지김치찌개) among the restaurant's keywords, but I cannot tell from the photo that this pot is that dish.

A clump of rice lifted out of a black stone pot, scorched dark brown on the outside, with dark grains and seaweed flecks inside.
A clump of rice lifted from a black stone pot, scorched dark brown on the outside.

Other photos show a black stone pot of rice topped with seaweed flakes and sesame seeds. The clump of rice lifted out of it has a dark brown scorched crust, with dark grains and seaweed flecks inside.

A steel bowl of reddish-brown broth topped with shredded cucumber and sesame seeds, with side dishes and a black stone pot behind it.
A steel bowl of reddish-brown broth topped with shredded cucumber and sesame seeds.

The steel bowl of reddish-brown broth, topped with shredded cucumber and sesame seeds, looks like naengmyeon (냉면), Korean cold noodles.

The menu card and lunch sets

Hwarowi's menu card, shown in Visit Jeju's photo gallery (the image is filed under May 2023), sells geun-gogi by the geun: ₩66,000 for 600 g, the portion for two, ₩99,000 for 900 g, and ₩33,000 for each extra 300 g. Hwarowi's lunch sets run 11:00–14:00: 400 g of geun-gogi with kimchi stew (김치찌개) and two bowls of rice cost ₩51,000 for two, and the sets for three and four people cost ₩72,000 and ₩93,000. Hwarowi's card also says meal items are hard to order on their own after 4 p.m. Hwarowi's prices may have changed since that photo was taken.

How to order

Show this to the staff

흑돼지 근고기 한 근 주세요.

Heukdwaeji geun-gogi han geun juseyo.

One geun (600 g) of black pork geun-gogi, please.

점심 세트 2인분 주세요.

Jeomsim seteu i-inbun juseyo.

Lunch set for two, please.

멜젓볶음밥 하나 주세요.

Meljeot-bokkeumbap hana juseyo.

One meljeot fried rice, please.

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