Seongmi Garden, Jeju: Chicken Shabu-Shabu, Then Boiled Chicken and Mung Bean Porridge

Seongmi Garden (성미가든) is a chicken restaurant in Gyorae, a hill village in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City. Its meal is built around chicken shabu-shabu (닭 샤브샤브), thin slices of chicken dipped briefly into a pot of simmering vegetables, and reviewers say a boiled whole chicken and a mung bean porridge follow. An article credited to the Korea Tourism Organization (information as of September 2015) says Gyorae has been called a native-chicken village since the late 1970s.

The chicken shabu-shabu pot

In the June 2022 cover photo above, a wide black pot of greens and white mushrooms sits on a burner set into the table. Another photo shows the platter, which looks like raw chicken cut very thin, with a few dark red pieces and two tongs. A Polle reviewer from August 2022 describes thin chicken with skin and gizzard and says the vegetables can be refilled. The dips in reviews are a garlic sauce and sesame-oil dip (Polle, 2022), and salt with a yellow grated-radish sauce (a January 2023 blog).

After the shabu-shabu: boiled chicken and mung bean porridge

Baeksuk (백숙) is a whole chicken boiled in plain broth. In my photo it sits on an olive-brown platter with two chunks that look like potato and green grains that look like mung beans. A January 2023 blog says the chicken comes with two large potatoes and mung beans in place of glutinous rice, and that the order is shabu-shabu, baeksuk, then mung bean porridge (녹두죽). The porridge in another photo is a thick grey-brown bowl flecked with dark specks.

Side dishes in olive-brown bowls

The side dishes arrive in olive-brown glazed bowls and plates. My photo shows cabbage kimchi, orange radish cubes at the top edge, cucumber halves with green chilies, water kimchi with radish slices and a small bowl of red paste. The January 2023 blog lists kkakdugi (깍두기, radish kimchi), water kimchi, cucumber, mustard-leaf kimchi (갓김치) and cabbage kimchi.

Seongmi Garden: prices and hours

Seongmi Garden's wall menu, in a photo from a January 2023 review, listed the shabu-shabu set at ₩75,000 for 3–4 people and ₩65,000 for 2–3, with baeksuk and mung bean porridge noted beneath it. As of November 14, 2026, Polle's listing shows Seongmi Garden's set at ₩85,000 for 3–4 people and ₩75,000 for 2–3. Seongmi Garden's hours are 11:00–20:00, closed on the second and fourth Thursday of the month, according to blog reviews from 2022 and 2023; NOL World and Wanderlog list 11:00–19:30 (checked November 14, 2026). Call 064-783-7092 before you go.

How to order