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Sokcho 751 Sandwich, Sokcho: A Red Crab Sandwich Cut Open to Show Its Layers

A hand holding half of a sandwich cut open: soft white bread with a white spread, many layers of folded lettuce, tomato slices, a pale yellow wedge, and a thick layer of flaky pink-and-white filling that looks like crab meat.
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Sokcho is known for red crab (붉은 대게, nicknamed 홍게, hongge), and Sokcho 751 Sandwich (속초751샌드위치) stuffs it into bread. A Korea Tourism Organization travel article (updated January 2020) calls red crab Sokcho's fast-rising food and says the catch starts in September, with the flavor settling in from around October. A round gold sticker on one half in my photo calls the sandwich Korea's first patented red crab sandwich; I have not checked the patent. The shop is on Gyodong-ro.

A clear plastic box holding a halved sandwich with a red paper band across it and a gold round sticker on one half, beside an iced drink that looks like coffee with milk, with a dome lid and a mint-green sleeve printed SANDWICH 속초751.
The box, the gold sticker and the shop's cup sleeve in October 2021.

The box

My October 2021 photo shows a clear plastic box with the sandwich cut in half and a red paper band across it, a gold sticker on one half, and an iced drink that looks like coffee with milk beside it. The drink's mint-green sleeve reads SANDWICH 속초751. As of my November 14, 2026 check, Polle, a Korean restaurant-review site, lists the red crab sandwich at ₩14,000, and a reviewer says that is for one pack of two pieces.

The layers

The open box with two halves of the sandwich cut side up, showing layers of lettuce, tomato and flaky filling, wrapped in brown paper printed with white script.
The open box: two halves cut side up, wrapped in brown paper printed with white script.

Open, the box holds two halves in brown paper printed with white script. The cut side, shown close up in the cover photo, is layered: soft white bread with a white spread, many folded leaves of lettuce, tomato, a pale yellow wedge I can't identify, and a thick layer of flaky pink-and-white filling that looks like crab meat. A Polle reviewer says the crab is picked from the shell by hand. Several reviewers call the filling generous, and several call the price steep.

A second filling

A hand holding half of a different sandwich: a thick layer of shredded brown-grey meat over tomato slices, a slice that looks like a pickle and layers of lettuce, with beads of pale yellow sauce on the bottom bread.
The other sandwich: shredded brown-grey meat over tomato, pickle and lettuce.

A second sandwich in my photos has a thick layer of shredded brown-grey meat, tomato, a slice that looks like a pickle, lettuce, and beads of pale yellow sauce on the bottom bread. It looks like chicken, and Polle's menu (checked November 14, 2026) lists a barbecue chicken sandwich at ₩8,500, but I can't tell from the photo which one it was. The same list has bacon, egg and pollock roe, stuffed squid (오징어순대), sweet pumpkin and ricotta sandwiches.

Go early

One Polle reviewer, writing about two years before my check, arrived in the afternoon and found the ingredients sold out. Others describe picking up their sandwiches in the morning.

How to order

Show this to the staff

홍게샌드위치 하나 주세요.

Hongge saendeuwichi hana juseyo.

One red crab sandwich, please.

포장해 주세요.

Pojanghae juseyo.

To go, please.

에그명란샌드위치도 하나 주세요.

Egeu myeongnan saendeuwichi-do hana juseyo.

One egg and pollock roe sandwich, too, please.

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