Dongmakgol Sikdang, Hongcheon: The Post-Ocean World Meal You Actually Need

Spend half a day at a water park and your body starts talking. "Food. Now. Lots."

If that water park was Ocean World at Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon, the answer to that signal is already decided: spicy stir-fried baby octopus, wrapped in lettuce with a spoonful of snail doenjang. The place is Dongmakgol Sikdang in Seo-myeon, Hongcheon.

A 30-second glossary

• Jjukkumi — webfoot octopus: a small, chewy octopus, usually stir-fried (bokkeum) in a fiery red sauce.
• Ureong — freshwater snails. Chewy, mild, and at home in doenjang.
• Gang-doenjang — a thick, concentrated soybean paste stew, made for spooning onto rice and wraps.
• Ssam / ssambap — ssam means "wrap": lettuce and other leaves filled with rice (bap) and whatever's on the table.
• Kkaennip — perilla leaves. Herby and fragrant, a cousin of Japanese shiso.
• Ocean World — the water park at Vivaldi Park resort in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do.

Here's how the table looks

Sit down and the red jjukkumi bokkeum arrives on black plates. Next to it: a heap of lettuce, perilla leaves, green chilies and garlic, and a small earthenware pot of snail gang-doenjang. Once the side dishes land, there isn't an empty inch on the table.

Star #1: jjukkumi bokkeum

The jjukkumi comes stir-fried red with onion and green onion, with chopped scallions scattered on top. The sauce is glossy, and the octopus is satisfyingly chewy. The heat hits hard up front, but that's not the end of it: a sweetness underneath keeps pulling you back for more.

Star #2: ureong ssambap

The right way to eat jjukkumi here is as a wrap.

1. Lay a perilla leaf on top of a lettuce leaf.
2. Add a little rice and a generous heap of jjukkumi.
3. Top it with a spoonful of snail gang-doenjang.
4. Add garlic or a green chili, and eat it in one bite.

Put the salty doenjang and chewy snails on top of the spicy octopus, and the heat softens while the savoriness doubles. Jjukkumi on its own and jjukkumi in a wrap taste like two completely different dishes. There's a reason it's called ureong ssambap.

What other diners say

Naver Place, as of September 2026. True to a restaurant in a vacation area, portions and parking come up a lot. Naver's review keywords, roughly translated:

• ⭐ Visitor rating 4.31 · 221 reviews
• 🥇 "The food is delicious" — 129 people
• 🥬 "Fresh ingredients" — 57, "Generous portions" — 53
• 🙂 "Friendly service" — 34, "Great value for money" — 32
• 🚗 "Easy parking" — 29

Naver Place's one-line summary reads, roughly, "the flavor of ureong ssambap that wins you over." And for travelers getting around by car, easy parking matters as much as the food.

Menu and prices

Menu	Price
Ureong ssambap + jjukkumi bokkeum (signature)	₩16,000
Ureong ssambap + jeyuk bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork)	₩14,000
Cheolpan jjukkumi (on a hot iron plate)	₩16,000
Cheolpan jjukkumi + samgyeopsal (pork belly)	₩18,000
Jjukkumi bibimbap	₩12,000
Sundaeguk (Korean blood sausage soup)	₩11,000
Ureong doenjang (snail soybean paste stew)	₩10,000
Sundubu (soft tofu stew)	₩10,000

How to order (even with zero Korean)

• Point at 우렁쌈밥 + 쭈꾸미볶음 on the menu, or say "Jjukkumi ureong-ssambap dul juseyo" — two jjukkumi ureong ssambap, please. Swap dul (two) for hana (one), set (three) or net (four).
• Then build your wraps exactly as in the four steps above. The snail doenjang is not optional.
• Watch the clock: there's a long break in the afternoon, and on Mondays it's lunch only.

Visit info

📍 Dongmakgol Sikdang (동막골식당) · 473 Hanseo-ro, Seo-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do

• 🚗 Getting there: a car is much easier than public transport. It's about 10 km from Vivaldi Park Ocean World as the crow flies, so it's an easy stop on the way in or out.
• 🕐 Hours: Tue–Sun 11:00–20:00 (break time 14:00–17:00), Mon 11:00–14:00 lunch only
• 💰 Price: jjukkumi ureong ssambap ₩16,000, jeyuk ureong ssambap ₩14,000
• ✅ Good to know: easy parking (according to reviews)
• 🗺️ Maps: Google Maps · Naver Map — Google Maps finds the spot, but for driving directions in Korea Naver Map is far more reliable.

With a three-hour break time, plan your Ocean World day so you arrive for lunch before 2 p.m. Craving ureong ssambap closer to Seoul? There's also Ureong Ssambap Igane in Seoksu-dong, Anyang.

Jayden's verdict

Ocean World gave me a mouthful of water. Dongmakgol gave me a mouthful of rice. The second was the real highlight of the day.

• Jjukkumi bokkeum: ★★★★★
• Snail doenjang wraps: ★★★★★
• Coming back? Yes. Any trip to Hongcheon, it goes on the itinerary.