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Morinoaruyo (which means “it’s in the forest”) is managed by Chef Kim Seung-min, the winner of “Master Chef Korea” Season 1. Kim, who has lived in Jeju for nearly a decade, runs this rice bowl dish restaurant in the deep woods where pheasants run around.
This place has only one employee, the chef himself. Chef Kim manages the cooking and serving alone. He originally made different Japanese home-style meals every day, but changed the menu to rice bowl dishes for efficient cooking. As seats are offered in a public dining space, including next to the counter and in private dining rooms, you can sit anywhere you like.
The menu is simple: three rice bowl dishes (grilled Patagonian toothfish with rice, seafood with rice, and stir-fried pork with rice), three à la carte dishes (deep-fried shrimp, deep-fried chicken, and chicken ramen), and bowls of rice. The most popular rice dishes are grilled Patagonian toothfish with rice and seafood with rice. In particular, its seafood with rice, which contains tuna, Jeju abalone, and octopus, is an evolution of Japanese Kaisendon. Customers should not miss chicken ramen in winter. The grilled chicken and citrus sauce in the dish have a nice clean taste.
The rice bowl dishes and side dishes are served beautifully on neat wooden trays. The rice bowl dish with steamed hijiki rice and various ingredients on top is a hearty dish that will make you full. Although the side dishes only consist of Japanese style soybean paste soup, slightly pickled vegetables, potato salad, and poached eggs, each one is prepared with devotion to provide you with pleasure.
Chef Kim Seung-min explains that the key to his restaurant’s success is “rushing around and sparing no expense for good ingredients, and selling food with an honest heart.”
The restaurant, located in the woods next to a wayside, is difficult to visit without a car. Since there is a small parking lot in front of the restaurant, it is easier for drivers to pay a visit.
