[Shillim] Kko Joo Mak (꼬주막)

Kko Joo Mak, located near Shillim station, is a restaurant that specializes in cockle dishes.

Cockle is a type of shell fish that is popular among many Koreans.

Kko Joo Mak's menu is pretty simple.

They serve three main dishes, and six side dishes.

Main dishes include Cockle with assorted side dishes (30,000KRW), seasoned cockle with leek (25,000KRW), live octopus chopped up with beef (25,000KRW).

Side dishes include cockle stir-fried with garlic (15,000KRW), cockle soup (15,000KRW), Korean beef tartare (10,000)KRW, Korean style cockle pancake (10,000KRW), deep fried cockle (10,000KRW), and bowl of rice (1,000KRW).

Cockle with assorted side dishes.

Cockles have been blanched in hot water and then mixed with spicy seasoning as well as hot pepper.

It's served with rice mixed with the same spicy seasoning and with sesame seeds sprinkled on top.

The cockles are pretty spicy.

If you like spicy seafood, You'll definitely like this dish.

The rice isn't too bad as well.

The rice and cockles compliment each other very well.

And goes perfectly well with soju.

Kko Joo Mak is definitely worth the visit if you like spicy shell fish dishes.

They are usually packed so you may have to wait (as I did for about 30 minutes), but the wait is worth it if you're looking for a great dish to go with soju.

Kko Joo Mak (꼬주막)

1433-69 Shillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 02-871-8324

(서울시 관악구 신림동 1433-69)

Business Hour: 17:00 ~ 02:00