No menu here
But there’s a fantastic story.
Abai Village is Sokcho's most important living modern-history neighborhood: a sandbar settlement shaped by Korean War refugees from North Korea, especially Hamgyeong-do. For international travelers, it is not only a food stop for sundae and stuffed squid, but a compact place to understand displacement, divided-family memory, dialect, murals, ferry crossings, and how refugee life became part of Sokcho's identity.
Pro tip
Visit respectfully: people still live here. The best first route is to cross by the hand-pulled Gaetbae ferry, walk the mural alleys and memorial points slowly, then eat Hamgyeong-style food only after you understand why the village exists.
English product cards are still being written. For now, the walls here are the real menu.