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Ondo Kitchen

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A quietly ambitious kitchen on the Yeongrang coast where a former dancer turned chef applies Japanese dashi technique to Sokcho's daily catch. The menu changes with the East Sea fleet — built around fresh cod in forms you won't find at the crab houses — and every dish is layered with house-made stocks and aged sauces until the flavor sits exactly right. Dinner only, two people run everything, and the pace is meant to be slow.

Pro tip

The steamed cod (대구찜) and cod clear broth (지리탕) are the must-orders, but ask the staff what came in that morning — the owner often has off-menu preparations using cod liver or offal that don't appear on the Naver page. The handmade potato pancake and chawanmushi (Japanese steamed egg) are seasonal; worth calling ahead if you have your heart set on them.

HoursSee listing
Phone0507-1371-3142
Address1F Unit 2, 3 Yeongrang-haean 1-gil, Sokcho, Gangwon

Quick guide

Try Saeng-dae-gu Ji-ri-tang, Saeng-dae-gu Mae-un-tang or Dae-gu Jjim first.

2 vegan · shellfish, gluten, soy

Ee-geo ju-se-yo

이거 주세요

This one, please

An maep-ge-yo

안 맵게요

Not spicy, please

Al-le-reu-gi iss-eo-yo

알레르기 있어요

I have an allergy

Fresh Cod

생대구 요리

Saeng-dae-gu Ji-ri-tang

생대구 지리탕 변동시세

₩20,000

A day-boat cod cleaned and cooked in a crystal-clear broth seasoned purely by instinct — served with hand-cut sujebi noodles on the side.

fresh cod · clear dashi broth · sujebi noodles

SignatureShellfishGluten

Price varies with daily market rate. Includes sujebi side.

Saeng-dae-gu Mae-un-tang

생대구 매운탕 변동시세

₩20,000

East Sea cod brought in by local fishermen, cleaned and cooked in a house dashi with gochujang seasoning — bold red broth, no powdered stock.

fresh cod · dashi broth · gochujang

SignatureMedium 🌶️🌶️Shellfish

Price varies with daily market rate.

Dae-gu Jjim

대구찜 변동메뉴

₩22,000

Cod head, collar, and body together — braised under a sweet-spicy house sauce with vegetables. One of the only places in Sokcho serving cod steamed from fresh rather than frozen.

fresh cod · vegetables · sweet-spicy house sauce

SignatureMedium 🌶️🌶️Shellfish

Rotating menu — availability depends on daily catch.

Dae-gu Baet-sal Jeon

대구 뱃살전

₩10,000

Cod belly trimmed during daily prep, pan-fried in the Korean jeon style and served with house-made yuzu soy dipping sauce.

cod belly · yuzu soy sauce

GlutenEgg

Fish & Seafood

생선·해산물

Saeng-seon Jo-rim Mo-deum

생선조림 (이면수 열기 가자미)모둠

₩22,000

A trio of Gangwon coastal fish — atka mackerel, red rockfish, and flatfish — braised together in the Korean style.

atka mackerel · red rockfish · flatfish

Mild 🌶️Shellfish

Gal-chi Jo-rim

갈치 조림

₩20,000

A whole hairtail (4-grade or larger) braised in Korean seasoning — the cut that gives you the most of the fish's rich, buttery flesh.

hairtail fish

Mild 🌶️Shellfish

Ga-da-rang-eo-po O-jing-eo Bo-kkeum

가다랑어포 오징어 볶음

₩16,000

Fresh squid stir-fried with vegetables and a spicy sauce built layer by layer with katsuobushi dashi — eight passes to reach the flavor the owner is after.

squid · katsuobushi dashi · vegetables

Medium 🌶️🌶️Shellfish

Ga-ja-mi Gu-i

가자미 구이

₩8,000

Sokcho flatfish grilled until the skin crisps — the side dish the East Sea is famous for.

flatfish

Shellfish

Meat

육류

So-bul-go-gi Jeon-gol

소불고기 전골

₩17,000

Beef marinated in house soy bulgogi sauce, simmered in a hand-pulled dashi broth with vegetables — the dish foreign visitors tend to order most.

beef · soy bulgogi marinade · dashi broth · vegetables

GlutenSoy

Pa-chae Bul-hyang Je-yuk Bo-kkeum

파채 불향 제육볶음

₩14,000

Domestic pork in an aged house marinade, stir-fried with shredded green onion and vegetables — nine layers of seasoning built with dashi and a spicy sauce.

pork (domestic) · green onion · dashi · gochujang

Medium 🌶️🌶️GlutenSoy

Domestic Korean pork.

Seasonal Specials

계절 변동 메뉴

Gal-bi Jjim

갈비찜 계절 변동 메뉴

Domestic pork ribs braised in house dashi and a hand-made sauce with fresh vegetables — home-style, with a Japanese broth base underneath.

pork ribs (domestic) · dashi · vegetables

GlutenSoy

Seasonal rotating menu. Price and availability vary — call ahead.

Saeng-gam-ja Jeon

손으로 간 생감자전 변동 메뉴

Gangwon potatoes grated by hand on a grater — not a blender — just as the owner's mother used to make. Dense, crispy-edged, and nothing like the commercial version.

Gangwon potato

VeganGluten

Seasonal. Call ahead to confirm availability.

Gye-ran-ma-ri (Da-si-ma-ki Da-ma-go)

계란말이(다시마끼 다마고) 변동메뉴

A tamagoyaki made the slow way — fresh eggs, katsuobushi dashi, and the right seasoning ratio, rolled layer by layer until it's soft and barely set inside.

egg · katsuobushi dashi

Egg

Seasonal. Call ahead to confirm availability.

Cha-wan-mu-si

차완무시 (계란찜) 변동메뉴

Silky steamed egg custard in the Japanese chawanmushi style — katsuobushi and mushroom dashi, with crab, shrimp, jujube, and shiitake inside. Limited quantities.

egg · katsuobushi dashi · crab · shrimp · shiitake

EggShellfish

Seasonal, limited quantities. Call ahead.

Sides & Add-ons

사이드·추가

Su-je-bi / Guk-su Sa-ri

수제비 또는 국수 사리

₩2,000

Hand-torn potato sujebi or thin noodles to drop into your main soup or stew.

potato sujebi · noodles

VeganGluten

Add-on for soup/stew mains.

Complimentary

무료 제공

On-do Hu-sik

온도후식

Free

A handmade spread of Korean confections served at the end of the meal: North Korean-style yakgwa (honey cookies), dasik (pressed sweets), gimmae oranda (seaweed rice puffs), and sesame gangjeong.

yakgwa · dasik · gamtae oranda · sesame gangjeong

GlutenSesameNuts

Complimentary — served at the end of your meal.

Dessert

후식

Ba-na-na Beu-ryu-le wa A-i-seu-keu-rim

바나나브뤨레와 아이스크림과 과일조림

₩4,900

Torched banana brûlée alongside house-made ice cream and a braised seasonal fruit compote — the kind of dessert that earns its place after a proper Korean meal.

banana · seasonal fruit · ice cream

DairyEgg

Drinks

음료

Yu-ja Re-mon Cheong-po-do E-i-deu / Mae-sil-cheong A-i-seu

유자레몬청포도에이드 & 매실청아이스

₩3,000

House-made fruit syrups — yuzu, lemon, and green grape — mixed into a refreshing ade, or a chilled maesil (Japanese plum) syrup over ice.

yuzu · lemon · green grape · maesil

So-ju / Maek-ju

소주 맥주

₩5,000

Korean soju or draft beer — the standard pairing for any Korean meal.

soju · beer

Gluten

Tan-san Eum-ryo

탄산 음료

₩2,000

Assorted carbonated soft drinks.

After your meal

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About this place

A quietly ambitious kitchen on the Yeongrang coast where a former dancer turned chef applies Japanese dashi technique to Sokcho's daily catch. The menu changes with the East Sea fleet — built around fresh cod in forms you won't find at the crab houses — and every dish is layered with house-made stocks and aged sauces until the flavor sits exactly right. Dinner only, two people run everything, and the pace is meant to be slow.

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