Korean cuisine is not just limited to KBBQ and Korean Fried Chicken. In areas like Jeju, Busan, or places along the coast of Korea, Korean Sashimi is a popular cuisine for many. In Singapore, you can experience authentic Korean sashimi as well, over at places like Pohang Seafood, Badam, and Haewon.
Haewon Korean Sashimi Restaurant in Tanjong Pagar
Located along the same stretch as ANJU and Mul Gogi Korean BBQ, Haewon is a Korean Sashimi Restaurant serving sashimi platters and other rare seafood dishes like Spoon Worm (known as Gaebul in Korean) and Live Octopus (known as sannakji in Korean).
The restaurant has a simple seating layout with private dining rooms as well. You can spot tanks of live seafood in the Korean sashimi restaurant.
Menu at Haewon Korean Sashimi Restaurant
The most popular menu would be the Haewon Set, which is priced at $350 for 4pax and $500 for 6pax. This menu is a combination of Assorted Seafood and Sashimi, alongside butter-grilled lobsters, live octopus, grilled fish, and more. It’s a great menu for those who want to try everything, but if you’re like us, visiting in a smaller group, you can opt for the more wallet-friendly Assorted Sashimi Set ($140, $190, or $240).
For this set, it came with an assorted platter of Live Seafood, Side Dishes, Sashimi, and a choice of Spicy Fish Soup (Maeuntang) or Cold Raw Fish Soup (Mulhoe).
There were slices of Salmon, Halibut, and Sea Bream sashimi. There were probably more than 3 types of fish, but in general, they all had a nice texture and weren’t fishy at all.
You can dip them in the provided Chojang, soy sauce, or even wasabi. But as always, our go-to sauce was the chojang. There was also a generous serving of perilla leaves, garlic, and sea kelp if you want to have them in a wrap!
Moving on to the assorted seafood platter, there were items like Sea Cucumber, Octopus, Abalone, and Scallops. We also found a serving of Gwamegi, which is a Korean half-dried Pacific herring or Pacific saury. It’s a winter delicacy that’s popular in areas like Pohang.
Do note that the seafood platter items seem to vary from day to day.
We didn’t have good memories of Gwamegi, but this was surprisingly good when paired with seaweed, chojang, and garlic. The fishiness is balanced by the sweetness of the chojang and the spiciness of the garlic. Great to know that we can find this here in SG as well! However, it wasn’t listed on their menu as an ala-carte item.
Alongside the platters were side dishes like a Spicy Hairtail Soup, Seafood Scorched Rice Soup, and Corn Cheese. We loved the seafood scorched rice soup which had a seafood sweetness to it, and their corn cheese was really good as well!
We also ordered a bowl of Mulhoe (Cold Seafood Soup with Raw Fish) before ending the meal with some spicy seafood stew. We loved how refreshing the Mulhoe was. If you’ve never had it, the dish is filled with crunchy vegetables, raw fish, and seafood – an icy, sweet & spicy treat during hot summer days!
In contrast, the Maeuntang had a clean, spicy taste which called for a shot of soju. Sadly, the one here did not have sujebi inside. However, there was a generous portion of pollock roe which reminded us of a spicy pollock roe stew.
Korean Sashimi Restaurant in Singapore
Haewon Korean Sashimi Restaurant is just one of the many places in SG serving Korean-styled sashimi. We enjoyed dining in the clean and simple environment but did hope for a more generous serving of sashimi. If you’re interested in trying more rare items like Gwamegi or Live Octopus, this is the place for you.
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