Cycle 17 – Item 71
17 (Tue) March 2026
Jidan Saewoo Bokkeum
2.0
-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-
with W and IZ
While my favorite kind of dish is a Chinese stir-fry involving seafood and scrambled eggs, this dish fits the bill in name – “jidan (egg)” + “saewoo (shrimp)” + “bokkeum (stir-fry)” – but the execution fell far short of expectation. The eggs were mushy and bland. The shrimp were slippery and bland. The vegetables, including bits of cooked cucumbers, were crumbly and bland. Made palatable, just barely, when doused in chili oil + soy sauce. Incidentally, it’s the cheapest plated dish on the menu (i.e., not counting noodle or rice bowls) at 25,000 for a small portion (tangsukyuk, typically the cheapest item on Korean-Chinese menus, is 27,000).
My collection of Chinese (and Singaporean-style Chinese) restaurant dishes featuring egg with seafood:
- 5.024 Egg Fuyong with Scallops (3.0)
- 5.238 Char Kway Teow (3.5)
- 5.244 Scrambled Egg Whites with Fish & Dried Scallops (4.0)
- 5.252 Seafood Hofan (4.0)
- 5.264 Fried Rice in Fujian Style (4.0)
- 5.309 Steamed Fish Fillet Stuffed with Mashed Shrimp (3.5)
- 6.046 Pan-Fried Egg Bean Curd, Scallop, Shrimp (4.0)
- 6.263 Fresh Scallops with Egg Whites (3.5)
- 6.356 Steamed Egg White, Seafood, Crab Roe Sauce (4.0)
- 7.284 Seafood with Fresh Asparagus and Eggwhites (2.5)
- 8.005 Scrambled Eggs with Black Fungus and Scallion (3.5)
- 8.289 Egg Casserole with Seafood (3.5)
- 8.361 Lapu Lapu Shang Pei (2.0)
- 9.065 Crispy Seafood Noodles with Egg White Gravy (2.0)
- 9.073 Shrimp Fried Rice (3.5)
- 9.076 Steamed Egg Custard with Clams (3.0)
- 9.089 Sautéed Fresh Peeled Crab Meat and Scallops with Egg (3.0)
- 9.124 Scrambled Eggs with Scallops, Black Fungus, & Scallion (3.25)
- 9.128 Seafood with Fresh Asparagus and Eggwhite (3.0)
- 10.072 Sauteed Prawns with Egg Whites (3.0)
- 10.078 Shrimp and Scramble Egg Fried Rice (3.0)
- 13.007 Sauteed Egg with Crab Meat (4.0)
- 13.163 Mushu Shrimp (2.5)
- 13.189 Sautéed Egg Noodle with Seafood & Assorted Vegetable in XO Sauce (3.0)
- 13.212 Shrimp in Lobster Sauce (3.0)
- 14.353 Fujian Rice Bowl (2.5)
- 15.223 Stir-Fried Noodles with Seafood (2.5)
- 15.359 Royal Black (3.5)
Frankly, I don’t like Ryeogi, but W and IZ refuse to dine in at Shanghai (“We can eat Shanghai at home.”). By now, I should know well enough not to order a plated dish – in fact, their noodles and rice bowls are quite nice – but I dunno why I can’t seem to resist (see most recently 15.341 Eohyang Donggo).
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