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Good Eats in Itaewon

This post was written in 2012. Shop details and prices may have changed since then.

With the New Year upon us, there were hardly any good places open anywhere else, so I headed out to Itaewon. I had meant to go to Buzza Pizza, but it was full, so while looking for somewhere else I ended up at Butcher’s Cut.

Digging through my photos, it turns out I don’t have a shot of the Cobb salad..

American beef steak

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Well.. the taste was just so-so.. the price is a bit cheap, at least.

Mac and cheese

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This was so-so as well.. I ordered it as a substitute for rice.

Once we were done eating, we went to Passion 5 for round two. As always I bought some bread and headed up to the cafe. I love that they have so many kinds of bread.

Herb tea at Passion 5

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I can’t speak for the other items, but this one was good.

Jonny Dumpling, branch 2

one day at itaewon

Branch 1 was closed for the Lunar New Year. It felt a shame to just go straight home, so I ordered a plate of pan-fried dumplings at Jonny Dumpling. There were hardly any customers when I walked in, but the place filled up in no time.

Pan-fried dumplings

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Wow, these are really good. The juices are all still in there – like soup dumplings, you could say. Everything on the menu besides the fried dumplings looked delicious too. I should stop by often whenever I am in Itaewon. Once the weather warms up a bit, that is..

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