Gwanggaeto Jeongyuk Sikdang in Sinnonhyeon
Gwanggaeto Jeongyuk Sikdang is a place I went to a lot in early 2020. It’s a butcher-shop restaurant — you pick your meat at the counter and grill it at your own table — and the prices are cheap. The fro…
Gwanggaeto Jeongyuk Sikdang is a place I went to a lot in early 2020. It’s a butcher-shop restaurant — you pick your meat at the counter and grill it at your own table — and the prices are cheap. The fro…
A croissant specialist had opened up, so I went to have a look. a place like this.. inside inside inside inside croissant hmm.. apple pie hmm.. bread hmm.. not all that impressive, honestly.. Walking p…
Jebidungji, which means swallow’s nest, is a drinking spot that is hot on Instagram. Oh dear.. Please, do keep it down. Menu The prices look steep, but the portions are big, so it is actually good valu…
Ganghwa Saenggogi is just an ordinary Korean BBQ joint. It’s near my office, so I’ve been a few times. Gyeran-jjim (steamed egg) Beef Pork Perfectly decent. …
Scenery… not much fun, but I’m putting it up for the record. The Han River Gangnam scenery The park The Han River Seoul Forest Jungang Gamsokgi The Han River The Han River The Han River and…
Pildong Haemul in Chungmuro is a classic old-school pojangmacha. A plate of the combo You get a plate of whatever seafood came in fresh that day. On another visit It can be hit or miss, but either way itR…
There is a kkomjangeo (hagfish) place in Sinnonhyeon. Like this.. The prices are high, so it is not an easy place to walk into unless you are a middle-aged guy. The sight of them grilling is a little grotesqu…
I go to convenience stores a lot in Korea too, because they carry more interesting products than the supermarkets do. Yeongbinru.. Nothing special, really.. Babamba ice sandwich This one wasn’t much ei…
Sapporo Ichiban shio ramen, asari clam dashi It had a nice clean taste. Buta Raoh It is supposed to be the peak of Jiro-style cup ramen.. it is the closest one out there, but something was still a bit lackin…
Riding the Ttareungi share bikes around, I end up in all sorts of corners of Seoul. This day I went up Namsan. on the way up the old fortress wall on Namsan a trail on Namsan the view Namsan the Namsan al…
Sogong Sundae is a sundaeguk place right in front of Woojung Yanggopchang. The place Well… it didn’t really look like business was booming. Sundae Just ordinary. The combo Decent enough to eat. …
Woojung Yanggopchang is famous enough that it hardly needs an introduction from me. It has been on blogs and Instagram, and on TV and YouTube as well. The problem is that reservations are hard to get and the q…