Flour Bakery in Garosu-gil
A bunch of bakeries have been popping up along Garosu-gil, and one of them looked pretty promising. Front entrance It’s quite big. Bread You can tell they know what they are doing just from the display…
A bunch of bakeries have been popping up along Garosu-gil, and one of them looked pretty promising. Front entrance It’s quite big. Bread You can tell they know what they are doing just from the display…
Samojib is the place the film Burning introduced as having the best gopchang jeongol (beef intestine hot pot) in Seoul. It was a great place to begin with, of course.. The front door I’d been meaning to…
Musuok is in Dobongsan. I’d heard about its reputation for ages but could never quite bring myself to make the trip, and then some work took me out there.. lucky me, I suppose.. Front entrance Seems to …
Near Yeongdong Market in Sinnonhyeon there’s a pork galbi specialist called Songpo Galbi. Front entrance This neighborhood is my home turf, but it’s tucked pretty far back in the alleys, so I was …
Menya Hanabi is an unusual place.. they made their name selling Taiwan-style mazesoba in Nagoya, then set up their Korean main branch on Songnidan-gil and opened this branch in Sinsa-dong.. Well.. as long as i…
I mostly work around Sinsa-dong, and with so many bars there, I often end up meeting people at the good spots in that neighborhood. Somunnan Masan Agu Haemul Jjim It’s a restaurant a bit off the agujjim…
Autumn scenery around Gangnam Gangnam.. Even near Gangnam Station there’s a spot like this.. Gangnam Gangnam.. Gangnam Noryangjin Han River Han River The sky.. The fine dust was so unbelievable …
There’s a place called Hankuk Sundae in Yangjae-dong. I remember having a really good meal here ages ago. I dropped by to make up for the Wagari letdown… Front entrance It’s a bit of a shame…
I have no idea why, but Hanti has a whole cluster of decent dessert shops. Something to do with all the cram schools, maybe? Anyway, one of the newer dessert shops looked promising, so I stopped by. The front …
A fine autumn day.. (a bit of fine dust in the air, though..) I headed out to Yongdu-dong for some sundae.. and stopped by here and there along the way.. Somewhere in Yongdu-dong.. Oh my.. Autumn.. Autumn…..
We had a guys’ night out in Seolleung and went to a place called Ojingeo Cheongchun (“Squid Youth”). There are a ridiculous number of branches around this neighborhood. I hear squid catches h…
Maison Kitsuné has opened on Garosu-gil… This is the vibe… It’s even hipper than the Omotesando one. Looks like Korea has become a hipster nation too… Great for taking Instagram shots….