Seorae Yanggopchang, Seorae Village
When the first round of a meetup goes well, you simply have to go on to a second round to savor the afterglow. Conversely, a meetup with no second round may just mean the first round was so-so. That day we had…
When the first round of a meetup goes well, you simply have to go on to a second round to savor the afterglow. Conversely, a meetup with no second round may just mean the first round was so-so. That day we had…
Another gathering at Polpo, right on the heels of the last one. I know I have been going to Polpo a bit too often, but for various reasons I will not be able to go for a while, so I am cramming the visits in. …
I had some free time on the weekend, so I went to Bistro Polpo. I used to come around here a lot, and not long after this visit I ended up going again. Cookies loaded with Edam cheese They brought thes…
Round one was in Yeonnam-dong, so round two was, naturally, Angel’s Share. Beef jerky One of the people who came that night brought out some beef jerky they had received as a Lunar New Year gift,…
We got together to sort through the stuff I brought back from Japan. When you buy all sorts of odds and ends, one session is never enough. It takes two or three get-togethers before things are more or less sor…
Here is a collection of the nice scenery I came across on this trip. These are not photos taken with any particular theme in mind, just random shots snapped while walking around. Tokyo Skytree on a morn…
One of the joys of a Tokyo trip is the new stuff at convenience stores. This time I stopped by convenience stores and supermarkets and bought a bit of everything. First-night fun The Asahi was just so-…
There is so much to buy in Tokyo. Of course, not every shop sells good stuff and you need to know a few key spots, but this time I discovered the charm of Kappabashi, the street that specialises in kitchenware…
After a short three-night, four-day trip, on my way back to Korea through Narita Airport I had one last bowl of ramen. Haneda has Rokurinsha and Setagaya, but at Narita there is really only Kukai. Gyoza…
Before coming to Japan I put together a list of ramen shops, and a few places caught my eye. One of them was Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta. And the other one, which I picked after some deliberation as a late-nig…
On this Tokyo trip I have been going mostly around restaurants I had long wanted to try. The reason is that I have no friend to go restaurant-hopping with. At a place I know well I can just eat what I want and…
Before coming to Japan this time, I went through the whole ranking of dessert shops in Tokyo. There were a few notable changes, and among them Occitanial at Suitengumae Station was the only one with reasonably…