Kaisen, Express Bus Terminal
I do not go to izakaya in Korea very often, but somehow I ended up going to the same place twice in a row. It is a place called Kaisen near the Express Bus Terminal, and I hear it has been getting popular late…
I do not go to izakaya in Korea very often, but somehow I ended up going to the same place twice in a row. It is a place called Kaisen near the Express Bus Terminal, and I hear it has been getting popular late…
I am not really a person who likes trendy places, but there was a get-together, so I went not long after it opened. As anyone who knows the place knows, it is hugely popular and the wait is long. You come out …
At the end of November 2014, there was a gathering at an Italian restaurant called Urban Garden in Jeong-dong to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Epicure, the Cyworld gourmet club. Around fifty club members s…
Some weekend evenings I just cannot be bothered to cook at home. Whenever that happens, I seem to end up in Itaewon. It is only one bridge away from our place, so it takes less than ten minutes by bus. …
Round two is, as always, Bistro Polpo. I cannot tell you how convenient it is in city life to have at least one regular restaurant where reliably good food comes out. Other bloggers seem to have a favorite lik…
Right around when the weather started turning cold, I went to Unbong Sanjang in Noryangjin for a long-overdue bit of nourishment. The lamb here is really good. It had been a while, but it was as good as ever. …
Lotte World Mall, which has stirred up all kinds of controversy, finally opened, and I could not skip going to see the Rubber Duck. While I was there, I also checked out a few of the restaurants. The Ru…
I have been a bit busy (drinking, mostly..) so I am now more than a month behind on posts. On a weekend in early November I visited Yangjae Citizen’s Forest. It was a great place to enjoy autumn right in…
I had some business near Yeoksam Station, and since it was around lunchtime I went to Ido Gomtang, which has been getting a lot of buzz lately. It was bigger than I expected. The angle is a bit off, but…
One evening after work I went to Nongoljib in nearby Sinsa-dong, just to grab some dinner. Since it specialises in beef I expected it to be pricey, but there were quite a few cheap items on the menu, so it is …
Epicure (http://club.cyworld.com/clubV1/Home.cy/54111558), the Cyworld gourmet club and the only one I am active in, held a long-overdue meetup at Bistro Polpo. Quite some time had passed since the opening-cel…
I came out after a good look around the Window Bakery Collection and found myself hungry. Wonder why. I figured I would grab a meal before heading home, and as it happened Cheung Kee Noodle House was right nea…