Hanseong Tonkatsu near Sinsa Station
Riding the momentum from Sambaekjip, I started exploring the restaurants around Sinsa Station. Part two is Hanseong Tonkatsu. It is a place with some history, so of course it is good, but I was curious how wel…
Riding the momentum from Sambaekjip, I started exploring the restaurants around Sinsa Station. Part two is Hanseong Tonkatsu. It is a place with some history, so of course it is good, but I was curious how wel…
Sambaekjip is the famous kongnamul gukbap (bean sprout soup with rice) place from Jeonju. It even appeared in the comic Sikgaek. The Sinsa-dong branch has been open for a while now, but nobody around me likes …
Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, the wildly popular Thai place in Yeonnam-dong, had opened a second branch, and a noodle specialist at that, so I rushed over. I had high hopes before the opening, but the vibe turned out a…
Between Garosu-gil and Apgujeong there is an alley where hanwoo butcher’s restaurants cluster together. Passing by now and then, the meat looked decent and the prices were not bad, so I had been meaning …
One summer weekend, I was out and about from the morning. I went to Gourmet 494 at Galleria, stopped by Itaewon and made it to Garosu-gil too, so here is a quick record. The biscuits I saw on Rainy’s b…
I went out to Anagoya for a get-together, and something about the mood felt off. When I arrived, this is what greeted me.. Traditional liquors from the Namdo region Club member Nok-x-jang-x brought along tr…
Nadeulmok, on the road that climbs the hill on the opposite side of Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong, is a very ordinary restaurant I have been going to for a long time. The name is so generic that even a search could…
Late on a Sunday night, I dropped by Bistro Polpo for the first time in a while. Inside Polpo Maybe because it was Sunday night, things were pretty quiet. On Saturday there had been an event nearby and the …
The short trip was over in a flash and it was time to head home. This time I booked a flight out of Narita departing around noon. With so much luggage to haul back to Korea, staying past lunch would just mean …
On my last visit to Tokyo I sadly could not stop by Kameido Horumon, but this time I made it. It is a place you would feel cheated skipping. Charcoal That day my stomach was not really ready, thanks to the …
I was in the middle of eating ramen in Tsukiji when a meetup in Ginza suddenly came up. Yes, I am that busy a man. I was asked to recommend a good place in Ginza, and after mulling it over, Kissa YOU came to m…
It was a short trip with a lot to get done, so no matter how drunk I got the night before, I had to be up early the next morning and on the move. On days like that, a hangover cure in the morning really matter…