Yeonji Dongtaeguk, Jongno
Yeonji Dongtaeguk has to be the most famous restaurant around Jongno 5-ga. I had heard about it for ages, and at the tail end of this winter I finally got a chance to go. Small dongtae jjigae (pollack stew) +…
Yeonji Dongtaeguk has to be the most famous restaurant around Jongno 5-ga. I had heard about it for ages, and at the tail end of this winter I finally got a chance to go. Small dongtae jjigae (pollack stew) +…
I heard there was a place in Itaewon selling tasty Vietnamese-style banh mi sandwiches, so I went to check it out. With places like this, the best time to go is while people are still just saying it is good. O…
A while back I heard there was a famous Chinese restaurant in Incheon and had been wanting to go ever since, and then a chance came up to visit together with one of its regulars. The front entrance It is ne…
Mon chouchou, famous for its Dojima Roll, has opened a cafe on Garosu-gil. The Dojima Roll only recently arrived in Korea and is so popular that getting hold of one is still not an easy thing. For a shop that …
Galleria Department Store has a luxury-concept dining floor called Gourmet 494. It is known for having all the famous restaurants in town under one roof. I was curious what it was like, so I went to check it o…
Following on from Cafe Mamas, here is one more brunch feature. On a weekend morning when I could not be bothered to make breakfast, I went to a brunch cafe on Garosu-gil called The Flying Pan. Being a weekend,…
It is not much of a principle, but I always pick out my own Valentine’s Day chocolates. When I lived in Japan, some novel chocolate came out every year and choosing was half the fun, but in Korea it is n…
Whenever I had something to do in Myeongdong or Jongno, I passed a place called Cafe MAMAS a few times, and there was always a long line. I was never much into cafes, so I just shrugged it off, but after a rec…
That day I had originally planned to go to Jeongin Myeonok, but lately it does not seem to be in any state worth visiting. It looked hopeless until their new place opens, so I gave up and ended up at 9ounce, a…
Jongno is famous for dakhanmari, and when I tried it ages ago I was impressed by the value for money, but it never really struck me as a must-eat. Boiled chicken dishes are so common in Korea, from samgyetang …
So this was back in January. Already two months ago, I got together with some friends who had been on a trip to China, at a Chinese restaurant famous for its hot pot. My hopes of blogging in real time are look…
The Garosu-gil branch of Tuppul Deungsim had crowds of bloggers dropping by and posting reviews right around its opening, so there is nothing new I can add at this point. A regular food blogger would not go ah…