Ilsan is quite a trek from Gangnam, but every now and then I end up having to go there. Since it’s so far out and it was my first time, I searched the Blue Ribbon app for something to eat, and one naengm…
I was lucky enough to get into a Glenfiddich dinner hosted by the owner of Mi Piace, an Italian restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, who has long been into single malts. I’ve been hooked on single malts lately …
Epicure, the gourmet club I’m part of, put together a big spring meetup. As always, it was a gathering of top-notch barbecue ingredients and wonderful fellow food lovers. The spring and autumn barbecues,…
I come here so often now that I can’t even be bothered to explain it. It’s near the far end of the alley off Hongdae’s Parking Lot Street. A big Echire cookie I brought along that day Hone…
A friend threw a housewarming and invited me and a few others. With the property market in chaos these days, he’s living in a really nice place ^_^ Wine is his hobby, so a few bottles got opened. Perf…
I’ve made myself a list of Korean restaurants I want to clear, and I’m crossing them off one by one. I haven’t been living in Seoul that long yet, so there are quite a lot of places I want to…
I got to the airport with plenty of time to spare, so I decided to make dinner a bowl of ramen. Ideally I’d have eaten in central Tokyo, but I just couldn’t be bothered with anything. Besides, a sh…
I’d always dropped by Gucci Café just to buy chocolates, but this time it was hot and I had some time to kill, so I stayed for dessert. There are still a few places in Ginza I want to try, including the …
I finally made it, with some effort, to Kurogi, a Japanese restaurant rumoured to be really hard to book. Japan has quite a lot of places where getting a reservation is tough. You have to research ahead and ge…
I had always thought of Otsuka as a bit of a food desert, since it sits somewhat on the edge of Tokyo, but apparently there is one exception: a yakitori specialist called Souten, a nationally famous spot that …
Before every trip to Tokyo I usually go through the Tabelog rankings from top to bottom, and this time there was an Akasaka cake shop I’d never seen before, so I pushed myself to go. It was enough to mak…
I’d known for a while that Pierre Hermé has a café at its Aoyama shop, but only this time did I finally manage to drop by. It’s a café with a rather unusual concept, so I’d wanted to visit at…