Hadongkwan, Gangnam
I drank myself into a stupor at a wine gathering the night before, and when I woke up in the morning I was really craving some hangover food. Seolleung Station is just one stop from my place, so I strolled ove…
I drank myself into a stupor at a wine gathering the night before, and when I woke up in the morning I was really craving some hangover food. Seolleung Station is just one stop from my place, so I strolled ove…
A friend said he had a lot of Italian wine, so we decided to get together, and after thinking about where to go I booked Gran Gusto. The owner put together a special course for us that day, so we ate really, r…
I’d arranged to have dinner with a friend. They said let’s go somewhere Western, so without much thought I booked Trattoria Molto. There was also a dessert shop nearby I’d been wanting to try…
A culatello-eating meetup suddenly came together, so off I went. We settled on Maknae Hoe Center in Singil-dong, where one of the members of our food club is a VIP. With tons of bottles being brought in and lo…
Some friends came over from Japan, so I took them to Noryangjin. I don’t have much Noryangjin experience myself, so I went with the Seongdo Susan + Yudal Sikdang combo that the power bloggers recommend. …
One of the people in our group loves Louis Cinq, so we end up dropping by often. I really should check out some other places, but lazy as I am, I just go wherever I’m told. Cava Apparently it’s …
SG Dinehill, the group behind Samwon Garden, has opened a new restaurant. It’s a steakhouse, and it’s called Butcher’s Cut. Dry-aging or whatever it’s called is all the rage these days,…
We had a meetup to celebrate the arrival of spring with a barbecue at Nanji Campground. Barbecues are fun, sure, but the prep is such a hassle. I could never pull one off alone; it takes a group of ten-plus be…
After the motor show I headed to a place right across the street that I’d been wanting to try. It’s called Seodongkwan, and like Hadongkwan, gomtang is the main thing on the menu. Ilsan is a long w…
I spent the weekend at the Seoul Motor Show. Having driven a Honda Legend until last year, I’m not all that interested in ordinary cars, but I still wanted to see with my own eyes what would be worth buy…
I heard there was a great place in Samgakji, so we stopped by for a second round. I haven’t had proper hongeo (fermented skate) all that often, so it was a good chance. Seasoned radish This one was ju…
I went to a tasty Chinese restaurant near Samgakji. Hongma Banjeom is a name made by combining Hong Kong Banjeom + Macau Banjeom, and it’s a neighborhood Chinese place created by someone who is hugely fa…