A Haejangguk Place in Incheon
Since I was in Dongincheon anyway, I wandered around every corner of it. Dapdong Cathedral This spot has been turned into something park-like too. Aegwan Theater This one is still in business. Even the theat…
Since I was in Dongincheon anyway, I wandered around every corner of it. Dapdong Cathedral This spot has been turned into something park-like too. Aegwan Theater This one is still in business. Even the theat…
I went to Paulie’s Pizza at COEX. Not police pizza.. compared with the other branches, this one felt a lot less tourist-oriented and a lot more like it is there for the office workers around it. A place …
This was my first time at a cat cafe. I had no idea which one would be good, so I picked one more or less at random, and it turned out not to be an easy place to find. The cafes that are easy to get to are ine…
Yeonan Pier is the Incheon equivalent of Noryangjin Fish Market in Seoul, and even though Incheon is a port city, I have a feeling Yeonan Pier is the only fish market of its kind here. For as long as I can rem…
A long time ago, Sinpo Market and Chinatown felt really far apart. Chinatown back then wasn’t much to speak of, either. But going there recently, the two are practically joined together. Chinatown just k…
Sinpo-dong is to Dongincheon what Myeongdong is to Seoul. Quite apart from Dongincheon’s decline, Sinpo-dong feels like it’s drawing far more people than it used to. Gyeongnam Hoetjip It’s a…
Even within Incheon, areas like Dongincheon and Jemulpo are total old town. These days when you say Incheon people think of Songdo, Cheongna, Gajeong and so on, but before that there was a time when Bupyeong w…
A place called the Ramyun Library has opened in Hongdae, so I went to check it out. It’s a convenience store, and apparently the library is inside it.. There are surprisingly a lot of people here. Or ma…
De Soyeong is a shop that’s famous on Instagram. They looked like they really knew what they were doing, so I’d had my eye on it for a while. Macarons Maybe because they were taking part in an eve…
Kervan Bakery in Itaewon is a well-known place, and I’d been here once before to buy Turkish delight. This time I came to try kaymak. If I’m going to eat it, I might as well do it properly. Roughly…
Mexican food seems to be getting more and more popular in Korea too. Among all of them, I went to Villa Guerrero, which has a reputation for being good. A fresh-pollack stew and gejang spot I shot on the way …
Baker’s Tale is a cafe and bakery that has been in business in this neighborhood for a long time. A place like this A little shabby, but it has the feel of a shop that runs on its regulars.. Breads like…