The drinks I had in early 2020
It is time to gather up the leftover photos and post them. Balblair 89 Such a beautiful bottle. There was some peat coming through too, so it tasted pretty good. I have kept the bottle instead of throwing it …
It is time to gather up the leftover photos and post them. Balblair 89 Such a beautiful bottle. There was some peat coming through too, so it tasted pretty good. I have kept the bottle instead of throwing it …
Sanghaeru, the Chinese restaurant in the basement of the Electro Mart in Sinnonhyeon, is a place that made its name in Dongtan. Well, anyone in Korea who has eaten a fair amount of Chinese food probably knows …
It’s been a while since I made it to Anagoya. The food here is, well, outstanding. But the budget runs about 70,000 won a head, and given that we’re middle-aged guys who usually settle the drinks b…
A Korean-style tuna place is a bit different from a hoe restaurant, and it has too much character of its own to just call it Japanese food. That whole system does not exist in Japan at all, so I sometimes thin…
Deokeunjip is gone, and a place called Daekyemanchan moved into the spot. Bad timing too, opening right in the middle of the covid period. Anyway, I was looking for somewhere nearby to eat and ended up going i…
Tsutsuheoheo is a Chinese restaurant by Gangnam Station. The menu The price per plate is not high, so the strong point here is that you can try a lot of different things. Yangjangpi Well, it was decent enoug…
Whenever there’s some sort of “three great whatever” list, I get the urge to complete it.. and Yongmun Haejangguk was another stop made in that spirit. Haejangguk This one’s good too. …
Katsu Seongsu is a tonkatsu specialist near Seoul Forest. I had plans with someone I know, so I stopped by. the table setting rice and soup tonkatsu No matter how low and slow it was cooked, calling a cold …
I have gotten a taste for cycling, so I have been riding all over the place. Having ticked off Dobongsan, Uijeongbu had to be next, right? Ttareungi only goes as far as Dobongsan, so from there on I used other…
I’m a gukbap addict and I’ve worked my way through all sorts of gukbap, but the one that left the deepest impression is Musuok at Dobongsan. I’d happily call it the seolleongtang of my life. …
Jamae Susan isn’t anything amazing.. it’s more the kind of place that’s a fine call if you happen to be nearby. You can really feel how far Korea’s fish farming has come.. Corn cheese …
Cheongnyubyeok by Gangnam Station has always been too crowded for me to get in, but maybe thanks to COVID, I walked past and a table was free, so I dropped in. Bossam The bossam had a bit of a smell to it. A …