A branch of Veteran Kalguksu, the famous place from Jeonju, has opened at the Express Bus Terminal. I am not that big a fan of kalguksu, but it is a famous Jeonju place and it opened inside the Honam Line term…
It has been a while since my last visit to 17°C. I heard they had started serving their chocolate bingsu, so I went over. Seasonal drink It seemed to have cherry and pistachio in it, and it was good. T…
Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai has reopened at a new location in Yeonnam-dong. It has moved even deeper into the neighborhood than before, and now takes up an entire building. The way it is pioneering a block with nothin…
I heard there was a good sundae place near Naebang Station, not Bangbae, so I went to find it. There are plenty of sundaeguk places in the city, but only a handful do it well, so I had to stop by. The f…
Songdo has a different feel from what you would call Incheon. Incheon’s history is basically one of expansion, but up through Bupyeong, Yeonsu and Geomam it still felt like an extension of the old Incheo…
I had no idea the Riverside Hotel had a restaurant other than the buffet, but the food turned out to be pretty decent. The prices are on the high side, of course.. Side dishes Clean, nice atmosphere, a…
On a bright spring day, around the end of April, I visited Tomi’s Bakery. I am working my way through the breads I have not tried yet, one by one. With spring getting shorter every year, going all the wa…
One evening with no plans, a friend and I did a loop around the Yeonnam-dong and Yeonhui-dong area. It is a nice thing to still have a friend to go on restaurant tours with at this age. Mutahiro I had …
When it comes to dakgalbi, Chuncheon is the place, but I heard there was a dakgalbi restaurant in Yeokgok that beats Chuncheon, so I went to check it out. Come out of exit 2 of Yeokgok Station and go straight,…
A friend came over from New York for a visit, so we stopped by Bistro Polpo. It is, after all, the bistro that represents Korea. Bread from Lee Boulanger I bought some bread before heading to Polpo. A …
On my way back from an outing I stopped by Bokhwaru. Mul-mandu (boiled dumplings) They made a pretty good side dish. Yuni jjajang (jjajangmyeon with minced pork) Mixed well The jjajangm…
Right in the middle of Yeongdong Market there’s a Thai restaurant called Banpichai. I’d tried a few times before, but it was always closed and I never got in. It seems to have settled down lately, …