Caffe Themselves, a Coffee Specialist in Jongno
I don’t know if you remember, but earlier this year there was an incident that made a huge fuss on the Korean internet. Last Christmas, at a “Cafe D” in Myeongdong, there was some trouble bet…
I don’t know if you remember, but earlier this year there was an incident that made a huge fuss on the Korean internet. Last Christmas, at a “Cafe D” in Myeongdong, there was some trouble bet…
I went to Daegabang, a well-known hwagyo (ethnic Chinese) restaurant in Sinsa-dong. It was famous among bloggers at one point, and it’s still doing good business. Front entrance It’s near Garosu…
Jeolgumijip is one of Baek Jong-won’s restaurants. I was looking for somewhere to go with friends who aren’t foodies, and it looked like a safe choice, so I gave it a try. But once I actually went,…
I accidentally posted these in the wrong order. Please read this one as a continuation of the Yeongdong jokbal post.. After a good jokbal dinner we moved on to Myeongdong, but there weren’t many places …
A get-together suddenly came up in Dongdaemun, so I headed out as soon as work was over. The place was Gyeongsangdo-jip, famous for its pork ribs grilled over charcoal briquettes. Pork ribs They use good in…
There are a few famous restaurants on the market side of Yangjae Station, and Yeongdong Jokbal is probably the most famous of them all. It has practically grown into a little town of its own. A friend visiting…
A Japanese friend came to visit, and one thing led to another and we ended up at a pojangmacha (street tent bar) near Dongdaemun. When you live in Korea you hardly ever end up going to a pojangmacha. Because t…
Mi Piace is a restaurant that has been in business in Cheongdam-dong for a long time. In a neighborhood like Cheongdam-dong, where so many restaurants get popular and then vanish, the simple fact that it has s…
I’d heard there was a decent cake shop near Gangnam-gu Office Station, so I went over on the weekend. It has a fun name: Ilpum Cake, spelled with a playful twist on the Korean word for cake. Exterior …
A while ago I heard a rumor that there was a great milmyeon place in Bangbae-dong. Since I rarely had reason to go to Busan, I’d never had a proper bowl of milmyeon, and the person who recommended it is …
I’ve known the owner of Cheung Kee Noodle House for a while. I heard the POSCO branch had closed around mid-March and he had opened a new shop in Mugyo-dong, so I went to pay a visit. Front entrance I…
I used my lunch break to meet up with some people I was glad to see at Woo Lae Oak. We got there at exactly 12, and there were already quite a few people. We had to wait a little, but were shown to a table soo…