Supermarket Food, October 2022
Yakitori Mook dak-gomtang The quality of chicken-based ramyeon lately is so high that it keeps surprising me. The seasoning is just right and the flavour is clean.. Only, the serving suggestion has all sorts …
Yakitori Mook dak-gomtang The quality of chicken-based ramyeon lately is so high that it keeps surprising me. The seasoning is just right and the flavour is clean.. Only, the serving suggestion has all sorts …
Pierre Hermé macarons The tin is really pretty, and that Pierre Hermé old-man illustration seems to be turning up all over the place these days. Macarons The taste goes without saying, of course. It’s …
Sulguk Sulguk from Namseoul Abai Sundae. It tastes good, but I had my stomach turn on me after eating here a while back, so I’ve stopped going.. Nongmin Baegam Sundae This place tastes great, the porti…
Squid Peanut, gochujang mayo flavour A limited edition Squid Peanut sold only at Homeplus, and it turned out to be a real treat. Wow, so this is what it tastes like! The savoury depth of the mayonnaise meets …
Oak Valley was running an event called Sonata of Light. It was actually worth seeing. It’s the kind of event that only works in winter, when the golf course is closed. The entrance looked like this If y…
Some of you will already know this, but Museum SAN has a James Turrell gallery. There are only a handful of these anywhere in the world, so if you live in Korea it is absolutely worth going. That said, here is…
Winter is here, so we came out to Oak Valley for a bit. On the way On the way I thought something was on fire, but it turned out to be Hynix.. Arriving.. We needed to eat before heading up to Oak Valley, bu…
It’s winter, so I dropped by a neighborhood hoe restaurant for a slice or two of yellowtail. The menu This time I ordered a set with yellowtail in it. The table setting Nothing fancy, but the room is p…
After hitting La Tige, I stopped by the Galleria Department Store too. Galleria seems to be putting real effort into the food side of things. Cake from Pâtisserie Fruits It’s a cake shop based in Seongs…
These days my Instagram feed is full of gorgeous dessert shops. I went to one of them that looked promising. A place like this I thought I came around the Gangnam-gu Office often, but I had no idea a shop lik…
Beef noodle soup has been turning into a chain thing lately, with shops popping up all over. I got curious and gave one a try. Zha cai and cilantro The fact that they give you cilantro is a really nice touch….
Heading out from Eunpyeong toward Bukhansan, it turns out there’s quite a variety of things to see. A hanok village like this It does feel a bit out of nowhere, but even so, for what it is it’s ni…