Miro Sikdang, Hongdae
Right before the end of the Chuseok holiday I visited Miro Sikdang in Hongdae. It was another long day of eating, and Miro Sikdang was where it all started. Salad I did not do the ordering that day, my…
Right before the end of the Chuseok holiday I visited Miro Sikdang in Hongdae. It was another long day of eating, and Miro Sikdang was where it all started. Salad I did not do the ordering that day, my…
A member of our gourmet club who lives far away in LA came back to Korea for a short visit, timed for Chuseok. We arranged a lunch gathering at Polpo to fit the visit, and the food just keeps getting better an…
Sicily, the well-known seafood pocha from Yeonnam-dong, has opened a branch in Sinsa-dong. They said it opened about two years ago, and I am only finding out now. I had been meaning to go, but opportunities to…
Sambaekjip is the famous kongnamul gukbap (bean sprout soup with rice) place from Jeonju. It even appeared in the comic Sikgaek. The Sinsa-dong branch has been open for a while now, but nobody around me likes …
I went out to Anagoya for a get-together, and something about the mood felt off. When I arrived, this is what greeted me.. Traditional liquors from the Namdo region Club member Nok-x-jang-x brought along tr…
On my last visit to Tokyo I sadly could not stop by Kameido Horumon, but this time I made it. It is a place you would feel cheated skipping. Charcoal That day my stomach was not really ready, thanks to the …
Ken’s Cafe Tokyo in Shinjuku is famous for its slightly pricey gateau chocolat. It started out as a cafe, but once the gateau chocolat became popular nationwide they stopped the cafe business and now sel…
Every time I go to Japan, I have a long list of things people have asked me to buy. Anything sold online I order ahead and have delivered, but there are quite a few things that have to be bought locally, and s…
The official mineo (croaker) meetup of the Cyworld club Epicure, which comes around every summer, happened again this year. Thank you as always for setting up such a good table and inviting me. Sea squirt T…
The wine I collected over the years has finally reached its drinking window. Storage is such a hassle that I have no plans to collect any more; I want to drink through what I already bought and shift to whisky…
Sicily in Yeonnam-dong seems to have been famous among the serious drinkers for a long time, but I only got around to visiting now. They recently opened a branch on Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong too, so really I co…
Oddly enough, a lot of my drinking get-togethers were around this area. Thinking back, I suspect the idea was that once summer came, going out to meet up would become a hassle, so we should get our drinking in…