Waffle Verviers, a Liège Waffle Shop in Mok-dong
Waffle Verviers is a place I’d love to visit often, but it’s on the opposite side of Seoul from me, so getting there takes real resolve. I kept putting it off, until I heard a while back that they&…
Waffle Verviers is a place I’d love to visit often, but it’s on the opposite side of Seoul from me, so getting there takes real resolve. I kept putting it off, until I heard a while back that they&…
Around the gas station near Sinsa Station, there’s a whole cluster of 24-hour haejangguk places. It’s a unique local feature of Sinsa-dong that you won’t find anywhere else in Seoul, and mayb…
A new bistro has opened on Saigil in Bangbae-dong. The chef is one of Korea’s most respected gourmets, so I had high hopes. There was an opening-celebration meetup, and I was lucky enough to go along. H…
For a while I was completely hooked on Lady M and kept getting takeout over and over, until one evening I finally went to sit down at the cafe itself. Tables I like the calm interior. The stylish-looking ch…
For the first time since coming back to Korea, I held a get-together at 2chef in Hongdae. Living on the opposite side of Seoul, it was never an easy place for me to get to, and for a while I did not have the b…
After round one at Tuk Tuk, we moved on to Angel’s Share for round two. These days I hardly ever go anywhere unless I know the owner, got an introduction, or have been there before. Unlike in Japan, walk…
A friend was visiting from New York, so we dropped by Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai. Somewhere near home would have been fine too, but eating in Yeonnam-dong makes it easy to move on to a second round afterwards. Som t…
There had been talk since the start of the year that Lady M, the famous New York cake shop, was coming to Korea, and the boutique ended up opening before the Shinsegae department store counter did. It’s …
A place in Yeonnam-dong called Eojjeoda Gage (the name means something like “the shop you happen upon”) has been getting popular lately. It’s a spot that puts the sharing economy into practic…
Someone in my circle keeps calling spontaneous get-togethers at Yonghwa Banjeom, so I got to go back again. There aren’t many Chinese restaurants in Korea that are this good, so it seems fine to make it …
I heard a rumor that there was a great bakery on Sai-gil in Bangbae-dong, so off I went. I’d had their bread before as a gift and thought it was wonderful, but going there in person was another thing alt…
One weekend morning I got a craving for the galettes at Maison de Zoé, so I hopped on my bike and set off. I rode along the Han River for about an hour, but took a wrong turn and ended up somewhere near Samseo…