Jinjin, Seogyo-dong: A Return Visit
The weekend after my visit to Jinjin, I ended up going back without a reservation. I was dying to eat there again, and I happened to have some free time. I showed up right at the 5 o’clock opening and wa…
The weekend after my visit to Jinjin, I ended up going back without a reservation. I was dying to eat there again, and I happened to have some free time. I showed up right at the 5 o’clock opening and wa…
These days, whenever a halfway decent restaurant opens in Seoul, the foodies descend on it en masse and post about it. So a good restaurant rarely slips through the net. Luckily I was able to go while it had o…
I heard there was a Chinese place near Hakdong Station with great dumplings, so I went to check it out. Funny that there was a place this good in an area I go to all the time. The front entrance It loo…
I came out after a good look around the Window Bakery Collection and found myself hungry. Wonder why. I figured I would grab a meal before heading home, and as it happened Cheung Kee Noodle House was right nea…
I heard there was a Chinese restaurant in Yeonnam-dong that only starts folding the dumplings once you order, so I went to check it out. There are quite a few places in Korea that do good dumplings, but I am n…
Donghaejang in Pyeongtaek is a pretty famous Chinese-Korean restaurant. It looks far away, but it is in the greater Seoul area and fairly easy to get to, so surprisingly many people have already been. I had kn…
After a good long drinking session at Sicily, I still wanted something to finish off with, so we moved next door to Ipum. Ipum does not sell alcohol, but they do not mind if you bring in something from the con…
Lately I have been hosting foodie meetups myself more and more, and as a result I end up going to gatherings here and there. I have been blogging for close to ten years, but I had hardly ever visited the same …
In May, the Mugyo-dong branch of Cheung Kee Noodle House launched Cantonese dishes and ran a promotion to celebrate: 20% off the entire new seafood-restaurant menu. There was no way I was letting that chance s…
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 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…
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…