Ilpum Cake, a Cake Shop near Gangnam-gu Office
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 …
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 …
I set out for a little single malt shop in Mejiro, only to find it is closed on Sundays. There was a bottle I wanted to pick up before the consumption tax hike.. Anyway, so I promptly changed my destination to…
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I’ve been eating at home almost every day lately, so whenever I had a spare moment I went around the dessert shops. Writing a separate post for each one felt like a chore, so here they all are in one go….