Naksan Park in Dongdaemun
I got lost in Dongdaemun and headed up a hill, and a fortress wall turned up. Roughly this kind of view.. I had no idea a place like this existed in Dongdaemun.. A park like this Seen in person, the mountain…
I got lost in Dongdaemun and headed up a hill, and a fortress wall turned up. Roughly this kind of view.. I had no idea a place like this existed in Dongdaemun.. A park like this Seen in person, the mountain…
On the way to Dongdaemun The sky is clear. Russian bread in Dongdaemun This must be the kind of bread people eat every day in Eastern Europe. Breads I’d like to buy some one day.. but I should probabl…
There are a lot of Russian grocery stores in Dongdaemun, and I went to one of them. The targets were carrot kimchi and herring salad. I went because Dr. Kim Si-deok said on YouTube that the herring salad is de…
In English it is “russian cake,” but in Korean it comes out as “Russia Cake.” There are a lot of Russia-related shops around Dongdaemun, and this one is popular even among those. A plac…
Once I worked out just how much there is around Dongdaemun, I went back again the next time. Oldies Taco on the way there This place was seriously hip.. and there is a famous sundaeguk joint right next door…..
King Sujemandu has a great name, and I heard their mapo tofu is the real deal, so I went to check it out. The place The inside is tidier than it looks from outside. Menu Mandu is the focus, and there are ric…
Over in Dongdaemun there is the famous Waglewagle Jokbal, one of Seoul’s three great jokbal places or something like that, though I am not really sure. Inside and the menu There are seats to eat in here…
I had heard rumors that there was a good haejangguk place in Dongdaemun, but I never had a reason to go all the way out to Dongdaemun for a drink, so I have only just made it there. It is in an alley like this…
I am not really a fan of hotel restaurants, but I end up going to the JW Marriott in Dongdaemun quite often. There is none of the Gangnam-style hype, and the service and the food are satisfying, I suppose. BLT…
I went to Dongdaemun for lunch. The place was the JW Marriott in Dongdaemun, nicknamed “Dong-riott”, and it was better put together than I expected. With BLT Steak, the famous New York steakhouse, …
A get-together suddenly came up in Dongdaemun, so I headed out as soon as work was over. The place was Gyeongsangdo-jip, famous for its pork ribs grilled over charcoal briquettes. Pork ribs They use good in…
A Japanese friend came to visit, and one thing led to another and we ended up at a pojangmacha (street tent bar) near Dongdaemun. When you live in Korea you hardly ever end up going to a pojangmacha. Because t…