Chingune Cheonggukjang, a Baekban Joint in Yeongdong Market
I’d heard a Thai place called Banpichai was famous, so I came to Yeongdong Market, but it wasn’t open, and this is where I ended up instead. The vibe Tasted pretty good. And …
I’d heard a Thai place called Banpichai was famous, so I came to Yeongdong Market, but it wasn’t open, and this is where I ended up instead. The vibe Tasted pretty good. And …
There’s a sundae-guk place in Gangnam I’ve loved since my first years as a working adult. It’s Namseoul Abai Sundae, and you could call it the origin of my sundae life. Not many places in Gan…
A friend who lives in New York came to Seoul this spring to get married. A few of us from the same school decided to have dinner together, so we went to a hanjeongsik (Korean course meal) restaurant near Gangn…
I went to Gangnam Station to see a movie – thanks to CGV throwing its weight around with distribution, Megabox was the only option – and since it was cutting close to showtime, I ordered a burger a…
Kushikatsu Daruma is a famous kushikatsu joint from Osaka. Kushikatsu is B-class gourmet food to begin with, so when I lived in Japan I never paid it much attention, but the longer I live in Korea the more I g…
Yomenya Goemon, famous in Japan for its unusual concept of pasta you eat with chopsticks, has a branch at Gangnam Station. I had known that for a while, and this time I finally paid a visit. Gangnam Station is…
There is a well-reviewed ramen shop in Yeongdong Market, so I went to check it out. I usually eat ramen when I am in Japan, but somehow I ended up going here. The front entrance It was a bit odd to see a ra…
I’m not really a barley-rice person, but one way or another I ended up in a situation where I had to have a spring bowl of boribap, so off I went to Gangnam Station. There are plenty of famous boribap pl…
Seocho Sariwon has been a famous bulgogi restaurant around Gangnam Station for ages, and since the branch at D-Cube City in Sindorim was so good when I ate there last time, I ended up visiting the main shop by…
A friend came out to Gangnam Station and suggested we go eat some meat, and after dithering over where to go we settled on the safe bet, Bongpiyang. It sits behind Samsung Town, near the Koatel building. It…
One day in spring I got a craving for Japanese-style curry, but going anywhere far felt like too much hassle, so I went to a curry place by Gangnam Station. Thanks to that laziness I put on a lot of weight in …
There are countless sundaeguk joints in Seoul, but when I sat down and counted the ones that really deserve to be called great, there were fewer than I expected. To qualify, a place needs history and a name, n…