A small gourmet meetup with the usual crowd at Polpo. Calling it a gourmet meetup did not mean the menu itself changed much, but the bottles the participants brought along were something else. Corkage was not …
The soft serve craze finally seems to be dying down. The honey chip ice cream got on TV several times, there were lawsuits over the copycat shops, all sorts of drama. Korea is a country where everyone pounces …
Word that there was a cafe in Hongdae serving great patbingsu reached me all the way from the States. Hongdae is quite a trek for me these days, but with the weather heating up I made a point of going. The en…
On a Saturday in June when it looked like it might rain, I suddenly got a craving for Jeongin Myeonok and headed for Yeouido. I had originally planned to cycle there, but not wanting to get soaked I ran instea…
I heard a rumour that Tori Pub, a new place in Hongdae, was running a promotion. It was a chance to drink Suntory beer on the cheap, and I was curious what kind of place it was, so after our get-together at Ic…
One weekday, a spur-of-the-moment lamb dinner came together. The original plan was Unbong Sanjang, but there are not many places around there for a second round, so we settled on Ichiryu in Hongdae. These days…
I saw a post on Bistro Polpo’s official Twitter saying they had started serving trippa, so I dashed over for lunch that weekend. I am quite fond of offal dishes, and there are not many places in Korea th…
When I shipped my things from Japan to Korea, I forgot where I had put the key to my bike lock. Thanks to that, I could not really ride my bike for almost six months. Then one Saturday afternoon the new bike l…
Seren in Pangyo is an Italian restaurant opened on Pangyo’s cafe street by a chef I got to know well back at 2chef in Hongdae. Until recently it was operating under the name La Bilancia, but they refresh…
Anagoya near Boramae Park is a famous place, but what with the shop moving and me being busy in my own way, I only just got around to going. Since I was going anyway, I roped in one of the shop’s most lo…
Lately I have been going to Apgujeong Rodeo quite often. Not to hunt for restaurants, but because it is the best neighborhood in Korea for buying sneakers. I have no idea why so many shoe stores are clustered …
After a quick first round.. someone said they were craving gopchang jeongol for the first time in ages, so for round two we headed to Cheongeoram. We got there just as they were about to close up for the night…