Duomo, an Italian Restaurant in Hyoja-dong
An acquaintance of mine is the sales director at a restaurant in Hyoja-dong, so I paid a visit. I’ve lived in Seoul all this time and had only ever heard the name of the neighbourhood, never actually bee…
An acquaintance of mine is the sales director at a restaurant in Hyoja-dong, so I paid a visit. I’ve lived in Seoul all this time and had only ever heard the name of the neighbourhood, never actually bee…
After having some great bread at L’atelier Monique I got all fired up and made the rounds of the bakeries and cake shops in Seoul that people rate highly. I didn’t do it all in a few days; this is …
Those in the know already know this, but Sinsa-dong is packed with agujjim (spicy braised monkfish) places, and Busanjip is considered the original among them. There’s always a long line, and this time t…
To be honest, this was the first time I’d even heard of a place called Jeokseon-dong. I’m pretty clueless about Seoul geography. It’s right outside Gyeongbokgung Station on subway Line 3. The…
I heard that Setagaya had opened in the basement of D-Cube City in Sindorim, so I went to check it out. Setagaya is a proper seafood-broth ramen shop that’s hugely popular in Tokyo. Business has been boo…
After leaving the tapas bar Vongo, our second stop was Nari-ui Jip, a samgyeopsal specialist tucked into an alley across the street. It’s shabby but surprisingly big. It seems to stay open late into the …
We had a foodie meetup in Itaewon. It was at Vongo, a tapas bar that used to be in Apgujeong and has since moved; I’d heard both the vibe and the food had changed, and that they now do cochinillo, roast …
I’ve lived in Gangnam for quite a while now, but I still barely know any of the neighbourhood’s hidden gems. I end up at pricier French and Italian restaurants on a regular basis, but where are the…
I met up with some of my old university classmates on Garosu-gil. We’d thought about going somewhere else, but it felt like too much hassle, so we just came to good old reliable Gaehwaok. It isn’t …
I seem to end up meeting people in Jongno a lot ^_^ Jongno has such a long history that it has far more great places to eat than other parts of town. Gangnam will probably catch up a lot in a few decades, but …
We got together in Jongno on the weekend, but hardly anything was open, so there wasn’t really anywhere obvious to go. So we headed to good old reliable Pyeongnaeok. Champagne, courtesy of a friend Lo…
I had plans to meet someone in Yeoksam-dong, but couldn’t think of anywhere worth going. So I picked the really easy option: the Korean BBQ place in the basement of Gangnam Finance Center. Wet towels …