Izakaya Uoichi, After a While
Uoichi is an izakaya I go to a lot for work. I use it more because of the relationship than because the food is anything special, but that doesn’t mean the food is bad. It’s just such a big place t…
Uoichi is an izakaya I go to a lot for work. I use it more because of the relationship than because the food is anything special, but that doesn’t mean the food is bad. It’s just such a big place t…
I figured I’d spend this weekend holed up in my room as an internet zombie again, but a last-minute plan came up and I ended up back at Naniwa Sushi, a place I’d been to before. The sushi, as alway…
From Ijinkan I head over to Chinatown. The sights worth seeing in Kobe are the Kitano area with the Ijinkan houses, the area around Sannomiya, and Nankinmachi (Chinatown) plus the area around Mosaic and Merike…
I was wondering what to eat around Gangnam Station and ended up at Bongpiyang, part of the Byeokje Galbi group. But once inside I found that, contrary to what I expected, they don’t do pork galbi at lunc…
Even I, who eat nothing but Korean food whenever I’m back in Korea, go looking for French or Italian when I feel like wine now and then. Collecting wine is my hobby, and if I don’t drink some from …
Pro Ganjang Gejang in Sinsa-dong might be better known among Japanese people than Koreans. Since I pretty much have to go to Korean restaurants when I’m in Korea, I was looking around for somewhere to go…
After Hwaseon Hoejip, the next stop was Mimine, a handmade twigim (Korean-style fried snacks) shop that’s been the talk of the blogs lately. Here’s the place. If you look closely you can see th…
I hear mineo (croaker) is staying in season later than usual this year. I never managed to eat it on my last trip to Korea, so I took this chance and threw a tiny little foodie meetup. ^_^ Organising a meetup …
Woo Lae Oak is one of the few places in Korea that does Pyongyang naengmyeon really well. When I first had their sunmyeon (pure buckwheat noodles) here a few years ago, I was genuinely moved, thinking, so this…
Crystal Jade Palace at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Samseong-dong (quite a long name ^_^) is the Korean outpost of a restaurant chain that’s well known in Singapore, Hong Kong and elsewhere. As yo…
I met up with a friend in Korea in Apgujeong-dong for the first time in ages. It was our first meeting since my friend got married, so I got to hear all sorts of stories. On this trip I had a lot of chances to…
Minami is a well-known onsen ryokan around here. Its food has such a good reputation that it has opened two separate branches nearby, plus one in Shinbashi, Tokyo. I once visited the Shinbashi branch, and the …