Duomo, Home-Style Italian in Hyoja-dong
I heard a rumor that fresh olive oil had come in at Duomo in Hyoja-dong, so I made the time to go back before winter was over. The table Simple, isn’t it. Menabrea An Italian beer I’d had once before at B…
I heard a rumor that fresh olive oil had come in at Duomo in Hyoja-dong, so I made the time to go back before winter was over. The table Simple, isn’t it. Menabrea An Italian beer I’d had once before at B…
There was a meetup at Buzza Pizza in Itaewon, a place I’d tried and failed to get into before. The meetup started at 7, so I spent a good while wandering around central Seoul trying to digest the two lun…
I got lucky and ended up at a Balvenie tasting meetup held at Mi Piace. It must have been a wonderful chance for anyone who loves Balvenie, and I got to learn a lot about Balvenie myself. Hot toddy The whis…
The owner of Mi Piace brought back an assortment of cheeses from a trip to Japan, and since he threw together a meetup to eat them, I went along. I still know very little about cheese, but it turns out there i…
2chef is a restaurant I go to way too often, so a lot of the content overlaps and it feels awkward to split it into separate posts. So I’m going to gather them up by quarter and put them out together. ^_^ It m…
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…
This was a get-together back in the summer, so my memory’s a bit hazy. I haven’t been getting around to many proper restaurants lately, and there hasn’t been much worth posting either, but mo…
I’m gathering up my posts about 2chef, a restaurant I’m always indebted to, and putting them up together. I go there so often that I can’t post each visit separately. Tomato and anchovy pasta…
I was lucky enough to get into a Glenfiddich dinner hosted by the owner of Mi Piace, an Italian restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, who has long been into single malts. I’ve been hooked on single malts lately …
A friend said he had a lot of Italian wine, so we decided to get together, and after thinking about where to go I booked Gran Gusto. The owner put together a special course for us that day, so we ate really, r…
I’d arranged to have dinner with a friend. They said let’s go somewhere Western, so without much thought I booked Trattoria Molto. There was also a dessert shop nearby I’d been wanting to try…
Blooming Garden has opened in the basement of the Center One building, the new landmark north of the river in Gangbuk. I was lucky enough to go during the opening event. Dark tables True to its reputation a…