Blooming Garden at Gangnam Station
Not that I’m some huge fan of Italian food… but somehow this was already the fourth Western restaurant of this trip. I wasn’t that keen on Blooming Garden since their pasta isn’t any go…
Not that I’m some huge fan of Italian food… but somehow this was already the fourth Western restaurant of this trip. I wasn’t that keen on Blooming Garden since their pasta isn’t any go…
It was only a short visit to Korea, but this time I ended up going to a lot of Western restaurants. What I actually crave in Korea is Korean food, but when it comes to a proper, formal get-together, there̵…
There’s one upside to rushing out long-overdue meetup reviews: some diligent person who ate with us has already posted a detailed write-up, so I don’t have to tear my hair out trying to remember wh…
On my last evening before heading back, my final get-together was near Apgujeong-dong. The trouble was that early January had a three-day holiday weekend, so booking a restaurant at short notice was not easy. …
I spent the short New Year holiday back in Korea. I was longing for somewhere warm down south, but I wanted to see my family and friends. Since it was year-end the tickets were insanely expensive, which really…
Last week I made a quick trip to Tokyo. I saw friends and visited some good restaurants, and Tokyo really is great ^_^ I should go more often. The first place I headed to as soon as I arrived in Tokyo was Aro…
When I was planning this Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto trip, the very first restaurant I locked in was Il Ghiottone, an Italian place in Kyoto. It’s famous enough that you could call it Kyoto’s number one, and …
There was an Italian restaurant I’d been wanting to try for ages, so I took the chance and went with some friends. It’s called Acqua Pazza, in Hiroo, and apparently it’s hugely popular with w…
I had some free time during a business trip to Tokyo, so I arranged to meet a friend. There was a French restaurant I’d really wanted to go to, but I was told it was already fully booked. So I switched t…
Capricciosa is an Italian restaurant chain that’s famous all over Japan. Unless it’s a family restaurant that just microwaves everything, even a chain will vary a bit from branch to branch. Beef-bo…
I got my hands on a few decent bottles of wine and was looking for a place to drink them with a friend, so I headed to a restaurant next to Seocho Church in Seocho-dong. I don’t really know my way around…
Earlier this year I got the chance to visit Trattoria Molto, a small Italian restaurant in Apgujeong. It’s had a reputation for being really good for ages and I’d always wanted to go at least once,…