Things I Bought in April 2026
A roundup of assorted leftover photos. A USB-A & USB-C to C cable I bought for travel I bought it for charging, but swapping the adapter on and off is a bit of a hassle… and these things tend to bre…
A roundup of assorted leftover photos. A USB-A & USB-C to C cable I bought for travel I bought it for charging, but swapping the adapter on and off is a bit of a hassle… and these things tend to bre…
I went to Palette Dessert. Why? To buy a dujjonku (Dubai chewy cookie), of course. This is probably the most famous dujjonku shop in the whole country. The scenery on the way May weather is lovely. Palette De…
Gana Tonkatsu House is a place serving tonkatsu in the style of a Korean gisa sikdang, a taxi-driver diner. Japanese-style tonkatsu shops are all the rage these days, but every now and then I get a craving for…
This was my first time at Biwon, Samwon Garden’s fine-dining restaurant, and it turned out to be a place that distills the essence of everything Samwon Garden stands for: its history, its tradition, its …
I set out to finally try Près de moi, and when I looked it up on KakaoMap nothing had changed, but it turned out they had moved not long ago. So I ended up taking a bit of a detour. A bit of a struggle in the …
I took a lap around the Itaewon area. If you have eaten bread, you have to exercise, right? First I swung by nearby Sinheung Market, then headed down into Itaewon. Sinheung Market scenery Seems like there are…
Taffin was a bakery I’d been meaning to visit for ages, and I’d planned to stop by on my way to Namdaemun, but I heard it wasn’t open, so I gave up. Then somehow, on the way from Namdaemun to…
Gamegol Sonmandu in Namdaemun got hugely famous after chef Son Jong-won said on TV that it was delicious. Well, actually, the line was long even before that. It just got longer. The vibe Everyone giving it th…
Namdaemun Market has quite a few good restaurants, and one I had not been to yet was Buwon Myeonok. The places that come to mind when you say naengmyeon are mostly clustered around Jongno, so eating naengmyeon…
You come across Bamvoo Cafe (BAMVOO) in quite a few places around Seoul. This one in particular is a very big cafe. It doubles as a bakery too. It seems to be the trend these days, but there were fewer people …
We finished the first round in fine style and moved on to round two. A vibe like this The place was seriously hip.. hip enough to make me wonder if a middle-aged guy was even allowed in.. Snacks The service …
I really do drop by Ae a lot these days.. and going back after a while, the menu had switched over to seasonal dishes, so I got to eat all sorts of things. The sign I wonder if this was here before. Either wa…