Takeout I Ate Around Yeoksam Station
Around April work was busy and there were all sorts of events going on, so I barely had time to cook and eat at home. At least there are plenty of shops near my place, so I managed to keep myself fed. Boulang…
Around April work was busy and there were all sorts of events going on, so I barely had time to cook and eat at home. At least there are plenty of shops near my place, so I managed to keep myself fed. Boulang…
In the middle of a full-on sundaeguk shop tour, I heard there was a famous sundae gukbap place near my house too, so I stopped by. The front entrance It sits roughly halfway between Samseong Station and Seo…
Hanguk Sundaeguk is a well-known sundaeguk place in Yangjae-dong. The sundae is good, and on top of that it has the advantage of being open 24 hours. The customers never stop coming. The front entrance Ther…
I had drunk too much the night before, so I thought about getting something to cure the hangover, but going far felt like too much trouble. In the middle of all that, I heard there were two places in Yeoksam-d…
This time we had a wine gathering at 2chef. To be precise, it was a gathering where I was the one buying the wine. The food was delicious as always, but the wine was in slightly disappointing shape. I really s…
It was a blazing Friday night and a friend suddenly rang to say let’s go eat some meat. The place that popped into my head was Tuppul Deungsim. It’s famous these days and apparently hard to book, b…
After the sushi we walked over slowly, partly to help digestion, to a German bakery called Achso in Hannam-dong. It was hard to judge on the map, and while it is within walking distance, it turned out to be qu…
Kiku in East Ichon-dong might well be the most popular sushi restaurant not just in that neighborhood but in all of Seoul. I dropped by for a bit over the weekend, and sure enough it was packed. The front ent…
It wasn’t long after my visit to Pyeongyang Myeonok that I ended up at Eulji Myeonok as well. I’d felt it before, but this time I could clearly tell that Eulji Myeonok is different from your typica…
I spent a night at The Shilla Seoul and got up late in the morning. I can see that the Shilla is a fine hotel, but sleeping in the middle of Seoul just doesn’t do much for me. Having the duty free shop r…
I had to eat something for dinner, but I wasn’t set up to cook at home and couldn’t be bothered, so I went to 2chef for a light meal. I’ve posted about this place so many times that writing a…
Bon Galbi is a galbi house run by The Born Korea, the group behind Saemaeul Sikdang and Hansin Pocha. The fact that it works with imported Australian beef does hold it back from being a truly outstanding resta…