Woo Lae Oak, a Naengmyeon Place in Jongno
Summer means naengmyeon. Woo Lae Oak is one of Korea’s signature Pyeongyang naengmyeon houses. When I first started eating Pyeongyang naengmyeon, the places I went to were Eulji Myeonok and Woo Lae Oak, …
Summer means naengmyeon. Woo Lae Oak is one of Korea’s signature Pyeongyang naengmyeon houses. When I first started eating Pyeongyang naengmyeon, the places I went to were Eulji Myeonok and Woo Lae Oak, …
With a summer trip abroad coming up, I stopped by the Lotte Duty Free shop. It was really crowded. While I was there I looked for somewhere nearby to eat, spotted Tani Next Door, and had lunch there. It’…
Mokran is a Chinese restaurant that offers outstanding value for money. I went a few times back when it was in Apgujeong, but this was my first visit since it moved to Seodaemun. We started with fried dumplin…
Back from Japan, I joined the gourmet group’s first get-together in a while, held at Namhae Bada. Lots of familiar faces, which was nice to see. Pomfret sashimi and hairtail sashimi This was my first …
Ilsan is quite a trek from Gangnam, but every now and then I end up having to go there. Since it’s so far out and it was my first time, I searched the Blue Ribbon app for something to eat, and one naengm…
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 …
Epicure, the gourmet club I’m part of, put together a big spring meetup. As always, it was a gathering of top-notch barbecue ingredients and wonderful fellow food lovers. The spring and autumn barbecues,…
I come here so often now that I can’t even be bothered to explain it. It’s near the far end of the alley off Hongdae’s Parking Lot Street. A big Echire cookie I brought along that day Hone…
I’ve made myself a list of Korean restaurants I want to clear, and I’m crossing them off one by one. I haven’t been living in Seoul that long yet, so there are quite a lot of places I want to…
Work was at its busiest, but Children’s Day fell in the middle of it, so I went to the new outlet mall that just opened in Paju, partly to get myself moving. Everyone else apparently drives there, but be…
On Sunday night I dropped by 2chef to order a plate of pasta and have a drink. 2chef is a comfortable place, but it’s no longer close to home, so getting there is a bit awkward. Then again, the good rest…
Sadong Myeonok looks like a place with some history behind it, but it wasn’t where I originally meant to go. I’d come out downtown that day to stop by the Shilla Duty Free, and the place I planned …