Caffe Themselves and Et M’amie
After a good meal at Pyeongnaeok, I asked one of the members where we should go for round two, and they led us to Caffe Themselves nearby. As the organizer I had barely prepared anything, and I’m really …
After a good meal at Pyeongnaeok, I asked one of the members where we should go for round two, and they led us to Caffe Themselves nearby. As the organizer I had barely prepared anything, and I’m really …
Pyeongnaeok is so famous for its chogyetang that it hardly needs an introduction. A few years ago, before I moved to Japan, I ate here once and fell for it, and I kept looking for a chance to go back, but what…
Even if the meal itself was a simple hanjeongsik (Korean set meal), a true doenjang-nam (a guy who puts on Western airs) has to finish with French-style dessert, right? It’s not a bakery I particularly l…
I had an appointment in Cheongdam-dong, so I booked a decent restaurant nearby. Since I absolutely have to eat Korean food -_-, it goes without saying it had to be a Korean restaurant. The place recommended to…
This holds for any – geeky – field: keep digging into one thing long enough and stuff that’s generally considered good stops being much fun, and you drift toward the odd and the obscure. I felt that clea…
I’m back in Korea after quite a while. On my first day I had some errands to run in Sinchon, and when I was wondering where to go for dinner afterwards, this place, Yuil Gopchang, was recommended to me. …
I was at Mi Piace just the other day. I had a great time then too (maybe just me?), and somehow the idea came up of getting together to drink a wine called Miani. Miani is the Italian cult wine that The Drops …
After Hadongkwan, the second stop on my hangover-cure course was Samho Jjangttungi, near the Eulji Hospital intersection in Nonhyeon-dong. It’s in the middle of Seoul, but in a way it’s a bit out o…
After overdoing it the night before, the morning calls for haejangguk, Korean hangover soup. Korea’s hangover soups are as varied and tasty as its drinking culture is intense. This day I came all the way…
Somehow I’d ended up with a few bottles sleeping at home, so I threw a small wine gathering with some members of my club. My cellar is tiny, so wines that are ready to drink need to be drunk quickly befo…
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…
The theme of this trip to Korea was actually duck… no, not really. It was around Lunar New Year, so there weren’t many places open to go with friends, and this is where we ended up by default. From…