Supermarket Food, October 2022
Yakitori Mook dak-gomtang The quality of chicken-based ramyeon lately is so high that it keeps surprising me. The seasoning is just right and the flavour is clean.. Only, the serving suggestion has all sorts …
Yakitori Mook dak-gomtang The quality of chicken-based ramyeon lately is so high that it keeps surprising me. The seasoning is just right and the flavour is clean.. Only, the serving suggestion has all sorts …
Pierre Hermé macarons The tin is really pretty, and that Pierre Hermé old-man illustration seems to be turning up all over the place these days. Macarons The taste goes without saying, of course. It’s …
Sulguk Sulguk from Namseoul Abai Sundae. It tastes good, but I had my stomach turn on me after eating here a while back, so I’ve stopped going.. Nongmin Baegam Sundae This place tastes great, the porti…
Squid Peanut, gochujang mayo flavour A limited edition Squid Peanut sold only at Homeplus, and it turned out to be a real treat. Wow, so this is what it tastes like! The savoury depth of the mayonnaise meets …
Winter is here, so we came out to Oak Valley for a bit. On the way On the way I thought something was on fire, but it turned out to be Hynix.. Arriving.. We needed to eat before heading up to Oak Valley, bu…
It’s winter, so I dropped by a neighborhood hoe restaurant for a slice or two of yellowtail. The menu This time I ordered a set with yellowtail in it. The table setting Nothing fancy, but the room is p…
After hitting La Tige, I stopped by the Galleria Department Store too. Galleria seems to be putting real effort into the food side of things. Cake from Pâtisserie Fruits It’s a cake shop based in Seongs…
These days my Instagram feed is full of gorgeous dessert shops. I went to one of them that looked promising. A place like this I thought I came around the Gangnam-gu Office often, but I had no idea a shop lik…
Beef noodle soup has been turning into a chain thing lately, with shops popping up all over. I got curious and gave one a try. Zha cai and cilantro The fact that they give you cilantro is a really nice touch….
Heading out from Eunpyeong toward Bukhansan, it turns out there’s quite a variety of things to see. A hanok village like this It does feel a bit out of nowhere, but even so, for what it is it’s ni…
I heard a hip bakery called Kiphap had opened in Yongsan, so I went to see for myself. A gelato shop I found on the way This neighborhood is turning into a restaurant strip too. Yongsan is hot right now. Kiph…
I heard people raving about a place called Focaccia della Strada, so I made another trip out to Yongsan. The place Inside Inside Pizza It’s not the pizza we normally picture — it’s focaccia wit…