Desserts, January 2022
creamlabel’s strawberry cream cake The cake was good. A strawberry cream cake is the kind of thing that cannot taste bad if you use decent cream and pile big strawberries on top, but places like Paris B…
creamlabel’s strawberry cream cake The cake was good. A strawberry cream cake is the kind of thing that cannot taste bad if you use decent cream and pile big strawberries on top, but places like Paris B…
Yangjangpi Well, it is decent enough. Japchae rice This one is just so-so too.. Agujjim (spicy braised monkfish) The agujjim is tasty. And the portion is just right.. Kkomjangeo (hagfish) It is a kkomjange…
Geummiok tteokbokki and gimmari Gimmari Geummiok’s gimmari is really good. I pan-fried it, and it was so good it vanished in seconds. The nutritional balance is not great, admittedly.. but once in a wh…
The queue I left in November, and the crowds had grown a lot. Back then I still thought the pandemic would be over soon.. instead it turned out I had caught the last train in. Duty-free shop They are still o…
Nothing special, just a batch of scenery shots. I keep putting them up figuring they might come in handy someday, but who knows.. Han River scenery Han River scenery Han River scenery A snake So there are …
I heard a famous Chinese freshwater-fish restaurant had opened in Gangnam, so I went to check it out. The menu and the table setting Well… the prices are reasonable and it turned out to be a curious pla…
There’s a great gopchang joint in Sinnonhyeon. It’s down in a basement, so it isn’t the easiest place to find.. and if you turn up late there are no seats either, so it’s a bit of a cha…
I found Gullim in Nonhyeon purely by chance, just walking down the street. I suppose I was lucky. It moved to Seongsu a long time ago now, and this was close to the very end of its run here. The entrance One …
Well… it’s a chain, so the food isn’t anything outstanding. Not that there’s anything wrong with it either… Bossam fixings Bossam Pretty standard. The broth Mandu… Hones…
Batgodong in Apgujeong.. I’d heard it has a reputation as a great place for a drink, but I never seem to find an occasion to go. Then again, we have Coupang Eats. Squid bulgogi Sweet and spicy. The squi…
Yagwanmun (Chinese bush clover) There are all sorts of yagwanmun out there — the harvest time matters, and if it has been washed before drying you don’t have to wash it again later.. so I bought a bit o…
Everyone already knows how good I PHO U is.. but going back and forth just to eat it isn’t an easy thing in these COVID days. Then I searched Coupang Eats and I PHO U came up, so I gave it a try and orde…