Ppangeul Jipda, a bakery in Gongdeok
There is a bakery called Ppangeul Jipda (literally “picking up bread”) over in Gongdeok, or Aeogae, and honestly, going by the name alone I assumed it would be somewhere like Ppanggumteo. Turns out…
There is a bakery called Ppangeul Jipda (literally “picking up bread”) over in Gongdeok, or Aeogae, and honestly, going by the name alone I assumed it would be somewhere like Ppanggumteo. Turns out…
After a trip to China I have gotten interested in China in general. Baijiu, the Chinese liquor, is what really got me hooked. Xifengjiu, Jiannanchun and so on.. It looks like just about the whole Xifengjiu ra…
I had someone to meet over at the Gangnam-gu Office, and while I was there I found that a rather good gomtang place had opened up. Side dishes These are the first side dishes of this sort I have seen at a gom…
I stopped by Chacheum Chacheum again. When it is cold out, a bakery close to home is the best.. Breads like these.. Quite a lot of them left.. business goes quiet when the weather turns cold.. seeing this, ru…
I had plans near Hanti Station, so I searched around for somewhere to eat and found a place called Hantiok. Bamboo Brewing It is tucked inside a department store, and it seems to have gotten pretty famous lat…
To ring in 2026 I headed off to the airport. Life really is a busy thing.. A view like this I love it. Yamazaki It was my first time seeing the Kogei Collection, and here it is on display. I feel like I have…
Posting a bit of everything. Aged Shaoxing wine This is a Taiwanese Shaoxing wine you can buy in Korea. Warm it up and it tastes pretty good. The value for money is good too, but in Korea it seems to be used …
I had some business in Ilsan, so I ended up going there a lot. A sundae-guk place called Cheongchunok It’s just so-so. Surprisingly, it seemed to have a lot of pepper in it. Suyuk (boiled pork) Good fo…
I heard there was a decent sundae-guk place in Singil, so I went over to try it. King Kong Mart, which I spotted on the way This is the place. Looks like there are branches all over. Inside Honestly, at this…
After our get-together at Chinghai wrapped up, we stopped by a beer pub nearby. A place like this Business looks pretty good.. The beer Tasty. Bar snacks Korean beer snacks all seem to be pretty much the sa…
I found out there was a place called Chinghai in Seocho, so I went to check it out. The biggest draw here is that corkage is free, and the food turned out to be really good too. Guojiao 1573 decanter set I pi…
I went back to Chacheum Chacheum, the place that left me marveling at its unbelievable value for money last time. Looking back, life was really busy around then, and when things got that hectic I could not go …