Seongsan Wang Galbi near Hongdae
Whenever a friend comes over from Japan, Seongsan Wang Galbi is where I usually take them. You can sightsee around Hongdae, then hop in a taxi and go eat a thoroughly Korean meat dinner, which makes for a nice…
Whenever a friend comes over from Japan, Seongsan Wang Galbi is where I usually take them. You can sightsee around Hongdae, then hop in a taxi and go eat a thoroughly Korean meat dinner, which makes for a nice…
I’d heard Jangho Wanggopchang was famous for its lunchtime jjalla, but it wasn’t the kind of place I could go to alone. Luckily I managed to join someone who works nearby. Getting to a good restaur…
Seohwa, a charcoal grill place in Seosomun, is a really good meat restaurant in the City Hall area. As always, you have to ask the locals to find the neighborhood gems. No matter how much I searched for restau…
When it comes to eating around City Hall, it has to be Buminok. They’ve started opening branches lately, though.. Banchan Yang gomtang Big portions, and the unseasoned broth is good too. …
The perk of working in a different place every so often is that you get to dig into the local food scene. This time I spent about five months working around City Hall, and I got to visit plenty of good restaur…
We had a family get-together on the weekend, so I headed to Yeouido. While searching for somewhere to have lunch, a friend recommended Jinjin, so that’s where we ended up. Yeouido being what it is, there…
I was working near City Hall at the time, and somehow ended up going to Manjok Jokbal for lunch. Maybe because they have opened so many branches lately, they seem to open early now and the line was not long ei…
After coming back from Japan I had eaten so much Japanese food that I was craving Korean, and after some thought about where to go, I ended up at Odongdo. I honestly cannot think of a better option in Gangnam….
Famous regional fish cake shops have been moving into Seoul lately. Samjin Eomuk came up, and so did Goraesa Eomuk. My office is nearby, so I dropped in after work. It is near the Chinese Embassy in Mye…
No, there is no actual library at the Shilla. I visited The Library, the lobby lounge at the Shilla Hotel that is famous for its mango bingsu. With the duty-free shop right there, it is an easy place to drop b…
Miro Sikdang is in the middle of moving right now. The only flaw of this place is that you can never get a seat. No idea how the menu or the atmosphere will change after the move. I will have to visit as soon …
Seoul has countless samgyeopsal joints, but the best one is always the samgyeopsal joint near your own habitat. Nobody travels far just for samgyeopsal. While I was working in this neighbourhood, Jinseongjip f…