The official mineo (croaker) meetup of the Cyworld club Epicure, which comes around every summer, happened again this year. Thank you as always for setting up such a good table and inviting me. Sea squirt T…
Because of my line of work, I know a lot of people in Pangyo. Honestly, if I had built a proper career, I would probably be working in some corner of Pangyo myself. I went out there to see everyone for the fir…
Sicily in Yeonnam-dong seems to have been famous among the serious drinkers for a long time, but I only got around to visiting now. They recently opened a branch on Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong too, so really I co…
I was out in Pangyo for the day and had dinner at a naengmyeon place that is supposedly famous in West Pangyo. Bundang has Bundang Pyeongyang Myeonok, and Ilsan has a few naengmyeon spots too; maybe it has bec…
Anagoya near Boramae Park is a famous place, but what with the shop moving and me being busy in my own way, I only just got around to going. Since I was going anyway, I roped in one of the shop’s most lo…
Lately I have been going to Apgujeong Rodeo quite often. Not to hunt for restaurants, but because it is the best neighborhood in Korea for buying sneakers. I have no idea why so many shoe stores are clustered …
After a quick first round.. someone said they were craving gopchang jeongol for the first time in ages, so for round two we headed to Cheongeoram. We got there just as they were about to close up for the night…
One weekday evening I had to go to the Lotte Department Store in Myeongdong, and while I was wondering where nearby to have dinner, a place called Jinju Hoegwan caught my eye, so I gave it a try. The weather h…
One weekend I was looking for somewhere to eat along Line 3 and ended up at Chebu-dong Sujebi and Boribap. Maybe it’s the upscale-home-cooking concept, but the place seemed hugely popular with the locals…
Around the gas station near Sinsa Station, there’s a whole cluster of 24-hour haejangguk places. It’s a unique local feature of Sinsa-dong that you won’t find anywhere else in Seoul, and mayb…
I thought I’d skip it this year, but one thing led to another and I ended up joining the barbecue. Endless thanks to the people who organized it. Booze and supplies Gatherings like this are usually a po…
Premium kimbap shops have been popping up all over the city lately, and I’ve been seeing a lot of them around Apgujeong in particular. Lee’s Kimbap is one of them, and since I was passing by, I dro…