Sawol-e Boribap near Gangnam Station
I’m not really a barley-rice person, but one way or another I ended up in a situation where I had to have a spring bowl of boribap, so off I went to Gangnam Station. There are plenty of famous boribap pl…
I’m not really a barley-rice person, but one way or another I ended up in a situation where I had to have a spring bowl of boribap, so off I went to Gangnam Station. There are plenty of famous boribap pl…
With the weather warming up, I went back to Pyeongyang Myeonok in Nonhyeon-dong for the first time in a while. Pyeongyang naengmyeon The taste hasn’t changed at all. The price, though, has gone up to …
On the last day of March, right as cherry blossom season kicked in, I went to Jinju Jip, the hugely famous kongguksu place in Yeouido that everyone in the know knows about. Cherry blossom season came earlier t…
Jeolgumijip is one of Baek Jong-won’s restaurants. I was looking for somewhere to go with friends who aren’t foodies, and it looked like a safe choice, so I gave it a try. But once I actually went,…
A get-together suddenly came up in Dongdaemun, so I headed out as soon as work was over. The place was Gyeongsangdo-jip, famous for its pork ribs grilled over charcoal briquettes. Pork ribs They use good in…
There are a few famous restaurants on the market side of Yangjae Station, and Yeongdong Jokbal is probably the most famous of them all. It has practically grown into a little town of its own. A friend visiting…
A Japanese friend came to visit, and one thing led to another and we ended up at a pojangmacha (street tent bar) near Dongdaemun. When you live in Korea you hardly ever end up going to a pojangmacha. Because t…
A while ago I heard a rumor that there was a great milmyeon place in Bangbae-dong. Since I rarely had reason to go to Busan, I’d never had a proper bowl of milmyeon, and the person who recommended it is …
I used my lunch break to meet up with some people I was glad to see at Woo Lae Oak. We got there at exactly 12, and there were already quite a few people. We had to wait a little, but were shown to a table soo…
Yeonji Dongtaeguk has to be the most famous restaurant around Jongno 5-ga. I had heard about it for ages, and at the tail end of this winter I finally got a chance to go. Small dongtae jjigae (pollack stew) +…
Jongno is famous for dakhanmari, and when I tried it ages ago I was impressed by the value for money, but it never really struck me as a must-eat. Boiled chicken dishes are so common in Korea, from samgyetang …
Nakwon Arcade in Jongno is packed with monkfish restaurants. Among them, this place is probably the best known. That said, for various reasons there were not many customers inside on this day. It is right next…