I happened to have some free time, so I finally got to visit Gyeongsangdo-jip, a local favorite I had heard about for ages. Side dishes The place itself is pretty run-down, and given the location, it seems …
I came over to Korea for the long weekend, and there was no way I was skipping naengmyeon. So the very first place I went was Woo Lae Oak. Bulgogi The quality is really good. Better than the Daechi-dong bra…
I heard a rumor that Pyonpyonsha, a naengmyeon place at Tokyo Skytree, has its roots in Pyongyang naengmyeon, so I went to check it out. Hmm.. it turned out to be a huge disappointment, though. T.T The table …
I was out in Myeongdong on a cold day and wanted something with a warm broth. So the place I went to was Misungok. The front entrance I thought I had been to Myeongdong plenty of times, but I had no idea th…
Something came up and I had to rush down to Jeonju, so I took the express bus. The train was already sold out and I could not get a seat. Once I got to Jeonju, the place I went for lunch was Waengi Kongnamul G…
We had a get-together in Shin-Okubo, and after going back and forth over where to go, I booked a ssambap place I had been to before. Sanpaya is the Japanese-style name for a ssambap-jip, a ssambap restaurant. …
I went to Baeksong in Gwanghwamun, famous for its suyuk (boiled beef). The place does such a roaring trade that I had to wait quite a while before I could eat. The front entrance Customers kept pouring in …
I heard there was a place on Yangjaecheon with the fun concept of serving jokbal and noodles together, so I went to check it out. Turns out the staff are all ethnic Chinese. I was worried about the level of th…
Somehow I keep ending up having lunch around Yeoksam Station. On this day I went to my favourite Naju gomtang place from Hannam-dong. Spicy gomtang I don’t really eat spicy food, so I have no idea wha…
The place we went for a last dinner together with my Japanese friends was Miro Sikdang, a tasty Korean gastropub in Hongdae. They don’t take reservations, so we set out early, and maybe we were lucky – a…
I’ve finally finished the renovation, so I’m posting a whole batch at once. I had a lunch appointment in Yeoksam-dong, and since it was a hot day and I felt like some cold naengmyeon, I decided to …
A friend of mine who lives in Japan came to visit after a long while, and since he asked me to show him somewhere properly Korean, the first place we headed for was Manjok Jokbal near City Hall Station. It is …