Goraesa Eomuk, Myeongdong
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…
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…
My summer barbecue was scheduled to start in the afternoon, so I dropped by the Shinsegae main store for a bit in the morning. I had heard a rumor that Garrett Popcorn, the one people line up for in Japan, had…
In May, the Mugyo-dong branch of Cheung Kee Noodle House launched Cantonese dishes and ran a promotion to celebrate: 20% off the entire new seafood-restaurant menu. There was no way I was letting that chance s…
I accidentally posted these in the wrong order. Please read this one as a continuation of the Yeongdong jokbal post.. After a good jokbal dinner we moved on to Myeongdong, but there weren’t many places …
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…
At the end of April, Shinsegae in Myeongdong hosted an event supporting small independent bakeries. It was over a month ago, so anyone interested has probably already been. These days it feels like I post less…
I’d heard for ages that there was a Korean set-menu restaurant famous for its bibimbap in Myeongdong, the area where all the Japanese visitors gather, and this time I finally got the chance to go. The ma…
I met a friend in Myeongdong, had a light meal at Kaehwa, and then headed over to Payard. Unless you are in Hongdae, Garosu-gil or Apgujeong, there are not many neighborhoods with a decent number of dessert ca…
I suddenly had a craving for jjajangmyeon, so I went around hunting for a place that makes it well. There are a few famous spots in Seoul, and of those I decided on Kaehwa, the easiest Chinese place to get to….
Teuscher had been open for a while, but I only found out about it when I actually had to go to Ferrum Tower. That would have been around the time Blooming Garden opened last year. After that I had no reason to…
With a summer trip abroad coming up, I stopped by the Lotte Duty Free shop. It was really crowded. While I was there I looked for somewhere nearby to eat, spotted Tani Next Door, and had lunch there. It’…
This post is already a month late. My friends threw a welcome-home meetup for me at Hyangmi in Myeongdong to celebrate my return to Korea. I’ve been coming to this neighborhood a lot since my university …