Jinju Hoegwan near City Hall
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 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…
An açaí bowl specialist has opened on trendy Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong. I tried açaí bowls in Hawaii last year and was won over by the fresh taste that seems healthy (it isn’t really), and now there’…
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…
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…
Somehow I ended up back at Eojjeoda Gage (the name means something like “the shop you happen upon”). That day, too, I dropped by Angel’s Share. Eojjeoda Gage By now it has become a very fa…
Patio 42 is a fairly well-known Italian chain. The main branch is in Seorae Village, and I’ve spotted branches all over Gangnam. I usually don’t post about franchises, but I found it curious that a…
Waffle Verviers is a place I’d love to visit often, but it’s on the opposite side of Seoul from me, so getting there takes real resolve. I kept putting it off, until I heard a while back that they&…
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…
Buccella is a sandwich specialist that has been on Garosu-gil for ages. It has a reputation of its own, especially for the bread it bakes in-house. I’m not that big on sandwiches, so I never thought I…
A new bistro has opened on Saigil in Bangbae-dong. The chef is one of Korea’s most respected gourmets, so I had high hopes. There was an opening-celebration meetup, and I was lucky enough to go along. H…
For a while I was completely hooked on Lady M and kept getting takeout over and over, until one evening I finally went to sit down at the cafe itself. Tables I like the calm interior. The stylish-looking ch…
For the first time since coming back to Korea, I held a get-together at 2chef in Hongdae. Living on the opposite side of Seoul, it was never an easy place for me to get to, and for a while I did not have the b…