Shinil, a Ganjang Gejang Restaurant in Insadong
It hadn’t been long since lunch, but I’d more or less digested it by then -_- so off I went to a ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab) place that’s supposedly famous in Insadong. It’s cal…
It hadn’t been long since lunch, but I’d more or less digested it by then -_- so off I went to a ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab) place that’s supposedly famous in Insadong. It’s cal…
Last month I made the time to go to Pierre Gagnaire, said to be the best French restaurant in the country. I’d wanted to go for ages, but its opening hours never gave me a chance, until I heard a rumour …
I’ve been to 2chef so many times by now that it’s starting to feel a bit same-old, but for a casual wine get-together there’s still no better choice, so I end up dropping by every time I̵…
After overdoing it the night before, the morning calls for haejangguk, Korean hangover soup. Korea’s hangover soups are as varied and tasty as its drinking culture is intense. This day I came all the way…
Not that I’m some huge fan of Italian food… but somehow this was already the fourth Western restaurant of this trip. I wasn’t that keen on Blooming Garden since their pasta isn’t any go…
After lounging around at Gaehwaok for a while, we moved on to a café nearby. It’s called cafe mou, and the ground floor is a cake shop. The sign It’s roomier inside than I expected. Made me wond…
Over the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holiday it’s hard to find anywhere to meet people or anywhere to go. That’s when it pays to know a place like Gaehwaok, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It…
Those who know me know that I’m seriously picky about Western food, so in Korea I try to stick to Korean food. A friend who knows this about me all too well invited me along, saying he’d found a de…
I hear that these days the place in Korea where the most young people gather is Garibong, I mean, Gasan Digital Valley. Back when I worked at a company near there it wasn’t like that, but when I go there…
A little before coming back to Korea, I’d talked with a certain someone about throwing an anti-Valentine’s meetup just for us singles, and somehow it turned into a giant-yellowtail meetup instead. …
It was only a short visit to Korea, but this time I ended up going to a lot of Western restaurants. What I actually crave in Korea is Korean food, but when it comes to a proper, formal get-together, there̵…
There’s one upside to rushing out long-overdue meetup reviews: some diligent person who ate with us has already posted a detailed write-up, so I don’t have to tear my hair out trying to remember wh…