Lately I have picked up a habit of stopping by a bakery to buy bread every time I go out. After wondering where to go, I headed to Gyeongnidan-gil, which is supposedly very hot these days. I figured there woul…
I heard a rumor that a new naengmyeon place had opened about halfway between Hakdong Station and Gangnam-gu Office Station, so I went to check it out. Besides this one there are a few more naengmyeon places ne…
I had some business in Sinsa and was passing through the neighborhood when I noticed that a place that used to sell roll cakes had turned into a bakery, so I went in. The front entrance I do not quite …
Happy news in Yeonnam-dong. The owner of Tuk Tuk held his wedding at his newly opened Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, and I had the honor of being invited. After the ceremony I dropped by a restaurant nearby for a quiet …
A branch of Veteran Kalguksu, the famous place from Jeonju, has opened at the Express Bus Terminal. I am not that big a fan of kalguksu, but it is a famous Jeonju place and it opened inside the Honam Line term…
It has been a while since my last visit to 17°C. I heard they had started serving their chocolate bingsu, so I went over. Seasonal drink It seemed to have cherry and pistachio in it, and it was good. T…
Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai has reopened at a new location in Yeonnam-dong. It has moved even deeper into the neighborhood than before, and now takes up an entire building. The way it is pioneering a block with nothin…
I heard there was a good sundae place near Naebang Station, not Bangbae, so I went to find it. There are plenty of sundaeguk places in the city, but only a handful do it well, so I had to stop by. The f…
I had no idea the Riverside Hotel had a restaurant other than the buffet, but the food turned out to be pretty decent. The prices are on the high side, of course.. Side dishes Clean, nice atmosphere, a…
On a bright spring day, around the end of April, I visited Tomi’s Bakery. I am working my way through the breads I have not tried yet, one by one. With spring getting shorter every year, going all the wa…
One evening with no plans, a friend and I did a loop around the Yeonnam-dong and Yeonhui-dong area. It is a nice thing to still have a friend to go on restaurant tours with at this age. Mutahiro I had …
A friend came over from New York for a visit, so we stopped by Bistro Polpo. It is, after all, the bistro that represents Korea. Bread from Lee Boulanger I bought some bread before heading to Polpo. A …