Sicily and Hanjan-ui Chueok, Sinsa-dong
I had a get-together with some regular folks (…) near Sinsa Station, and without much thought we just settled on Sicily. Sicily is tasty, sure, but there is a reason beyond the food that I go this often….
I had a get-together with some regular folks (…) near Sinsa Station, and without much thought we just settled on Sicily. Sicily is tasty, sure, but there is a reason beyond the food that I go this often….
One evening I had no time to cook, and Chinese food did not really appeal either, so while wondering what to eat I decided to compare two taco places in Garosu-gil that had been on my mind for a while. …
These days, whenever I make plans to meet someone in Gangnam, I pretty much only end up at Sicily or Polpo. Given my tastes, I do not go around looking for restaurants to drink beer, wine, sake or whisky at (I…
Sicily, the well-known seafood pocha from Yeonnam-dong, has opened a branch in Sinsa-dong. They said it opened about two years ago, and I am only finding out now. I had been meaning to go, but opportunities to…
There are a few places in Korea worth going to when you want Japanese-style desserts, and the best of them is probably Mon Chouchou in Garosu-gil. ROYCE’ is too expensive, and the other shops aim for a J…
Following Sambaekjip, Hyundaiok, another famous gukbap place from Jeonju, has opened a branch in Sinsa-dong. Kongnamul gukbap (bean sprout soup with rice) is not that spectacular a dish, so I have no idea why …
Riding the momentum from Sambaekjip, I started exploring the restaurants around Sinsa Station. Part two is Hanseong Tonkatsu. It is a place with some history, so of course it is good, but I was curious how wel…
Sambaekjip is the famous kongnamul gukbap (bean sprout soup with rice) place from Jeonju. It even appeared in the comic Sikgaek. The Sinsa-dong branch has been open for a while now, but nobody around me likes …
Between Garosu-gil and Apgujeong there is an alley where hanwoo butcher’s restaurants cluster together. Passing by now and then, the meat looked decent and the prices were not bad, so I had been meaning …
Nadeulmok, on the road that climbs the hill on the opposite side of Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong, is a very ordinary restaurant I have been going to for a long time. The name is so generic that even a search could…
Woosin Seolleongtang is a mild-style seolleongtang place in Sinsa-dong. The food is decent and it is close to my habitat, so I have liked it for ages, and lately, for various reasons, I have been dropping by e…
It was Boknal, one of the dog days of summer, so we had a company lunch outing, and we went to a place called Hanseong Samgyetang. It seems to be a sister shop of Hanseong Tonkatsu, a tonkatsu place that is fa…