Jiho Hanbang Samgyetang in Sinsa-dong
As the weather heats up, occasions to go out for samgyetang start coming around. Jiho Hanbang Samgyetang sits in the alley of seolleongtang and haejangguk houses in Sinsa-dong. It isn’t especially famous…
As the weather heats up, occasions to go out for samgyetang start coming around. Jiho Hanbang Samgyetang sits in the alley of seolleongtang and haejangguk houses in Sinsa-dong. It isn’t especially famous…
The area around Sinsa Station has Garosu-gil, the hot spot everyone is talking about these days, and plenty of good places to eat, but the famous, stylish, expensive ones always feel like they fall a little sh…
I had arranged to meet a younger friend from my school days on Garosu-gil, since he was back in Korea for the first time in ages, but there was nowhere decent to eat. The good places all had long lines and wer…
Those in the know already know this, but Sinsa-dong is packed with agujjim (spicy braised monkfish) places, and Busanjip is considered the original among them. There’s always a long line, and this time t…
Not long ago I spent a stretch working near Sinsa Station. The neighbourhood is of course best known for its monkfish restaurants, but it also has loads of famous 24-hour haejangguk places. When I first starte…
I had no idea, but there’s a branch of Pyeongyang Myeonok in Jamwon-dong. Pyeongyang Myeonok is a really great naengmyeon place, so I’d been wanting to give it a try. I often don’t carry my c…
A friend who lives abroad came to visit Korea for the first time in ages, so we had dinner together. After some back-and-forth about where to go, we settled on Hanilkwan, the flagship of Korean cuisine. Start…
Not many places are open over the Lunar New Year holiday. But with the long break I had plenty of time and no particular chores to help with at home, so I headed out to meet a friend. After thinking about wher…
Chaeun is a Chinese restaurant in Sinsa-dong with a stylish interior. This was my first time going to a meetup of a certain gourmet club in Seoul, and since the end of the year was so hectic, I showed up witho…
Pro Ganjang Gejang in Sinsa-dong might be better known among Japanese people than Koreans. Since I pretty much have to go to Korean restaurants when I’m in Korea, I was looking around for somewhere to go…
It’s not marked on the calendar, but in Japan there’s a holiday around August 15 that’s a lot like Korea’s Chuseok. With nowhere in particular to go during that break, I dropped by Kore…
I’ve heard that for people who live in Seoul, Hanilkwan is a restaurant tied up with childhood memories, but since I’m not a Seoulite myself I can’t really speak to that. Still, it’s on…