Yeonnam Blues, Yeonnam-dong
We got together to sort through the stuff I brought back from Japan. When you buy all sorts of odds and ends, one session is never enough. It takes two or three get-togethers before things are more or less sor…
We got together to sort through the stuff I brought back from Japan. When you buy all sorts of odds and ends, one session is never enough. It takes two or three get-togethers before things are more or less sor…
Thanks to Mareunbi, who has Yeonnam-dong firmly under control, we were able to hold our 2014 year-end party at Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, a hugely popular restaurant. I never imagined you could book a big meetup of …
I heard there was a Chinese restaurant in Yeonnam-dong that only starts folding the dumplings once you order, so I went to check it out. There are quite a few places in Korea that do good dumplings, but I am n…
Lately I only ever go to the same places. This day too, I dropped by Angel’s Share. Maybe because it was the last day of the holiday, there were hardly any customers and it was nice and quiet. Rus…
Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, the wildly popular Thai place in Yeonnam-dong, had opened a second branch, and a noodle specialist at that, so I rushed over. I had high hopes before the opening, but the vibe turned out a…
After a good long drinking session at Sicily, I still wanted something to finish off with, so we moved next door to Ipum. Ipum does not sell alcohol, but they do not mind if you bring in something from the con…
Sicily in Yeonnam-dong seems to have been famous among the serious drinkers for a long time, but I only got around to visiting now. They recently opened a branch on Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong too, so really I co…
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…
After round one at Tuk Tuk, we moved on to Angel’s Share for round two. These days I hardly ever go anywhere unless I know the owner, got an introduction, or have been there before. Unlike in Japan, walk…
A friend was visiting from New York, so we dropped by Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai. Somewhere near home would have been fine too, but eating in Yeonnam-dong makes it easy to move on to a second round afterwards. Som t…
A place in Yeonnam-dong called Eojjeoda Gage (the name means something like “the shop you happen upon”) has been getting popular lately. It’s a spot that puts the sharing economy into practic…
There are plenty of Chinese restaurants in Yeonnam-dong, right next to Hongdae, and since they taste good for the price I eat at them pretty often. Ipum, though, is a bit far to walk to from Hongdae, so I neve…