Mongtan, Straw-Fire Grilled Meat in Samgakji
Mongtan is a hugely famous place, but reservations are notoriously hard to get, and these days I don’t have anyone to line up schedules with for a place like this, so I hadn’t even been thinking ab…
Mongtan is a hugely famous place, but reservations are notoriously hard to get, and these days I don’t have anyone to line up schedules with for a place like this, so I hadn’t even been thinking ab…
Seohane Gimbap is a well-known spot, but their hours are short and I’d failed to catch them several times. This day I must have been extra lucky, because I just barely managed to buy some right at the en…
Even though I’ve been to Yongsan so many times, there are still corners I don’t know. I was in the neighbourhood for a bit of fun, so I took photos of this and that. Behind Yongsan Station I think…
I heard a rumour that a churro shop flown in from Barcelona had opened a pop-up in Yongsan, so I went to have a look. On the way there I think this was probably Yongmun Market — a place like this right in the…
I heard a hip bakery called Kiphap had opened in Yongsan, so I went to see for myself. A gelato shop I found on the way This neighborhood is turning into a restaurant strip too. Yongsan is hot right now. Kiph…
I heard people raving about a place called Focaccia della Strada, so I made another trip out to Yongsan. The place Inside Inside Pizza It’s not the pizza we normally picture — it’s focaccia wit…
I wandered around Yongnidan-gil and snapped photos here and there. Teddy Beurre House Looks like a croissant place. sam sam sam Italian, I think.. Good Son Vietnamese, maybe? Gaga? There’s a queue he…
I headed over to the Yongsan area for the first time in ages, and wow, it has changed. There are now enough good places to eat that it holds its own against Seongsu or Mullae. It always had a bit of that feel,…
Christmas was just around the corner, so I stopped by MUI to pick up a stollen. There were loads of stollen going around this area that people said were great.. but by then I couldn’t be bothered with an…
Calling Bakery Rakhui a Yongsan place is a bit of a stretch.. it’s close to Hyochang Park too.. and either way it sits halfway up a hill, so getting there is a slog.. A place like this.. They seem to ha…
I heard the Amorepacific building in Yongsan was impressive, so I stopped by. Hmm… nicely built… There’s a space like this too… The basement had all kinds of good places to eat. Grea…
I had a business trip to Korea at the end of May. It was a very short trip, so I didn’t have much time and couldn’t really fit in any good restaurants, but on a weekend morning I carved out a littl…