Angel’s Share, Yeonnam-dong, for Round Three
These days, whenever it’s round two or round three, it’s Angel’s Share. We just don’t go anywhere else anymore. I suspect it’s because they put up with us to some degree even when…
These days, whenever it’s round two or round three, it’s Angel’s Share. We just don’t go anywhere else anymore. I suspect it’s because they put up with us to some degree even when…
Every winter I make sure to get at least one chance to feast on seasonal seafood. This year I was especially busy, so sadly I only managed to go once. Assorted sashimi from Hyeongje Sanghoe I asked a s…
I had plans with a young gourmet friend near Sindorim, and after wondering where to go we ended up at Jeongin Myeonok in Gwangmyeong. You can take Line 7, and the bus gets you there quickly too. Actually I hav…
Lately I keep missing the flavors of Japan. I suppose that is what living in Korea for so long does to you. Maybe that is why, whenever something arrives from Japan, I rush straight over to buy it and eat it. …
Epicure is the only gourmet club I am active in. For someone as unsociable as me to keep going for years on end is practically a miracle. So even though I have been visiting Jinjin back to back lately, once I …
After leaving Jinjin we headed to Angel’s Share. Quite a few of us carried on to round two, and luckily that day we all managed to get in. It is such a tiny place that if a group of four or more wants to…
By now I have been to Jinjin far too many times. This was partly a New Year’s party, and we gathered mainly people who had not yet been to Jinjin, but I have been going so often lately that it feels a bi…
I heard a rumour that The Old Croissant Factory in Hongdae had started doing scones, so I decided to go back for the first time in a while. Their bread never disappoints. The front entrance It was real…
When I lived in Japan, Japanese-style desserts were so commonplace that I hardly remember ever going out of my way to buy them. Even the neighborhood cafes and convenience stores turn out decent desserts, afte…
I have never really been interested in fusion Korean food. Not for any particular reason, it just does not taste good. Ingredients decide a dish, so changing the cooking method does not really change the flavo…
As a dessert lover, I pretty much know all the decent dessert cafes in Korea. There is plenty of information on food blogs, but a book like Dessert in Seoul also lays it out nicely. A while ago I visited Desse…
The naengmyeon places I used to go to had raised their prices so much that I was feeling discouraged, when I heard that Jeongin Myeonok in Gwangmyeong was supposed to be good and went to check it out. Naengmye…