9ounce, a Burger Joint in Nakseongdae
That day I had originally planned to go to Jeongin Myeonok, but lately it does not seem to be in any state worth visiting. It looked hopeless until their new place opens, so I gave up and ended up at 9ounce, a…
That day I had originally planned to go to Jeongin Myeonok, but lately it does not seem to be in any state worth visiting. It looked hopeless until their new place opens, so I gave up and ended up at 9ounce, a…
Jongno is famous for dakhanmari, and when I tried it ages ago I was impressed by the value for money, but it never really struck me as a must-eat. Boiled chicken dishes are so common in Korea, from samgyetang …
So this was back in January. Already two months ago, I got together with some friends who had been on a trip to China, at a Chinese restaurant famous for its hot pot. My hopes of blogging in real time are look…
The Garosu-gil branch of Tuppul Deungsim had crowds of bloggers dropping by and posting reviews right around its opening, so there is nothing new I can add at this point. A regular food blogger would not go ah…
I can’t drink coffee, but lately I’ve been having tea and dessert after lunch more and more often. This day, too, after a big meat-heavy meal I was craving something sweet, so I stopped by Publique…
If you are looking for a place near Dongincheon to go eat some beef on the weekend, this is about the only one that comes to mind. As the name suggests, it is a fairly big barbecue restaurant with a bit of a g…
It had been a while since I last came out to Hongdae, and a lot has changed. Mecenatpolis has gone up, and the Hapjeong side feels a bit livelier now. There was so much ground to cover that while I was wanderi…
I had arranged to meet Ma-xx, a blogger and Twitter user who specialises in Hongdae, at Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, but when I got there the door was shut with no notice about a day off. After waiting a bit and wonde…
23banchi Cafe, right near my place, was somewhere I always wanted to go, but life was so busy that the chance never really came up. I wanted one last beer before heading back to Korea, so I dropped in. Shitam…
A chocolate shop and cafe called Max Brenner has opened in Tokyo. There are already so many chocolate cafes around that I wondered whether it really needed importing, but once I went myself, the atmosphere and…
Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is famous for gyoza even within Japan. Among the countless gyoza specialists, a handful of so-called famous shops are impossible to get into without lining up. Out of those, …
Weddings in Japan are for close relatives and good friends only, so it is not like Korea where practically anyone shows up. Living in Japan I have had the chance to attend a few, and this time I got to go to a…