Bien Être, a French Bistro in Cheongdam
Even I, who eat nothing but Korean food whenever I’m back in Korea, go looking for French or Italian when I feel like wine now and then. Collecting wine is my hobby, and if I don’t drink some from …
Even I, who eat nothing but Korean food whenever I’m back in Korea, go looking for French or Italian when I feel like wine now and then. Collecting wine is my hobby, and if I don’t drink some from …
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…
After Hwaseon Hoejip, the next stop was Mimine, a handmade twigim (Korean-style fried snacks) shop that’s been the talk of the blogs lately. Here’s the place. If you look closely you can see th…
I hear mineo (croaker) is staying in season later than usual this year. I never managed to eat it on my last trip to Korea, so I took this chance and threw a tiny little foodie meetup. ^_^ Organising a meetup …
Woo Lae Oak is one of the few places in Korea that does Pyongyang naengmyeon really well. When I first had their sunmyeon (pure buckwheat noodles) here a few years ago, I was genuinely moved, thinking, so this…
Crystal Jade Palace at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Samseong-dong (quite a long name ^_^) is the Korean outpost of a restaurant chain that’s well known in Singapore, Hong Kong and elsewhere. As yo…
I met up with a friend in Korea in Apgujeong-dong for the first time in ages. It was our first meeting since my friend got married, so I got to hear all sorts of stories. On this trip I had a lot of chances to…
I started practicing golf a few years ago, but I never actually had the chance to go to a golf course. I didn’t have much spare time, and I didn’t have anyone to play with either. I didn’t go…
Minami is a well-known onsen ryokan around here. Its food has such a good reputation that it has opened two separate branches nearby, plus one in Shinbashi, Tokyo. I once visited the Shinbashi branch, and the …
Every so often, work takes you to some high-end restaurant you never once thought of going to yourself. Horaiso is said to be a place used mostly by political and business bigwigs, but it doesn’t even ap…
I’ve been on a sushi kick lately, making the rounds of the sushi places around here that are supposed to be good. Along the way I heard there was a decent sushi place in the hot spring town near my home,…
Chinese food is really well developed in Japan, probably because so many overseas Chinese have settled there. Thanks to that, the general standard of Chinese cooking is far above Korea’s, but since few p…