A friend I got to know through my old otaku days, a connection I just can’t seem to cut no matter how hard I try, lives in Ilsan, so I went out to Ilsan for the first time in my life. There was a bit of …
I meant to post these in chronological order, but somehow they ended up all jumbled. Oh well.. I’ll keep the fun memories of the get-together as memories and just leave a record of the food here on the b…
Around the Lunar New Year holidays I had a chance to come back to Korea, so I got together with friends I’d only been keeping in touch with over messenger. When they asked where I most wanted to go, I sa…
I love noodles, so the season doesn’t really matter to me. Summer or winter, I have to have a great bowl of Pyongyang naengmyeon before a trip back to Korea feels worth it. Luckily there’s a Pyeong…
I got my hands on a few decent bottles of wine and was looking for a place to drink them with a friend, so I headed to a restaurant next to Seocho Church in Seocho-dong. I don’t really know my way around…
Earlier this year I got the chance to visit Trattoria Molto, a small Italian restaurant in Apgujeong. It’s had a reputation for being really good for ages and I’d always wanted to go at least once,…
I think this is my first post in almost three months since the one in early January. I really haven’t been active for a long time. If anyone was waiting for my blog to come back – probably no one, …
Empas Blog, which I liked for being nice and quiet, is apparently shutting down at the end of February, so if I just leave things as they are, everything I’ve posted so far might vanish. Some people seem…
My schedule on this Tokyo trip was tight right up to the end, so there was just no time for a proper meal. It was already mealtime when I got on the Shinkansen, and since they don’t sell a decent bento o…
In Japan, lots of shops sell something called fukubukuro at the start of the year, which you could translate as “lucky bags.” They stuff a paper bag with all kinds of things and sell it for around …
I took advantage of the New Year holidays to pop over to Tokyo for a bit. I was planning to see friends I hadn’t seen in a while, do some shopping and hit some good restaurants, but almost every place wo…
Maknae Hoe Center in Singil-dong is an old regular haunt of mine. Though I can’t really call myself a regular, since I don’t manage to go that often. I wanted sandfish, a winter delicacy, and while…