Dami · 3 stories

Alleys for Lunch

I write about restaurants and cafés I visit across Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

PlaceGyeyang, IncheonRestaurants

Hotpot tomato pasta and gambas at Italy Madam, an Incheon Gyeyang

Italy Madam Gyeyang branch (이태리마담 계양구청점) is a pasta, steak, and pizza restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building near Gyeyang District Office in Incheon. Visiting with a friend, the writer ordered hotpot tomato pasta, Madam salad, and gambas, and the stone hotpot kept the pasta warm until the last bite. Building parking is tight, so using the Gyesan No. 2 public lot with a parking discount is more convenient.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGyeyang, IncheonCafés

Bakery café in Gyeyang, Incheon with milk vanilla cream salt bread

Dalgeuraem is a bakery café tucked in an alley in Gyesan-dong, Gyeyang-gu, Incheon. Along with a friend, the writer tried peanut cream latte and Valrhona chocolate latte alongside milk vanilla cream salt bread and soft salt bread, with the vanilla bean cream spilling out of the halved salt bread the most memorable bite. With such a wide salt bread lineup, it's a café well suited to bread lovers.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGuro, SeoulRestaurants

Bossam kalguksu set with jokbal salad in Sindorim: Sambaekga

Sindorim Sambaekga is a jokbal-bossam restaurant near Sindorim Station Exit 1 in Guro, Seoul. Ordering the bossam kalguksu set with a large bossam and spicy kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) brought a generous spread that also included bossam kimchi, dried radish and a jokbal salad sampler. Rich bossam and spicy noodle soup made a satisfying combo that never got old.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
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