Yujin Baik · 4 stories
Writes about small restaurants and market food stalls around Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants
Millepollie is an Italian restaurant on Bamlidan-gil near Jeongbalsan in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi. The order was a ricotta cheese salad (16,800 won), pescatore (24,300 won) and peshe (24,800 won), and the shrimp-and-blue-crab sauce tasted deeply savoury while the peshe broth was clean and refreshing. Millepollie also has private rooms, so it works for a family gathering or a date in Ilsan when you want proper pasta.
Min Cook Misoyaki is a Japanese grilled fish and rice bowl restaurant a 3-minute walk from Hwajeong Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi. At lunch, salt-grilled black cod (18,000 won) and miso-grilled black cod (19,000 won) were ordered side by side, with handmade shrimp tempura added, and both plates were rich and savory with no fishy smell. For grilled black cod as a lunch meal, Min Cook Misoyaki is the answer.
Like Like Ilsan Juyeop Branch is a dog-friendly brunch café a 3-minute walk from Exit 4 of Juyeop Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi. On a cool autumn day on the terrace, the writer ordered the apple brie sandwich set with extra bacon and the arugula ham and cheese panini set, plus the much-reviewed potato soup, which was thick and mild, like plain mashed potato. With good bread and good-quality ingredients, Like Like is worth a meal after a walk around Ilsan Lake Park or the pet fair at KINTEX.
Min Cook Apbadang Seongsa is a seasonal grilled fish restaurant in Seongsa-dong, Goyang, about 5 minutes by car from Hwajeong Station. The silver cutlassfish grilled set for two (₩25,000) arrived as 5 belly-cut pieces and 1 middle-cut piece — 6 pieces in total — with tidy banchan including buckwheat cabbage jeon (pan-fried cabbage pancake) and fluffy rice. Min Cook Apbadang Seongsa has taken a Blue Ribbon three years running, in 2024, 2025 and 2026, and works well for a Chuseok family meal.
