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I write about restaurant meals and small stops around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Hair & beauty salons · Food & snacks · Bars

PlaceGwangjin, SeoulRestaurants

Jayang-dong Korean BBQ with siraegi set and pork jowl: Sanggu's

Sanggu's Cauldron-Lid Samgyeopsal Guui branch (상구네솥뚜껑삼겹살 자양본점) is a Korean BBQ restaurant on Ttukseom-ro in Jayang-dong, Gwangjin, Seoul, that grills pork belly on a cauldron lid. The writer ordered the Pyeongchang siraegi (dried radish greens) + fresh pork belly set with 300g of meat and added 200g of pork jowl, grilled by the owner and served with unlimited ssam greens and 1,900 won beer. For good-value Korean BBQ in Jayang-dong or Guui, Sanggu's Cauldron-Lid Samgyeopsal is worth recommending.

Written Jun 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulBars

Highball lounge in Apgujeong for birthday sunset drinks: Deep House

Deep House (딥하우스) is a café by day and a music-and-drinks lounge by night near Apgujeongnodeo Station and Dosan Park in Gangnam, Seoul. The writer visited Deep House for her husband's birthday, ordered a lemon apple highball and a raspberry orange highball, and liked both the hip, all-black interior and the refreshing taste of the highballs. Deep House is a good second stop for a highball after dinner in Apgujeong Rodeo.

Written Jun 22, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuCafés

Jeju Ido 2-dong cake café: apple mango birthday cake for Mom, Gluttony

Gluttony Coffee (글러트니커피) is a dessert café on Gunam-ro 2-gil in Ido 2-dong, Jeju City, about 15 minutes from Jeju Airport. For Mom's birthday, the writer took away an apple mango mini whole cake (32,000 won) and five cookies, including matcha, and especially loved the soft cream in the mango-packed cake. If you want a cake that's small but generous with mango and easy to share, Gluttony Coffee is worth the trip.

Written Jul 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangjin, SeoulRestaurants

Jayang-dong Korean BBQ: cartilage pork belly and kkodeulsal, Ssamchae

Ssamchae Sotttukkeong Samgyeopsal (쌈채솥뚜껑삼겹살) is an iron-lid Korean BBQ restaurant in Jayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, near Guui Station. A couple had kkodeulsal (a chewy pork cut) and cartilage-on pork belly grilled by the owner, with grilled eggplant, bracken and squash, a wide range of wrap greens, and doenjang stew and kimchi mari guksu (noodles in cold kimchi broth) to finish. Ssamchae Sotttukkeong Samgyeopsal suits anyone who wants plenty of meat and vegetables together.

Written Aug 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, SeoulCafés

Seoul café near Gwanghwamun for Hadong pumpkin tea: Lemangdoré

Lemangdoré Gwanghwamun is a large bakery café spread over floors 1–3 at 17 Mugyo-ro in Jung-gu, Seoul. The writer took country bread, a Maldon salt chocolate financier and Hadong pumpkin tea (6,000 won) to a second-floor seat, and the bread held its texture thanks to whole sweet pumpkin and a thick layer of cream cheese. It is an easy stop near Gwanghwamun and City Hall on a day you want a gentle tea instead of coffee.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Solo-friendly Seongsu ramen counter: cheese tomato ramen at Menya Pomo

Menya Pomo Seongsu Branch is a tomato ramen restaurant on Yeonmujang-gil near Seongsu Station in Seongdong, Seoul. The order here was the basic tomato ramen (regular spice level), the cheese tomato ramen and a bowl of basil topping rice, with the leftover broth stirred into a tomato basil risotto to finish. With plenty of wall-side bar seating, Menya Pomo Seongsu Branch works just as well for a solo meal as for a date.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored
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