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Square Plate, Seoul-Gyeonggi Restaurants

Writes about restaurants across Seoul and Gyeonggi, mostly neighborhood spots visited on ordinary days. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

PlaceSeocho, SeoulRestaurants

Dog-friendly poke shop in Seocho: salmon & chicken thigh at Salering

Salering Gyodae Direct Store is a Korean-style bibim poke (mixed poke salad bowl) restaurant near Gyodae Station in Seocho, Seoul. For a day-6 Switch-On diet lunch, the writer ate salmon bibim poke and chicken thigh bibim poke. The fresh ingredients and lightly seasoned dressing kept every bite from getting dull, and the brown rice and barley base kept the writer full for a long time. With dogs allowed and 1 hour of free parking with a meal order, Salering Gyodae is a satisfying poke lunch near Gyodae Station, even on a diet.

Written Jun 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonCafés

Gangneung gift shop: autumn-leaf box & tetrapod bread—Gangneung Sand

Gangneung Sand Main Branch is a sand (cookie sandwich) dessert shop on Seonggokgoyang-gil in Gangneung, Gangwon, in a white standalone building with a purchase counter on the 2nd floor and a café space on the 3rd. On a first visit to Gangneung Sand Main Branch, the writer took home one box each of coffee sand and Chodang corn sand in a box printed with autumn leaves, and browsed the display of tetrapod-shaped Gangneung breakwater bread. As a Gangneung souvenir snack, Chodang corn sand suits anyone who wants chewy corn kernels, while coffee sand suits coffee-aroma lovers.

Written Oct 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Clear-broth sundaeguk in Suji on a rainy day: Yeonnal Gyeongseong

Yeonnal Gyeongseong Sundaeguk Suji-gu Office Station Branch is a sundaeguk (Korean blood sausage soup) restaurant about a 3-minute walk from Suji-gu Office Station in Yongin, Gyeonggi. On a rainy day the blogger ordered 2 regular sundaeguk, ate the clean, odor-free broth plain at first, then stirred in dadaegi (spicy seasoning paste) halfway for a fiery finish, with kkakdugi (radish kimchi), kimchi and long cucumber peppers from the self-serve bar on the side. For a day when you want both a clear and a spicy broth from one bowl, Yeonnal Gyeongseong Sundaeguk was worth emptying to the last drop.

Written Jul 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangneung pet-floor restaurant: dog etiquette, ₩54,500 for 4, Gossi's

Gossi's Donghae Makguksu & Sundubu Kalguksu Main Branch is a buckwheat noodle (makguksu) and soft tofu noodle restaurant in front of Gangmun Beach in Gangneung, with a separate pet floor where dogs can dine indoors. The writer's party of four, with their dog Gureum, sat at a sea-facing window on the pet floor and ordered 2 perilla oil makguksu, a large fermented pollock bibim makguksu, flying fish roe buckwheat gimbap and perilla sundubu kalguksu for 54,500 won. For an indoor ocean-view meal with your dog near Gangmun Beach, Gossi's Donghae Makguksu is a reliable choice.

Written Oct 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeodaemun, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae poke shop for a post-fast meal, with parking: Slow Cali

Slow Cali Hongdae Entrance Station Branch is a poke and salad restaurant on Sinchon-ro in Seodaemun, Seoul, with parking right behind the shop. For a first meal after fasting, the writer ordered salmon poke (brown rice and salad mix, Classic sauce) and the new Beef & Chicken Double Protein Bowl. Both arrived generously portioned about 3 minutes after ordering, and staff personally helped with parking. Slow Cali Hongdae Entrance Station Branch is a good pick for a healthy meal in Hongdae if you're coming by car.

Written Jul 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gukbap set in 3 minutes near Yeoksam Station: Namdo Changpyeong Gukbap

Namdo Changpyeong Gukbap (남도창평국밥) is a Changpyeong-style clear-broth gukbap (pork and rice soup) restaurant at 528 Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, near Yeoksam Station. On a late lunch visit by car, the regular Changpyeong Market Gukbap and the Changpyeong Market Gukbap set arrived in under 3 minutes. Both had a clear, deep broth and generous meat, and the set's suyuk (boiled pork) and makchang sundae had no gamey smell. For a fast, filling lunch or hangover meal in Yeoksam, the Namdo Changpyeong Gukbap set is a safe choice.

Written Jul 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Poke salad restaurant in Suwon: salmon with bibim sauce at Salading

Salading Gwanggyojungang Station branch is a Korean-style bibim poke salad restaurant on basement level 3 of Building 4 in the shopping complex near Exit 3 of Gwanggyojungang Station in Suwon. The writer ordered two Atlantic salmon bibim poke bowls, one with mixed greens and Salading bibim sauce and one with whole wheat pasta and sweet soy sauce, and found the bibim sauce, with its sesame oil aroma and mild heat, especially addictive. Salading's poke is a healthy lunch or dinner in Gwanggyo that is filling enough to count as a full meal.

Written Jul 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Burger shop in Yeouido, 23rd in Korea Burger Championship: Lil' Burger

Lil' Burger The Hyundai Seoul is an American food-truck-style handmade burger shop on B1 of The Hyundai Seoul in Yeouido, Seoul. The writer ordered the Classic Burger with fries combo (₩15,900) and the El Taco Burger with sweet potato fries combo (₩18,900); the Classic Burger's milk velvet brioche bun and the El Taco Burger's faithful taco flavor stood out. Lil' Burger is a good pick when you need a filling meal while shopping at The Hyundai Seoul.

Written Jul 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Mapo Station gyukatsu restaurant: furikake in scorched-rice tea, Gyudo

Premium Gyukatsu Gyudo Mapo Gongdeok Main Branch is a gyukatsu (breaded beef cutlet) and hirekatsu (pork tenderloin cutlet) restaurant in Mapo, Seoul, connected underground to Mapo Station. On a Monday evening the writer waited about 10 minutes via Catch Table, sat at the counter, grilled gyukatsu and hirekatsu on a personal brazier, and finished with seaweed pollack roe (gamtae myeongran) and scorched-rice tea (sungnyung) from the pot rice with furikake stirred in. The writer rates Gyudo's gyukatsu as the most satisfying they have ever eaten.

Written Jul 30, 2026Sponsored
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