Market Bench Diner · 5 stories
I write about restaurants I visit around Busan and Gyeongnam. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons
Tansaeng Sangnam Branch (탄생 상남점) is a charcoal-grilled fish pub on Madimi-ro in Sangnam-dong, Changwon. A group of 6 booked ahead and tried the flower sea bream, top-grade fresh lamb ribs, pollock roe and ankimo onigiri, cod stew, blue crab stew and Jeju charcoal-grilled pork, and all six named the cod stew the best dish. The verdict: at Tansaeng Sangnam Branch, order the onigiri together with the cod stew.
Heel Avec Changwon Masan branch is a hair salon on the 2nd floor of a building in central Daetgeori, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon, near Kyungnam University and Haeun-dong. Because the writer's hair was badly damaged, Heel Avec skipped thinning, cut only 4-5cm of length, and did a jelly perm on the director's recommendation, along with a root perm that other salons rarely agreed to do. The Heel Avec jelly perm holds its curl with just washing and drying, making it a good fit for anyone who finds hair styling a chore.
VOG HAIR Changwon City Seven Branch is a hair salon on the 3rd floor of The City Seven Skycon in Seongsan-gu, Changwon. After a long history of toning down, the writer was told a brighter color would be difficult, so the writer got a full black dye together with a 4-step Nano Heal repair clinic and loved how the shade suited a summer cool tone and how silky the hair felt. The writer had wanted a tone-up, but switching to black turned out even better on this return visit to VOG HAIR.
Gaya Kkeutjip Samgye is a set-menu Korean restaurant on Gaya-ro 181beon-gil in Samgye-dong, Gimhae. Even on a weekday every table was full, and the Kkeutjip B set (20,000 won per person) arrived as one full spread of bossam (boiled pork with wraps), clay-oven grilled fish, pan-grilled house-made tofu, seasoned raw crab and homemade side dishes, followed by a dessert drink and peppermint candy. With free corkage and one hour covered at the Gaya parking lot next door, Gaya Kkeutjip Samgye is worth the trip for Korean food lovers.
Dosi Crab Gimhae Branch is a crab restaurant and direct seafood market in Gusan-dong, Gimhae, Gyeongnam. Two people had 2 kg of steamed Magadan snow crab for ₩178,000, plus a lavish seafood spread and crab-innards fried rice. Verdict: Dosi Crab Gimhae Branch is my first pick for snow crab that never gets tiring.
