Yujeong · 4 stories
I write about cafés and bars I visit around Busan and Gyeongnam. · Writes about: Bars · Cafés · Hair & beauty salons · Restaurants
Dongmyo Market is a wine bar in Jongno, Seoul, near Dongmyo, decorated like a small American grocery store. Over non-alcoholic wine and a highball, the beef brisket ragu tteokbokki (spicy stir-fried rice cakes) and the Market pork chop were shared during a long-overdue catch-up with a younger sibling. Dongmyo Market suits a slightly special occasion such as a pre-wedding invitation dinner.
Today Makeup is a hair and makeup salon a short walk from Hongik University Station in Mapo, Seoul. For a bridal shower photo day, the writer had hair and makeup done together at Today Makeup — naturally glowing skin with clearly defined eyes — and the look held up through an evening date. For a special day with lots of photos, Today Makeup was a satisfying choice.
Songjeong Dol Jjamppong is a Chinese restaurant near Songjeong Beach in Haeundae, Busan, serving jajangmyeon and jjamppong on hot stone plates. A family meal here covered whole squid stone-plate jjamppong, regular stone-plate jajangmyeon and a small tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork), with every dish staying hot for a long time and each one having its own appeal. Songjeong Dol Jjamppong is a filling stop before or after a walk along Songjeong Beach.
Suwolgyeonghwa is a hanok-style café near Songjeong Beach in Haeundae, Busan. After lunch and a walk along the beach, we stopped at Suwolgyeonghwa for a window seat looking out on the Songjeong sea and the trains passing by, and ordered the Dalbodeure dessert box, an iced hyeonwolhoji (roasted-tea latte), an americano and a latte. Suwolgyeonghwa was a quiet place to rest in the middle of a Busan trip.
