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PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Gongdeok diet meal shop: Beef Light & mala chicken pasta, Why Starve

Why Starve Diet Gongdeok Main Branch is a diet meal shop on basement level 1 of Lotte Castle President, connected to Gongdeok Station in Mapo, Seoul. The blogger took a Beef Light Protein Box and a Mala Chicken Pasta Protein Box to go with the recommended sauce. The Beef Light box was big enough to split into two meals, and the Mala Chicken Pasta box hit the spot when a craving for bold flavors struck. Why Starve Diet is worth recommending to anyone who wants to stick to a diet without giving up on taste.

Written Aug 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

5pm opening as the first customer at Dangsan Station BBQ: Chodaechang

Chodaechang Dangsan Station is a charcoal-grill restaurant in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, specialising in daechang (beef large intestine), makchang and teuk-yang, on the second floor right outside Exit 11 of Dangsan Station. Arriving at the 5pm opening as the very first customer, the writer ordered Assorted Grill Set B (daechang, teuk-yang, makchang) with yang fried rice, draft beer and a highball, and the staff grilled everything from start to finish. Chodaechang Dangsan Station is an easy pick for after-work drinks or a filling dinner by the station.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeonje, BusanRestaurants

Busan City Hall milmyeon with 30-min parking: Somunnan Gaya Milmyeon

Somunnan Gaya Milmyeon Busan City Hall Branch is a milmyeon (Busan-style cold wheat noodle) restaurant in the Geoje Market alley behind Busan City Hall, in Yeonje. Driving there at lunchtime, the writer got 30 minutes of parking support at Kingkong Parking Lot 1 and ordered mul-milmyeon (chilled broth noodles), bibim-milmyeon (spicy mixed noodles) and potato dumplings. Six minutes on foot from City Hall Station Exit 7, Somunnan Gaya Milmyeon is an easy weekday lunch stop for Busan's signature noodles without parking worries.

Written Aug 18, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuyeong, BusanRestaurants

Braised fish dachi set at a Gwangalli seafood restaurant: Gwanganda

Gwanganda Jjji Gwangalli Main Branch is a seafood restaurant on the 6th floor of Sanbada Hoetown, right in front of the Gwangalli waterfront park in Suyeong, Busan. The dachi set costs 55,000 won per person and arrives course by course — small appetizer plates, live seafood, sashimi, tempura, braised fish, blue crab stew and abalone porridge — with Gwangan Bridge in the window. Gwanganda Jjji is an easy pick in Gwangalli for a family meal with seafood-loving parents.

Written Aug 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBusanjin, BusanRestaurants

Bujeon Station exit 2 pork BBQ, steamed egg & doenjang sulbap: Dwitdon

Dwitdon Sanghoe, Jeonpo Branch is a pork BBQ restaurant right by exit 2 of Bujeon Station in Busanjin, Busan. The half-portion rare-cut set at 500g came with steamed egg, doenjang sulbap (soybean paste rice soup), and a bottle of beer, and the rare cuts were clean-tasting and chewy with no off smell, while the self-serve side dishes of tofu kimchi and bibim guksu stood out. If you can only pick one side dish, the beef-loaded doenjang sulbap is the one worth ordering.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanRestaurants

Haeundae restaurant set for two: pizza crust in pumpkin soup, Bueokgan

Bueokgan Haeundae Branch is a Western-style restaurant on Dalmaji-gil in Haeundae, Busan, serving pasta, risotto, and wood-fired pizza. The 2-person set menu came with pumpkin soup, garden salad, shrimp anchovy oil pasta, basil margherita pizza, grapefruit juice, and orange juice, ending with the pizza crust dipped into the leftover pumpkin soup. With on-site parking and a polished atmosphere, it suits a date or anniversary meal.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored
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