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Cafe Road 100 is a large bakery café in Hadong, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, set between Bulguksa Temple and Bomun Tourist Complex. The writer and her husband ordered an iced vanilla latte, an iced Americano, salt bread and a white roll, and relaxed while looking out at the garden through floor-to-ceiling windows. With its spacious parking lot and open second floor, Cafe Road 100 is an easy stop on a Gyeongju trip.
Daesin Peanut Bread Beomeo Direct Store is a snack shop near Suseong-gu Office Station in Beomeo-dong, Suseong, Daegu, selling the peanut bread Seomun Market is famous for. The writer took Daesin peanut bread and egg bread home, where her husband enjoyed the peanut bread as a snack with beer. Verdict: Daesin egg bread works as a light meal, and Daesin peanut bread makes a great dessert or beer snack.
Golmok Naengmyeon 1966 Daegu is a Seoul-style naengmyeon (cold noodle) restaurant in the Deuran-gil food town in Suseong, Daegu, and it makes its naengmyeon with a seafood broth rather than a meat broth. The writer had bibim naengmyeon (spicy mixed cold noodles) and meat dumplings for lunch around opening time, and her husband ordered a large bibim naengmyeon. The savory warm seafood broth and the bibim naengmyeon, rich with sesame seeds and sesame oil, were the standouts at Golmok Naengmyeon 1966.
Ryusenso Beomeo Branch is a Fukuoka Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen shop near Suseong-gu Office Station in Suseong, Daegu. Missing ramen after a trip to Fukuoka, the writer ordered the basic Ryusenso and the Ryusenso Kara at spice level 1 (about Shin Ramyun heat). The rich broth with minced garlic suited even a child who dislikes garlic, who added two spoonfuls. Ryusenso Beomeo Branch serves authentic, non-greasy tonkotsu ramen in Beomeo-dong without a trip to Japan.
Ppwang Mulhoe (퐝물회) is a mulhoe (Korean cold raw fish soup) and seafood restaurant on Haean-ro near Yeongildae Beach in Pohang, Gyeongbuk. On a weekend Pohang trip, the writer ordered the half-and-half mulhoe (squid + flounder), squid pajeon (scallion pancake) and fried squid, ate the mulhoe bibim-style (mixed) first, then with icy broth, somyeon noodles from the self-bar and finally rice. With its sea view, self-bar and generous side dishes, Ppwang Mulhoe is worth recommending for a family meal or a date.
Hands Coffee Dongchon Resort Branch is a large red-brick café on a hill at Dongchon Resort in Dong-gu, Daegu, with Geumho River and park views from floors 2 to 4 and the rooftop. The writer had a Häagen-Dazs ice cream waffle with two flavors of choice and a long black at Hands Coffee, then took a walk around Dongchon Resort. With its views, spacious parking and an elevator, Hands Coffee Dongchon Resort Branch makes an easy stop on a day out in Daegu.
Jangpro Hanwoo Galbitsal (장프로한우갈빗살) is a charcoal-grill Korean BBQ restaurant on Deuran-ro in Hwanggeum-dong, Suseong, Daegu, serving 100% native hanwoo beef from nureongi (yellow) cattle. After a walk around Suseongmot, the writer returned to Jangpro Hanwoo Galbitsal for the new 400g hanwoo sirloin makgui (roughly cut sirloin for grilling), eaten with salt and yukjang dipping sauce, then the new homemade-marinade LA galbi and a hanwoo galbi doenjang stew. Starting with plain grilled beef and moving on to marinated LA galbi made this a satisfying, good-value revisit.
Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch is a Korean BBQ restaurant next to the L7 Hotel building near Exit 1 of Hongik Univ. Station in Mapo, Seoul, from a pork grill brand that became popular in Busan. The writer arrived around 8pm, waited about 20 minutes, ordered 3 servings of salted pork belly and bottled beer, and shared the meal with their child alongside meljeot (fermented anchovy sauce), pollock roe, scallion salad and pickled wild garlic leaves. To enjoy Chopilsal's chewy salted pork belly, free of greasiness and gamey smell, join the Catchtable waitlist before you go.
Menya Pomo Seongsu Branch is a tomato-based ramen shop in a basement on Yeonmujang-gil in Seongsu, Seongdong, Seoul. With a child, the writer ordered three tomato ramen bowls at spice level 1: Hanwoo katsu, cheese Hanwoo katsu and tantan Hanwoo katsu. The meal included free cilantro and a tomato risotto made by adding rice to the leftover broth. Level 1 at Menya Pomo Seongsu Branch was milder than expected, making it an easy Seongsu ramen shop to visit with a child.
Kosi Konkuk University Branch is a restaurant near Konkuk Univ. Station in Gwangjin, Seoul, specializing in house-made udon and tonkatsu. Coming over after a day out in Seongsu, the writer walked in right as break time ended and ordered tori-ten bukkake udon (chicken tempura udon), house-made bukkake udon and half-and-half katsu à la carte with draft beer; by the end of the meal Kosi was almost full. With chewy Sanuki-style noodles and crispy fresh pork loin katsu, Kosi has solid basics, so it's hard to go wrong with anything on the menu.
Raymond's Hongdae is a pizza pub near Exit 8 of Hongik Univ. Station in Mapo, Seoul, serving New York-style pizza by the slice and Art Monster craft beer. On a Seoul trip, a group of three walked into Raymond's Hongdae at an off-peak hour with no wait, ordered the Monde Set (four slices from a 20-inch half pizza, boneless fried chicken and truffle fries) with a Pilsner Lager, and all three left full. Raymond's Hongdae is a Hongdae pizza-and-beer spot where the pizza, the beer and the sides are all satisfying.
Butter & Shelter Yeonnam is a dessert café in a converted house in Yeonnam-dong, Mapo, Seoul, about a 10-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station Exit 3. On a visit with a child, the writer had a Dubai butter sand, a Dubai chewy cookie, butter tteok (butter rice cake), a mango coconut ade and an iced americano, plus a signature butter sand from a Naver review event. Butter & Shelter Yeonnam's rich, buttery desserts and cozy, room-like spaces make it a Yeonnam-dong café worth lingering in.
