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A Noon Skewer in Changsin-dong

Writes about small restaurants and meals found while walking through Seoul neighborhoods. · Writes about: Restaurants

PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeouido IFC Mall tteokbokki: rice cakes sink when done, Hyeonseonine

Hyeonseonine Premium IFC Mall Branch is an instant tteokbokki (rice cakes in spicy sauce) restaurant on B2 of IFC Mall in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, reachable from Yeouido Station through the underground passage without stepping outside. Two coworkers ordered the 2-person instant tteokbokki with fish cake soup and cooked it at the table, and the medium spice level was mostly sweet sauce with just a light kick. Rice cakes, fish cake, two eggs, jjolmyeon noodles and four yaki-mandu dumplings come standard, so the 2-person order was right for two without adding any extras.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeouido Jonghap Sangga gyukatsu restaurant: comparing sets at Izawa

Izawa Yeouido Direct Store is a gyukatsu (Japanese breaded beef cutlet) restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Yeouido Jonghap Sangga building, a 5-minute walk from Yeouido Station Exit 5 in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. A regular who usually comes here for weekday lunches with coworkers brought her boyfriend after work and ordered the gyukatsu set, the steki (grilled beef) set and an extra curry sauce to compare them side by side. Between grilling the beef on the tabletop brazier, the texture gap between the breaded and unbreaded cuts and the mildly spicy curry sauce, Izawa made for a full dinner in Yeouido.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
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