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I write about visits to cafes in Incheon and the impressions they leave. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants

PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Guwol-dong Korean BBQ with 200g portions and gabrisal tips: Midonjip

Midonjip Incheon Guwol Main Branch is a pollack roe pork belly (myeongran samgyeopsal) restaurant in Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, near Incheon Terminal Station. Pollack roe pork belly, mango pork jowl and gabrisal come in 200g portions, staff grill the meat from start to finish, and the standard side dishes include seasoned raw crab and icy acorn jelly soup, with a different sauce pairing for each cut. For generous portions, table-side grilling and cuts you can enjoy in different ways, Midonjip Incheon Guwol Main Branch is a satisfying choice.

Written Nov 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Incheon ssam bap near Gil Hospital: owner-torn kimchi jeon, Chagane

Chagane Ssam Bap (차가네쌈밥) is a Korean restaurant specializing in ssam bap (rice wrapped in leafy greens), tucked in a side street near Gil Hospital in Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon. The pork ssam bap set costs 14,000 won per person and comes with iron-plate stir-fried pork, snail ssamjang (wrap dipping sauce), black rice, seaweed soup and a crispy kimchi jeon (kimchi pancake) that the owner tears apart at the table. With a self-serve greens bar that even includes angelica leaves and a succulent-pot review event, Chagane Ssam Bap is a filling meal worth recommending to Gil Hospital visitors and solo diners.

Written Nov 3, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeonsu, IncheonRestaurants

Songdo Italian with a friend: bold-spiced melanzane carrozza, Cenacolo

Cenacolo Artfore is an Italian pasta restaurant on the 2nd floor of Artfore Building C, near Central Park in Songdo, Yeonsu, Incheon. The writer and a friend ordered melanzane carrozza (an eggplant dish), basil pesto pasta and mushroom cream gnocchi, and were already won over by the herb bread and house-made olives and pickles. The standout at Cenacolo Artfore was the melanzane carrozza, with its bold, intense spices.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, SeoulRestaurants

City Hall private-room Japanese restaurant: mild eel & perilla, Tawa

Tawa (田和) is a Japanese rice bowl restaurant in the basement of the Hansan Building on Seosomun-ro, near City Hall Station in Seoul, with private rooms and a wooden interior. The writer ate Nagoya-style hitsumabushi (eel rice bowl) and kaisendon (seafood rice bowl) at Tawa; the hitsumabushi had a light sauce that was neither sweet nor salty, the eel was soft and tender, and perilla leaves turned the last of it into ochazuke. Tawa suits anyone who prefers lightly seasoned food or needs a quiet spot for a work dinner or gathering near City Hall Station.

Written Oct 31, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Guwol-dong, Incheon seafood lunch: giant hoedeopbap at Donghae Eojang

Donghae Eojang Incheon Guwol is a sashimi and seafood restaurant in Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon. Over lunch with a friend, the writer ate hoedeopbap (raw fish rice bowl) served in a washbasin-sized bowl, the lunch special altang (fish roe stew) packed with roe and milt, and seasonal salt-grilled shrimp, plus a self-bar with kimchi pancakes and ice cream. Donghae Eojang Incheon Guwol served such generous, great-value portions that the kimchi pancake was left unfinished and the ice cream went uneaten.

Written Oct 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeonsu, IncheonRestaurants

Songdo Indian restaurant: lamb curry pasta and giant naan, Manokamana

Manokamana Triple Street Branch 2 is an Indian curry restaurant at Triple Street in Songdo, Yeonsu, Incheon. The writer ordered garlic naan, butter naan, lamb curry pasta, chicken tikka and mutton palak. The cheese-loaded lamb curry pasta beat expectations, and the naan is so large that two people should start with one. Every dish ordered was excellent, making Manokamana Triple Street Branch 2 a satisfying Indian restaurant in Songdo.

Written Oct 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMichuhol, IncheonRestaurants

Hangover ramen in Guwol-dong: seaweed-heavy spicy dongpo, Menya Seoul

Menya Seoul Lotte Department Store Incheon Branch is a ramen and mazesoba restaurant in the B1 food court of Lotte Department Store Incheon (formerly Shinsegae Department Store) in Guwol-dong, Incheon. On a chilly day, the spicy dongpo chashu ramen came loaded with seaweed in a rich, fiery broth reminiscent of sundae gukbap (Korean blood sausage soup), and the whole pork belly mazesoba had plenty of black garlic oil for a pungent kick. For a filling meal while shopping or a bowl of hangover ramen, Menya Seoul at Lotte Department Store Incheon is a good fit.

Written Oct 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeonsu, IncheonCafés

Songdo bakery café plain salt bread and decaf iced coffee: Cozy Bear

Cafe Cozy Bear Salt Bread Bakery Songdo Hagwonga Branch is a newly opened salt bread bakery café on Haedoji-ro in the hagwon (cram school) district of Songdo, Incheon. Even after a filling lunch, one plain salt bread and an iced Americano disappeared in five minutes, helped by the sharp bread scissors that come with the plate and a buttery, crisp-outside, chewy-inside crumb. With an outdoor terrace and a decaf option, Cozy Bear works easily for a late dessert stop too.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeonsu, IncheonRestaurants

Songdo gomtang restaurant for a peak-time office lunch: Eonyang Dak

Eonyang Dak Kalguksu Incheon Songdo Branch is a Korean restaurant on Haedoji-ro in Yeonsu, Incheon, specializing in dak kalguksu (chicken noodle soup) and dak gomtang (chicken soup with rice). Visiting at the lunch peak with a friend, the writer used the kiosk to order two bowls of dak gomtang with the 'mild' option, each holding half a whole chicken, and finished them to the bottom of the earthenware pot with spicy kimchi from the self-serve bar. The food came out at fast-food speed, making Eonyang Dak Kalguksu an easy Korean lunch spot in Songdo 1-gongu even on a tight schedule.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeonsu, IncheonCafés

Songdo Coast Guard HQ bakery: 5 breads to go after work, Tomoru Bakery

Tomoru Bakery is a bakery in Songdo, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, near the Coast Guard Headquarters, and a participating store in the rice-flour bread pilgrimage. Visiting after work in the late evening, the writer packed up five kinds of bread — white castella, basil tomato, kkamang-i (squid ink bread), myeongran daepa baguette, and pizza bread — and found the cream and toppings well balanced, so both the plain breads and the savory ones stayed enjoyable to the last bite.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored
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