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I write about restaurants and cafés I visit around Daegu and Gyeongbuk. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Bars · Shopping

PlaceSuyeong, BusanCafés

Gwangalli café with foodie sibling, jambon Benedict: Working Holiday

Working Holiday Millak is an ocean-view brunch café on the 7th floor of the Bada Maru (바다마루) building in Millak-dong, Suyeong-gu, Busan, serving coffee and brunch by day and wine by night. On a return visit after a long break, the writer ordered a margherita pizza and a jambon Benedict, and both were so satisfying that even the writer's foodie younger sibling devoured them. Verdict: for brunch overlooking the wide-open Gwangalli sea, Working Holiday Millak is a café you can't help going back to.

Written Oct 14, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukShopping

Unmanned 24-hour store in Pohang: Gyeongja gukbap meal kits at Daiclo

Daiclo Pohang Beobwon is a 24-hour offline group-buy store for household goods and meal kits on Jangnyangjungang-ro in Buk-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk. After a draining weekend out, the writer bought 2 Gyeongja Gukbap meal kits (gukbap is hot soup served with rice) at Daiclo Pohang Beobwon and cooked them at home, getting a broth as rich as many gukbap restaurants serve. Verdict: Daiclo Pohang Beobwon is a handy unmanned store for picking up meal kits and snacks late at night when you have no energy to cook.

Written Oct 8, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Pohang mulhoe spot, lunch with Dad and steamed shrimp self-bar: Ppwang

Ppwang Mulhoe (퐝물회) is a mulhoe (cold raw-fish soup) restaurant on Haean-ro, facing Yeongildae Beach in Pohang. The writer took their dad, visiting Pohang, to Ppwang Mulhoe for lunch. They ordered the signature Ppwang mulhoe with abalone, sea cucumber, squid and sea squirt, used the self-bar with steamed shrimp and squid radish soup, had unlimited somyeon noodles, finished with rice in the broth, then walked along Yeongildae Beach. Verdict: Ppwang Mulhoe is an ocean-view mulhoe restaurant in Pohang that suits parents who love seafood.

Written Jul 10, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Pohang mulhoe restaurant with flounder sikhae: Oneuldo Gajami

Oneuldo Gajami (오늘도가자미) is a restaurant specializing in wild flounder mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) and live fish sashimi, right in front of Yeongildae Beach in Pohang, Gyeongbuk. The writer, a Pohang local, ordered the 3-seafood flounder mulhoe and the half-and-half mulhoe (flounder and squid), and the table also got 2 complimentary grilled flounder, flounder sikhae (fermented flounder with rice), thin noodles, rice and spicy fish stew. Oneuldo Gajami suits anyone who wants clean, not-too-spicy mulhoe on an outdoor patio that feels like a Jeju resort.

Written Jul 14, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

After-swim lunch, 20 plates at Pohang Mundeok conveyor sushi: Hojueseo

Hojueseo on Hoejeon Chobap (호주에서온회전초밥) is a conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Mundeok, Ocheon-eup, Nam-gu, Pohang, where every plate costs ₩2,200. After a morning swim, the writer and her husband walked into Hojueseo on Hoejeon Chobap with no wait for a late weekday lunch and ate 20 plates at the bar counter, including flounder, salmon, aged-kimchi flounder, yukhoe (Korean beef tartare) and cheese galbi sushi. Verdict: a great-value sushi spot with a flat price, solid quality, a clean dining room and free corkage.

Written Oct 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanCafés

Haeundae café straight from Pohang: tart iced americano, Low & Sweet

Low & Sweet Bakery is a bakery café on Haeri-dan-gil in Haeundae, Busan, known for baked sweets like egg tarts, madeleines and financiers, plus salt bread. Arriving in Haeundae from Pohang, the writer went straight to Low & Sweet Bakery for a strongly acidic iced americano and took an egg tart, a chocolate financier and a lemon madeleine to go. If you like bright, acidic coffee with desserts that are crisp outside and soft inside, Low & Sweet Bakery is a Haeundae café worth saving.

Written Oct 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBuk-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Hire katsu set restaurant in Chilgok, Daegu: shabu pho, Myeonsikdang

Myeonsikdang Daegu Bogeondae is a ramen and pho restaurant on the university street along Yeongsong-ro in Buk-gu, Daegu. A couple stopped in after a day of swimming and ordered shabu pho with hire katsu (pork loin cutlet), tonkotsu ramen with a mini buta-don set, and shine muscat ade served in the bottle, with ramen at 8,400 won, pho at 8,900 won and generous portions all round. Myeonsikdang Daegu Bogeondae is an easy, good-value meal whether you come on a date or eat alone.

Written Sep 3, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Dog-friendly ocean-view restaurant in Pohang: chop steak at Plan A

Plan A Restaurant is an ocean-view Western restaurant on the 4th floor of the GS building across from Songdo Beach in Pohang, Gyeongbuk. After a drive along the beach, a married couple arrived just past 1pm on a weekend and ordered the Plan A chop steak, beef pilaf and carbonara, and the window sea view still felt wide open on a cloudy day. With free public parking in front of and behind the building and dogs welcome, Plan A Restaurant makes an easy Pohang date stop.

Written Aug 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuyeong, BusanBars

Gwangalli bar with photo booth and beer to go: Ganppa Beer Gwangalli 2

Ganppa Beer Gwangalli 2 is a standing Sapporo draft beer bar in a side street just off Gwangalli Beach in Suyeong, Busan. Dropping in as a third round of the night, the writer paid under 30,000 won for the tebasaki and two Sapporo drafts set plus one extra draft, then posed at the black-and-white photo booth and signed the guestbook. With no seats and quick turnover, Ganppa Beer Gwangalli 2 is an easy no-wait stop for a late nightcap or a solo drink in Gwangalli.

Written Sep 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuyeong, BusanRestaurants

Gwangalli BYO pizza night for four with cheese crust: Extra Mile

Extra Mile is a pizza and pasta restaurant set in a converted house in Suyeong near Gwangalli Beach, Busan. Four friends arrived on a Saturday at 5pm, ordered two pizzas with cheese crust added and worked through all four flavors — hot honey pepperoni, birria taco, salad and potato — while drinking the alcohol they brought, since Extra Mile charges no corkage. The room, the pizza and the free-corkage policy all delivered, and the pasta is saved for the next visit.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored