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Plain Tab, Daegu and Busan Diners

Writes about everyday restaurants and diners across Daegu, Gyeongbuk, Busan, and Gyeongnam. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceDong-gu, DaeguHair & beauty salons

Daegu hair salon for curly hair: volume magic + layers, Iggeulrida

Iggeulrida (이끌리다) is a one-stylist hair salon on the first floor of Casa Mila by Sincheon Station in Dong-gu, Daegu. Long, curly hair that was frizzy with flyaway ends was tamed with a high-layered cut and volume magic (a Korean straightening perm), and the Iggeulrida owner had the writer practise blow-drying with a brush right in the chair. For curly hair that wants light layers and smooth shine, the high-layered cut and volume magic combination at Iggeulrida is well worth considering.

Written Oct 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDalseo, DaeguRestaurants

Gamsam, Daegu yukgaejang spot: pre-pregnancy protein lunch, Yukbanjang

Yukbanjang Gwangjanggakoa Gwangko Branch (육반장 광장코아 광코점) is a yukgaejang (spicy beef soup) restaurant on Dangsan-ro near Gamsam Station in Dalseo, Daegu. While trying to conceive, the writer stopped by for a Monday lunch to get more protein and ate the king rib yukgaejang (17,000 won) and the white yukgaejang (11,000 won); the clean, grease-free broth, generous meat and heaps of green onion stood out. Yukbanjang serves light, neatly made yukgaejang that makes a good restorative meal.

Written Jun 30, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDalseo, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu ramen shop for a pregnant couple: tonkotsu set, Myeonsikdang

Myeonsikdang Keimyung University Branch is a Japanese restaurant serving ramen, tonkatsu, soba and buta-don (pork rice bowl) on the 2nd floor of the 7-Eleven building across from Keimyung University's main gate in Dalseo, Daegu. The pregnant writer and her husband shared the 28,400 won set for two: tonkotsu ramen, mozzarella cheese katsu, hirekatsu (pork tenderloin cutlet), buta-don and a bowl-sized ade. The broth was deep, the katsu crisp outside and juicy inside, and the portions felt like food for three. The Myeonsikdang set for two suits days when you want both value for money and flavor.

Written Jul 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBuk-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu Vietnamese restaurant for a mild pre-pregnancy lunch: Raichen

Raichen Chilgok Branch is a Vietnamese restaurant in Dongcheon-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu, across from the Homeplus Chilgok parking lot. The writer, who is trying to get pregnant, went for a lunch date with her husband in search of mild, easy-to-digest food and ordered cold pho, pork trotter rice (12,500 won) and banh xeo (15,500 won), and was impressed by the spacious hall, the group room, the self-serve bar and the generous portions. For an easygoing Vietnamese lunch, Raichen Chilgok Branch is a place the writer would gladly return to.

Written Jul 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNam-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Apsan Korean restaurant: yeolmu bibimbap and seaweed soup, Cafe Dongi

Cafe Dongi Daemyeong Station Branch is a Korean set-meal restaurant with individual braziers in an alley near Apsan and Daemyeong Station in Nam-gu, Daegu. The writer ordered the char-grilled spicy pork set for 12,900 won, the bulgogi yeolmu bibimbap set (young radish kimchi bibimbap) for 9,900 won and a mini tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) for 9,900 won. At the self-serve bar the writer fried eggs, and as a pregnant diner was especially glad the yeolmu bibimbap set came with miyeokguk (seaweed soup). With unlimited rice, eggs, roasted seaweed and puffed barley snacks, Cafe Dongi served more food than the table could finish.

Written Aug 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanRestaurants

Haeundae Western restaurant birthday steak set, ₩89,000: Bueokgan

Bueokgan Haeundae Branch is a European restaurant on the second floor of a building on Dalmaji-gil in Haeundae, Busan, with Cafe De Bueokgan and Bueokgan Chinese on the first floor. For a mother-in-law's birthday, three family members ordered the 89,000 won steak set and the 22,000 won truffle mushroom cream gnocchi, then added the pastry pumpkin soup. With baby chairs, kids' tableware and no waiting thanks to a Naver reservation, Bueokgan Haeundae Branch was an easy spot for a family gathering.

Written Aug 19, 2026Sponsored
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