Late Teapot Traveler · 6 stories
Writes about restaurants, cafes, and bars across Gangwon, Seoul, and the Daegu/Gyeongbuk area. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Cafés
300°C Seafood Galbi Main Branch is a dog-friendly seafood stew restaurant near Eulwangni Beach on Yeongjong Island, Incheon. The writer dropped in on a Sunday evening with no wait and ate the 2-person seafood pork rib stew (haemul deunggalbi-jjim) at spice level 2, and even after a big lunch the sauce was good enough to make them crave soju. Verdict: a tasty Eulwangni seafood stew spot even when you're already full.
Tomoru Bakery (토모루베이커리) is a bakery on the first floor of Acria Building 2 in Songdo, Yeonsu, Incheon, between Senteureolpakeu Station and Incheon National University Station. On a Songdo trip, the blogger and a partner stopped at Tomoru Bakery around 3 p.m. on a weekday and took out six breads to share: alligator, royal soboro, pollock roe and scallion baguette, kkamangi, fresh vegetable croquette and coconut cream cheese. Verdict: both bread lovers found every one of Tomoru Bakery's breads delicious and plan to return on their next visit to Songdo.
Jangsodam Yeongjong Direct Store (장소담 영종직영점) is an all-you-can-eat eel and beef buffet on the 2nd floor of Hyojeong Plaza, behind the Yeongjong District Office in Incheon. On an Incheon trip, the writer ordered Jangsodam's Set A for lunch. They grilled domestic Japonica freshwater eel and six beef cuts one by one, then finished with churros dipped in condensed milk and ice cream. Jangsodam's Set A suits anyone who wants to eat their fill of eel and beef, enough to stay full until the next morning.
Gilpung is a Korean restaurant specialising in heotjesabap (mixed rice with ritual-table side dishes) in Pungsan-eup, Andong, Gyeongbuk, near Hahoe Village and Byeongsan Seowon. The writer shared the heotjesabap seonbi set and a seafood pajeon (savory pancake) with a preschool child, and the soy-sauce-mixed heotjesabap, golden grilled salted mackerel and full-moon-sized seafood pajeon stood out. At Gilpung, don't skip the salted mackerel, and if you can't handle spice, choose the white gamju over the red Andong sikhye.
Low Five Anguk is a wood-fired pizza and pasta restaurant in Bukchon, Jongno, Seoul, near Anguk Station Exit 2. On a weekday, the writer arrived for the 11:05am lunch ticket handout, was the fourth party seated, and ordered the corn pizza, the limited-quantity classic lasagna, a grapefruit ade and a lemon ade. With great food and a European-style interior, Low Five Anguk is worth lining up for at opening and a definite place to return to.
Nani Byeolgwan Yeongdeungpo Branch is an izakaya on Mullae-ro, across from Times Square in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. Nani Byeolgwan has three themed spaces — bar seating on the 1st floor, curtained rooms on the 2nd floor, and a separate annex for groups at the very back — and this visit paired beef tataki and Shin Ramyun risotto with two glasses of Asahi draft beer. For anyone looking for a private room izakaya, Nani Byeolgwan Yeongdeungpo Branch suits both a date and a group night out.
