Dohee Sam · 3 stories
Writes about Seoul restaurants, bars, and shopping spots discovered on evening walks through the city. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Shopping
Plot (P.lot) is a cocktail-and-dining bar on Dasan-ro 46-gil near Sindang Station in Jung-gu, Seoul. The black pork carpaccio costs 15,000 won and was eaten with yuzu kosho and green onion in turn, alongside a Bold Sicily 30% and a Mario 12% cocktail, and Plot stays open until 5am, so it works as a second stop after dinner. For a Sindang date spot that feels a step above an ordinary bar, Plot is the answer.
Cheonghwaweon is a Taiwanese beef noodle and Hong Kong-style dim sum restaurant on Myeongmul-gil, 260m from Sinchon Station Exit 3 in Seoul. The order at Cheonghwaweon was beef knife-cut noodle soup for 10,500 won, cream shrimp for 19,800 won and egg tiger fried rice, eaten in rotation between the broth, the rice and the cream sauce. The chewy hand-cut noodles of uneven thickness and the thick, tender beef shank showed why the noodle soup is Cheonghwaweon's signature dish.
Picnic List Mangwon is a 24-hour unstaffed picnic gear rental shop on Mangwon-ro in Mapo, Seoul. A combo set booked in advance on Naver put a tent, mat, camping chairs and table on a wagon for the walk to Mangwon Han River Park, where the setup switched from mat and tent in the afternoon to chairs, table and a mood light after sunset. Returning the gear means leaving it in the shop's return zone, which suits anyone who picnics now and then and owns no equipment.
