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Plain Bowl, Seoul Restaurants

Writes about neighborhood restaurants around Seoul, one plain bowl at a time. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

Seongsu café after a meal: sweet Loop latte, salty salt bread at LOOOP

LOOOP Bakery is a large bakery café on Yeonmujang 5-gil in Seongsu, Seoul, where each floor has its own mood, from the 1st floor up to the terrace and rooftop. After a meal, the writer stopped at LOOOP Bakery for a Loop latte, a café latte and a salt bread, and the sweet Loop latte paired well with the salty salt bread. The food was pleasant, but LOOOP Bakery stands out for its roomy seating and photo spots, making it an easy place to linger in busy Seongsu.

Written Oct 24, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu Station gyukatsu restaurant, five-way lunch date: Gyuen Dang

Gyuen Dang Seongsu Main Branch is a gyukatsu (breaded beef cutlet) restaurant on the 2nd floor of an alley building on Yeonmujang 7ga-gil in Seongdong, Seoul, near Seongsu Station. On a Seongsu date, the writer and her husband shared one striploin gyukatsu and one tenderloin gyukatsu, eating them five ways in order: plain grilled, with Isigny butter, salt, wasabi and the special sauce, with wasabi her favorite. Gyuen Dang Seongsu Main Branch suits a lunch date for two who enjoy comparing cuts and switching up flavors.

Written Oct 18, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYangcheon, SeoulRestaurants

Mokdong Chinese restaurant with free weekend parking: Yugwanjang

Yugwanjang Banjeom Omokgyo Station Branch (유관장반점 오목교직영점) is a 24-hour Chinese restaurant on the 2nd floor of 256 Mokdongdong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul. A family of three shared jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles), bone-broth seafood jjampong (spicy noodle soup) and a mini tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork). The jjajangmyeon was mild enough for a child, and the jjampong's beef bone base made the broth rich. With building parking and free weekend parking at the Baramgaebi Parking Lot, Yugwanjang Banjeom is an easy pick for a family meal near Omokgyo Station.

Written Oct 3, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYangcheon, SeoulRestaurants

Yangcheon noodle and cutlet shop, three dishes shared: Haengbokhan

Haengbokhan Udon Gage Sinjeongnegeori Station Branch is an udon, pork cutlet and rice bowl restaurant on Jungang-ro in Yangcheon, Seoul. Gakgi udon, old-style pork cutlet and spicy squid rice bowl were ordered together and shared, so the broth, the fried cutlet and the spicy rice balanced each other — whenever the squid rice bowl got too hot, the udon broth settled it. Haengbokhan Udon Gage stays open until 3am, making it an easy stop for a solo meal or late-night dinner near Sinjeongnegeori.

Written Sep 26, 2026Sponsored

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