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A Tin Pouch Through Seoul Rounds

Writes about restaurants, cafes, bars, beauty spots, and shopping stops around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Hair & beauty salons · Bars · Shopping

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Diet poke before beach season near COEX: steak and avocado, Ola Poke

Ola Poke Samseong Branch is a salad and poke restaurant near COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, a 4-minute walk from Samseong Station Exit 3. Looking for a tasty diet meal before a summer of beach trips, the writer ordered the steak poke on a base of 3 parts vegetables and 7 parts oat brown rice, topped with wasabi mayo and extra avocado. Verdict: Ola Poke Samseong Branch is a recommended lunch that gets flavor, fullness and a light calorie load right.

Written Jul 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Camping-style pork BBQ in Seolleung: basil sauce and ramyeon, Hwaseol

Hwaseol Seolleung Direct Branch (화설 선릉직영점) is a camping-themed Korean BBQ restaurant serving beef and pork, located between Seolleung Station and Samseong Station in Gangnam, Seoul. The writer and their partner grilled the Hwaseol Handon Mixed Set (550g of Korean pork belly, pork neck and pork skirt) on a log-shaped grill, with a free kimchi stew, mul naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) and brisket-and-pork-belly ramyeon on the side. The herb-seasoned pork dipped in basil sauce was the standout, making Hwaseol Seolleung Direct Branch an atmospheric date-night BBQ spot in Seolleung.

Written Jul 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Post-swim solo conveyor sushi at Seolleung: 17 plates, Sushi Ian N

Sushi Ian N Seolleung Station (스시이안앤 선릉역점) is a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building near Exit 2 of Seolleung Station in Gangnam, Seoul, where every plate costs a flat ₩1,990. After a swim, the writer had a solo lunch at the bar and ate 17 plates, including raw shrimp garlic penne sushi, salmon yukhoe (raw salmon tartare) rolls, ankimo (monkfish liver) seaweed maki and scallop maki, for a total in the ₩30,000s. For good-value sushi on a solo lunch or a lunch date near Seolleung Station, Sushi Ian N Seolleung Station is a solid fit.

Written Jul 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gangnam Station Taiwanese noodle shop for a hangover date: Namsogwan

Namsogwan U Yuk Dosakmyeon (남소관 우육도삭면) is a Taiwanese-style knife-cut beef noodle restaurant about 5 minutes on foot from Exit 11 of Gangnam Station in Seoul. On a weekend date the day after heavy drinking, the writer and their partner ate the knife-cut beef noodles as a hangover cure, with beef fried rice and handmade xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) on the side. Thanks to the rich beef bone broth and thick knife-cut noodles, Namsogwan U Yuk Dosakmyeon was a satisfying hangover-and-date meal near Gangnam Station.

Written Jul 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung curry restaurant, no break time, lamb shashlik: CURRY146

CURRY146 Gangnam Branch is a British-style BBQ curry restaurant about a 4-minute walk from Exit 2 of Seolleung Station in Gangnam, Seoul. A freelance writer ate alone there at lunchtime, ordering butter chicken curry with an extra cheese naan plus lamb shashlik grilled the traditional Arab way. The butter chicken curry at CURRY146 Gangnam Branch isn't overloaded with spice, a crowd-pleasing flavour that even curry beginners can enjoy.

Written Jul 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangdong, SeoulRestaurants

Cheonho Korean BBQ with my cousin: aged pork neck at Gim Sukseong

Gim Sukseong Seongnae Branch is an aged-pork Korean BBQ restaurant in Cheonho, Seoul, about a 7-minute walk from Cheonho Station Exit 6. It is open every day until midnight with no break time, and dogs are welcome. After work, the writer and her cousin ordered the Gim Sukseong Special 2 (550g, 54,000 won) and a Korean pork kimchi stew. Staff grilled the 2cm-thick pork neck from start to finish, and the scallion kimchi was good enough for a refill. Verdict: Gim Sukseong Seongnae Branch is an easy, comfortable aged-pork dinner for two on a tiring day in Cheonho.

Written Jul 16, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSongpa, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Jamsilsaenae hair salon bob hippie perm for wet hair: Only For You

Only For You Jamsilsaenae Branch (온리포유 잠실새내점) is a hair salon on the 3rd floor of a commercial building near Exit 4 of Jamsilsaenae Station in Songpa, Seoul. The writer, whose job and hobby both involve water, had a loosened bob hippie perm she had kept for a year redone with an end trim and a medium-rod heat perm; the treatment took about 2 hours and her scalp never felt hot. For a hippie perm in Jamsil that is easy to manage when your hair gets wet often, Only For You Jamsilsaenae Branch is a solid choice.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung steak restaurant two-steak set, roe rice ball: Kkuudeok

Kkuudeok Seolleung Main Branch (꾸우덕) is a steak and pasta restaurant in Gangnam, Seoul, a 6-minute walk from Seolleung Station Exit 1. On an early weekday evening, a couple who usually prefer Korean food ordered Kkuudeok's Pujim Set (₩65,900), which includes two steaks, and chose bacon cream pasta and tiramisu, then added a pollock roe mayo rice ball. Even though rich food usually doesn't agree with them, they scraped up every bit of the pasta sauce and would return to Kkuudeok without hesitation.

Written Jul 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSongpa, SeoulRestaurants

Songridan-gil chicken noodles instead of samgyetang: Cocker Noodle Two

Cocker Noodle Two (코커누들두) is a newly opened chicken noodle restaurant at the start of Songridan-gil in Songpa, Seoul. For a Jungbok (the middle Boknal summer stamina day) lunch, the writer skipped samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) and ordered Cocker Noodle Two's signature Chicken Whole Drumstick Noodles with thin noodles and a side of crispy chicken jeon (pan-fried chicken). The light yet rich broth falls somewhere between chicken ramen and chicken kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup), and every dish costs ₩15,000 or less. For a different kind of Boknal stamina meal, Cocker Noodle Two is a good choice.

Written Jul 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSongpa, SeoulCafés

Ogeum Station bakery for a six-item salt bread takeout: Grid Cafe

Grid Cafe is a bakery café on Macheon-ro in Ogeum-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, tucked into a quiet alley near Ogeum-eorum Park. On a weekday visit at 1pm, the takeout order at Grid Cafe was olive ciabatta, crack salt bread, sobo (crumble) salt bread, melon cream salt bread and original and corn egg tarts, and the crack salt bread, melon cream salt bread and egg tarts were the best three. For a bakery crawl in Songpa, Grid Cafe is worth the walk.

Written Jul 29, 2026Sponsored
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