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Tin Bowl, Busan-Gyeongnam Restaurants and Cafes

Areum writes about restaurants and cafes tucked into Busan and Gyeongnam's older streets. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceBusanjin, BusanHair & beauty salons

Jeonpo nail salon: pale lilac gradient gel, 45,000 won, Jsu Beauty

Jsu Beauty Eyelash & Nail, Seomyeon Branch is a nail and eyelash salon on the 2nd floor of a building on Dongcheon-ro near Seomyeon Station in Busanjin, Busan. At Jsu Beauty, the writer got a gradient gel manicure for 45,000 won in VC60 pale lilac with a round nail shape, and watched a drama on the monitor in front of the nail seat. Jsu Beauty is a Seomyeon and Jeonpo nail salon for anyone who wants clean, neat hands without flashy decoration.

Written Oct 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanRestaurants

Haeundae Chinese lunch with my eldest son: tangsuyuk to go, Bueokgan

Bueokgan Chinese Marine City Branch is an ocean-view Chinese restaurant in Marine City, Haeundae, Busan, where floor-to-ceiling windows look out on Dongbaek Island and Gwangan Bridge. On a lunch with her eldest son, visiting Busan for the first time in a while, the writer ordered poached-egg pork belly ganjajang (dry black-bean noodles, ₩10,000), beef jjamppong (spicy noodle soup, ₩12,000) and a small black-vinegar tenderloin tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork, ₩28,000), and Bueokgan Chinese packed the leftover tangsuyuk with a spoon set and side dishes. With its sea view and thoughtful service, Bueokgan Chinese Marine City Branch is a Haeundae restaurant worth revisiting for a big family gathering.

Written Jul 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanCafés

Haeundae cake shop: son's vacation birthday mango tower, Sijeunikeu

Sijeunikeu Shinsegae Department Store Centum City Branch (시즈니크) is a seasonal fruit cake shop in the B1 food hall of Shinsegae Department Store, connected to Senteomsiti Station in Haeundae, Busan. On a mid-July Sunday at 5pm, during a Haeundae summer vacation, the writer picked up the very last Mango Tower Cake No. 1 (53,000 won, made with four whole mangoes) for a son's birthday party with the family. The Sijeunikeu Mango Tower Cake, packed with mango all the way through and topped with fresh cream that never felt heavy, had the whole family saying it was a great choice.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanRestaurants

Dalmaji-gil brunch on a family walk: jambon pizza & carbonara

Bueokgan Haeundae Branch (부엌간 해운대점) is a European-style restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building on Dalmaji-gil in Haeundae, Busan. On a neighborhood walk, the writer's family sat at a half-round table and ordered jambon pizza (₩24,000), basil pesto cream pasta (₩18,000), carbonara (₩19,000) and an apple Earl Grey ade (₩6,500). A staff member also helped charge a phone right at the table. Verdict: Bueokgan Haeundae Branch was a casual walk-in that felt like a planned meal out.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanCafés

Busan Beach Train tea café, scent test with a friend: Suwolgyeonghwa

Suwolgyeonghwa (수월경화) is a hanok-style fusion tea café on the 4th floor of a building right above the Beach Train tracks in Songjeong, Haeundae, Busan. Catching up with an old friend at a window seat, the writer, a customer-service trainer, ordered Lemon Sunset (8,500 won), Hojigabae (8,000 won) and the Dalbodre Box (13,000 won), and was impressed by picking tea after smelling the leaves and by the Beach Train timetable QR codes. Suwolgyeonghwa suits anyone who wants to watch the Beach Train up close over slow tea and dessert in Songjeong.

Written Jul 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanCafés

Songjeong night-view tea café with family, full moon: Suwolgyeonghwa

Suwolgyeonghwa is a tea house on the 3rd and 4th floors right in front of Songjeong Beach in Haeundae, Busan, and from 7pm it switches to a non-alcoholic tea concept called Night Stroll (Bammasil). At a 4th-floor window seat with family, we ordered the four Night Stroll teas named after weekdays (Mon, Tue, Fri and Sat, 6,000–8,500 won) plus the Pungwol monaka dessert, and watched the sunset give way to a full moon over the sea. Suwolgyeonghwa's Day Stroll and Night Stroll give the same space a completely different mood.

Written Aug 3, 2026Sponsored
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