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Loose Wallet, Seoul and Gangwon Errands

Writes about shopping trips, bars, restaurants, and beauty stops across Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Gangwon. · Writes about: Shopping · Restaurants · Bars · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Sinnonhyeon hair salon: ribbon magic tames a wavy bob, Park Jun

Park Jun Beauty Lab Gangnam Branch is a hair salon on the 2nd floor of a building right in front of Sinnonhyeon Station in Gangnam, Seoul. The writer wanted a tassel perm or slick perm, but the consultation found that her previously straightened hair would not hold curls, so she paid 260,000 won for a cut, ribbon magic (repair straightening) and an extra-length charge at bob length. She didn't get the perm she came for, but Park Jun Beauty Lab's ribbon magic calmed her summer frizz without damaging her hair, and she left satisfied.

Written Jun 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hapjeong shabu-shabu on a Saturday: tomato and sukiyaki pots: Nahonsha

Nahonsha is a single-pot shabu-shabu and sukiyaki restaurant on Dongmak-ro, between Hapjeong Station and Sangsu Station in Mapo, Seoul. On a Saturday, the writer and a friend were the first customers when the break ended at 6pm, ordering the tomato broth shabu-shabu (15,900 won) and the Hon sukiyaki (16,900 won), then finishing with noodles and self-serve fried rice. Nahonsha gives plenty of meat and broth even with the basic menu, and with good peanut sauce and barley tea, it is an easy shabu-shabu spot for eating alone.

Written Jun 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeodaemun, SeoulRestaurants

Sinchon Chinese restaurant, 3pm noodles & xiaolongbao: Cheonghwaweon

Cheonghwaweon (청화원) is a Taiwanese beef noodle and dim sum restaurant in Sinchon, Seoul, on the main road in front of Sinchon Station Exit 3, across from U-Plex. Because Cheonghwaweon has no break time, the writer arrived after 3pm and ordered tomato egg stir-fry (₩10,500), beef knife-cut noodles (₩10,500) and xiaolongbao (₩9,500), with zhacai mixed with cabbage cutting through the richness. All three dishes were delicious without a weak spot, and Cheonghwaweon is an affordable Chinese restaurant in Sinchon.

Written Jul 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeouido Station Italian dinner: pollock roe risotto, Cuisine R

Cuisine R is an Italian restaurant serving pasta, risotto and pizza on the 2nd floor of the Baeksang Building near Yeouido Station in Seoul. After an earlier lunch visit, the blogger booked a 7:30 pm weekday dinner through Naver and ordered vongole pasta (25,000 won) and pollock roe (myeongnan) risotto (23,000 won); the bread and the al dente pollock roe risotto were the highlights. If you order only one dish at Cuisine R, make it the pollock roe risotto for its pleasantly firm rice.

Written Jul 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae Chinese restaurant for wedding invite dinners: Panda Dim Sum

Panda Dim Sum is a dim sum and Chinese restaurant in Yeonnam-dong, Mapo, Seoul, toward Exit 3 of Hongik Univ. Station. On a Sunday evening, two people ordered half a Peking duck (39,000 won), mala bibim noodles (spicy mixed noodles, 13,000 won) and flying fish roe shumai (8,500 won), and those three dishes alone left them stuffed. With roomy seating and a wide menu, Panda Dim Sum is a Hongdae Chinese restaurant worth recommending for a wedding invitation gathering or a date.

Written Jul 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSiheung, GyeonggiRestaurants

Oido grilled clam restaurant, reserved seats by the sea: Bada Super

Bada Super Haemul Cheonha Jogaegui, Geobukseom Oido Branch is a sea-view grilled clam and steamed clam stew restaurant on the 3rd floor of the Marina Sunset building in Geobukseom, Siheung, near Oido. After a drive out from Seoul, the writer booked a seat right in front of the sea and ordered the small grilled clam set for two (54,000 won) and seafood ramyeon (7,000 won). The clams were fresh and not fishy, and the building's parking lot covered 2 hours. If you want grilled clams with a sea view away from the crowded Oido clam street, Bada Super Haemul Cheonha Jogaegui is a good fit.

Written Oct 1, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulBars

Hongdae social bar's Saturday night gender ratio and seating: Woo Woo

Woo Woo is a social bar for solo drinkers in Hongdae (Mapo, Seoul), less than a 5-minute walk from Sangsu Station. On a Saturday walk-in at 9pm with a friend, the writer ordered the Signature Iced Americano (15,000 won) and a Malibu Orange (13,000 won), while more than 10 guests already filled Woo Woo at a ratio of roughly 6 women to 4 men. Woo Woo's staff provide seats and drinks but stay out of the conversation, so it suits people happy to start chatting with their neighbors on their own.

Written Aug 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeouido Korean restaurant: braised hairtail set for two in a big pot

Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Bansang Yeouido is a newly opened Korean restaurant for grilled and braised fish on basement floor 1 of Lotte Castle Ivy in Yeouido, Seoul. On a weekday visit at 11:20am, two orders of the braised hairtail set (galchi jorim, 16,000 won each) came in a large earthenware pot filled with whole hairtail, radish and bracken in a light, brothy sauce. With scorched rice, tteokbokki and japchae at the self-bar, Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Bansang Yeouido is a solid pick for a Yeouido lunch or team dinner.

Written Aug 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Gangnam-gu Office Station hair salon bob vintage perm: Beorn Hair

Beorn Hair Cheongdam is a hair salon on Seolleung-ro near Gangnam-gu Office Station in Seoul, where one designer handles everything from consultation to the service itself. A vintage perm (tassel perm) on a bob that had been chemically straightened only a short time earlier took just over 2 hours at Beorn Hair Cheongdam, and the curl came out almost exactly like the reference photo with no damage to the hair. With valet parking at 4,000 won and 40% off the first visit through Naver booking, it is a safe choice for a bob perm in Gangnam.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulBars

Hongdae solo drinking bar dating night for 50,000 won: Yusagil

Yusagil is a solo drinking bar with branches in Euljiro, Hongdae, Yongsan and Gangnam, and the Hongdae branch sits on Wausan-ro near Sangsu Station in Mapo, Seoul. The writer paid 50,000 won to join Yusaating, Yusagil's blind-date-style mixer for about 20 guests with a roughly 1:1 gender ratio, rotating seats three times over three hours and joining the heart votes and the final pick. Going to Yusagil alone never felt awkward, and since drinks come out of the entry fee, three or four rounds were easy to enjoy.

Written Aug 17, 2026Sponsored
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