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I write about restaurants and bars I visit around Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Bars · Restaurants · Shopping · Hair & beauty salons · Food & snacks · Cafés

PlaceYeongjong, IncheonRestaurants

Yeongjong pet-friendly eatery: ₩49,000 couple set, 300°C Seafood Galbi

300°C Seafood Galbi Main Branch is a seafood restaurant in Eurwangni, Yeongjong, Incheon, specializing in braised seafood and seafood galbi cooked over a fierce 300-degree flame for a smoky, fire-kissed flavor. Stopping by on a drive, two diners shared the ₩49,000 couple cuttlefish stir-fry set (cuttlefish stir-fry, black pork cutlet and seafood kalguksu) and left full, and they liked the spacious parking, the pet-friendly policy and the private group rooms. 300°C Seafood Galbi Main Branch is a strong recommendation for a filling, good-value Korean meal for two in Yeongjong.

Written Nov 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeohae, IncheonRestaurants

Luone City Korean BBQ: half-dozen oysters & grilled pineapple, Euljiro

Euljiro Yeontan Gui Luone City Branch (을지로 연탄구이 루원시티점) is a Korean BBQ restaurant near Gajeong Station in Seohae, Incheon, serving coal-briquette-grilled pork alongside seasonal seafood brought in daily. On a packed Saturday evening, the writer waited for a table, then ordered the six-cut pork set and a half plate of 6 seasonal oysters, and grilled pineapple from the self-serve bar over the briquettes too. For pork and in-season oysters at one table, the six-cut pork set and half plate of oysters at Euljiro Yeontan Gui Luone City Branch are a great match.

Written Nov 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Korean BBQ in Jeongja-dong after the gym: 3-cut pork course, Eunbakjip

Eunbakjip (은박집) is a frozen pork belly Korean BBQ restaurant in the Prugio City 3 shopping arcade in Jeongja-dong, Bundang, Seongnam. After a workout, two diners ordered three servings by mixing one each of flash-frozen pork belly, flash-frozen pork neck and fresh pork belly. They paired the pork with silver-tray banchan, soy-marinated eggs, chili salted-shrimp sauce, and kimchi and bracken grilled on the griddle, then finished with snowflake cheese fried rice. Eunbakjip's three-stage course runs from nutty frozen belly to juicy fresh belly, and free building parking makes it an easy stop by car.

Written Nov 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gangnam Station fusion Korean: no-wait after-work Naver booking, Moa

Moa Gangnam is a fusion Korean restaurant on Teheran-ro 5-gil near Gangnam Station in Seoul. On a weekday after work, two diners booked through Naver, walked in with no wait and shared jambon and napa cabbage salad, flounder rolls in aged kimchi and abalone mushroom butter pot rice, and a sizeable line had formed outside Moa Gangnam by the time they left. For a weekday date or get-together at Gangnam Station, Moa Gangnam is worth booking ahead, and these three dishes make a great start.

Written Nov 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulCafés

Gangnam Station dessert café: coconut matcha cream at Upper and Under

Upper and Under is a large dessert café in Gangnam, Seoul, occupying an entire building near Sinnonhyeon Station, between Gangnam Station and Sinnonhyeon Station. After dinner, the writer stopped by Upper and Under for dessert and ordered a salty caramel drink, a coconut matcha cream, lemon cake and a crème brûlée flan. The writer's younger sibling called it the best coconut matcha cream they had ever had. With seating on every floor and high-quality desserts, Upper and Under is an easy pick for an after-dinner dessert stop in Gangnam.

Written Nov 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seongnam raw fish restaurant: makhoe and Haesin ramen at Pohang Makhoe

Pohang Makhoe is a restaurant specializing in wild-caught makhoe (roughly sliced raw fish) in Gumi-dong, near Ori Station in Bundang, Seongnam. On a Friday evening the writer and a companion ordered the medium wild makhoe of mulgajami (flounder), gurnard and jangchi (eelpout), served with housemade makjang (fermented soybean dipping sauce) and chojang (vinegar chili sauce), perilla seaweed soup, mini chive pancakes and dongjuk clams, then finished with Haesin ramen packed with seafood. Verdict: Pohang Makhoe is a neatly renovated Ori Station neighborhood raw fish restaurant where wild makhoe and Haesin ramen make one satisfying course.

Written Oct 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNamyangju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Autumn drive BBQ in Namyangju with campfire marshmallows: 2002 Witch's

2002 Witch's Arpeggio (2002 마녀의 아르페지오) is a creekside Korean BBQ restaurant in Wabu-eup, Namyangju, Gyeonggi, known for pork belly in tomato sauce. Returning after 2 years, the writer ate cheese tomato pork belly at the Shin Ramyun spice level, a 17cm potato pancake for two and pollock roe fried rice with nurungji (crispy rice crust) from a cast-iron pot on the creek-view terrace, then roasted marshmallows over a campfire. The verdict: 2002 Witch's Arpeggio tasted even better than 2 years ago and makes a great autumn drive stop.

Written Oct 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

After-work Korean BBQ in Seryu-dong, Suwon: cheese fried rice, Halmae

Halmae Sotttukkeong Samgyeopsal Seryu Branch (할매솥뚜껑삼겹살 세류점) is a newly opened pot-lid pork belly restaurant in Seryu-dong, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon. After work, two diners grilled a platter of rice husk-smoked Duroc black pork neck and belly on the cast-iron pot lid with kimchi and bean sprouts, then finished with cheese fried rice topped with snowflake cheese. Verdict: Halmae Sotttukkeong Samgyeopsal Seryu Branch is a very satisfying Korean BBQ spot where the cheese fried rice is a must, even when you're full.

Written Oct 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukCafés

Danyang market bakery, pink-box garlic bread after camping: Danppang

Danppang Bakery (단빵제빵소) is a garlic bread bakery in Gugyeong Market in Danyang, Chungbuk, known for bread that is crisp outside and soft inside, made with Danyang's local six-clove garlic. To wrap up a Danyang camping trip, the writer took home Danppang Bakery's 4-flavor assorted set as a souvenir and reheated it in an air fryer, and the cream cheese garlic bread's sweet-salty balance and the baguette garlic bread's texture stood out. For a Danyang gift or souvenir, the Danppang Bakery 4-piece assorted set is a safe choice.

Written Oct 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukRestaurants

Danyang ssambap restaurant after camping, pork and squid: Heukmaneul

Danyang Heukmaneul Ssambap (단양흑마늘쌈밥) is a Korean restaurant near Gugyeong Market in Danyang, Chungbuk, that serves ssambap (rice with leafy wraps) topped with black garlic made in-house. On the way home from a Danyang camping trip, the writer had the black garlic boiled pork ssambap with an added black garlic stir-fried squid, along with crab doenjang (soybean paste) stew and black garlic rice. Wrapping the mild boiled pork and spicy squid together at Danyang Heukmaneul Ssambap made a hearty, restoring end to the camping trip.

Written Oct 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukCafés

Danyang bakery, stove-warmed camping snack: Black Garlic Salt Bread

Black Garlic Salt Bread (흑마늘소금빵) is a salt bread bakery in an alley of Gugyeong Market in Danyang, Chungbuk. On a Danyang camping trip, the writer took away Set 1 (4 original salt breads, 11,000 won) and warmed the original salt bread on top of a camping stove, then tried the garlic and black garlic salt bread at home. The writer's final top pick at Black Garlic Salt Bread was the sweet, nutty black garlic salt bread.

Written Oct 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukRestaurants

Danyang camping revisit: market fried chicken, ginseng-note makgeolli

Danyang Heukmaneul Nurungji Dakgangjeong is a takeout-only dakgangjeong (sweet-glazed Korean fried chicken) shop in Gugyeong Market, Danyang, Chungbuk, topped with nurungji (scorched rice crisps) baked in-store from 100% brown rice black garlic rice. Back for a second year while camping in Danyang, the writer ordered and paid first, browsed Gugyeong Market, then took the double black garlic chicken and Danyang black garlic makgeolli back to the tent. Verdict: the double black garlic dakgangjeong and the gently ginseng-scented makgeolli paired so well as a camping snack that the bottle was gone in no time.

Written Oct 12, 2026Sponsored