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A Second Cup, Gyeonggi Roads

Writes about cafes and small restaurants found while getting around Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants · Bars · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceMapo, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Matte brown tone-down full color at a Hongdae hair salon: Jeongje

Jeongje Hongdae (정제 홍대점) is a hair salon on Wausan-ro 33-gil near Hongik Univ. Station in Mapo, Seoul. A office worker in her 20s who had kept light brown hair for a year with repeated root touch-ups got a matte brown tone-down full color (80,000 won) at Jeongje Hongdae after a 1:1 color consultation, and says the tone came out even with no visible line and her hair felt smoother and calmer. For anyone who wants to stop root touch-ups and settle on a matte brown with no red tint, the full color at Jeongje Hongdae is a good fit.

Written Nov 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Hongdae makeup salon for Ilsan Lake Park wedding snaps: Today Makeup

Today Makeup is a makeup salon near Exit 1 of Hongik Univ. Station on Woldeukeopbuk-ro 1-gil in Mapo, Seoul. Before an outdoor wedding snap shoot at Ilsan Lake Park, the writer got a bridal half-up hairstyle and makeup tailored to dry skin with visible pores at Today Makeup, and the staff also packed touch-up lip color for the bride and groom plus oil-blotting paper for the post-lunch shoot. The half-up and the skin finish held through a windy outdoor shoot, so the writer is keen to go back to Today Makeup.

Written Nov 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulBars

Dangsan Station izakaya with a non-alcoholic yuzu highball: Atashi

Snack Bar Atashi Dangsan Station Main Branch is a Japanese late-night-diner-style izakaya built around counter seating, on Yangpyeong-ro between Dangsan Station and Seonyudo Station in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. At Snack Bar Atashi the writer had the Atashi Curry Nabe made with 72-hour aged brown curry (₩25,000) and the crab miso shell gratin (₩8,000), with Kirin draft beer and a non-alcoholic yuzu highball. Snack Bar Atashi is a Dangsan Station bar where you can still enjoy the izakaya mood on nights you don't drink or have come by car.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Gukbap lunch near Dangsan Station: couple's tteokgalbi set, Deundeun

Deundeun Haejanggukbap Seonyudo Station Branch is a 24-hour gukbap (Korean rice soup) restaurant on Yangpyeong-ro in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, between Seonyudo Station (Line 9) and Dangsan Station (Lines 2 and 9). The writer and her boyfriend ordered the tteokgalbi gukbap set with suyuk gukbap (sliced boiled pork soup) for 14,800 won and the Deundeun sundae gukbap (Korean blood sausage soup) for 11,900 won, and got free Excellent ice cream for dessert through a Naver photo review event. Thanks to the rich blended bone broth and unlimited cypress-steamed sundae, Deundeun Haejanggukbap gets a 200% return-visit rating as a lunch spot for office workers near Dangsan Station.

Written Oct 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Post-gym burger by Seonyudo Station: wasabi mayo shrimp, BAS Burger

BAS Burger Seonyudo is a handmade burger restaurant right outside Exit 4 of Seonyudo Station (Line 9) in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. After a gym workout, a writer who usually avoids meat patties ordered the wasabi mayo shrimp burger set (14,800 won) with extra tomato, while a companion had the Double BAS Burger combo (15,500 won) topped with a fried egg. Verdict: even for people put off by meat patties, the wasabi mayo shrimp burger at BAS Burger Seonyudo is worth coming back for.

Written Oct 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceEunpyeong, SeoulRestaurants

Eunpyeong tonkatsu after NC Bulgwang shopping: Insaeng Donkatsu

Insaeng Donkatsu Bulgwang branch is a handmade tonkatsu restaurant in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, 150m from Bulgwang Station Exit 6 and right beside NC Department Store Bulgwang branch. After weekend shopping, two of us ordered the sweet potato cheese lunchbox (switched to cold udon), the ttangcho hambak lunchbox (spicy hamburg steak with spicy sauce) and a single order of scored pork loin for 4,500 won. With about 52 seats over the 2nd and 3rd floors, plus bar and single seats, Insaeng Donkatsu suits solo diners and post-shopping meals alike.

Written Sep 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seooreung Chinese restaurant holiday date: sticky rice tangsuyuk

Jjamppong Jijeon Seooreung Branch is a dine-in-only Chinese restaurant on Seooreung-ro in Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, with no delivery. On a holiday drive date for two, the meal was Jijon Jjamppong at 13,000 won, crab fried rice at 11,000 won and sticky rice tangsuyuk at 19,000 won, plus a free plate of jjamppong mandu (dumplings). With a private lot for more than 30 cars and a self-bar of black rice and free drinks, Jjamppong Jijeon Seooreung Branch works well as a drive-and-dine stop.

Written Aug 20, 2026Sponsored
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