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Low Glass, Gyeonggi and Incheon

Writes about restaurants, cafes and bars across Gyeonggi, Seoul, Daejeon/Chungcheong and Incheon. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Bars · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon City Hall pizza: cheese oven spaghetti set to go, Choegang

Choegang Pizza Main Branch (최강피자 본점) is a takeout-and-delivery pizza shop in the Hallamaeul Complex 3 shopping arcade in Jungdong, Bucheon. On a weekend walk, the writer picked up the Spaghetti Set M (25,900 won) with a Combination pizza (+1,000 won) and enjoyed it at home: toppings right to the edge of the crust, plus cheese oven spaghetti loaded with tomato sauce and cheese. Choegang Pizza Main Branch is a good-value pick when you want pizza and spaghetti in one order.

Written Apr 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangmun Beach restaurant: daytime beer & spicy tofu kalguksu, Gossi's

Gossi's Donghae Makguksu & Sundubu Kalguksu Main Branch is a second-generation buckwheat restaurant right in front of Gangmun Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon. A couple travelling without a car spent a weekday lunch at a 2nd-floor window seat overlooking the sea, ordering spicy soft tofu kalguksu (12,000 won), perilla sundubu (11,000 won) and salmon buckwheat gimbap (14,000 won) with Gangneung Beer and Gangmun Beer. For the writer, Gossi's was the most satisfying meal of the whole Gangneung trip.

Written Nov 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangneung beach burger spot by bus: Jumunjin squid burger, Burger Bar

Burger Bar is a sea-view handmade burger restaurant on the ground floor of the Ara Pension building, right in front of Sageunjin Beach in Gangneung. Arriving at Gangneung Station on a car-free trip, the writer took a bus straight to Burger Bar and, around 4 PM on a rainy afternoon, ate the Jumunjin squid burger (₩15,500), the Daegwallyeong songgo mushroom burger (₩17,500) and thick-cut fries (₩5,000). Burger Bar suits anyone who wants specialty burgers they won't find elsewhere, eaten with a view of the sea.

Written Nov 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu gyukatsu restaurant, a protein stop on a walk: Gyuen Dang

Gyuen Dang Seongsu Main Branch is a Japanese restaurant specializing in gyukatsu (breaded beef cutlet) and omurice, on the 2nd floor of the Godeat building near Seongsu Station Exit 3 in Seongdong, Seoul. Hungry while exploring Seongsu, the writer arrived a little after lunchtime, walked in with no wait, grilled the 19,000 won striploin gyukatsu with Isigny butter on a mini grill and also tried the 17,000 won hamburg steak omurice. The writer came for the gyukatsu, but Gyuen Dang Seongsu Main Branch turned out to be worth it for the omurice too.

Written Nov 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Bucheon hair salon: thick-rod layered perm for faded curls, Kkomblli

Kkomblli Salon Bucheon Sinjungdong is a hair salon on the 3rd floor of the Mugwang Office building, near Exit 3 of Sinjungdong Station in Bucheon. The writer's old perm had grown out, leaving curls only at the uneven ends, so she always wore her hair tied up; after a custom consultation, Kkomblli Salon trimmed the damaged ends and gave her a thick-rod layered perm. The thick, bouncy curls turned out so well that she now wears her hair down every day.

Written Nov 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiCafés

Bucheon café for ice scones and butterscotch cream coffee: Cafe Pips

Cafe Pips (PYPS) is a newly opened, wood-toned café in the Daiso alley by Exit 2 of City Hall Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, that bakes five kinds of scones by hand every morning. At lunch on the first day of a holiday weekend, the writer tried the Pips latte (₩5,500), butterscotch cream coffee (₩5,800), a warmed plain scone (₩3,800) and a chilled blueberry cream cheese scone (₩4,500). The must-order at Cafe Pips is the ice scone, which eats like ice cream.

Written May 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae chicken after a live broadcast: Gochu Basasak & Coke, Goobne

Goobne Chicken Hongdae Red Road is an oven-roasted chicken restaurant in Hongdae, Mapo, Seoul, a 10-minute walk from Exit 9 of Hongik Univ. Station. After a live public broadcast in Hongdae ended past 9pm, the writer had a late dinner of Gochu Basasak (crispy chili-crusted oven chicken, ₩22,900) at Goobne Chicken Hongdae Red Road; the writer's partner drank Cass draft beer, and the writer, who doesn't drink, had Coke Zero served with a cup of ice. The verdict: Goobne's Gochu Basasak is crispy outside, moist inside and light enough that even late at night it's easy to eat well past 3–4 pieces.

Written Nov 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu Western lunch: half-yolk spicy crab risotto at Seongsu Darak

Seongsu Darak (성수다락) is a Western restaurant on the 2nd floor at 20 Ttukseom-ro 9-gil, near Seongsu Station Exit 3 in Seoul, and part of the same chain as Eulji Darak. Arriving just before lunch, the writer ordered the spicy crab risotto (18,000 won), chopped pork neck steak (22,000 won) and Darak Ade (5,900 won); Seongsu Darak was full right after ordering, and the line reached the 1st-floor stairs by the time they left. Mixing only half the egg yolk into the spicy crab risotto gave two flavors in one dish, and the verdict is that Seongsu Darak is a Seongsu Western restaurant where any menu item is a good pick.

Written May 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon pizzeria for a terrace revisit with two nieces: Cheesewave

Cheesewave Bucheon City Hall is a pizzeria near Exit 2 of Bucheon City Hall Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, and the 8th branch of a pizza brand that started at UPP in Itaewon. The writer returned with two nieces, aged 6 and 2, and shared a combination pizza (23,900 won), a bacon potato pizza, fries and Red Rock draft beer on the terrace, and the owner's thoughtful service for the children stood out. For pizza and beer with kids near Bucheon City Hall Station, Cheesewave Bucheon City Hall is a safe, easy choice.

Written May 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu burger joint: wasabi shrimp that won a beef fan, bd Burger

bd Burger Seongsu is a handmade burger restaurant on the 2nd floor of an alley off Yeonmujang-gil, near Exit 3 of Seongsu Station in Seoul. After a noon wait, a burger lover who usually orders beef patties tried the bd Wasabi Shrimp Burger set (₩14,900), the bd Grilled Shrimp Avocado Burger (₩12,900), fried eggplant & mushrooms and a corn salad (₩2,900) ordered to ease the conscience. Verdict: the bd Wasabi Shrimp Burger is the best shrimp burger the writer has ever eaten.

Written Nov 3, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulCafés

Yeongdeungpo brunch café after Zara: Hokkaido royal milk tea at Mela

Mela Times Square is a European home-style brunch café on the 1st floor of Times Square in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, across from H&M. After shopping at Zara, the writer and a friend had a smoky capocollo pastry pizza (24,000 won), a grilled napa cabbage salad (19,000 won) and an iced Hokkaido royal milk tea (7,800 won), and Mela's royal milk tea stayed so memorable that the writer compared another café's milk tea to it the next day. Mela Times Square suits Times Square shoppers who want lunch and a drink in one stop.

Written Nov 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulBars

Mullae teppanyaki bar date: whole mentaiko yakisoba at Akai Teppan

Akai Teppan is a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki and teppanyaki bar in Mullae Arts Village, Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. On a long-overdue return to Mullae, the writer and their partner shared the pork-packed Akai okonomiyaki (18,000 won) and a spicy mentaiko yakisoba with a whole pollock roe sac (17,000 won), washed down with cola. Akai Teppan is a Mullae bar that doesn't skimp on ingredients, and its teppanyaki is made for chatting over a beer.

Written May 25, 2026Sponsored