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I write about restaurants I visit around Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Cafés · Home & living · Food & snacks · Things to do · Shopping · Kids & baby

PlaceMapo, SeoulBars

Hongdae date bar with a kimchi nurungji cocktail garnish: Rosetta

Rosetta is a 19th-century European-style cocktail bar and dining pub in Mapo, Seoul, about 400m from Hapjeong Station Exit 3. The writer and a friend ordered the Magpie and Tiger art cocktail (22,000 won), Inedit Damm draft beer (12,000 won), cuttlefish ragu linguine (24,000 won) and sweet pumpkin chorizo gnocchi (22,000 won), and the kimchi nurungji (scorched rice) garnish and chewy gnocchi stood out most. With its red antique interior and dim lighting, Rosetta is a date spot worth recommending in Hongdae and Hapjeong.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGyeongju, GyeongbukRestaurants

Heat-wave beef rib hot pot near Gyeongju Luge World: Hyoeunok

Hyoeunok Gyeongju Branch (효은옥 경주분점) is a hanok-style beef rib hot pot restaurant in the Bomun tourist complex, Gyeongju, known for its signature Ppyeoberest, a 'bone Everest' of beef ribs and bones piled high like a mountain. After a day at Luge World in a heat wave, the writer and her son and daughter arrived just before break time, walked straight in and finished the Ppyeoberest Original Beef Rib Hot Pot 5-Course Set (65,900 won) right down to the kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and gondre (Korean thistle) porridge. Hyoeunok Gyeongju Branch is a hearty, restorative meal with kids after sightseeing in Bomun.

Written Jul 25, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongnae-dong tonkatsu where a salt purist refilled truffle oil: Riae

Riae Premium Olympic Park Branch is a tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet) restaurant in Seongnae-dong, Gangdong, Seoul, near Olympic Park. On a weekday visit at 2 p.m., the writer ordered the Premium Special Loin with 2 black tiger ebi fry (fried shrimp) for ₩23,000 and the Special Loin and fillet katsu half-and-half for ₩22,000, and was impressed by the generous portions, the range of sauces including truffle oil, and a miso soup packed with ingredients. Riae Premium is the tonkatsu place that got even a salt-only eater refilling the truffle oil.

Written Jul 26, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGyeongju, GyeongbukCafés

Gyeongju tart shop: mango egg tart worth two visits, Tareudang

Tareudang is a takeout-only tart and fruit mochi dessert shop on Sajeong-ro in Hwangnidang-gil, Gyeongju. On the first day of a 2-night, 3-day family trip, the writer bought mango mochi, gold kiwi mochi, egg tarts and mango egg tarts at Tareudang, then returned on the day of the trip back to Seoul to take away mango and Shine Muscat mochi to eat on the train. Tareudang won back even a writer who never liked fruit mochi, and the top pick is the crisp mango egg tart.

Written Jul 27, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Rainy-night giant clam hot pot over seafood boil, Yeouido: Gaetbeol-ui

Gaetbeol-ui Jogae Yeouido Main Branch (갯벌의조개 여의도본점) is a seafood restaurant in Yeouido, Seoul, specializing in clam hot pot and seafood boil, about 400 meters from Exit 1 of National Assembly Station. On a chilly weekend evening of on-and-off rain, two women came for the seafood boil but ordered the giant clam hot pot instead, and left full on clams, scallops, shrimp, squid and plenty of cheese. Thanks to a refreshing, not-salty broth, the giant clam hot pot at Gaetbeol-ui Jogae stayed satisfying to the last spoonful.

Written Jul 24, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gangnam pasta restaurant, 5 pm first table and jambon risotto: Brivit

Brivit Gangnam Station is a pink-fronted pasta and risotto restaurant on Gangnam-daero 102-gil in Gangnam, Seoul, near Exit 6 of Sinnonhyeon Station. The writer and a friend arrived at 5 pm as the first table and ordered a butter highball, spicy fried eggplant (10,900 won), salmon steak pasta and spicy jambon risotto (18,900 won each); by around 6 pm most two-person tables were on blind dates. With a pretty space and pastas and risottos under 20,000 won, Brivit Gangnam Station is a Gangnam Station pasta spot worth recommending for a blind date or a catch-up with friends.

Written Jul 30, 2026Sponsored

PlaceMapo, SeoulCafés

Gongdeok dessert café for kids & less-sweet tastes: Fluffy Bake Shop

Fluffy Bake Shop is a madeleine, financier and canelé dessert café in the SK Leaders View Complex 2 shopping arcade near Gongdeok Station Exit 2 in Mapo, Seoul. On a weekend afternoon with the kids, the writer took home what was left at Fluffy Bake Shop: a berry berry financier, blue cheese, chestnut, black sesame and lemon madeleines, a vanilla canelé and a salt bread, at ₩3,000–3,600 each. For desserts that aren't too sweet or have unusual flavors, the black sesame madeleine comes first, then the blue cheese madeleine and the salt bread.

Written Aug 2, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seoul Forest cake café for potluck dessert: 3 slices to go, Notldun

Notldun is a dessert café focused on cake slices, located on Seoul Forest 2-gil in Seongdong, Seoul. Put in charge of dessert for a potluck party with friends, the writer took three slices from Notldun (blueberry, chocolate and salted caramel) packed in an insulated bag, and everyone praised the thoughtful pick when they came out after the meal. Notldun's packaging boxes are pretty enough that the cakes work well as a gift too.

Written Aug 7, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulBars

Yeouido izakaya with partition booths and mentaiko yaki: Nani

Nani Yeouido Branch is an izakaya on the 3rd floor of the S-TRENUE building in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, where partitions screen each table from the rest of the room. The order was a lamb shoulder rack that arrives fully grilled, perilla oil octopus pasta, and mentaiko yaki (grilled pollock roe) served with gim and cucumber, all paired with highballs. With that many dishes on the menu, Nani Yeouido Branch is an easy place to stay for a second round instead of moving on.

Written Jun 26, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Kid-friendly duck restaurant in Ilsan: spice split at Seokgi Sidae

Seokgi Sidae is a duck restaurant on Songsan-ro in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi. A family of three ordered the half portion of duck jumulleok (spicy stir-fried duck, 45,000 won) and shared it with vegetable-packed stir-fry, duck soup and more than six side dishes: the fourth-grader ate two bowls of rice with the jumulleok, while the first-grader finished over a bowl with duck soup made without chili peppers. With a large parking lot and baby chairs, Seokgi Sidae works easily as a family dinner out with children.

Written Sep 5, 2026Sponsored

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