Yerin Cho · 2 stories

A Stairwell Off Hongdae

Writes about small things-to-do detours and unfussy restaurants around Seoul. · Writes about: Things to do · Restaurants

PlaceMapo, SeoulThings to do

Hongdae escape room: level 4 Towering disaster at Cube Escape

Cube Escape Hongdae Branch is an escape room café about a 6-minute walk from Exit 9 of Hongik University Station in Mapo, Seoul. After the level 3 Pyramid theme on a previous visit, this time the couple took on the level 4 Towering (disaster) theme, used all 4 hints and still failed to escape. Beginners should start with Pyramid at Cube Escape Hongdae Branch, while Towering (disaster) is the choice for anyone ready to move up a level.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Gongdeok hanwoo omakase with lobster taco bites: Usu Dinner B

Usu is a hanwoo (Korean beef) omakase and Korean fine dining restaurant with all-private-room seating on the second basement floor of the Lotte Castle President complex by Gongdeok Station in Mapo, Seoul. For a birthday, the Dinner B course (90g hanwoo, 109,000 won) brought beef-and-chicken porridge, four bite-sized dishes — scallop with clam, bulgogi sandwich, sweet shrimp with gim bugak and a lobster taco — then 1++ hanwoo sirloin with a seaweed soup rice set and a corn dessert. Corkage-free with 3 hours of free parking, Usu suits meet-the-parents meals, family gatherings and anniversaries.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
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