Gangseo Receipt Keeper · 4 stories

Spare Receipt, Seoul/Gyeonggi Shops and Bars

Writes about shops, bars, restaurants, and beauty spots found while running errands around Seoul and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Shopping · Bars · Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceSongpa, SeoulShopping

Munjeong Station florist: cash flower basket for Mom's 60th, Habio

Habio Flower by Su is a European-style florist in the Park Habio shopping complex in Munjeong-dong, Songpa, Seoul. For Mom's 60th birthday, the writer booked a cash flower basket in the ₩100,000 range on Naver, and Habio Flower by Su tucked twenty ₩50,000 notes, wrapped in clear paper, among pink and lavender flowers. The rattan basket was easy to carry to the trip destination, became the star of the 60th birthday party table, and Mom and the relatives all loved it.

Written Jun 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung Station eel bowl, ₩26,000 half eel, no small bones: Manmok

Manmok (만목) is a Japanese restaurant specializing in eel rice bowls on Seolleung-ro 82-gil in Gangnam, Seoul, near Seolleung Station. On a weekend lunch date with her husband, the writer had Manmok's half-eel rice bowl (26,000 won): Kanto-style grilled Gochang freshwater eel that was tender with no small bones, served with generous steamed egg, soup and side dishes. Quiet and neat, Manmok is an eel rice bowl spot near Seolleung Station that suits anything from a date to a solo meal.

Written Jul 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSongpa, SeoulThings to do

Kids' science bubble painting near Seokchon Station: Mimpi Art Studio

Mimpi Art Studio (밈피, also called Mimpi Arts) is a small-group kids' art studio on Seokchonhosu-ro in Songpa, Seoul, near Seokchon Station and Jamsil. Mimpi Art Studio's summer-term one-day project, Bubbly Fizzy Painting, is a 90-minute big painting class that uses the science of carbonation and soda to pop bubbles on canvas and create patterns and colors, and my child was as absorbed as if running an experiment. For kids who love science or experiments, Mimpi Art Studio's term-by-term classes are worth following regularly.

Written Jul 18, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Magongnaru octopus restaurant for dinner before a musical: Songjjujip

Songjjujip Magok is a Korean restaurant specializing in jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) on the 2nd floor of Central Tower 2, near Magongnaru Station in Gangseo, Seoul. Two sisters had dinner at Songjjujip Magok before a 7pm Dracula musical, eating stir-fried jjukkumi piled with cheese and finishing with fried rice made in the leftover sauce. Thanks to fast table turnover, Songjjujip Magok is an ideal pre-show dinner spot.

Written Aug 8, 2026Sponsored
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