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Writes about small restaurant meals found around Gyeonggi towns. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

Pyeongtaek Korean restaurant lunch on the way to Dangjin: Suksudaega

Suksudaega is a hanok Korean set-meal (hanjeongsik) restaurant on Gangbyeon-ro in Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi. On the way to a one-night trip to Dangjin, the writer stopped at Suksudaega for lunch before check-in and ate a low-temperature braised king rib set and a Beopseongpo dried croaker (borigulbi) set in a private room. With the garden, private rooms, cauldron rice with nurungji (scorched rice) and dessert coffee, Suksudaega made a pleasant start to the trip.

Written Aug 10, 2026Sponsored

PlaceDo, IncheonCafés

Yeongjongdo bakery café at 7am: hazelnut latte, ice cream salt bread

5PM sunset hour is a neighborhood bakery café on the ground floor of an apartment complex in Yeongjong Haneul City, Incheon. At 5PM sunset hour a café latte and a hazelnut latte paired well with salt bread stuffed full of Sanghamokjang ice cream, and the warm bread with cold ice cream was the best part. 5PM sunset hour opens at 7am, so it also works for a takeout coffee on the way to work or at the start of a Yeongjongdo trip.

Written Aug 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSiheung, GyeonggiRestaurants

Siheung Korean BBQ restaurant with leftover meat to go: Gyesu Garden

Gyesu Garden is a charcoal-grilled galbi (marinated short rib) restaurant in the Eungye district of Siheung, Gyeonggi. Past the lettuce-and-herb garden behind the parking lot, the 65,000 won signature set brings two servings of pork galbi, one serving of LA galbi, a whole-tomato ricotta cheese salad and café drinks, and the portions were big enough that the leftover meat went home in a takeout box. With Starfield City Bucheon a short drive away, Gyesu Garden works as a family meal you can turn into a full day out.

Written Sep 24, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiCafés

Goyang bakery café terrace with country bread and coffee: Pine Terrace

Pine Terrace is a large bakery café in Wondang, Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi. On a weekend afternoon, the signature coffee, country bread and a melon slice cake were eaten at a second-floor terrace table — the country bread arrived pre-sliced with nuts and dried fruit, and the signature coffee was lightly sweet, so it went well with dessert. With a wide parking lot and even a small animal farm, Pine Terrace is an easy place to slow down for an afternoon.

Written Sep 23, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ilsan seaweed soup restaurant that packs leftovers: Haenon Miyeok

Haenon Miyeok Ilsan Direct Branch is a seaweed soup set meal restaurant on Anigol-gil in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi. The boneless flounder seaweed soup set and the scallop seaweed soup set are 19,000 won each, and because the pots are 1.5 times the size of a standard earthenware bowl, the half-finished soup went home in a takeout container for an extra 1,000 won. With a parking lot and a self-serve side dish bar, Haenon Miyeok is a place to come back to when a hot bowl of soup is what you need.

Written Sep 22, 2026Sponsored

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