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Full Basket, Seoul and Gyeonggi Shops and Cafes

Writes about cafes, shops, beauty spots and bars found on ordinary trips through Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Daejeon/Chungcheong, Sejong and Gangwon. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Bars · Shopping · Hair & beauty salons · Things to do

PlaceGeomdan, IncheonRestaurants

Geomdan gopchang hot pot for two with roe rice balls: Ilpum Gopchang

Ilpum Gopchang is a gopchang (beef small intestine) restaurant on Barimi-ro in Ara-dong, Geomdan New Town, Incheon. Two people shared a medium gopchang hot pot (35,000 won, udon noodles included) and flying fish roe rice balls (3,500 won). The portion was almost too much for two, and the broth was rich, spicy and clean with no gamey smell. Ilpum Gopchang is the first place to think of when you crave gopchang hot pot in Geomdan New Town.

Written Aug 3, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGimpo, GyeonggiRestaurants

Full-course Korean set meal in Gimpo with side-dish refills: Bomseol

Bomseol Gimpo (봄설 김포점) is a Korean set-meal (hanjeongsik) restaurant on Geomdan-ro in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, where the Bomseol Table (봄설밥상) set arrives as one spread: an appetizer, seasoned vegetable, salad and fried side dishes, braised semi-dried pollock (kodari) and jeyuk (spicy stir-fried pork) mains, cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew) and stone pot rice finished as nurungji (scorched rice). At Bomseol Gimpo, diners can refill side dishes freely at the self-serve bar, and sesame oil, perilla oil and old-fashioned snacks are sold by the register. Bomseol Gimpo serves a neat, well-presented spread that suits a family meal with parents.

Written Aug 6, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGimpo, GyeonggiCafés

Gurae Station castella shop, Gimpo: fridge-chilled mocha cream, Jinsim

Jinsim Castella Gimpo Gurae Main Branch is a giant castella takeout shop a 5-10 minute walk from Exit 4 of Gurae Station in Gimpo, Gyeonggi. The writer took a mocha cream castella and a vanilla bean latte home and chilled the castella in the fridge, which set the whipped cream firmer for a fuller bite. Verdict: Jinsim Castella makes a moist castella that works as a snack for kids and adults alike.

Written Aug 5, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYongsan, SeoulRestaurants

Yongsan tteokbokki restaurant, fry-flour thickened broth: Hyeonseonine

Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is a tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) and bunsik (Korean street food) restaurant on Hangang-daero 39-gil near Sinyongsan Station in Yongsan, Seoul. The combo set brings tteokbokki, assorted fritters, sundae (blood sausage), mini gimbap and three curly fish cake skewers, and the self-serve bar's fry flour stirs into the broth to thicken it. With last order at 10:40pm, Hyeonseonine is an easy place to try a full spread of bunsik on a late night out.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored

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