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Writes about restaurants, bars, and cafes across Gyeonggi, Incheon, Gangwon, Seoul, and Busan/Gyeongnam. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Cafés

PlaceSokcho, GangwonRestaurants

Sokcho crab restaurant: cleaner red crab gejang at Jin Seiromushi

Jin Seiromushi (진 세이로무시) is a Korean set-meal restaurant on Seonsa-ro 2-gil in Sokcho, Gangwon, serving red crab and blue crab gejang (soy-marinated raw crab) sets. For the first lunch of a Sokcho and Gangneung trip, the writer tried red crab gejang for the first time and preferred it to the blue crab gejang because it tasted cleaner and let the sweetness of the crab meat come through. With its own parking lot, partitioned seating, generous side dishes and pot rice, Jin Seiromushi is a good place to try red crab gejang for the first time in Sokcho.

Written Apr 16, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSokcho, GangwonCafés

Spring Sokcho café with cloudy Ulsanbawi view: Neorae Tea, Cafe Neorae

Cafe Neorae is a large bakery café with views of Ulsanbawi rock on the tofu village street in Sokcho, Gangwon. After a spring meal, the writer drank Neorae Tea, made from stir-fried soybean pulp (biji), and a real strawberry latte while watching cloud-wrapped Ulsanbawi through the 3rd-floor floor-to-ceiling windows. For an easy after-meal cup of tea with a view, Cafe Neorae is a great fit.

Written Apr 19, 2026Sponsored
PlacePaju, GyeonggiCafés

Paju café dinner: steak panino, seasonal fruit pastry at Mokushura

Mokushura French Café is a large bakery café near Gongneung Reservoir in Jori-eup, Paju. The writer came for dinner, sat on the 4th floor and ordered the Mokushura steak panino, a seasonal fruit pastry, a blueberry pastry, hot hallabong (Jeju citrus) tea and a matcha latte. Thanks to the generous steak panino and the wide range of pastries, the writer plans to come back to Mokushura French Café to eat again.

Written Nov 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Magok Korean BBQ: year's first naengmyeon with beef galbi, Ihwajeong

Ihwajeong Galbi Myeongga Magok-Balsan Branch is a charcoal-grilled galbi restaurant near Balsan Station in Gangseo, Seoul, known for its upscale hanok-style interior and widely spaced tables. On a day craving beef, the writer ordered marinated king beef galbi for 2 and the year's first mul naengmyeon (cold noodles in broth), and enjoyed the marinade's natural meat flavor without artificial sweetness, the side dishes including white kimchi, and the pear sherbet dessert. Ihwajeong Galbi Myeongga is a beef galbi restaurant worth choosing for company dinners or important meals near Magok and Balsan Station.

Written Apr 22, 2026Sponsored
PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju dumpling house dinner: pancake with white kimchi, Bubyeokjeong

Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu (부벽정평양만두) is a Korean restaurant specializing in Pyeongyang-style dumplings on Jimok-ro near Paju Book City, Paju. Two people ordered the Pyeongyang dumpling hot pot for 2, bibim memil (spicy buckwheat noodles) and a mung bean bindaetteok (pancake) for dinner, and with the kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) finish they were stuffed. They were also happy with the clear-broth hot pot, the clean self-serve bar and the misutgaru and old-fashioned snacks for dessert. The verdict: Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu is a Paju Korean restaurant that pleases everyone, whether you go with parents or a big group.

Written Apr 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanCafés

Songjeong tea café with parking, Busan: ginger tea at Suwolgyeonghwa

Suwolgyeonghwa (수월경화) is a traditional Korean dessert and tea café on the 4th floor of a red building facing Songjeong Beach in Haeundae, Busan. The writer drove, parked in the lot in front of the building, and had the Dalbodeure Box, Louis Velvet tea and red bellflower ginger tea at a 3rd-floor table. With ocean views, passing trains and attentive tea service, Suwolgyeonghwa is a Songjeong café worth revisiting with parents.

Written Nov 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHaeundae, BusanRestaurants

Haeundae crab restaurant with no break time, open daily: Deodo Gejang

Deodo Gejang (더도게장) is a Korean crab restaurant on the ground floor of a Marine City building in Haeundae, Busan, popular with locals from the neighborhood. On the third day of a Busan trip, the writer chose spicy marinated crab for the gejang set for 2 with grilled fish, which came with 3 grilled fish, ttukbul (bulgogi in an earthenware pot), crab soybean paste stew, pot rice and plenty of side dishes. Open 11:00-21:00 with no break time or closed days, Deodo Gejang is an easy crab restaurant stop in Haeundae for travelers on a tight schedule.

Written Nov 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGijang, BusanRestaurants

Gijang Korean restaurant after outlet shopping: hijiki salad, Kkomak

Kkomak Hansang Gijang Main Branch (꼬막한상 기장본점) is a Korean set-meal restaurant specializing in cockle bibimbap, near Lotte Outlet Dongbusan in Gijang-eup, Busan. After outlet shopping on a Busan trip, the writer ordered cockle bibimbap for 2, beef jeon (pan-fried beef) and barley-dried yellow corvina. The cockles and rice were generous, and the 12 side dishes, including pollack jeon, hijiki salad with no fishy smell and seaweed soup, were all satisfying. Kkomak Hansang Gijang Main Branch is a spacious, clean spot for a hearty meal after shopping.

Written Nov 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGimpo, GyeonggiRestaurants

Gimpo Italian spot: lamb chops & bread-wrapped ricotta salad, Polia

Restaurant Polia Gimpo Unyang Branch is a Western restaurant serving wood-fired pizza, pasta and steak on the 2nd floor of a building near the Bird Ecological Park in Unyang-dong, Gimpo. At a weekday lunch at Polia, the writer ordered cream carbonara pasta, a ricotta cheese salad and a lamb chop steak, with bread and soup to start and an iced peppermint tea to finish. The juicy lamb chops and the ricotta cheese salad wrapped in bread made Polia the writer's favorite neighborhood restaurant in Gimpo.

Written May 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeo-gu, IncheonRestaurants

Late Friday tonkatsu in Geomdan: cold soba & curry katsu, HOKATSU

HOKATSU is a Japanese tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) restaurant in Geomdan New Town, Seo-gu, Incheon. On a late Friday evening the writer walked into HOKATSU with no wait and ordered the summer cold soba (chilled buckwheat noodles), a curry tonkatsu and the Favorite Katsu (Choeae Katsu); the refreshing cold soba and the katsu, which never felt greasy, were both satisfying. If you want cold soba and tonkatsu together on a hot day, HOKATSU in Geomdan is a good choice.

Written May 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Korean BBQ in Baekseok, Goyang: rainy-day pork for two at Gongdan

Gongdan Gamjatang Samgyeopsal (공단감자탕삼겹살) is a pork BBQ and gamjatang (pork bone and potato stew) restaurant right in front of Baekseok Station in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, open since 1989. On a rainy day, two adults ordered a mixed pork half platter of pork belly, gongdan-sal and pork neck at Gongdan Gamjatang Samgyeopsal, which came with gamjatang, and added a cheese steamed egg for a hearty meal. With generous portions and easy underground parking, Gongdan Gamjatang Samgyeopsal became the writer's favorite Korean BBQ spot near Baekseok Station.

Written May 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGeomdan, IncheonRestaurants

Geomdan pork BBQ Saturday feast: naengmyeon plus jjolmyeon, Taedon

Taedon Geomdan Sageori Branch is a pork BBQ restaurant at Geomdan Sageori in Incheon. For a Saturday lunch, the writer ordered the Handon (Korean-raised pork) mixed large platter with mul-naengmyeon (cold noodles in broth) and rice. The meal also came with jjolmyeon (chewy spicy noodles) and steamed egg, served free with meat orders, plus bracken, kimchi, seasoned radish and flat dumplings on the grill, and Dubai chewy ssamjang made with kadayif. Happy with both the portions and the meat quality, the writer declared Taedon a regular spot.

Written Oct 31, 2026Sponsored