Round Tray Trip · 10 stories

Round Tray, Gyeonggi-Seoul-Incheon-Jeju Meals

Writes about cafes and restaurants visited across Gyeonggi, Seoul, Incheon, and Jeju. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants

PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

Ara-dong, Jeju pizza restaurant for spinach cream risotto: Cultured

Cultured is a pasta and pizza family restaurant on Seungcheon-ro in Ara-dong, Jeju City. On a Jeju trip, the writer had dinner at Cultured and ordered spinach cream risotto, the Cultured fresh-dough original combination pizza and aglio e olio, and noted that each guest gets 1 free drink and wine corkage is allowed. Cultured is a Jeju City restaurant for a hearty meal when you want familiar Western food instead of black pork or seafood.

Written Oct 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

300-hour aged Hamdeok black pork BBQ, hangover ramyeon: Jeju Samchun

Jeju Samchun (제주삼춘) is a black pork BBQ restaurant near Hamdeok Beach in Jocheon-eup, Jeju-si, and a certified seller of Jeju pork. Before heading back to Jeju Airport, the writer had the Jocha Set and hangover ramyeon at a seat beside the yard, while staff grilled black pork that Jeju Samchun says is aged 300 hours at low temperature and smoked over grapevine chips; it came out tender with no porky smell. Jeju Samchun is a filling, satisfying Hamdeok spot for the last meal of a Jeju trip.

Written Oct 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceAnyang, GyeonggiCafés

Anyang café: wild greens French toast and cherry plum latte, Notten

Notten (노튼) is a brunch and specialty coffee café on the Dongpyeon-maeul café street in Anyang, Gyeonggi, where most of the bread, bacon, syrups and seasonal fruit preserves are made in-house. On this visit the writer had the cherry plum latte (7,000 won), vanilla latte (6,500 won), seasonal campagne French toast (10,000 won) and tomato Greek yogurt bowl (11,000 won), and the French toast made with chamnamul (Korean wild greens) Korean-wheat campagne was the best French toast of the writer's life. With its green floor-to-ceiling window view and unusual table colors, Notten is a Dongpyeon-maeul brunch café worth returning to regularly.

Written Jul 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuCafés

Gunam-ro café near Jeju Airport: window seat and big canelé, Gluttony

Gluttony Coffee is a coffee and dessert café on Gunam-ro 2-gil in Jeju City, near Jeju Airport. On a second visit to Gluttony Coffee, the writer had an iced americano, a latte, a con panna, a macadamia matcha cookie, fig cake and a canelé at a sunny window seat. Gluttony Coffee was just as satisfying the second time and is a café worth returning to on the next Jeju trip.

Written Oct 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeocho, SeoulRestaurants

Yangjae buckwheat restaurant for a seafood jjimdak dinner: Seonbawi

Seonbawi Memil Jangteo Yangjae Branch is a buckwheat restaurant at Yangjae Citizens' Forest in Seocho, Seoul, opened by the makguksu (buckwheat noodle) shop near Seonbawi Station in Gwacheon that is known for its waiting lines. On a weekday visit around 5 p.m., the writer ordered dongchimi makguksu (11,000 won) and seafood jjimdak (braised chicken) for two (42,000 won). Staff cut up the abalone and crab right away, and the sauce-soaked glass noodles, potatoes and rice cakes were delicious. Seonbawi Memil Jangteo makes a satisfying dinner of cold noodles paired with a hearty braised dish.

Written Aug 1, 2026Sponsored
PlaceUiwang, GyeonggiCafés

Uiwang outlet café, mango sando & coconut coffee: Jeong Jiyoung

Jeong Jiyoung Coffee Roasters Lotte Premium Outlet Uiwang Branch is a newly opened café on the 3rd floor of the Outback building at Tasty Ground, Lotte Premium Outlet in Uiwang, Gyeonggi. The writer visited around lunchtime and tried a mango sando (fruit cream sandwich) from the showcase along with the signature coconut coffee; the mango sando holds half a mango, isn't too sweet and pairs well with an americano. Jeong Jiyoung Coffee Roasters is a good Uiwang café for coffee and dessert during a shopping trip.

Written Jul 30, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

Aewol pork noodle shop, No. 1 after hundreds of Jeju trips: Handam

Handam Guksu Gwakji Aewol Branch (한담국수 곽지애월점) is a pork noodle (gogi-guksu) restaurant on Aewol-ro in Aewol, Jeju. It sits near the Handam Beach walking trail, next to Randy's Donuts. Two diners shared bone broth pork noodles, dongchimi (radish water kimchi) bibim noodles, handmade pork tteokgalbi (grilled patties) and rice at an ocean-view window seat for a Jeju trip lunch, and the writer, who has visited Jeju hundreds of times hunting for pork noodle shops, ranks Handam Guksu number one. Verdict: alternating the rich pork noodles with the tangy dongchimi bibim noodles is the combination to order.

Written Oct 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

Hanwoo BBQ near Jeju Airport at opening time: Dolgyeok Hanwoo

Dolgyeok Hanwoo (돌격한우) is a charcoal-grill hanwoo (Korean beef) restaurant in Yeondong, Jeju City, not far from Jeju Airport. After an afternoon flight and a rental car pickup, the writer walked in right at opening time and ordered 1 serving of Dolgyeok brisket, 2 servings of manong (garlic) galbisal and Dolgyeok Sichuan Jjajang Jjapaghetti with Jeju makgeolli, and Dolgyeok Hanwoo was full within 20 minutes. For a first-night dinner of Korean beef near Jeju Airport, Dolgyeok Hanwoo is a satisfying choice.

Written Oct 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceAnseong, GyeonggiCafés

Anseong drive café: Oatly almond latte & chestnut loaf, Chat Baker

Chat Baker Brunch & Bakery Café is a 500-pyeong (about 1,650 m²) handmade bakery and brunch café near Anseong Farmland in Gongdo-eup, Anseong. On a drive, the writer tried Chat Baker's 10,000-layer croissant, chocolate bread, Gongju chestnut bread (a milk loaf packed with chestnuts), a vanilla bean latte and an Oatly almond latte across the 1st and 2nd floors. Thanks to the Oatly almond latte and the chestnut-packed Gongju chestnut bread, Chat Baker is a large Anseong café worth a return trip.

Written Oct 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheonan, ChungnamCafés

Cheonan drive café near Seoul with matcha latte to go: Pino Cafe

Pino Cafe Cheonan is a large brunch café with a garden of about 3,000 pyeong (roughly 10,000 m²) at the foot of Taehaksan Recreation Forest in Pungse-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan. The writer drove down from Seoul for aglio olio (₩15,000) and a half-and-half shrimp & potato pizza (₩19,900), walked the Pino Cafe garden as the cosmos were fading, then took a matcha latte to go for the drive back to Seoul. Pino Cafe Cheonan is worth recommending as a day-trip date from Seoul that pairs a spicier-than-expected aglio olio with a walk through a huge garden.

Written Oct 3, 2026Sponsored
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