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Writes about cafes and restaurants scattered across Gyeonggi and Incheon. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

Solo lunch ramen shop in Guwol-dong: spicy tori paitan, Menya Seoul

Menya Seoul Lotte Department Store Incheon Branch is a ramen shop on the B1 floor of Lotte Department Store Incheon in Michuhol, Incheon. On a weekday lunch, the writer went alone and ordered the jambon chashu ramen set with spicy broth, a small sweet soy chicken rice bowl and a Coke Zero. The rich, spicy tori paitan (chicken-bone) broth paired well with the sweet chicken bowl. Menya Seoul Lotte Department Store Incheon Branch is an easy, roomy spot to enjoy a bowl of ramen on your own without feeling out of place.

Written Jun 25, 2026Sponsored

PlaceMichuhol, IncheonCafés

After-lunch café in Juan, Incheon: butter salt bread & beans, Tiny Dot

Tiny Dot (타이니닷) is a large roastery café in Juan, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, that occupies an entire building. After lunch, the writer and a friend ordered two iced americanos, a millstone matcha latte, gourmet butter salt bread and a croffle, then chatted on the second floor, and both fell for Tiny Dot's butter-rich salt bread. With a choice of espresso beans and coffee beans for sale, Tiny Dot is an easy café in Juan to settle into, whether alone or with a group.

Written Jul 4, 2026Sponsored

PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Solo gukbap without sundae near Moraenae Market, Incheon: Yennal

Yennal Gyeongseong Sundaeguk Guwol Moraenae Market Station Branch is a sundaeguk (pork and blood sausage soup) restaurant on the main road across from the Moraenae Market entrance in Namdong, Incheon. The writer, who is sensitive to gamey pork smells, ate alone and ordered the spicy gukbap (soup with rice) set with pyeonyuk (pressed boiled pork) and chal-sundae (sticky rice blood sausage), minus the sundae, and found the meat chewy and clean-tasting, with so much in the bowl it seemed like the special size. Yennal Gyeongseong Sundaeguk was a satisfying bowl of gukbap ordered exactly to taste, with no worry about gamey smells.

Written Jul 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon pizza place for holiday lunch: yuzu ricotta salad at P&Chick

P&Chick is a pizza and Western restaurant on the ground floor of the We've shopping arcade near Sinjungdong Station in Bucheon. On the Constitution Day holiday, the writer and a friend shared P&Chick's Chicago pizza and pasta set with Toowoomba pasta, plus a yuzu ricotta salad, and enjoyed the long cheese pull, the thick, creamy pasta and the tangy salad. Thanks to thoughtful service down to a mini warmer for the pizza, P&Chick was a satisfying spot for a holiday lunch with friends.

Written Jul 18, 2026Sponsored

PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

After-work 10-piece special sushi takeout in Incheon: Minyeong Hwareo

Minyeong Hwareo Gongjang Moraenae Market Branch is a sushi takeout shop set in the central lane of Moraenae Market in Namdong-gu, Incheon. Stopping in after work, an hour before closing, the order was a 10-piece special sushi set and a 7-piece raw salmon sushi set, packed into an orange insulated bag with soup, soy sauce, fresh wasabi, ginger, pickled radish and onion sauce for the salmon, then plated at home. The selection was thinner that late, but one or two of each wanted piece were still there, making Minyeong Hwareo Gongjang a solid stop on the way home.

Written Aug 13, 2026Sponsored

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