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A Second Mirror Through Seoul and Gyeonggi

Writes about restaurants and beauty spots visited around Seoul and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju dumpling house weekend lunch: mandu with makgeolli, Bubyeokjeong

Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu (부벽정평양만두) is a North Korean-style Pyeongyang dumpling restaurant on Jimok-ro in Paju, Gyeonggi. Over a weekend lunch of mandu hot pot, bibim memil (spicy mixed buckwheat noodles) and a plate of Pyeongyang mandu with makgeolli, the tofu-and-bean-sprout filling tasted mild and fresh, and the bibim memil left the palate clean. For a light, easy-on-the-stomach meal in Paju, Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu is a good fit.

Written Apr 22, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Graduation photo makeup studio in Hongdae, 8am start: Today Makeup

Today Makeup is a photoshoot makeup studio on the second floor of a building on Wolgyeokbuk-ro 1-gil, near Hongik University Station in Mapo, Seoul. On the morning of a graduate school degree ceremony, the writer took an 8am early-start slot at Today Makeup for graduation photo makeup and wave hair, finished with bobby pins so the style would hold under a mortarboard cap. Even after sweating through a summer afternoon, the look lasted 6 to 7 hours into the evening, and the graduation snaps came out well.

Written Aug 20, 2026Sponsored
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