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Back Mirror, Daegu and Seoul Rounds

Writes about restaurants, bars, and beauty spots found while moving between Daegu, Gyeongbuk, and Seoul. · Writes about: Hair & beauty salons · Restaurants · Bars

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung eel restaurant: date-night eel nabe with yuzu ponzu, Manmok

Manmok is a Japanese eel restaurant near Exit 2 of Seolleung Station in Gangnam, Seoul, serving eel rice bowls at lunch and grilled eel and eel nabe (Japanese eel hot pot) at dinner. On a dinner date with her boyfriend, the writer ordered the grilled eel + eel nabe set with extra Koshihikari rice, and both the crisp, caramelized grilled eel and the light eel nabe made with a whole eel were satisfying. Manmok is a Seolleung Station eel restaurant that suits dates, team dinners and meals with parents alike.

Written Apr 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Gongdeok salad split over two meals: chipotle chicken, Why Starve

Why Starve Diet Gongdeok Main Branch is a protein box shop with 30g+ of protein per box, located on basement level 1 of Lotte Castle President near Gongdeok Station in Mapo, Seoul. After overeating on a weekend date, the blogger took away chipotle chicken tofu noodles and a teriyaki smoked duck Light box on a weekday evening and ate half of each box per meal over two meals; the chicken stayed moist into the next day and the thin tofu noodles soaked up the sauce. Verdict: Why Starve is a salad shop worth recommending to Gongdeok office workers who want a tasty, filling meal while dieting.

Written Jul 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Gongdeok lash salon: bold tint lift for a soaking concert, Iyo Shop

Iyo Shop is a one-on-one, appointment-only lash lift and extension salon on the 2nd floor of the Park Palace building near Gongdeok Station in Mapo, Seoul. Before the Heumppeok Show (흠뻑쇼), a concert that drenches the crowd in water, the writer, whose downward-lying lashes poked into her eyes, got a nourishing + black tint lash lift with a bold curl at Iyo Shop. She slept soundly through the roughly 1-hour treatment, woke to sharply lifted lashes, and the curl held firm through the sweat and water at the concert. Verdict: Iyo Shop near Gongdeok Station is worth recommending to anyone who wants droopy lashes lifted and defined without mascara.

Written Jul 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulBars

Seolleung Peking duck bar for a summer date: Mirim Yangjang

Mirim Yangjang Seolleung Branch is a Peking duck bar on the basement floor of a restaurant street near Seolleung Station in Gangnam, Seoul. On a hot summer day, the writer and her boyfriend ordered the Peking duck set, with bean sprout pickles and salted peanuts as sides, a wood ear mushroom and cucumber salad, fish-fragrant eggplant, and half a duck wrapped in wheat pancakes. With refillable pancakes and vegetables, air conditioning and private rooms, Mirim Yangjang Seolleung Branch works well for both a summer date and a group gathering.

Written Aug 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongsan, SeoulRestaurants

Tteokbokki near Yongsan CGV, sweet potato fritter combo: Hyeonseonine

Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch (현선이네 용산본점) is a tteokbokki snack bar near Yongridan-gil and Sinyongsan Station in Yongsan, Seoul, and a neighborhood favorite the Yongsan-born blogger has eaten at since high school. After a movie, she and her boyfriend joined the tablet waitlist and ordered the Hyeonseonine combo of tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), sundae (Korean blood sausage), fritters, fish cake and gimbap (seaweed rice roll) at medium spice, dipping it all in the self-serve tempura crumbs. The sweet potato fritters, squid fritters and mul-tteok (soft rice cake) in the fish cake were the highlights, and anyone sensitive to heat should choose their spice level carefully.

Written Aug 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, SeoulRestaurants

Seoul Station gyukatsu, not greasy this time: mom's lunch at Ichigyu

Ichigyu Seoul Station Branch is a brazier gyukatsu (breaded beef cutlet) Japanese restaurant on the basement level of the LG Seoul Station Building, by exit 10 of Seoul Station in Jung-gu, Seoul. The writer and her mother ordered the gyukatsu and the steki (steak) set, coated their personal mini braziers with butter and grilled each piece to their own preferred doneness, clearing every last bite despite a past memory of leaving gyukatsu unfinished for being too rich. Salt and wasabi on the gyukatsu was the most satisfying bite of the meal at Ichigyu Seoul Station Branch.

Written Aug 19, 2026Sponsored
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