Hongik Univ. pasta restaurant: toowoomba, tomato risotto, Pasta Go

Today's pick is Pasta Go Hongdae Branch (파스타고 홍대점), a Hongdae favorite near Hongik Univ. Station in Seoul. It runs with no break time every day of the week, so you can drop in whenever you like.

Where is Pasta Go Hongdae Branch, and what are the hours?

Pasta Go Hongdae Branch is at 12 Wausan-ro 33-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, and is open daily 10:00–20:20 (last order 19:40). With no break time, you can go even in the awkward gap between lunch and dinner.

• Come out of Exit 6 or 7 of Hongik Univ. Station (Airport Railroad), head toward the Gyeongui Line Book Street Object building, and it's in the alley leading to Wonsin Café
• There's no private parking, so use a nearby paid lot

I visited Pasta Go Hongdae Branch, a great Hongdae date spot, and the value for money is just so good. Pasta Go has two branches: Hongdae and Magongnaru.

What I ordered at Pasta Go Hongdae Branch

The restaurant provided one each of shrimp toowoomba pasta, original tomato risotto, cream churros and cider.

• Shrimp toowoomba pasta x1
• Original tomato risotto x1
• Cream churros x1
• Cider x1

Shrimp toowoomba pasta: spicy but not greasy

The shrimp toowoomba pasta (a spicy cream pasta) at Pasta Go Hongdae Branch has a spicy toowoomba sauce with almost no heaviness, and it was delicious. The shrimp were bouncy and chewy, so good too. It comes with one morning bun, and dunking that chewy bun deep into the toowoomba sauce was just so tasty.

The noodles are cooked just right, so you get great texture and great flavor, a two-for-one dish. I hadn't had toowoomba pasta in ages and really enjoyed it. The noodles and sauce were perfect, and the value is great too.

Original tomato risotto: tangy, with bacon flavor soaked in

Next up, the original tomato risotto. It also comes topped with a morning bun. I loved the tangy, savory tomato flavor, and even though it's a rice dish, the risotto had a really soft texture.

The bacon is chewy, and its salty flavor soaks into the tomato sauce, making it twice as good. There are mushrooms in it too, and they're chewy as well. Come to Pasta Go Hongdae Branch, a Hongdae value spot, for a bowl of pasta. Highly recommended!

Cream churros for dessert, filled with custard cream

For dessert I ordered the cream churros. They're dusted with sugar, and there's custard cream inside the churros too. Crispy and moist, with the custard adding a soft sweetness, they were so good.

It had been a while since I'd had churros and these were the best. Churros as a finishing dessert is love! With cider alongside, I ate until I was full and happy.

Pasta Go Hongdae Branch menu and price range

Here's the menu at Pasta Go Hongdae Branch. Every item is sold at a discounted price, so the value is great. Pizza usually comes as one big pie, but Pasta Go Hongdae Branch also sells palm-sized pizzas. From pasta to risotto, pizza, sides and drinks, the value is top-notch.

How do you order at Pasta Go Hongdae Branch?

Ordering at Pasta Go Hongdae Branch is done by Naver QR code. They hand you a buzzer, and when it rings you pick up your food yourself.

If you write a Naver receipt review, they give you a cream churros. It was so good! You get the receipt at the counter.

Pickles and water are at the self-service corner, and so are the straws and small plates.

Pasta Go Hongdae Branch atmosphere: good for solo meals and dates?

The inside of Pasta Go Hongdae Branch is clean and compact. It works as a Hongdae date stop and for eating alone. Pasta Go Hongdae Branch nails both value and taste, and I had a really good meal there.