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PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Steakhouse near Bucheon City Hall Station for a birthday: Macho Steak

Macho Steak Bucheon is a Western-style steakhouse near Bucheon City Hall Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, known as a favorite of fighter and TV personality Choo Sung-hoon. For a friend's birthday, the signature Macho Double Beef Set (ribeye steak with beef bibimbap) delivered a juicy ribeye cooked medium, and the beef bibimbap cut through the richness, while soft lighting and well-spaced tables set a pleasant mood. For an anniversary or date steak dinner in Bucheon, the Macho Double Beef Set at Macho Steak Bucheon is worth trying.

Written May 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Korean BBQ tent seats at Banghwa Station: grilled minari, Hwapyeongjip

Hwapyeongjip (화평집) is a minari pork belly Korean BBQ restaurant in Gangseo, Seoul, about 2 minutes' walk from Exits 1 and 2 of Banghwa Station, with an outdoor-style tent zone. The writer ordered the Hwapyeong set for two (49,500 won) plus an extra 200g of pork belly, grilled the minari (Korean water parsley) on the same pan, and finished with doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) and mul-naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles). For minari pork belly in a camping mood, Hwapyeongjip is well worth recommending.

Written May 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon Station seafood stew restaurant, level 1 for three: Haemul

Haemul Teukbyeolsi (해물특별시) Bucheon Station branch is a monkfish and seafood stew restaurant near Bucheon Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi. Three diners shared a level 1 spice seafood stew with rice balls. Squid, crab, roe and octopus made the portion generous enough for three, and even level 1 had more of a tingling kick than expected. With parking support in the building next door and group seating for up to 60, Haemul Teukbyeolsi Bucheon Station branch is a solid pick for work dinners and gatherings.

Written May 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, SeoulRestaurants

Burger date spot in Gwanghwamun: butter garlic fries, Downtowner

Downtowner Gwanghwamun is an American-style handmade burger restaurant on the B1 level of SFC Mall near Gwanghwamun Station in Seoul. In a space with striking blue accents, the writer ate the signature Avocado Burger with a side of Butter Garlic Fries and enjoyed the balance of the juicy patty and creamy avocado, plus the addictive fries. Downtowner Gwanghwamun is worth recommending as a Gwanghwamun burger date spot with both good food and atmosphere.

Written May 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Kkachisan Station rice bowls: smoky spicy pork and giant katsu, Hekbap

Hekbap Kkachisan Branch (핵밥 까치산점) is a Japanese rice bowl restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building right in front of Kkachisan Station in Gangseo, Seoul. The writer ordered the flame-grilled spicy pork bowl set, which comes with mini udon and chicken karaage, plus a giant Korean-style pork cutlet, and alternated between spicy and crispy bites. Hekbap Kkachisan Branch is a good stop when you want a spicy rice bowl and a crunchy katsu in one meal.

Written Oct 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSokcho, GangwonRestaurants

Sokcho market sashimi shop: ₩50,000 hotel box, fresh wasabi, Hwanggeum

Sokcho Hwanggeum Mulhoe Hoetjip (속초황금물회횟집) is a mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) restaurant right in front of the entrance to Sokcho Jungang Market in Sokcho, Gangwon. During a Sokcho trip, the writer bought a ₩50,000 raw fish takeout box to eat at the hotel. It held mixed sashimi that looked like flatfish and sea bream, plus shrimp, sea squirt, white kimchi, pickled ginger, fresh wasabi, and lettuce and perilla leaves for wraps, all carefully packed with an ice pack. For a generous, special-feeling sashimi dinner in your room, the Sokcho Hwanggeum Mulhoe Hoetjip takeout box is a satisfying choice.

Written Oct 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSokcho, GangwonRestaurants

Sokcho market stall's squid sundae with a fried-rice crust: Ddogi-ne

Ddogi-ne Twigim (서민갑부 똑이네 튀김) is a squid sundae (stuffed squid), fried food and dakgangjeong (sweet crispy fried chicken) stall on the first floor of the Jungang Market arcade in Sokcho, Gangwon. After a round of intense searching during a Sokcho trip, the writer chose Ddogi-ne Twigim, ordered the signature nurungji squid sundae and watched it turn golden in a pan before tasting it. The verdict: with a crust as crispy as the scorched bottom of Korean BBQ fried rice and a chewy inside, Ddogi-ne Twigim's nurungji squid sundae has a charm that regular squid sundae doesn't.

Written Oct 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSongpa, SeoulRestaurants

Bangi-dong beef tripe BBQ, weekend window list, yolk rice: Jinseong

Jinseong Hanwoo Gopchang Bangi Direct Branch is a Hanwoo (Korean beef) gopchang, daechang and makchang restaurant in Bangi Food Alley, Bangi-dong, Songpa, Seoul. On a weekend evening the writer wrote a name on the entrance window, waited about 1 hour, ordered 1 portion each of gopchang, daechang and makchang grilled by staff on a timer, then finished with anchovy noodles and kkakdugi yangbap (radish kimchi rice with beef tripe). After trying many gopchang spots, the writer keeps coming back, and Jinseong Hanwoo Gopchang is worth the wait in Bangi-dong.

Written Jun 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Kkachiul Korean restaurant, back for the mackerel set: Gim Myeongju

Gim Myeongju Tteuranchae Bapsang Bucheon Main Branch is a Korean set meal restaurant near Kkachiul Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi. The writer returned with their parents for the grilled mackerel set they had enjoyed on an earlier visit, and liked the nutty, non-fishy mackerel, the pot rice finished as nurungji (scorched rice), the cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew) and the mild side dishes. Gim Myeongju Tteuranchae Bapsang is worth recommending for a family meal when you want neat, home-style Korean food.

Written Jun 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon fish restaurant, mackerel without kitchen smell: Gim Myeongju

Gim Myeongju Tteuranchae Bapsang Bucheon Main Branch (김명주뜰안채밥상 부천본점) is a Korean restaurant on Gilju-ro 560beon-gil in Wonmi-gu, Bucheon. The writer ate grilled mackerel, a hassle to cook at home, with stone pot rice, cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew), fried eggplant and other side dishes, and refilled the side dishes at a self-serve bar. Gim Myeongju Tteuranchae Bapsang is a good pick for a filling Korean meal built around grilled fish in Bucheon.

Written Oct 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSokcho, GangwonRestaurants

Sokcho fried chicken shop: deodeok dinner with a friend, Seomin Gapbu

Seomin Gapbu Sijang Dakjip (속초시장닭강정) is a dakgangjeong (sweet, crispy glazed fried chicken) shop in Chicken Alley at Sokcho Jungang Market in Sokcho, Gangwon, selling garlic, deodeok (bellflower root), perilla leaf and other versions. The writer took away a regular-spice deodeok dakgangjeong for ₩24,000 and ate it for dinner with a friend at their lodging, and the coating stayed crisp after takeout while the bitter, earthy deodeok kept the sweetness from ever getting cloying. For anyone wanting a market snack beyond ordinary fried chicken, the deodeok dakgangjeong at Seomin Gapbu Sijang Dakjip is a good pick.

Written Oct 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSokcho, GangwonCafés

Sokcho café on the drive to Seoul: Earl Grey lemon tart, Cafe Neorae

Cafe Neorae (카페너래) is a large Ulsanbawi-view café on Wonamhaksapyeong-gil in Sokcho, Gangwon, with seating on the 2nd floor, the 3rd floor and a rooftop. The writer always stops at Cafe Neorae on the way back to Seoul and had an iced americano, the signature Neorae Latte and an Earl Grey lemon tart at a 3rd-floor window seat. The view of Ulsanbawi Rock through the floor-to-ceiling windows alone makes Cafe Neorae worth a stop at the end of a Sokcho trip.

Written Oct 15, 2026Sponsored