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A Glass Pouch Through Seoul and Gyeonggi

Writes about beauty counters, small restaurants, and neighborhood bars around Seoul and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons · Bars

PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiBars

Blind-date bar near Suwon Station with herbal bossam: Maesan Yakbang

Maesan Yakbang (매산약방) is an old-apothecary-themed Korean pub near Suwon Station in Suwon, Gyeonggi, serving fusion dishes that pair with traditional liquor and cocktails. The writer ordered the herbal handmade bossam (boiled pork wraps), made with gabrisal pork boiled with medicinal herbs and served with seasonal greens, plus 1 bottle of the traditional liquor Seoul's Night (서울의 밤), and rated the bossam as good as a dedicated bossam restaurant's. With its quiet, calm atmosphere, Maesan Yakbang is a solid pick for a blind date or date night near Suwon Station.

Written Jun 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon eel restaurant, extra half platter of salt eel: 99Jangeo88

99Jangeo88 Suwon Homaesil Branch (99장어88 수원호매실본점) is a freshwater eel grill restaurant in Homaesil-dong, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, near Hwahong Hospital. After a satisfying first visit with a friend, the writer returned with their parents, ordered one eel platter half salt-grilled and half seasoned, then added another half platter of salt-grilled eel and eojuk (fish porridge). With tender eel free of any fishy smell and generous side dishes, 99Jangeo88 is a good choice for a family meal out with parents in Homaesil.

Written Jun 30, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Gangnam hair salon: brassy ash beige to matte brown level 5-6, Anew

Anew Hair Cheongdam Main Branch is a reservation-only hair salon in Gangnam, Seoul, about a 5-minute walk from Gangnam-gu Office Station. After an ash beige tone-up dye faded to orange and red tones in two months, the writer had a 1:1 consultation with the head stylist and got an all-over tone-down to matte brown level 5-6, which came out as an even brown with a gray-ash sheen and no red. Anew Hair Cheongdam Main Branch is a good fit for anyone who wants color advice matched to a summer cool light skin tone and meticulous work.

Written Jul 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Vegan tomato soup solo set at Ola Poke, a Gangnam poke restaurant

Ola Poke Gangnam is a poke and salad restaurant in a basement shopping arcade about five minutes on foot from Exit 4 of Gangnam Station in Seoul. On a weekday visit at 12:30pm, the solo hearty set brought salmon poke, vegan tomato soup and a Zero Coke, with house-made sriracha mayo sauce mixed through the bowl. With wall-facing seats set aside for solo diners, Ola Poke Gangnam makes a clean, filling lunch easy to eat alone.

Written Aug 20, 2026Sponsored
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