Yerin Song · 2 stories

A Scrap of Menu

Writes about restaurants around Seoul, one modest meal at a time. · Writes about: Restaurants

PlaceYongsan, SeoulRestaurants

Hyochang Park pork cutlet restaurant in Seoul: soba set at Onjeong

Yongsan Donkatsu Onjeong Gyeongyang Sikdang, Yongsan branch is an old-school gyeongyangsik (Western-style Korean) pork cutlet restaurant on Baekbeom-ro near Hyochang Park Station in Yongsan, Seoul. Arriving right at opening with a mother who usually eats very little, we ordered the gyeongyangsik pork cutlet set and the cheddar cheese pork cutlet set, and the buckwheat soba served with each set was big enough to pass for a single order — both bowls went down to the last noodle. Onjeong is the place to go for thin, wide old-style cutlets when thick Japanese katsu starts to feel heavy.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Gwanghwamun Korean restaurant lunch with mom: mini tteokbokki at SABAL

SABAL is a modern Korean restaurant in Jongno, Seoul, sitting in the Gyeonghuigungui-achim 3-danji complex between Gyeongbokgung and Gwanghwamun stations. A lunch with mom at SABAL covered gamtae (seaweed) perilla oil rice at 17,000 won, tangtang octopus and deodeok gochujang rice at 17,000 won, and mini tteokbokki at 8,000 won, and the spoon never stopped even without heavy seasoning. SABAL is an easy Korean restaurant to bring parents to near Gyeongbokgung, and a confirmed return visit.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
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