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Writes about neighborhood restaurants in Seoul, usually the ones near where the bus turns. · Writes about: Restaurants

Jumunjin sashimi takeout for a Yeongjin Beach picnic: Minja Hoetjip

Minja Hoetjip (민자횟집) is a sashimi restaurant near the entrance of Jumunjin Fish Market in Gangneung, Gangwon, serving seasonal sashimi, snow crab, pufferfish and set meals. The writer took out the small seasonal mixed sashimi for 40,000 won around 4:30 pm on a Saturday and ate it on a picnic mat at Yeongjin Beach; the thick slices of salmon, rockfish, flounder and amberjack tasted fresh with no fishy smell. With generous free extras and a parking tower close by, Minja Hoetjip is a satisfying choice for a beachside sashimi picnic.

Written Oct 14, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gangnam Station Chinese spot: lunch after a wedding fitting, Namsogwan

Namsogwan U Yuk Dosakmyeon is a Taiwanese-style Chinese restaurant a 2-minute walk from Exit 11 of Gangnam Station in Seoul. An engaged couple in Gangnam for a wedding attire fitting shared four dishes at Saturday lunch for 51,500 won: beef knife-cut noodle soup, a yuxiang pork rice bowl, xiaolongbao and ganpung shrimp. Namsogwan U Yuk Dosakmyeon is a fast-serving Gangnam Station Chinese restaurant whose Taiwan-style broth and crispy ganpung shrimp stand out.

Written Oct 12, 2026Sponsored

PlaceChuncheon, GangwonRestaurants

Hyoja-dong tonkatsu after work, Chuncheon: loin and mixed katsu sets

Jeongseong Katsu Chuncheon Hyoja Branch (정성카츠 춘천효자점) is a newly opened tonkatsu (Japanese-style pork cutlet) restaurant at the Chukhyeop intersection by the Kangwon National University back gate in Hyoja-dong, Chuncheon. On a weekday evening after work, the writer and a friend ordered the mixed katsu set (13,900 won) and the loin katsu set (12,900 won), tasting pork tenderloin, pork loin and fried shrimp in one meal along with curry, rice and miso soup. With a spacious, clean dining room, Jeongseong Katsu is a dependable pick near Kangwon National University for dinner or a family or group meal.

Written Oct 6, 2026Sponsored

PlaceChuncheon, GangwonRestaurants

Chuncheon buffet after a CGV movie: raw beef and seaweed — QooQoo

QooQoo Chuncheon Branch (쿠우쿠우 춘천점) is an all-you-can-eat sushi and BBQ buffet on the B1 floor of Two Top City, the Chuncheon CGV building in Toegye-dong, Chuncheon. After watching the Chiikawa movie, the writer walked in at 6pm on a weekday with no wait, got the 2,000 won autumn discount on dinner, and especially enjoyed the scorched-rice sweet and sour pork, the marble ice cream and yukhoe (Korean raw beef) wrapped in dried seaweed. With a playroom and a group room, QooQoo Chuncheon Branch is worth recommending for family gatherings and as an easy movie-and-dinner plan.

Written Oct 4, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYangcheon, SeoulRestaurants

Mokdong ramen restaurant, Seoul: Sapporo draft beer and karai ramen

Gyedan Ramen Mokdong Branch is a tonkotsu ramen restaurant on basement level 1 of the SBS Mokdong building in Yangcheon, Seoul. This couple's lunch covered motsu ramen (rich) with fried pork intestines at 12,000 won, gyedan ramen (regular) at 11,000 won and tamagobap at 3,000 won, plus chashu and Sapporo draft beer, with the house spicy sauce stirred in to turn the broth into karai ramen. If you love pork intestines, the motsu ramen at Gyedan Ramen Mokdong Branch is the one to order.

Written Sep 24, 2026Sponsored

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