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Meals by the Door Mat

I write about restaurant meals and small dining stops around Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

Millak terrace café, Super Supreme pizza & draft beer: Working Holiday

Working Holiday Millak is a new café with a Gwangan Bridge view on the 7th floor of the Badamaru (바다마루) building in Millak-dong, Suyeong, Busan. The writer stopped by Working Holiday Millak by chance while looking for a quick bite with a view of Gwangan Bridge, explored the terrace and interior, and ordered the popular Super Supreme pizza and salmon eggs Benedict with draft beer. With its Gwangan Bridge view, spacious seating and parking support, Working Holiday Millak suits a date or a relaxed afternoon at an ocean-view café.

Written Apr 20, 2026Sponsored

PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae pizza place for a family dinner after a performance: Sunny's

Sunny's Pizza Market (써니스피자마켓) is a casual pizza restaurant on Donggyo-ro near Exit 3 of Hongik Univ. Station in Mapo, Seoul, reportedly a Blue Ribbon winner three years in a row. After their eldest child's performance, a family stopped by Sunny's Pizza Market late on a Sunday and shared two large pizzas (pepperoni and Smooth Potato) plus a bacon cheddar pasta and a classic oven pasta. The cheese was generous and the sauce mild enough for the kids, so Sunny's Pizza Market suits families in Hongdae looking for cheesy pizza at a fair price.

Written Nov 2, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiCafés

Siksa-dong bakery café for same-day baked bread: Tomoru Bakery Ilsan

Tomoru Bakery Ilsan is a bakery café in Wicity, Siksa-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, where the dough is kneaded in-store and only bread baked that day is sold. The blogger first stopped in by chance near their child's after-school academy and became a regular who goes bread shopping there every morning, and was pleased with the rich, nutty flavor, the reasonable prices and cakes like the strawberry roll cake. Verdict: if you want good bread in Siksa-dong, Tomoru Bakery Ilsan is worth recommending.

Written May 26, 2026Sponsored

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Wondang Station Korean set meal with free self-bar rice: Kim Myeongju

Kim Myeongju Tteuranchae Bapsang (김명주뜰안채밥상) Wondang Station Branch is a Korean set-meal (hanjeongsik) restaurant near Exit 1 of Wondang Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi, where the ₩13,000-per-person Tteuranchae set comes with 12 side dishes, cheonggukjang (rich fermented soybean stew) and pot rice. The writer added soy-marinated crab and bori gulbi (barley-aged dried yellow croaker) and especially liked the self-bar refills of side dishes and cheonggukjang, the free rice from the self-bar cooker and the large parking lot. Kim Myeongju Tteuranchae Bapsang is a great-value Wondang Korean set-meal spot for taking your parents.

Written May 26, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiCafés

Large Wondang café with baby changing table: mango smoothie, Baedagol

Baedagol Bakery House is a large bakery café near Wondang in Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, with a big parking lot, a hydrangea garden and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The writer stopped at Baedagol Bakery House after a weekday lunch, drank the best-selling mango yogurt smoothie and took home a pile of bread for the kids, including salt bread and bacon cheese bread. In hydrangea season, Baedagol Bakery House is a good café for dessert and flower viewing after a meal in Wondang.

Written May 30, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seooreung Chinese restaurant after my son's finals: jjajang, jjamppong

Jjamppong Jijeon Seooreung Branch is a jjamppong-focused Chinese restaurant chain location on Seooreung-ro in Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi. After her 8th-grade son finished his final exams, the writer shared jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles), jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup), glutinous-rice tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) and crab fried rice, and the owner added free jjamppong fried dumplings. With a big parking lot and an unlimited self-serve refill zone, Jjamppong Jijeon Seooreung Branch is an easy Chinese restaurant stop in Seooreung for family meals, solo dining or a meal on the road.

Written Jul 1, 2026Sponsored

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Goyang KINTEX bakery: kabocha campagne in the car, Boulangerie Tan

Boulangerie Tan, Hyundai Department Store KINTEX is a bakery that recently opened on the B1 food floor of Hyundai Department Store KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi. The writer took out a kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) cream cheese campagne that other customers kept ordering, plus a decaf latte, garlic butter and gourmet butter salt breads for her older child, and a vanilla cornet pie for her younger child. The kabocha cream cheese campagne was so good she kept reaching for it in the car even when full, and both kids happily ate their salt breads and cornet pie.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Siksa-dong grilled fish spot with playroom: spicy pork pot rice set

Hwadegeuro Gan Godeungeo Siksa Branch is a wood-fired grilled fish restaurant in Siksa-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi. With ample parking, spacious table spacing, and even a kids' play room, the writer enjoyed two servings of grilled mackerel and one bossam-style spicy pork rice bowl with their child. If the smell of grilling fish at home is a dealbreaker but you still crave hot mackerel, this restaurant fits the bill.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored

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