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I write about beauty finds and everyday routines from Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons · Shopping · Cafés · Bars

PlaceYongsan, SeoulRestaurants

Yongsan tteokbokki, weekday lunch set & batter-bit sauce: Hyeonseonine

Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch (현선이네 용산본점) is a tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) and Korean snack bar on Yongridan-gil in Yongsan, Seoul, often called one of Seoul's top 3 tteokbokki spots. On a weekday lunch, the writer ordered the Hyeonseonine Set at medium spice, with tteokbokki, mini gimbap (seaweed rice rolls), sundae (Korean blood sausage), 3 fish cake skewers and assorted fritters, and found that stirring the self-bar's crunchy fried batter bits into the tteokbokki sauce was a hidden treat. With a flavor that isn't overpowering and generous portions, Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is an easy, no-fuss spot for a full Korean snack spread on Yongridan-gil.

Written Jun 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Mangpo Station restaurant with creamy Taeyang Pasta: Zebra Sikdang

Zebra Sikdang Yeongtong Branch is a Japanese home-style restaurant in Golden Square near Exit 3 of Mangpo Station in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon. On a weekend evening the writer and her boyfriend shared beef brisket sukiyaki and Taeyang Pasta, a thick, creamy pasta dusted with spicy powder, and she recommends adding udon noodles to the sukiyaki and dipping the meat in the egg sauce. For a quiet meal of Japanese home cooking and pasta together, Zebra Sikdang Yeongtong Branch is a place worth coming back to.

Written Oct 18, 2026Sponsored
PlaceAnsan, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ansan Korean BBQ by Seonbu Station: peppery chicken feet at Buheung

Buheung Charcoal Grilled Galbi Main Branch is a charcoal-grilled pork galbi and tulip chicken feet restaurant right by Exit 1 of Seonbu Station in Ansan, Gyeonggi. On a weekday afternoon with a friend, the writer ordered 2 servings of domestic pork galbi and pre-grilled spicy chicken feet to cook over charcoal. The galbi was thick and clean-tasting with a gently sweet marinade, and the chicken feet had an unusual, strongly peppery heat. Buheung Charcoal Grilled Galbi is the right pick for charcoal galbi and spicy chicken feet at one table.

Written Oct 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Japanese diner date lunch: mazesoba, cheddar katsu, Myeonsikdang

Myeonsikdang Mangpo Station (면식당 망포역점) is a Japanese restaurant on the first floor of Golden Square near Mangpo Station in Suwon, serving ramen, soba, udon, rice bowls, katsu and rice noodles. For a weekend lunch date, the blogger and her boyfriend shared the two-person set (about 35,000 won: two mains, a side and an ade) of mazesoba, half-cheddar, half-spicy-sauce katsu and a smoky mini buta-don (pork rice bowl). The chewy, springy mazesoba noodles stood out, making Myeonsikdang Mangpo Station a date-lunch spot worth returning to.

Written Oct 3, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangmyeong, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Gwangmyeong Sageori Station salon cool-tone ash black dye: Maple Hair

Maple Hair Gwangmyeong Sageori Station Branch is a hair salon that has been running near Gwangmyeong Sageori Station for over 10 years, and it charges no extra fee for long hair. The writer, a summer cool tone, was recommended an ash black color with less red undertone for a tone-down dye job, done start to finish by the head designer herself. The reservation-only system kept things quiet, and with coffee and snacks provided too, it's a salon the writer wants to visit again.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored
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