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PlaceAnyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Relocated Beomgye pasta spot, daily-limit lasagna: Two Find Peter

Two Find Peter Beomgye Branch is an Italian pasta and pizza restaurant that has moved to the 5th floor of Park Avenuel near Beomgye Station in Anyang, Gyeonggi. Three friends shared mushroom cream gnocchi, a chicken potato pizza sized up for free during an event, and a lasagna with a daily order limit, and the gnocchi was the best dish of the day. With a bigger dining room and well-spaced tables, Two Find Peter Beomgye Branch is a good pick for a date or a quiet catch-up.

Written Apr 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceAnyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

After-work conveyor sushi in Beomgye, sweet shrimp ankimo: Sushi House

Sushi House is a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant on the 2nd floor of Baekdu Plaza near Beomgye Station in Pyeongchon, Anyang, with plates from ₩2,000 and QR code ordering. After work, the writer and a friend ate beef yukhoe sushi, salmon belly, hanchi (mitre squid), flatfish and sweet shrimp with ankimo (monkfish liver), and the sushi was fresh and never dried out. For good-value sushi near Beomgye Station, start with the sweet shrimp ankimo sushi at Sushi House.

Written Apr 30, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeocho, SeoulCafés

Bangbae pie shop: sugar-free Parents' Day pie with pumpkin, Hodukkakki

Hodukkakki Brothers Bangbae branch is a pie shop near Bangbae Station in Seocho, Seoul, selling premium sugar-free handmade pies. For parents who avoid sweets, the writer ordered a Mix 1 whole pie as a Parents' Day gift with the walnut pie swapped for pumpkin pie, and the parents said the pie was delicious even without sugar and ate two slices in a row. As a Parents' Day gift in place of a sweet cake, the sugar-free mix pie from Hodukkakki Brothers Bangbae branch was a good fit.

Written May 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Yeoksam Chinese: fried eggplant for eggplant skeptics, Jjamppong Jijon

Jjamppong Jijon Yeoksam Branch is a spacious Chinese restaurant about a 5-minute walk from Exit 3 of Yeoksam Station in Gangnam, Seoul. The writer ordered jjamjjamyeon (half spicy seafood noodle soup, half black bean noodles), fried eggplant and glutinous-rice tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork). The spicy fried eggplant, crisp outside and soft inside, and the rich jjajangmyeon stood out more than the fiery jjamppong, and valet parking, self-serve rice and side dishes, and free hair ties were thoughtful touches. If you reorder just one dish at Jjamppong Jijon Yeoksam Branch, make it the fried eggplant.

Written Nov 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheongju, ChungbukCafés

Cheongju tteok shop: strawberry mochi favors & fish tteok, Tteokmama

Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch (떡마마 청주개신점) is a rice cake shop on Bok-daero in Seowon-gu, Cheongju, specializing in thank-you rice cakes and fruit chapssaltteok (mochi). After a friend received Tteokmama fruit mochi as a wedding thank-you gift and recommended the shop, the writer visited with Mom, picked up strawberry mochi, handmade yakgwa (honey cookies) and mini duteoptteok, and ate them at home. Verdict: at 4,500 won for 3 pieces of fruit mochi, Tteokmama's strawberry mochi is reasonably priced, tastes the best and is well worth choosing for wedding thank-you rice cakes.

Written May 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheongju, ChungbukCafés

Cheongju poke café: salmon & steak on brown rice, Eopcheonri382

Eopcheonri382 Chungbuk National University Branch is a retro-style café and poke spot near the back gate of Chungbuk National University in Sachang-dong, Cheongju. The writer and her mom ordered a salmon poke with ranch sauce and a steak poke with oriental sauce, both on brown rice, to take home, and found the ingredients fresh and the portions generous. For a light but filling healthy meal, this salmon and steak poke combination at Eopcheonri382 is well worth trying.

Written May 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulCafés

Yangjae Station pie shop, 6-flavor mix & matcha cream pie: Hodu Kkakki

Hodu Kkakki Brothers (호두까끼형제, also known as Nutcracker Brothers) Yangjae is a takeout-only pie shop in Dogok-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, a 3-minute walk from Yangjae Station, selling pies sweetened with natural honey and maple syrup instead of refined sugar. The blogger took home a 6-flavor mix set and cream pies, was most impressed by the crisp, roughly 1mm-thin crust and the matcha cream pie, and found that not a single Hodu Kkakki Brothers pie broke on a packed subway train. Even parents who dislike sweets enjoy these pies, making Hodu Kkakki Brothers a reliable choice for a gift.

Written May 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Pork belly BBQ near Hapjeong Station, grilled three times: Jipbuldon

Jipbuldon Hapjeong is a straw-smoked pork belly Korean BBQ restaurant on Yanghwa-ro 6-gil, near Hapjeong Station in Mapo, Seoul. The writer and friends ordered the meat set, grilled three times: twice over palm-wood charcoal in the kitchen, then once more at the table by the staff. They also had perilla-oil aged kimchi, water dropwort, kimchi-malli guksu (noodles in cold kimchi broth) and cheese-bomb steamed egg. Verdict: Jipbuldon Hapjeong suits a group dinner where you want pork belly with no gamey smell and no grilling of your own.

Written May 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeocho, SeoulRestaurants

Sadang Station poke shop: soy salmon rice bowl to go at Botanic Market

Botanic Market (보태닉마켓) is a poke and salad shop in Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, near Sadang Station. The writer ordered a soy salmon rice bowl, a beef garlic bowl and a granola Greek yogurt to go for a younger sibling on a diet. The soy salmon was moist and full of savory flavor, and the Greek yogurt was very thick. For a diet-friendly poke or salad, Botanic Market's soy salmon rice bowl is the first pick.

Written Jun 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeocho, SeoulRestaurants

Sadang izakaya at sunset: Spanish mackerel sashimi, Bunko Dining

Bunko Dining Sadang is a Japanese-style izakaya on the 2nd floor of a building in Bangbae-dong, Seocho, Seoul, near Sadang Station. The writer visited Bunko Dining with a friend around sunset and ordered the assorted sashimi (with uni, Spanish mackerel sashimi and sweet shrimp), half a futomaki roll and bottled Cass beer, plus a complimentary sashimi maki. The writer ranks Bunko Dining first among the izakaya sashimi spots they have tried recently and plans to go back.

Written Jun 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulCafés

Yeonnam-dong matcha café: mango latte and Basque cheesecake, Noknok

Noknok (녹녹) is a forest-themed bakery café on the Yeonnam-dong café street in Mapo, Seoul, open from 8:30am to 11:30pm. A self-confessed matcha lover visited Noknok with a friend for a matcha latte (from ₩4,400), a mango latte and the owner-recommended crème brûlée Basque cheesecake, and was pleased with both the matcha and the good-value bread prices. For anyone who loves matcha drinks and desserts, Noknok is a Yeonnam-dong café worth coming back to.

Written Jun 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeonnam-dong pasta spot, rosé & ABC juice for two: Hôtel de Couture

Hôtel de Couture is a pasta and brunch restaurant near the café street in Yeonnam-dong, Mapo, Seoul. The writer booked ahead with a friend, skipped the wait and shared a thick, mildly spicy honey bacon rosé pasta and a carrot duck aglio e olio, with a glass of white wine and a not-too-sweet ABC juice. With generous portions and a bright, sunlit dining room, Hôtel de Couture is worth returning to for a Yeonnam-dong date.

Written Jun 10, 2026Sponsored