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Writes about neighborhood restaurants in Seoul, one meal at a time. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

Yongin seafood restaurant: first live octopus, minari stew, Mr. Squid

Mr. Squid Yongin Bojeong Branch is a sashimi and seafood restaurant one block behind the main street of Bojeong-dong Cafe Street in Giheung-gu, Yongin. On a 5 p.m. reservation, the writer ordered the live octopus sashimi set with crispy fried squid and assorted sashimi, tried live octopus (sannakji) for the first time, and finished with a spicy fish stew loaded with minari (water dropwort). Paired with a stroll along Bojeong-dong Cafe Street, Mr. Squid is a solid pick for a family dinner or a get-together with friends.

Written Oct 7, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seongsu ice cream café worth a repeat visit: affogato & mango, Mellows

Mellows is a dessert café in Seongsu, Seoul, near Exit 7 of Ttukseom Station, serving ice cream made with Sangha Farm organic milk. After first stumbling into Mellows by chance, the blogger remembered the taste and came back on purpose, reordering the peanut butter ice cream and affogato and adding mango ice cream and an americano. Verdict: Mellows is a Seongsu ice cream café whose prices feel light for the taste and quality, which is what earned it a second visit.

Written Oct 3, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung eel restaurant: half-eel bowls with ginger vinegar, Manmok

Manmok is a wood-interior Japanese eel rice bowl restaurant in an alley near Exit 2 of Seolleung Station in Gangnam, Seoul. Missing an eel bowl once eaten in Japan, the writer ordered two half-eel rice bowls for a weekend lunch, tried them with shrimp chawanmushi, matsutake soup, salad and a rotation of condiments, and finished with matcha ice cream. Manmok's moist, charcoal-scented eel went best with sancho pepper and ginger vinegar.

Written Oct 3, 2026Sponsored

PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeouido IFC Mall snack spot after kids' clothes shopping: Hyeonseonine

Hyeonseonine Premium IFC Mall Branch is a tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) and gimbap restaurant on basement level 2 of IFC Mall in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. After shopping for her niece's clothes with her sister, the writer ordered the Hyeonseonine Set and tried gimbap (seaweed rice roll), sundae (Korean blood sausage), fritters and tteokbokki in one go, with dipping everything in the tteokbokki sauce the best part. Meant as a quick bite, the set turned out filling enough for two.

Written Sep 26, 2026Sponsored

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