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Writes about restaurants, bars, cafes, beauty spots, and shops around Busan/Gyeongnam and Daegu/Gyeongbuk. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Hair & beauty salons · Cafés · Shopping

PlaceDalseo, DaeguBars

Sangin-dong yakitori izakaya in Daegu: butter corn and yuzu sorbet

Toriaejeu Sangin Daegu Branch is a charcoal yakitori izakaya in Sangin-dong, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, open 18:00 to 02:00 with no parking. After waiting for a table, the first order at Toriaejeu was corn, negima, anchangsal (skirt steak) and chicken heart skewers, two each, with a cold tokkuri (sake flask), followed by deungheobeokji thigh skewers, whole chicken thigh meat, draft beer and the new yuzu sorbet. The butter-grilled corn and the salt-grilled anchangsal were the standouts, and even the wait felt like part of a tiny Japanese yakitori bar.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNam-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu Korean restaurant lunch: scissors-sized jjukkumi at Cafe Dongi

Cafe Dongi Daemyeong Station Branch is a solo-brazier Korean set meal restaurant near Daemyeong Station in Nam-gu, Daegu. On a sweltering travel day, lunch at Cafe Dongi meant a 16,900-won grandma-style jjukkumi (stir-fried baby octopus) set, a 12,900-won char-grilled spicy pork set and a 4,900-won plate of juicy fried mandu (dumplings), with a self-serve bar of unlimited eggs, seaweed, rice and barley gangjeong. The octopus pieces were big enough to need scissors, making this a filling one-plate lunch stop in Daemyeong-dong.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu Gyodong seafood pub with rear parking: silver-plate raw shrimp

Nampo is a seafood pub at 238 Gyeongsangamyeong-gil in the Gyodong area of Jung-gu, Daegu. The name is short for "southern port," and Nampo brings in South Sea seafood every morning; after booking through Naver Reservation, the visit covered live raw shrimp still moving on a silver plate, fried shrimp heads, and the shabu-shabu, pork cutlet and Sanghamokjang ice cream that come with the basic table setting. With parking space behind the shop and open-air tables around a stone grill in the evening, Nampo is an easy stop by car.

Written Aug 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, DaeguBars

Daegu Gyodong izakaya open until 2am with no wait: Gyodong Nakwon

Gyodong Nakwon is an izakaya in Gyodong, Jung-gu, Daegu, where motsunabe (offal hot pot) is the main dish. Arriving late in the evening after two earlier rounds of drinks meant walking in with no wait, and the medium-spice motsunabe and yuzu sherbet came with a chicken broth simmered for 10 hours and chewy beef intestine that grew richer the longer it bubbled. With counter seats that are comfortable even alone, Gyodong Nakwon is a good place to end the night over a warm pot.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceChangwon, GyeongnamHair & beauty salons

Changwon hair salon 3-step Ahyunche clinic with steam: Vivienne Hair

Vivienne Hair, Changwon Sangnam branch is a 1:1 personal consulting hair salon on Danjeong-ro in Sangnam-dong, Changwon. To revive dry, brittle hair, the writer booked the Ahyunche clinic and went through all three steps — R1 hyaluronic acid, R2 rose protein and collagen, R3 rich-version finish care — with the steamer running from start to finish. After the clinic the layered S-curl perm sprang back to life and the hair no longer snagged when run through with fingers.

Written Aug 15, 2026Sponsored
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