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Writes about restaurants, cafes, bars, beauty stops, and casual outings around Daejeon/Chungcheong, Gyeonggi, and Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons · Bars · Cafés · Things to do

PlaceCheonan, ChungnamHair & beauty salons

Facial spa in Buldang, Cheonan for redness and a square jaw: Esthetia

Esthetia Cheonan Sinbuldang Branch 1 (에스테티아 천안신불당1호점) is a reservation-only facial spa on the 2nd floor of Jeongseok Plaza 3 in Buldang-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan, offering facial contouring and skin care. The writer visited Esthetia Cheonan Sinbuldang Branch 1 for summer redness, enlarged pores and a jaw that was getting squarer, and received a thorough consultation that addressed each concern, followed by facial contouring with carefully adjusted pressure. Verdict: even someone who can't stand pain can relax through the treatment, and the underground parking and powder room add to the convenience.

Written Jul 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Healthy Cheonan fish grill: mackerel, brown rice and japchae refills

Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch (화덕으로간고등어 천안본점) is an oven-grilled fish restaurant on Handeul 2-ro in Baekseok-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan. The writer had a grilled mackerel and Spanish mackerel set with brown rice, and the self-bar's japchae (stir-fried glass noodles), sungnyung (scorched-rice tea) and Jeju deodeok salad, plus unlimited rice refills, led to nearly two bowls of rice. Even diners fussy about fishy smells can eat comfortably with their parents in Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo's spacious dining room.

Written Jul 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceAsan, ChungnamRestaurants

Duck baeksuk restaurant in Asan with herbal tree broth: Oneungi Shabu

Oneungi Shabu Baeksuk (오능이샤브백숙) is a neungi mushroom baeksuk (whole poultry boiled in broth) restaurant in Eumbong-myeon, Asan, South Chungcheong Province. Two friends shared the neungi nurungji (scorched rice) duck baeksuk, whose broth is simmered in water steeped with cudrania (gucchippong) and eomnamu (castor aralia) wood plus neungi mushrooms. The broth was rich and the duck tender, with self-refill side dishes and complimentary neungi golden mushroom tea and sikhye. For a summer stamina meal with duck instead of chicken, the broth at Oneungi Shabu Baeksuk is worth tasting first.

Written Jul 31, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Fast Korean pot rice lunch in Sangam DMC: sea bream scallop at Solsot

Solsot Sangam Branch is a Korean pot rice (sotbap) restaurant on basement level 1 of the DDMC building in Sangam, Mapo, Seoul. Coming straight down from the underground parking lot, the writer ordered sea bream and scallop pot rice at the kiosk, and it arrived quickly for a pot rice dish, which suited office workers with a short lunch break. Solsot Sangam Branch is worth remembering for a Sangam lunch when you want to save time on parking, ordering and eating.

Written Jul 17, 2026Sponsored
PlacePyeongtaek, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pyeongtaek Bijeon-dong lunch: wild ginseng root seafood nurungji-tang

Hwanggeum Seafood Nurungji-tang is a Korean restaurant on Bijeon 4-ro in Bijeon-dong, Pyeongtaek, specializing in stone-pot nurungji-tang (scorched rice soup). At lunch the abalone nurungji-tang was sold out, so the writer ordered the wild ginseng root seafood nurungji-tang at the kiosk instead and enjoyed watching the scorched rice added to the bubbling pot, along with the rich broth and chewy squid. With a self-serve banchan bar, private rooms and coffee after the meal, Hwanggeum Seafood Nurungji-tang is worth keeping in mind on days you want a mild, gentle meal.

Written Aug 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Cheonan solo sushi lunch with gamtae shrimp add-on: Ganghan Sushi

Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch is a sushi restaurant near Gusanggol intersection in Buldang-dong, Cheonan. The writer went alone for lunch, ordered the omakase sushi set at the kiosk and added inari (sweet fried tofu pouch sushi), shrimp and gamtae shrimp (shrimp sushi wrapped in thin gamtae seaweed). From the complimentary croquette and udon broth to the extra sushi, Ganghan Sushi turned a planned light lunch into a filling sushi meal.

Written Sep 29, 2026Sponsored
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