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Writes about restaurants, cafes and bars in Seoul, based on meals and drinks from their own visits. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Bars

PlaceSongpa, SeoulRestaurants

Jamsil sandwich shop takeout for a basketball game: Florisandwich

Florisandwich Jamsil is a sandwich shop on the first floor of the Ricenz shopping arcade, connected to Jamsilsaenae Station in Songpa, Seoul. The writer took out a chicken ciabatta set with a decaf americano, an apple crab stick egg mayo sandwich and a caprese bun to eat while watching a basketball game, and the sturdy packaging kept everything in shape on the way. For sports outings or group snacks for an event, Florisandwich Jamsil is a filling, reliable choice.

Written Oct 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulCafés

Nowon food hall café, no-acid Guatemala hand drip: Jeong Ji-young

Jeong Ji-young Coffee Roasters, Lotte Department Store Nowon is a roastery café from Haenggung-dong in Suwon, now in the basement level 1 food hall of the renovated Lotte Department Store Nowon in Seoul. On a grocery run, the writer tried the signature coconut coffee (7,000 won), which balanced sweet, bittersweet and nutty notes, and a Guatemala Antigua Pastoral hand drip that was full-bodied with no acidity. Anyone in Nowon who likes strong, non-acidic coffee should try a Jeong Ji-young Coffee Roasters hand drip.

Written Oct 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, SeoulBars

Euljiro solo bar for introverts: QR orders and ₩5,000 snacks at Yahwa

Yahwa Honsul Bar Euljiro is a solo-drinking bar in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the second floor of the building next to Seoul Cinema Center, about a 5-minute walk from Euljiro 3-ga Station. A shy introvert visited Yahwa alone on a Saturday evening, ordered cocktails and a ₩5,000 snack by QR code, and chatted comfortably with strangers thanks to the owner's careful hosting. Yahwa Honsul Bar Euljiro is a lively, social solo bar worth trying on days when you want to be alone but not isolated.

Written Jun 5, 2026Sponsored
PlacePyeongchang, GangwonRestaurants

Gopchang hot pot lunch in Yongpyong with Mom and sister: Daegwallyeong

Daegwallyeong Hanwoo Gopchang & Gukbap is a Korean beef tripe (hanwoo gopchang) and gukbap (rice soup) restaurant on Ollimpik-ro in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang. On the first meal of a Yongpyong trip with her mom and older sister, the writer had a medium gopchang hot pot for lunch, then had fried rice cooked in the leftover broth until crispy nurungji (scorched rice) formed. Daegwallyeong Hanwoo Gopchang & Gukbap suits Yongpyong and Alpensia travelers who want a hot, filling bowl of broth at lunch.

Written Oct 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceUijeongbu, GyeonggiRestaurants

Uijeongbu Station Korean BBQ with mom: minari beef rolls, Cheonpo

Cheonpo Hoegwan Uijeongbu Main Branch is a Korean BBQ restaurant near Uijeongbu Station that serves unlimited domestic Haenam cabbage and minari (water dropwort), with yukhoe (beef tartare) and kimchi pancake included as side dishes. The writer booked a table and went with mom for beef rolls of thin-sliced brisket wrapped around minari and enoki mushrooms; mom fried the self-serve kimchi pancake herself, and they added a 3,000 won minari doenjang stew. From the side dishes to the stew, Cheonpo Hoegwan delivered a meal with nothing lacking from start to finish.

Written Oct 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu okonomiyaki restaurant after a ring workshop: Oshi Black

Oshi Black Seongsu is an okonomiyaki and teppanyaki restaurant on basement level 1 near Seoulsup Station in Seongdong, Seoul, opened by Oshi, the Mangwon restaurant famous for its long waits. After a ring-making workshop, the writer sat at the bar of Oshi Black Seongsu with a friend and watched the yakisoba pork belly roll and Oshi modan-yaki being cooked right in front of them. The seasoning at Oshi Black Seongsu was mild rather than salty, breaking the writer's assumption that teppanyaki is always too salty.

Written Jun 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Ttukseom café after a friendship-ring workshop: soft serve, Mellows

Mellows is a café in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, about a 3-minute walk from Exit 7 of Ttukseom Station, and its signature is soft serve made with Sangha Farm milk. After a day of Seongsu shopping and a friendship-ring workshop, the writer and a friend stopped at Mellows for milk soft serve, an affogato and an iced americano. The rich, milky soft serve paired with the non-acidic americano made a sweet-and-bitter combo good enough that both friends promised to return to Mellows.

Written Jun 16, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Western restaurant near Apgujeongnodeo Station: uni pasta at Pepite

Pepite is a French-Japanese restaurant in a Cheongdam alley near Apgujeongnodeo Station in Gangnam, Seoul, where the chef has a background in Michelin fine dining. At lunch the writer ordered the fig caprese and Pepite's signature uni pasta, which staff finish at the table by crushing the sea urchin into the sauce, leaving it creamy with no fishy taste. Pepite is a quiet, unhurried pasta spot in Cheongdam worth booking for a date or a blind date.

Written Jun 24, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Nowon sushi buffet: seared salmon sushi and apple jam waffle, Kuu Kuu

Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch is a sushi buffet of more than 300 pyeong on the 6th floor of a building near Hagye Station in Nowon, Seoul. The writer drove to Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch with a friend for weekday lunch (25,900 won per person), ate sushi, rolls, hot dishes and desserts without any time pressure, and picked the salmon aburi sushi and the apple jam waffle as the best. Verdict: a satisfying weekday lunch at Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch that kept the writer full all day, enough to skip dinner.

Written Jul 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Nowon Station diet salad shop, 5-minute leak-free takeout: Prefers

Prefers Diet Food Nowon Station branch is a diet salad and high-protein meal shop right outside Exit 9 of Nowon Station in Seoul. On an evening visit, a beef plate and a double pork wild garlic rice bowl ordered for takeout at the kiosk were ready in about 5 minutes, and not a drop of sauce leaked on the way home. Prefers Diet Food Nowon Station branch is a good fit for dieters who want fast takeout that still tastes good.

Written Oct 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Nowon jokbal restaurant: 65,000 won set for a family of four, Gwihan

Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch (귀한족발 노원점) is a jokbal (braised pig's trotters) and bossam (boiled pork) restaurant in the Nowon Culture Street food alley near Nowon Station Exit 1 in Nowon, Seoul. On a weekend, the writer's family ordered the medium bossam-jokbal set for 65,000 won. With free dried pollack bean sprout soup, spicy buckwheat noodles and plenty of side dishes, four adults left full. For a family meal that combines clean-tasting jokbal and moist bossam, the Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch set is a good fit.

Written Oct 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, SeoulRestaurants

City Hall ramen: spicy shoyu, gyudon and watermelon soda at Mentsuru

Mentsuru City Hall Branch is a Japanese ramen restaurant in Jung-gu, Seoul, within 100 m of City Hall Station Exit 10. After a Seoul Museum of Art exhibition, the writer and a friend ordered the spicy shoyu ramen (known as a hangover ramen), gyudon (beef rice bowl) and a watermelon soda, and the spicy broth paired with sweet gyudon made a memorable sweet, salty and spicy combination. Mentsuru City Hall Branch is a City Hall Station ramen shop that suits everything from solo meals to a bite after an exhibition.

Written Jul 25, 2026Sponsored
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