Duri · 2 stories
I write about restaurant meals and small dining moments around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants
Salering Gyodae Direct Store is a poke and salad restaurant on Seochodae-ro 56-gil near Gyodae Station in Seocho, Seoul. The shrimp and scallop bibim poke came with mentaiko wasabi mayo and the beef brisket bibim poke with bibimjang sauce, both over brown barley rice, and the sauces were the real kick. For a filling meal you can eat without guilt, Salering Gyodae Direct Store is worth a visit.
Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is a longtime tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) restaurant on Hangangdaero39-gil near Sinyongsan Station in Yongsan, Seoul, running since its street-cart days. Arriving for an early lunch, the writers were 9th in line and waited about 15 minutes, then ordered the Hyeonseon-i combo set for 26,000 won at medium spice — tteokbokki with fried snacks, sundae (blood sausage), mini gimbap and odeng soup with seaweed, plenty for two. The verdict: the spicy level at Hyeonseonine is extreme, so medium is the right call on a first visit.
