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Folded Compact, Gangwon and Gyeonggi Cafes

Writes about restaurants, cafes, and beauty spots found while wandering through Gangwon, Gyeonggi, and Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceGangdong, SeoulRestaurants

Cheonho baby octopus restaurant, Friday-night Terra beer: Jjuksami

Jjuksami Cheonho Main Branch (쭉삼이 천호본점) is a jjukkumi (spicy stir-fried baby octopus) restaurant in the baby octopus alley of Cheonho, Gangdong, Seoul. The writer and a friend ordered 2 portions of baby octopus plus a Rich Gold cheese plate for ₩32,000, and paired it with bottled Terra beer, steamed egg, mayo corn and complimentary sungnyung (scorched-rice tea). With staff stir-frying the spicy baby octopus all the way through, Jjuksami Cheonho Main Branch suits a light evening of cheese, octopus and beer.

Written Oct 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSokcho, GangwonRestaurants

Sokcho soft tofu restaurant, one bowl each and 9 side dishes: Jinsol

Jinsol Halmeoni Sundubu (진솔할머니순두부) is a chodang sundubu (soft tofu stew) restaurant in the Sundubu Village on Wonamhaksapyeong-gil in Sokcho, Gangwon. The morning after a one-night stay in Sokcho, a family with kids arrived around 10:20 a.m. and ordered one dish each: chodang sundubu (12,000 won), spicy sundubu (14,000 won), jjamppong seafood sundubu (17,000 won) and mountain vegetable bibimbap (13,000 won), with 9 side dishes and fluffy white rice. The mild, clean chodang sundubu and the deeply smoky jjamppong seafood sundubu at Jinsol Halmeoni Sundubu made for a memorable, filling family breakfast.

Written Jul 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHanam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Hanam Misa Western restaurant: gorgonzola pizza lunch at Opus240

Opus240 is a Western-style restaurant on the 2nd floor of A Cloud Gamil in Gamil, Hanam, Gyeonggi, where ordering one main per person gets you unlimited access to the salad bar. The writer had tomato pasta and gorgonzola pizza for lunch with her daughter and also checked out the Opus240 salad bar, which includes tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), takoyaki and seaweed soup, and the kids' playroom. The tomato pasta was familiar and comforting, but the most memorable dish at Opus240 was the gorgonzola pizza, which mother and daughter both called delicious at the same moment.

Written Oct 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangdong, SeoulCafés

Espresso con panna at Damgeum, a dessert café in Seongnae-dong, Seoul

Damgeum is an Italian-style dessert café in a Seongnae-dong alley across from Olympic Park in Gangdong, Seoul. Stopping by with her mom after 5pm, the writer ordered the espresso con panna — said to have sold more than 4,000 cups — along with chocolate, vanilla, corn and apricot gelato. Damgeum completely overturned her belief that espresso is nothing but bitter.

Written Aug 18, 2026Sponsored
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