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Warm Pouch, Gangwon/Seoul and Busan/Gyeongnam Restaurants and Beauty

Writes about restaurants and beauty finds encountered while traveling between Gangwon, Seoul, and Busan/Gyeongnam. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeouido Japanese restaurant with toddler & baby: holiday lunch, Ilpum

Ilpum Yeouido Branch is a Japanese rice bowl restaurant on basement level 1 of the Anwon Building on Eunhaeng-ro, near National Assembly Station in Yeouido, Seoul, specializing in kaisendon (seafood rice bowl) and unagidon (eel rice bowl). On a holiday, a family with a 2-year-old and a 9-month-old arrived a little before the lunch rush, ordered the aged sashimi kaisendon and the whole-eel unagidon, and ate comfortably because the Ilpum staff even helped with the children's food. For families who want proper Japanese food even with two little ones, Ilpum Yeouido Branch is a place worth returning to.

Written Jun 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Baby-friendly burger lunch in Anguk: Shrimp Deluxe at Downtowner

Downtowner Anguk is a craft burger restaurant in a hanok-style building on Bukchon-ro in Jongno, Seoul, near Bukchon Hanok Village. On a weekday lunch with a 9-month-old baby and a friend, the writer walked into Downtowner Anguk with no wait and ordered an avocado burger, a Shrimp Deluxe burger and garlic butter fries; highchairs and unlimited self-serve drinks and onion pickles made it easy to eat while looking after the baby. For a family outing to Anguk and Bukchon, the Shrimp Deluxe burger and garlic butter fries at Downtowner Anguk are the ones to order.

Written Jun 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Gangnam hair salon layered cut + CS perm for postpartum hair: Beorn

Beorn Hair Cheongdam (비오른헤어 청담점) is a hair salon near Exit 4 of Gangnam-gu Office Station, on the 2nd floor of 710 Seolleung-ro in Gangnam, Seoul. On her first free time in 19 months, a mother nine months after her second baby got a long-bob layered cut and a CS curl perm at Beorn Hair Cheongdam, plus root straightening for the baby hairs that grew in after giving birth. The visit took about 3 hours, but the style comes back just from drying, and she is 100% set on returning.

Written Jun 18, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Nowon sushi buffet with a picky toddler and baby: Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch

Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch is a sushi buffet on the 6th floor of 247 Nowon-ro, Nowon, Seoul. A family of four visited with a picky 37-month-old and a 13-month-old. The parents had salmon sashimi, sushi and lamb chops, while the kids ate smoked duck, rice, salmon steak, pumpkin porridge and grilled corn, and everyone finished with waffles and ball ice cream. Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch is a recommended family meal spot for two young kids with very different tastes.

Written Oct 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangneung sashimi takeout near Shilla Monogram with kids: Samsami-ne

Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch is a sashimi restaurant right in front of the sea at Gyeongpodae in Gangneung, close to Shilla Monogram Gangneung. On a Gangneung trip with two kids, the writer took out the budget assorted sashimi and mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) set for 70,000 won. The family ate it in their ocean-view room at Shilla Monogram, where the sashimi came out thick and fresh, and even the writer's vinegar-hating husband said the mulhoe was delicious. For a Gangneung family trip, a takeout sashimi dinner from Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch eaten back at the hotel is an easy, satisfying choice.

Written Jul 3, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangneung, GangwonRestaurants

Gangneung tofu restaurant, 10-month-old's first pork: Jeong Eunsuk

Jeong Eunsuk Chodang Sundubu (정은숙초당순두부) is a Chodang soft tofu (sundubu) restaurant on Nanseolheon-ro in Gangneung, Gangwon. On the first day of a Gangneung trip with a 36-month-old and a 10-month-old, the blogger ordered the Chodang Premium Table for 2 (25,000 won per person) with extra suyuk (boiled pork slices) and myeongtae sikhae (fermented pollack). The highlights were turning the mild white soft tofu hot pot spicy by adding sauce and the 10-month-old eating suyuk for the first time. Jeong Eunsuk Chodang Sundubu covers food for kids, flavors for adults and generous portions, making it a good family meal in Gangneung.

Written Jul 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Junggye-dong sushi buffet with a toddler and baby: beef sushi, Kuu Kuu

Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch is a sushi and sashimi buffet on the 6th floor of the Oncheon Building on Nowon-ro in Nowon-gu, Seoul, with a playroom and a large room that make family meals with babies possible. On a visit with a 36-month-old and a 10-month-old, the family ate salmon steak, beef sushi, bead ice cream and make-your-own waffles, and the parents ate at ease while the older child played in the Kuu Kuu playroom. At 30,000-something won per person with salmon and tuna sashimi included, Kuu Kuu Nowon Branch is now saved as a strong pick for family gatherings in Nowon.

Written Aug 8, 2026Sponsored
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