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Evening Errand, Incheon and Seoul Things to Do and Bars

Writes about weekday outings, casual bars and cafes, and neighborhood restaurants across Incheon, Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Busan/Gyeongnam. · Writes about: Things to do · Restaurants · Bars · Cafés

PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae Korean restaurant for a ₩57,000 weekend lunch for two: Anok

Anok is a hanok (traditional Korean house) restaurant on Hongik-ro near Hongik Univ. Station in Mapo, Seoul, serving clear gomtang (beef bone soup), Pyeongyang naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) and braised pork tail jjim. Two friends visited Anok at 1pm on a weekend, ordered all three dishes plus one extra bowl of rice, and paid 57,000 won in total. Verdict: even for someone who can't handle spice, Anok's sweet, not-spicy pork tail jjim was the best dish of the meal.

Written Oct 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJinju, GyeongnamRestaurants

Jinju anglerfish restaurant: exam-week classmates' lunch, Yangpohang

Yangpohang Jinju Pyeonggeo Branch is an anglerfish bulgogi and agu-jjim (braised anglerfish) restaurant on Saedeulmal-ro in Pyeonggeo-dong, Jinju. On a weekday lunch during exam week, on the writer's fifth visit, the writer and two classmates born in 2004 shared the small grilled anglerfish bulgogi set (₩68,000), which came with side dishes, anglerfish soup, grilled anglerfish bulgogi and fried anglerfish. Thanks to the anglerfish soup with no fishy smell and fried anglerfish that tasted better than fried chicken, all three friends left happy, and Yangpohang Jinju Pyeonggeo Branch is an anglerfish spot in Pyeonggeo-dong worth returning to.

Written Jun 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongjong, IncheonRestaurants

Yeongjong pork BBQ with 2-hour free parking for two guys: Hanmaeum

Hanmaeum Jeonguk Sikdang Yeongjong Sky City Branch is a butcher-style Korean BBQ restaurant that takes up the entire second floor of the Sejin City shopping building in Yeongjong Sky City, Incheon. Two adult men visited on a weeknight right after the break time and shared the half-pig set (500g, 42,000 won) and mul naengmyeon (cold noodles in broth), parking easily in the busy area thanks to 2 hours of free parking at Ieun Square. With thick, juicy pork plus a spacious kids' room and a nursing room, Hanmaeum is a safe choice for anything from a night out with friends to a family dinner.

Written Jul 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeo-gu, IncheonThings to do

Incheon gym in Geomdan: shoulder PT and myofascial massage at Plus Gym

Plus Gym 24 Health PT Geomdan is a newly opened 24-hour gym on the 3rd floor of the Geomdan KB Building near Geomdan Sageori Station in Seo-gu, Incheon. After a consultation and an InBody measurement, the writer did shoulder PT using the Smith machine overhead press and the pec deck fly machine. A myofascial release massage then eased tight muscles and inner-leg pain. Verdict: Plus Gym Geomdan has clean facilities, plenty of equipment and a pleasant environment, which makes it a good gym for working out consistently.

Written Sep 11, 2025Sponsored
PlaceJinju, GyeongnamRestaurants

Korean BBQ in Jinju Innovation City: half pig, 5 cuts at Hanmaeum

Hanmaeum Butcher Restaurant (한마음정육식당) Jinju Innovation City branch is a butcher-shop-style Korean BBQ restaurant in Chungmugong-dong, Jinju, Gyeongnam. Three of us shared the half pig, 500g for 38,000 won, and added appa-bap (dad's rice, 3,000 won), grilling five cuts: pork belly, five-layer belly, pork neck, pork jowl and gabrisal (shoulder blade meat). The pork tasted so good on its own that it needed neither salt nor ssamjang (soybean dipping paste).

Written Aug 15, 2026Sponsored
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