Family Outing Log · 6 stories

Small Compact, Family Rounds

Writes about visiting restaurants, cafes, bars, and beauty spots with kids in tow across Gyeonggi, Seoul, Daejeon/Chungcheong, Gangwon, and Jeju. · Writes about: Restaurants · Kids & baby · Cafés · Hair & beauty salons · Bars

PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Korean buffet: window-view hall, odorless cheonggukjang, Boriook

Boriook Main Branch (보리옥 본점) is a Korean restaurant near Mangpo Station in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, serving a self-serve barley rice buffet alongside set meals. At a partitioned table in the big-windowed, wood-toned hall, the writer ordered the mackerel set (half a fish) and the char-grilled gochujang pork set. The writer mixed barley rice with namul (seasoned vegetables) from the self-serve bar and especially loved Boriook's odorless cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew) and acorn jelly. Boriook Main Branch is a neat, filling Korean buffet that suits family meals with parents or a hearty everyday lunch.

Written Jun 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Jangan-gu, Suwon Korean BBQ: charcoal pork galbi at Suthyang Gibonga

Suthyang Gibonga (숯향기본가) is a charcoal-grill Korean BBQ restaurant on Suseong-ro 327beon-gil in Jangan-gu, Suwon. The writer grilled marinated Handon (Korean-raised pork) galbi over charcoal at Suthyang Gibonga, with a starter spread of myeongi (pickled wild garlic leaves), soy-marinated shrimp, spicy marinated crab and ginseng, plus a self-serve bar and coffee machine. Smoke-free, comfortable and mildly seasoned, Suthyang Gibonga is a good fit for family meals with parents and children.

Written Jun 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGunpo, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Sanbon hair salon: Shiseido Sublimic for sun-dried hair, Aiva Hair

Aiva Hair Sanbon-jeom (에이바헤어 산본점) is a hair salon in the Sanbon Station shopping district in Gunpo, Gyeonggi, that also offers scalp clinic, hair spa and men's barber services. After summer UV left the writer's hair dry and breaking when combed, a consultation led to a Shiseido Sublimic clinic, and a simple blow-dry afterward brought out shine and an angel ring. For perm- and dye-damaged hair that needs a reset in one visit, the Shiseido clinic at Aiva Hair Sanbon-jeom is worth considering.

Written Jun 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Private tent self-BBQ in Yongin with butcher-counter meat: La Grills

La Grills Self BBQ (라그릴스 셀프바베큐) is a self-service barbecue spot in Pogok-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi, where each group gets its own private tent and grills meat picked from the on-site butcher counter over charcoal. The writer showed up with nothing to pack and no dishes to wash, used the large private parking lot, high chairs, indoor kids' playroom and self-bar, and unwound with charcoal-grilled meat and a glass of soju. La Grills Self BBQ comes strongly recommended for anyone who wants a camping-style meat feast without the grocery run.

Written Oct 11, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGunpo, GyeonggiRestaurants

Sanbon aged pork BBQ with basin-sized spicy jjolmyeon: Geobugi Dongne

Geobugi Dongne Gunpo Sanbon Branch is an aged-pork Korean BBQ restaurant near the Sanbon central shopping district in Gunpo, Gyeonggi. The writer ordered the signature jjolmyeon pork belly set, pairing thick aged five-layer pork belly with a giant spicy vegetable jjolmyeon (chewy wheat noodles) piled high in a basin-sized bowl, and found the dining room spacious and the self-bar clean. For a roomy, comfortable pork dinner or team outing in Sanbon, the jjolmyeon pork belly set at Geobugi Dongne is a safe choice.

Written Aug 1, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHongcheon, GangwonCafés

Hongcheon hanok café where kids grind sesame for a grain drink: Gil151

Gil151 Hanok Cafe (Gangwon Hongcheon Main Branch) is a large hanok bakery café on Gilgol-gil in Nam-myeon, Hongcheon, Gangwon. On a morning visit the writer ordered Summer Road, Grain Storehouse, an iced americano, blueberry pie and pain au chocolat, and her child ground sesame in a mortar to add to the Grain Storehouse drink. With a spacious private parking lot and an outdoor yard, Gil151 Hanok Cafe makes an easy family-trip stop with kids.

Written Aug 7, 2026Sponsored
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