Midnight Tab Keeper · 19 stories

Night Tab, Daejeon-Chungcheong and Incheon and Seoul Restaurants and Bars

Writes about restaurants and bars in Daejeon-Chungcheong, Incheon, and Seoul, mostly the ones open late. · Writes about: Bars · Restaurants

PlaceSeohae, IncheonRestaurants

Korean BBQ near Gajeong Station: 400g pork back meat, Euljiro Yeontan

Euljiro Yeontan Gui Luone City Branch is a retro briquette-grill Korean BBQ restaurant in Luone City near Gajeong Station, Seohae, Incheon. After work, the blogger and her boyfriend ordered 400g of dwitgogi (pork back meat) at 7,900 won per 100g, plus makchang, pork skin and marinated beef short rib, and had one refill of the icy radish salad. With fair prices by the 100g and good-quality meat, Euljiro Yeontan Gui Luone City Branch is a value pick for pork back meat fans.

Written Jul 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheongju, ChungbukRestaurants

Cheongju pot rice for four friends, crab with innards sauce: Sorori

Sorori Sotbap Gagyeong Direct Branch is a pot rice (sotbap) restaurant in I'Park Seohyeon Plaza, Gagyeong-dong, Cheongju. A group of friends drove to Sorori Sotbap and shared four pots, crab (₩14,000), mackerel (₩13,000), Hanwoo beef intestine (₩15,000) and hairtail (₩15,000), helped by the large car park, the self-serve bar and the full spread served with every pot. For taste, portions and easy parking, Sorori Sotbap Gagyeong is a good-value pot rice restaurant worth recommending.

Written Jul 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheongju, ChungbukRestaurants

Cheongju pot rice restaurant: abalone innards green rice at Sorori

Sorori Cheongju Main Branch (소로리 청주본점) is a Korean restaurant serving sotbap (rice cooked in an individual pot) and buckwheat gimbap (seaweed rice roll) on Seongan-gil, near the Chungbuk Provincial Office in Cheongju. The writer, a regular since Sorori was a smaller shop, ordered one abalone butter pot rice (16,000 won) and one cockle pot rice (12,000 won), mixing the abalone innards sauce into green rice and eating it with roasted seaweed, pickled chili and salted squid. For neat, well-made pot rice, the abalone butter pot rice at Sorori Cheongju Main Branch is a can't-miss choice.

Written Jul 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheongju, ChungbukRestaurants

Retro diner, Cheongju: creamy mushroom pasta and jumbo cutlet, Bunnys

Bunnys Restaurant is an American retro-themed Western restaurant on Seongan-gil in Cheongju, Chungbuk, specializing in pork cutlets (donkatsu) and pasta. The writer ordered the half-and-half jumbo pork cutlet (14,900 won, with classic gyeongyangsik and Toowoomba sauces), the mushroom cream pasta (13,900 won) and a Monte Cristo (14,900 won); the thick, creamy mushroom cream pasta topped with fried enoki mushrooms was the favorite, and the portions were too big to finish. For American diner vibes at good value, Bunnys Restaurant in Cheongju is well worth a visit.

Written Jul 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMichuhol, IncheonBars

Dohwa Station izakaya date with yuzu sours and yakitori: Neko Michuhol

Neko Michuhol (네코 미추홀본점) is a Japanese-style izakaya near Dohwa Station in Michuhol-gu, Incheon. On a Thursday evening the writer and her boyfriend ordered happy hour yuzu sours and highballs, Nagoya tebanaka (Nagoya-style chicken wings), teppan shrimp okonomiyaki and hand-picked yakitori wrapped in tortillas, and the owner added a free lemon sour. From the food to the drinks, nothing at Neko Michuhol missed, which makes it an easy pick for a date-night drink.

Written Jul 30, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Guwol-dong restaurant: monkfish jjim with roe fried rice, Haemokjeong

Haemokjeong Guwol Branch (해목정 구월점) is a Korean restaurant near Rodeo Street in Guwol-dong, Incheon, specialising in monkfish jjim (braised spicy monkfish) and braised ribs. The writer and her boyfriend ordered the boneless monkfish jjim at the spicy level (35,000 won), then finished with self-serve fried rice topped with extra flying fish roe, sesame oil, white kimchi, wasabi and the chili powder kept on each table. Boneless monkfish, a rich sauce and flying fish roe fried rice made every last spoonful at Haemokjeong Guwol Branch satisfying.

Written Jul 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Sushi takeout in Guwol-dong, Incheon, fresh after 2 hours: Minyeong

Minyeong Hwareo Gongjang Moraenae Market Branch (민영활어공장 모래내시장점) is a takeout-only sushi shop inside Moraenae Market in Guwol-dong, Namdong, Incheon. Worried the shop would sell out after work, the writer reserved a pickup for the ₩18,000 omakase sushi and the ₩13,000 Moraenae sushi, added an extra ice pack, and the sushi was still fresh after a 2-hour trip. Because the two assortments shared no pieces, eating both felt like picking favorites at a conveyor-belt sushi bar.

Written Aug 2, 2026Sponsored
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