Sohyun Ra · 2 stories

A Warm Cup in Suyu

Writes about small cafes tucked into Seoul's quieter neighborhoods. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants

PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Dongdaemun chicken hot pot with rice cake add-ons: Sunhuine

Sunhuine Bindaetteok Dak Hanmari Dongdaemun is a dak hanmari (whole chicken hot pot) restaurant in the dak hanmari alley between Jongno 5-ga and Dongdaemun stations on Line 1 in Jongno, Seoul. For lunch on a day out in Dongdaemun, the writer ordered dak hanmari with a knife-cut noodle add-on, fished out the rice cakes first, then finished the broth with the noodles — filling enough without ordering rice. If you want to work through meat, rice cake and then noodles in order, the knife-cut noodle add-on at Sunhuine is a must.

Written Sep 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJongno, SeoulCafés

Jongno 3-ga bakery, 3 picks from 16 daily breads: Munhwa Bakery

Munhwa Bakery is a takeout-focused bakery at the entrance to Ikseon-dong, a 200m walk from Exit 7 of Jongno 3-ga Station in Seoul. From the 16 kinds of bread on display that day, Munhwa Bakery's garlic bread (6,800 won), injeolmi cream bread (injeolmi is chewy rice cake dusted in roasted soybean powder) and walnut bread (3,500 won) came home to be eaten one at a time. The garlic bread carried a gentle garlic aroma, the injeolmi cream bread was frankly sweet and the walnut bread had real chew — picking a mix is half the fun here.

Written Sep 23, 2026Sponsored
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