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First-hand notes from restaurant visits around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Cafés · Shopping · Things to do · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Seolleung Station eel bowl with my dad: ₩78,000 for two, Manmok

Manmok is a Japanese eel bowl restaurant in an alley near Exit 2 of Seolleung Station in Gangnam, Seoul. The writer and their father ordered the whole-eel bowl as two servings for ₩78,000, and the Gochang freshwater eel, grilled and steamed Kanto style and then grilled again over charcoal, tasted clean and light rather than greasy. With chawanmushi, pine mushroom soup, side dishes and green tea and black tea ice cream included, Manmok left the writer's father happy and earned a 100% return-visit verdict.

Written Jun 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiCafés

Suwon café near Manseok Park for passion fruit ade: Café Meomureum

Café Meomureum (카페 머무름) is a bakery café on the 2nd floor of the Dongsin Shopping Complex in Jeongja-dong, Suwon, a good stop near Manseok Park. After lunch, the writer ordered a strawberry latte, a passion fruit ade and a salt bread for 15,500 won in total, then looked around the individual study booths and the gallery-like walls hung with artwork. Café Meomureum is a Jeongja-dong café worth returning to, whether for reading alone, catching up with friends or a date.

Written Jul 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulBars

Day-off izakaya near Saetgang Station: Set 4 and chicken skin, Sodam

Robadayakki Sodam Yeouido Branch is a robatayaki-style izakaya (Japanese grill pub) between Yeouido Station and Saetgang Station in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. On a day off, the writer booked the 5pm opening slot and ordered Set 4 (small sashimi plus 13 mixed skewers, 52,000 won), then added 4 chicken skin skewers (7,000 won) because they were so good. With generous dry-aged sashimi and counter seats facing the grill, Robadayakki Sodam was a very satisfying Yeouido izakaya.

Written Jul 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Chinese restaurant with ducks aging out front in Suwon: Mirim Yangjang

Mirim Yangjang Time Villas Suwon Branch is a Peking duck specialist on the third-floor Dining Avenue of the Time Villas mall in Suwon, Gyeonggi. After spotting the ducks aging in the display case out front, the writer ordered a half Peking duck for 40,000 won by table QR code and wrapped the slices in wheat pancakes with shredded scallion, cucumber and the house sauce. Mirim Yangjang pairs shopping with a sit-down meal and is an easy first taste of Peking duck.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiCafés

Suwon bagel café with a 3F microwave and no buzzer: Orange Bagel

Orange Bagel is a large red-brick bagel café on Omokcheon-ro in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon. A Laugen butter bagel, a crab and shrimp bagel, an orange ade and a Big Bird sparkling came to 29,400 won, with indoor seats on the 1st and 2nd floors and a wide parking lot right in front of the store. The 3rd-floor outdoor space at Orange Bagel gets no buzzer call, but a self-service microwave up there makes it easy to warm a bagel yourself.

Written Sep 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceHwaseong, GyeonggiShopping

Byeongjeom florist, yellow Chuseok gift basket: Jeongjik Farm Flower

Jeongjik Farm Flower is a 24-hour, unstaffed flower shop on Byeongjeom 3-ro in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, open every day of the year. For a Chuseok gift, the owner put together a flower basket in yellow tones finished with a yellow ribbon, and the shop also keeps ready-made bouquets and preserved flowers with price tags on display. Jeongjik Farm Flower is worth knowing if you need flowers at any hour or want a holiday gift basket.

Written Sep 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Hommaesil doenjang restaurant, two-burner tables: Ok Doenjang

Ok Doenjang Suwon Hommaesil Branch is a doenjang hot pot and Korean pancake restaurant on the 1st floor of the Leaders Building in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi. Two diners ordered the beef and pork belly doenjang hot pot (11,000 won at lunch) with extra tofu and rice plus a squid and minari pancake, paying 36,000 won in total, and the free side dishes of kimchi jjim (braised kimchi), gim (seaweed) and bean sprouts were generous. Tables at Ok Doenjang come with two induction burners, so a group can simmer two different hot pots side by side.

Written Sep 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ingye-dong pork bone soup dinner for two in Suwon: 22,000 won

Eolkeunhan Ppyeo Haejangguk Suwon Ingye Branch is a 24-hour pork bone soup (ppyeo-haejangguk) restaurant on the first floor of Drama City in Ingye-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi. Dinner for two was two ugeoji special pork bone soups, both at regular spice, for 11,000 won each and 22,000 won total, followed by free ice cream, vending machine coffee, green grape candy, floss and fabric deodorizer. With two hours of free underground parking and a wide hall with a TV, Eolkeunhan Ppyeo Haejangguk suits a late dinner or a solo meal in Ingye-dong.

Written Sep 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Warm and fire-grilled jokbal set near Sanghyeon Station: Cheongdam

Cheongdam Jokbal Gwanggyo Sanghyeon Branch is a jokbal (Korean braised pig's trotters) restaurant near Sanghyeon Station in Yongin, Gyeonggi, that boils domestic fresh trotters in-store every day. The 50,000-won set pairing warm jokbal with charcoal-grilled spicy jokbal came with moist, odor-free meat, chewy skin, free makguksu (cold buckwheat noodles), and a bean sprout soup. With 2 hours of underground parking and no break time, it's an easy pick for a family dinner or a night out with friends.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored
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