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I write about meals and moments I encounter at restaurants in Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons · Cafés · Bars

PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Friday night at a Hongdae chicken pub with bar seats: Goobne Red Road

Goobne Chicken Hongdae Red Road (굽네치킨 홍대레드로드점) is a newly opened pub-style Goobne Chicken restaurant in the Goobne Playtown alley off Hongdae's Red Road in Mapo, Seoul. Goobne Chicken Hongdae Red Road has a 1st-floor terrace with bar seats and a spacious 2nd floor, runs an opening event with ₩3,900 cocktails and ₩4,900 Budweiser draft, and serves boneless Gochu Basasak (crispy chili-seasoned chicken) with Goobling and Marbling dipping sauces. Goobne Chicken Hongdae Red Road made for a satisfying Friday night, a good pick for outdoor chicken and beer on a cool autumn evening or for a group gathering.

Written Sep 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Seonyudo Station burger takeout before a Han River picnic: BAS Burger

BAS Burger Seonyudo is a handmade burger restaurant right in front of Exit 4 of Seonyudo Station in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. Before a weekend picnic at Seonyudo Park, the writer ordered the BAS Burger set with the side swapped to onion rings and a chicken burger set with the shishito pepper red mayo dip, and received a mozza cheese bar through the review event. With unlimited James Gam potato chips and 7 free sauces, BAS Burger Seonyudo is an easy place to pack food before heading to the Han River.

Written Sep 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Balsan Station Korean restaurant, two whole abalones in soup: Mikodam

Mikodam Magok-Balsan Branch is a Korean set-menu restaurant (hanjeongsik) near NC Department Store at Balsan Station in Gangseo, Seoul. The hansang-gadeuk set for two came with an abalone seaweed soup upgrade for 4,000 won, soy-marinated cockle bibim, a beef jeon side, grilled mackerel, stir-fried pork, japchae and namul side dishes. The seaweed soup with two whole abalones and the rice-stealing cockle bibim are the highlights, making Mikodam worth booking for a parents' birthday or a Chuseok family meal.

Written Sep 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Red wine pairing pork omakase dinner near Magok Station: Don Tamguso

Don Tamguso is a pork omakase restaurant near Magok Station in Gangseo, Seoul. The weekday dinner course costs 58,000 won per person and runs from soup and salad to shio koji tenderloin and Sichuan pepper pork belly, both select dishes — abalone barley risotto and a jambon burger — and panna cotta, paired with a chef-recommended glass of red wine. Don Tamguso is a good-value course meal for a date or anniversary in Magok.

Written Sep 20, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Live raw shrimp sashimi at Eochongye 1beonji, a Hwagok-ro sashimi

Eochongye 1beonji is a live-fish sashimi restaurant on Hwagok-ro in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, within walking distance of Hwagok Station. The autumn order here was 500g of raw shrimp sashimi with grilled shrimp head butter for 3,000 won extra, plus a mini seasonal assorted sashimi platter and self-serve sushi rice. Peeling still-twitching shrimp by hand in cotton gloves and finishing with the packed, buttery heads is what makes autumn the season to eat at Eochongye 1beonji.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangseo, SeoulRestaurants

Korean restaurant by Seoul Botanic Park: octopus wraps at Songjjujip

Songjjujip Magok is a long-standing webfoot octopus (jjukkumi) Korean restaurant on the 2nd floor of Central Tower 2 by Magongnaru Station in Gangseo, Seoul. Stopping in before Seoul Botanic Park and Magok COEX, the writer ordered the jjukkumi sarimongttang (spicy octopus with a pile of add-ins) and the snow-cheese fried rice: the octopus pieces were large and springy, and the base spice level sits at about Shin Ramyun heat, so it goes down easily with rice. The heart of Songjjujip Magok is the wrap — perilla leaf, seaweed, chives, bean sprouts, octopus, roe and sauce in one bite.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
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