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A Paper Fan Through Gwangju and Seoul

Writes about restaurant meals and beauty spots she's visited around Gwangju/Jeolla and Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Hair & beauty salons

PlaceGwangsan, GwangjuRestaurants

Pasta restaurant in Gwangju Suwan: Family Set A for three, Bueokgan

Bueokgan Suwan Branch (부엌간 수완점) is a forest-themed Italian brunch and pasta restaurant at the end of the Suwan food alley in Gwangsan, Gwangju. A family of three came for an early dinner, ordered Family Set A with pastry soup, napa cabbage Caesar salad and vongole pasta swapped in, and added sweet potato fries for 8,000 won. Family Set A was plenty for three, and the napa cabbage Caesar salad was the most memorable dish. For a family meal or a wedding-invitation get-together, Family Set A at Bueokgan Suwan Branch is a safe choice.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangsan, GwangjuHair & beauty salons

Gwangju hair salon heat setting perm while growing out: Our Hair

Our Hair Company Cheomdan (아워헤어 컴퍼니 첨단점) is a hair salon in the shopping arcade of Daerasu Apartment Complex 1 in the Cheomdan district of Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju. The writer's growing-out hair had reached an awkward length, so one stylist handled both a design cut and a heat setting perm from 5:30 pm to around 8 pm, leaving soft, voluminous waves that weren't overdone. If you want a new look while growing your hair out, the heat setting perm at Our Hair Company Cheomdan is worth considering.

Written Jul 17, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Hyehwa Indian restaurant, Set A with strawberry lassi: Meono

Meono Kkameona Daehangno Branch is an Indian restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Ihwa Building near Hyehwa Station Exit 4 in Jongno, Seoul. During a theater outing, the writer and a friend shared the Meono Kkameona Set A for two with butter chicken curry, plain naan and strawberry lassi, and the creamy curry, freshly baked naan and sweet lassi went well together. One set fills two people and there is a private room, making Meono Kkameona Daehangno Branch a solid choice for a get-together with friends or a date in Daehangno.

Written Jul 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangsan, GwangjuRestaurants

Quick pork soup dinner at Songjeong Station, Gwangju: Gaeryeong Gukbap

Gaeryeong Gukbap (개령국밥) is a pork gukbap (pork and rice soup) restaurant on the 2nd floor of Gwangju Songjeong Station in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju. Two diners visited around 7 p.m. on a weekday and had the toryeom pork gukbap with the rice already in the bowl (12,000 won) and the rice-on-the-side version (13,000 won); both came out right after ordering, and the broth was not too hot, so eating before a train was easy. Gaeryeong Gukbap serves a proper bowl of gukbap at Gwangju Songjeong Station, not just a quick bite before boarding.

Written Jul 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangsan, GwangjuRestaurants

Hanok jokbal-bossam spot in Suwan, Gwangju: couple's set, Kkankkan

Kkankkan Jjokbal Suwan Branch (깐깐한족발 수완점) is a hanok-style restaurant on Suwan-ro in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, specializing in jokbal (braised pork trotters) and bossam (boiled pork wraps). On a weekend evening, the blogger and her husband shared the 48,000 won couple's set of charcoal-grilled jokbal, medium bossam, medium makguksu (buckwheat noodles) and a drink, and her husband named the bossam his favorite. With free sundubu stew and steamed egg, a self-serve bar, and ice cream and coffee for dessert, Kkankkan Jjokbal Suwan Branch suits couples who want a generous spread.

Written Jul 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDobong, SeoulRestaurants

Korean BBQ in Ssangmun, Seoul: charcoal pork ribs at Insaeng Geukjang

Insaeng Geukjang Ssangmun Station Branch (인생극장 쌍문역점) is a charcoal-grill jjokgalbi (pork rib strips) restaurant in the Ssangridan-gil alleys near Exit 2 of Ssangmun Station in Dobong, Seoul. On a weekday evening with a friend, the writer ordered soy sauce pork ribs, spicy pork ribs, icy muk jelly soup and beef brisket doenjang (soybean paste) stew, finishing the pre-grilled ribs over charcoal at the table. The balance of spicy ribs, icy jelly soup and brisket stew made Insaeng Geukjang a meal worth coming back for.

Written Aug 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangjin, SeoulRestaurants

Gwangjin donburi restaurant, early lunch pork jowl bowl: Hekbap Main

Hekbap Konkuk University Main Branch is a rice bowl (donburi) restaurant on the second floor of a building three minutes' walk from Exit 3 of Konkuk University Station in Gwangjin, Seoul. On an early lunch visit, the writer shared a pork jowl rice bowl and a salmon rice bowl with pork cutlet added on top, and both came with honey-glazed cheese rice cake and salad. With a choice of meat or seafood bowls plus extra toppings, Hekbap makes for a filling one-plate meal near the station.

Written Aug 2, 2026Sponsored
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