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Writes about small restaurants and everyday meals across Seoul and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants

Paju Korean BBQ by open folding doors at Yadang Station: Haetteuljip

Haetteuljip (해뜰집) is a Korean BBQ restaurant on the 2nd floor of Yueun Tower 7 near Yadang Station in Paju, Gyeonggi. The writer and her husband sat at a window seat with the folding doors thrown wide open and ate 3 portions of gochujang pork belly (₩18,000 per 250g), served fully cooked from the kitchen, plus fried eggs, and loved the smoky, spicy marinade and the owner's kindness. Haetteuljip suits anyone who wants open-air, street-side atmosphere and pork late into the night.

Written Jun 4, 2026Sponsored

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yadang Station BBQ: three cuts of top 3% pork at Girin Samgyeopsal

Girin Samgyeopsal (기린삼겹살) is a Korean BBQ restaurant near Yadang Station in Paju, Gyeonggi, specializing in aged domestic Korean pork (handdon), with an underground parking lot, table ordering and a self-serve bar. At Girin Samgyeopsal, the writer grilled one 160g serving each of fresh pork belly, pork neck and kkodeulsal (a chewy pork cut), ₩15,000 each, on a cast-iron grill, then had doenjang rice, steamed egg and an after-meal slushie, and kkodeulsal, the restaurant's best seller, stood out most. To sample several cuts in one meal near Yadang Station, order one serving each of the three cuts at Girin Samgyeopsal.

Written Jun 9, 2026Sponsored

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju outlet ssambap restaurant, a revisit for grilled fish: Simhaksan

Simhaksan Deulkkot Ssambap (심학산 들꽃쌈밥) is a ssambap (rice with leaf wraps) set-meal restaurant on Dolgoji-gil in Paju, Gyeonggi. After enjoying the Deul set on a first visit, the blogger returned with her husband on a weekday evening and ordered the Flower set for two (₩26,000 per person), which adds grilled Atka mackerel and mackerel, along with the self-serve bar for wrap greens. Simhaksan Deulkkot Ssambap is worth recommending to Paju outlet shoppers who want grilled fish and all the leafy wraps they can eat.

Written Jun 16, 2026Sponsored

PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Rainy weekend chicken hot pot before a play in Dongdaemun: Sunhuine

Sunhuine Bindaetteok Dak Hanmari Dongdaemun (순희네빈대떡 닭한마리 동대문본점) is a dak hanmari (whole-chicken hot pot) restaurant in the Dongdaemun dak hanmari alley, close to Jongno 5-ga Station in Jongno, Seoul. On a rainy weekend before a play, the writer returned with her husband after 2 years for lunch: dak hanmari for 33,000 won with a 2,000 won mushroom add-on and a large yukhoe bibimbap (raw beef bibimbap) for 15,000 won. The clear but deep chicken broth and the tender yukhoe bibimbap at Sunhuine made a hearty, satisfying rainy-day meal.

Written Jul 2, 2026Sponsored

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju noodle restaurant lunch: milky kongguksu and suyuk, Cheonje Guksu

Cheonje Guksu is a noodle and suyuk restaurant on Saeori-ro in Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju, where the kongguksu (cold soybean noodle soup) and tofu are made with 100% Korean soybeans the owners grow themselves. A lunch of ₩10,000 kongguksu, an ₩8,000 single serving of suyuk (boiled pork) and ₩12,000 ureong gangdoenjang bap (rice with snail and thick doenjang paste) brought milky soybean broth, tender pork and a rice bowl with plenty of side dishes. For a comfortable, home-cooked kind of meal in Paju, Cheonje Guksu is a solid choice.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju dumpling restaurant, window-seat beef shank suyuk: Bubyeokjeong

Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu (부벽정평양만두) is a Pyeongyang-style mandu (dumpling) restaurant on Jimok-ro in Paju, Gyeonggi. From a window table on a weekday evening, this visit ordered a plate of aronsatae suyuk (boiled marbled beef shank) for 34,000 won, seasonal seasoned greens with tofu for 12,000 won and Pyeongyang plate mandu for 8,000 won, and all three hit the mark, followed by misutgaru (roasted grain drink) and old-school snacks at the dessert zone. For anyone who likes clean, lightly seasoned cooking, Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu is worth a return trip.

Written Aug 20, 2026Sponsored

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