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A Cup Window in Yongin

Writes about cafes tucked into quiet corners of Gyeonggi Province. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants

Burger joint in Sinchon for a Severance eye clinic wait: Bas Burger

Bas Burger Yonsei Cancer Hospital Branch is a newly opened handmade burger shop in the B1 arcade of Yonsei Cancer Hospital on Yeonse-ro in Seodaemun, Seoul. With a long wait at the Severance eye clinic in Sinchon, the writer used the spare time for a Double Bas Burger, a Double Bacon Cheeseburger set and onion rings at Bas Burger, where chips are self-service refills when dining in. Verdict: Bas Burger is an easy solo lunch near Yonsei University that also feels like good value.

Written Apr 22, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiCafés

Goyang bakery: weekday lunch revisit after sell-out, Boulangerie Tan

Boulangerie Tan, Hyundai Department Store KINTEX is a bakery on the B1 floor of Hyundai Department Store KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi, opened by a bakery in Unjeong known for its queues. Many items had sold out on a weekend evening, so the writer returned around lunchtime on a weekday and took home three cornet pies (vanilla, hazelnut chocolate and croquant caramel), a chocolat baguette and a milk cream salt bread. To get a proper pick of cornet pies at Boulangerie Tan KINTEX, go around weekday lunchtime.

Written Apr 27, 2026Sponsored

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Unjeong, Paju galbi house: Catch Table wait and pork neck, Jeongwon

Jeongwon Galbi Paju Main Branch (정원갈비 파주본점) is a charcoal-grilled pork galbi restaurant on Paju-ro in Paju, Gyeonggi. The writer went there for lunch during the early-May holiday after a morning at a kids' café with a five-year-old. Despite a wait, the family ate their fill of 1 portion of Jeongwon marinated grilled pork neck, 2 portions of Jeongwon pork galbi and naengmyeon (cold noodles). Jeongwon Galbi Paju Main Branch is a family galbi house worth going back to even with the wait, thanks to generous banchan (side dishes) and plenty of wrap vegetables.

Written May 14, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Morning gukbap for a cold after Kintex camping, Goyang: Roman Gukbap

Roman Gukbap is a clear-broth gukbap (Korean rice soup) restaurant in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, across from Kintex Hall 1 and just to the right of Ilsan Church. After catching a cold at the Kintex campsite, the writer went the next morning with a child for the gukbap set (14,000 won, with a taster plate of suyuk, boiled pork) and traditional sundae (Korean blood sausage), and was given a separate kids' broth and tableware. With odor-free meat and clean broth, Roman Gukbap is a neighborhood favorite the writer keeps coming back to.

Written Oct 30, 2026Sponsored

PlacePaju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju dumpling restaurant: mandu jjabagi & mul makguksu – Bubyeokjeong

Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu (부벽정평양만두) is a Korean restaurant on Jimok-ro in Paju, near Lotte Outlets, that makes its own Pyeongyang-style dumplings by hand. The writer arrived 10 minutes before weekend opening, joined the Catch Table waitlist, and shared mandu jjabagi (dumplings simmered in a shallow broth), Pyeongyang mul makguksu (buckwheat noodles in broth), a half plate of beef shank suyuk (boiled sliced beef) and steamed Pyeongyang plate dumplings with a child. On weekends Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu has a line before opening, so register on Catch Table first.

Written Jun 12, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiCafés

Ilsan bakery anniversary: chestnut red bean campagne, Boulangerie Tan

Boulangerie Tan, Hyundai Department Store KINTEX is a bakery in the Basement 1 food hall of Hyundai Department Store KINTEX in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, and a branch of the Paju flagship. A regular returned on a Friday evening with a friend during the 1-year anniversary event and took home a jambon fromage salt bread, a Gongju chestnut red bean campagne and the signature chocolate baguette. Breads at Boulangerie Tan KINTEX sell out fast, so go early for the signature breads and the cornet pies.

Written Jun 29, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Gukbap restaurant by Kintex: rainy-day pork head suyuk, Roman Gukbap

Roman Gukbap (로만국밥) is a newly opened gukbap (pork soup with rice) restaurant on a side street off Hosu-ro 838beon-gil near Kintex in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang. On a rainy weekend the writer, her husband and their child ordered the Roman set and pork head suyuk (boiled pork head meat) with soju-beer. They remembered the clean, savory broth with no gamey smell, the owner's generosity and a free kids' gukbap. Roman Gukbap suits a filling lunch or an evening of suyuk and soju-beer, and makes an easy regular near Kintex.

Written Jun 26, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Post-field-trip family dumpling hot pot in Siksa-dong, Goyang: Arirang

Arirang Gaeseong Son Mandu Siksa Branch is a Korean dumpling restaurant in Siksa-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, near Dongguk University Hospital, serving mandu hot pot made with dumplings hand-folded at the entrance. On a rainy-season weekend after a field trip, one family shared a half-kimchi, half-meat mandu hot pot for 2, refilled the geotjeori (fresh kimchi) three times and packed the review-event fried dumplings for their child. For a mild yet filling lunch with kids, Arirang Gaeseong Son Mandu Siksa Branch is a solid choice.

Written Jul 17, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Family BBQ near Baekseok Station, owner's potatoes: Baekseok Kkogijip

Baekseok Kkogijip (백석 꼬기집) is a Korean pork BBQ restaurant in the Baekseok Station food alley in Ilsan, Goyang, where the meat is grilled for you before it is served. The writer arrived with a child as the first customers at 5 p.m. on a weekend and ordered the 2-person fresh meat assortment set. The meal came with a yukhoe (Korean beef tartare) sampler, steamed egg, and kimchi stew with ramyeon noodles, plus old-fashioned patbingsu (red bean shaved ice) from the review event and potatoes the owner handed out. Baekseok Kkogijip means no grilling and no smoke, and the owner's kindness is what the writer remembers most.

Written Jul 18, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeodaemun, SeoulRestaurants

Sinchon burger restaurant with a double patty upgrade: Bas Burger

Bas Burger Yonsei Cancer Hospital Branch is a burger restaurant in the basement arcade of Yonsei Cancer Hospital at Severance in Sinchon, Seodaemun, Seoul. On a return visit with her child, the writer ordered the Bas Burger set with a double patty and swapped the drink for sparkling water, then added a Double Bacon Cheese Burger on its own for the kid. Free potato chips for dine-in guests and a 7am weekday opening make Bas Burger an easy meal for solo diners or anyone with time between hospital appointments.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiCafés

KINTEX station bakery in Goyang: 4 breads to go, Boulangerie Tan

Boulangerie Tan, Hyundai Department Store KINTEX is a bakery on the basement 1 snack floor of Hyundai Department Store KINTEX in Goyang, run by the bakery known from Chorongkkot Village in Unjeong, Paju. On the way home from school pickup, the writer chose a chocolate baguette, a vanilla cornet pie, a milk cream salt bread and a sun-dried tomato salt bread sandwich and took them all home. Boulangerie Tan is worth a stop when you want this bread near KINTEX station without driving out to Paju.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored

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