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Writes about restaurants and cafes visited around Daejeon, Chungcheong, Sejong and Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés
Le Garden Bleu is a Western restaurant on the 1st floor of KT&G Sejong Tower A (AK Mall) in Eojin-dong, Sejong. The writer took the BRT bus there on a date and ordered mushroom soup, a salmon steak garden salad and puttanesca pasta topped with chicken thigh steak. Le Garden Bleu is a Sejong date spot that stands out for its salmon salad with no fishy taste and a thoughtful one-pickle-dish-per-person setting.
Songrimbok Jangeo Unlimited Eel Daejeon Direct Store is an all-you-can-eat freshwater eel restaurant in the Jijok-dong food alley in Yuseong, Daejeon. The writer visited to treat a busy partner to a health-boosting meal, paid ₩29,900 per adult for unlimited freshwater eel, pork belly and duck neck, and found it convenient that even the eel and meat are refilled from the self-serve bar. Songrimbok suits group dinners and keto-friendly team meals for anyone who wants plenty of mild eel without feeling rushed.
Plate Dunsan Branch (플레이트 둔산점) is a pasta restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building behind Time World Galleria in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, where diners choose from 12 pasta noodles. The writer met friends there for Sunday lunch to hand out wedding invitations, took a window seat and ordered the lobster cream pasta topped with half a lobster and the best-selling Cheongyang cream gnocchi (made with spicy Korean Cheongyang chili). With well-spaced tables and a window view of trees, Plate Dunsan Branch is an easy Dunsan-dong pasta spot for get-togethers, dates and family meals.
Chung-sil Hoegwan (충실회관) is a hanok-style Korean BBQ restaurant on the ground floor of the Hansol-dong food street in Sejong. Because of the afternoon break time, the writer arrived right at dinner opening and ordered the galbi kimchi hot pot for two at ₩15,000 per person, enjoying pot rice (sotbap), unlimited ramen noodles and sungnyung (scorched-rice tea). Chung-sil Hoegwan is a Hansol-dong spot worth recommending for rich, homestyle kimchi stew like Mom makes and good value for money.
Café The Corner (카페더코너) is a coffee shop and bingsu (shaved milk ice dessert) spot in the Dodam-dong food alley in Sejong, open daily until 1 a.m. On the holiday itself, the writer visited Café The Corner with a partner on the mother-in-law's recommendation, and the three ordered a black sesame bingsu and a decaf iced americano. Verdict: one black sesame bingsu at Café The Corner was plenty for three, and the writer agreed with the mother-in-law that it is the best bingsu in Sejong.
