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February 19, 2024

Museum Kimchikan: unique food museum in Seoul

I’ve seen this kimchi museum on Naver Maps and some travel guides every time I search for something to do in the Insadong area. However, I only managed to drop by in 2023 when we had extra time to spare. Kimchi is a hallmark of Korean cuisine and I actually love it a lot, even…
September 4, 2022

Hasukyeong Gamasot Bibimbap: unique bibimbap in Jeonju

It’s been a while since I updated my Korea travel blog! This is partly due to my other life commitments, and partly because COVID struck and travel became uncertain. NOTE: I visited Hasukyeoeng Gamasot Bibimbap back in 2019 so some things may have changed. However I’ve done a quick check online and this restaurant is…
February 22, 2021

The Jincook 더진국: hearty gukbab chain in Korea

I actually ate The Jincook in Anam, which was pretty far away from most tourist attractions. The back story was that I was visiting Korea University in the winter of 2017, and it was possibly the coldest day of my trip. If I recall correctly, temperatures fell to about -10 to -13 degrees Celsius that day.…
March 2, 2019

Onedang Gamjatang (Myeongdong 1)

I’m back with another review of a restaurant in Myeongdong: Onedang Gamjatang (Myeongdong 1)! If you are wondering why I’m always talking about things to eat in Myeongdong, that’s because I always stay in this area during my Korea trips. It’s really convenient for tourists, + I have member’s discount for Skypark Myeongdong! On that…
January 13, 2019

Lotteria: what to eat at Korea’s local fast food chain

this fast food chain is much more popular with locals and there were few tourists in sight.
January 11, 2019

[CLOSED] Myeongdong 56th: Army Stew in Seoul

It seems that most people know about army stew when you talk about Korean cuisine, and so we knew we couldn’t go without at least having one meal of army stew on any of our trips to Korea. Isn’t it amazing (and a lil sad) that food scrapped together from what the US army left…