Haap is not your average ddeok jip (rice cake shop). Chef/owner Shin Yong-il studied French dessert making in France, at École Lenôtre, and has worked at Gosire, a famous Korean restaurant in Japan, and Poom Seoul, a Korean fine-dining restaurant. He also served as a …
So, hanu (native Korean beef) is expensive. It’s expensive for a lot of different reasons, but most of them boil down to the fact that Koreans just think it’s better than other beef. The hanu beef rating system in Korea has six levels, from 1++ …
Juban is amazing. Let me get that out of the way up front, because I’m about to gush. Located in a back alley in Seochon, it serves a wide selection of well-made Western cocktails and craft beers, but that’s not what you go to Juban …
So last week when I got the bar hours wrong, my friend and I were left being two ajummas who lunch without a place to lunch. Luckily, we were in her neighborhood, and she had us covered. CousCous serves simple but very nice Tunisian food. …
This is a really, really quick post, just because I made a promise to myself not to go too long without one for a while. The other day I went to meet a friend in her neighborhood to check out a really cool bar that …