The Han River is, IMHO, the most beautiful outdoor area in Seoul. To be sure, Seoul can boast many gorgeous parks and lush mountains, but for me, the Han reigns supreme. Perhaps because I spent the good majority of my last 26 y...
Directions: Sadang Station (Line 2/1) Exit 4, walk 5 minutes and make a sharp right and walk up the hill. Follow other climbers or look out for hiking stores. It’s not hard to find, fear not. And getting lost is always fu...
I have already had a crepe, handmade sausage and a duck baguette sandwich. The market is bustling and there is so much to see and eat. Stop by. It is open till 3pm.
Darn. Darn. Darn. One of. My favorite places, Shim Yang, has an hour late and I have a hankering for lamb skewers. One of my friends suggested we head to Gangnam Station because he said he knew the original lamb place that Shim...
by Troy Zitzelberger Some times you just crave some thing spicy and I think that I have finally found it. GOP CHANG BOKKEUM!!! Finally, I have found a spicy dish that can make my mouth feel like a kiln. Of course, I’m still s...
Taj in Gangnam Taj in Gangnam serves a good, ethnic lunch for only 10,000 won. The service and atmosphere are always nice and it’s nice to have something other than kimchi and rice for lunch. Now they probably don...
Kitchen Flo in Sorae Village Chef Jang-hyun Cho of the restaurant Kitchen Flo gave up the good life to toil in the kitchen. He was living the Korean dream as a businessman at Samsung. He had a wife and kids; he should ha...
Suraon Royal Korean Feast, Seoul A reader asked me the other day, where is a good place that I can go to take my parents that want to see a bit of a show and eat a wide range of Korean food in a more upscale atmosphere. Ok, 1 p...
Ham and Cheese Baguette in the French Village Whenever I am in the French Village, I try and make it into the Paris Croissant for a Ham and Cheese Baguette. It is the only place in the city that will do it to Parisian specifica...
It is not often that I really dislike an establishment, but now, I feel like I must say something about about the cafe that I’m sitting in now. It’s nothing special, just another cafe but they advertise that they ro...
Gyodae 교대(Seoul National University of Education Subway Line 2 and 3) has some excellent eats. Now this is partly because it is across from one of Korea’s most prestigious universities. Oh! and don’t get Gyodae ...