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A Modernized Cafe In the Midst of Nature: Caffe Raum Beside Bucheon city, there are mountains that are open to hiking and our family has taken advantage of that luxury several times. On that road towards the entrace of that hiking trail, a rather large two-floor cafe sat rather isolated and a bit out of place. In a sense, it felt like a piece of modernization in the midst of complete nature, but seeing how society's gradually become that way it wa.. 더보기
"Naengmyun Heaven" in the Naengmyun Street in Incheon Incheon is famous for having different food streets that only sell that specific type of food throughout the street. It was lunch time and as I was going towards Incheon from East Incheon Station on the western end of the number 1 blue subway line, one question popped into mind: "Should I go to the sundae-street or naengmyun-street?" Both streets were right next to each other, making my indecisi.. 더보기
Refreshing madness! Handmade Buckwheat Makguksu from "Carrot Squid" It's monsoon season and temperatures are soaring up past 30 degrees Celsius. Due to the high humidity and heat, the increase of stress and even frustration is inevitable. I was no difference and I was wondering whether there would be a place where I could reduce these almost responsive yet undesirable emotions. That's when I found this restaurant called "Dang-geun Nakji" (당근낙지) which in direct t.. 더보기
"Nice" or Cheap? Chungjin-dong Haejang-guk in Gwanak-gu Due to the emersion of food-based TV shows in Korean cable, the title of "Nice Restaurant" has become popular nationwide. Any restaurant with that title is considered to be a restaurant that tastes good while presumably not using any chemically engineered ingredients while the food is created, most popularly MSG. Although I personally believe that the words "Nice" and "Restaurant" should never b.. 더보기
SUBWAY near Mapo Station We loved eating the Subway footlongs when we lived in the United States and it was only recently when we knew that Subways also existed in Korea. Since then, my daughter has continually asked me to take her, and at last we decided to go all the way to Mapo Station to find this "healthy" nostalgic franchise. We got one footlong and split it in half. The fresh vegetables lived up to the "eat fresh.. 더보기