Category Archives: Seoul

All the food and goodness in the secret dark heart of Asia.

a neo-Korean outlier – Jung Sik Dang

So honeymoon done and its back to Korea with a bang and Jung Sik Dang. This restaurant brings out controversial feelings in me. I first visited in Spring 2011 on a three day break to Seoul. Some two months later … Continue reading →

fish ok – Noryangjin fish market in Seoul

25 Apr ’12

Noryangjin Fish Market where you go and choose your victims in the market and go to one of the restaurants underneath it to have it cooked for you. Continue reading →

hipster steak tartare – Cheongdam-dong yukhoe restaurant (육회본좌)

20 Apr ’12

Hipster steak tartare or yukhoe down in a backstreet place in Cheongdam-dong Continue reading →

A traditional waste – Phil Kyung Jae (필경재)

13 Mar ’12

Phil Kyung Jae – where not to eat in Seoul Continue reading →

Intestine time – Sinchon grilled gopchang restaurant (신촌황소곱창구이)

7 Mar ’12

A post about intestines and faeces and where to eat them or gopchang in Seoul Continue reading →

Byung Chul’s Skirt Pork restaurant in Sinsa-dong (병철이네 치맛살)

29 Feb ’12

If you want to talk about Korean food you have to talk about barbecue and this is a fine place to eat the pork variety Continue reading →

TeJc Korean drinking guide – part 5 – the dodgy bit

23 Feb ’12

The TeJc drinking guide to Korea looks at the dodgy side of drinking… Don’t go here Continue reading →

Kimchi Deviled Eggs. A different kind of hangover cure.

27 Jan ’12

I was hungover as hell. I hadn’t left my bed all day except to fill a glass of water and then later to visit the toilet as a result of said glass of water. Of the two of us, Tom’s … Continue reading →