My Guide to Korea’s Café & Beverage Chains

Korea has so many café and beverage chains that it has become a fun challenge for tourists to attempt ticking all of them off their checklist. I personally have a checklist to keep track of what I have tried before, but if it's your first time in Korea, how do you know which ones are …

Onedang Gamjatang (Myeongdong 1)

I'm back with another review of a restaurant in Myeongdong! 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 & loyalty points for Skypark Myeongdong, so I might …

O’sulloc Tea Museum & Innisfree Jeju House

Is it a coincidence that Innisfree Jeju house is right next to O'sulloc Tea Museum? Definitely not! For those who are familiar with the brand, you may know that green tea (be it green tea seed or green tea itself) is one of their core ingredients. It is little wonder then, that you also find …

The Jincook (더진국): Gukbab

The backstory of how I came to eat this in Anam: 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, and I was inadequately prepared (think thin ankle socks, no …

BIFF Square

You might have heard of the prestigious Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) before, but what exactly is BIFF Square? I couldn't really wrap my head around the idea of this being a tourist destination, and it took some searching from KTO to find out: Busan’s modern movie district was originally little more than a pair …

Florté Flower Cafe (플로르떼)

When it comes to stuff like hunting down famous food places, I usually leave it to my friends and family to do it, because I'm not really the kind of person who will intentionally hunt down these places. However, when I saw this café in a Korea guide book, I knew I had to go. …

My Best Places to Eat in Myeongdong

Food is a very subjective topic, but everyone knows that Singaporeans LOVE food. I even had someone from another country ask me if it's true that Singaporeans are always on the hunt for good food (it is). Most people are familiar with Myeongdong - it's the shopping paradise that almost every tourist will visit when …

Lotteria: Fast Food Chain

I was told that I had to try Lotteria in Korea. It's like the equivalent of McDonalds and KFC, and it is BIG in Korea. So naturally, I assumed that it was a Korean fast food chain. I was wrong! Lotteria is a chain of fast food restaurants in East Asia that grew out of its first shop in Tokyo, Japan in September …

CAFÉ CHAIN: Miss Lee Café (Insadong)

I heard that this cafeé chain was very famous, but the first question that came to my mind was: "Who's Miss Lee?" To be honest, I still don't know, but it doesn't matter. Miss Lee Café is easily spotted from far away, thanks to who I can only assume is Miss Lee, perched on a bench …

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. For the unacquainted, Budae-jjigae (부대찌개; literally "army base stew") or sausage stew is a type of jjigae (stew), made with ham, sausage, spam, baked beans, kimchi and gochujang.[ The dish …