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October 11, 2018 Food

Multifaceted sushi at Sushi Ryukou

In a city with plenty of sushi options, it can be a challenge for a new sushiya to stand out from the crowd. Sushi Ryukou took that risk, opening in Sinsa-dong this August. “I wanted to show my own...

Aromatic, eclectic eats at Ithaca

The food at Ithaca, chef Kim Tae-yoon’s latest restaurant, is not easy to categorize. The food exhibits Korean, Japanese, Middle Eastern, Italian and Greek influences, all skillfully fused into incr...

September 13, 2018
Food
Uber-fresh, housemade mozzarella at Slowwcheese

As advertised by the big bold white letters adorning the storefront of Slowwcheese, this new shop specializes in mozzarella. Every morning, cheesemaker and owner Min Jin-woo makes around 3.5 kilogra...

August 16, 2018
Food
Trendy, toothsome eats at Taupe

Taupe, a new restaurant near Dosan Park in Seoul, quickly reeled in reservations when it soft opened in June. “Yes, response has been very hot,” said Taupe sous chef Kim Chul-ho, admitting he and hi...

July 26, 2018
Food
Specialty and micro-lot coffee roasted and brewed in-house

At Gray Gristmill, one of the latest additions to Seoul’s ever-growing cafe scene, getting a caffeinated brew is an interactive process. After perusing a selection of 12 different single-origin coff...

July 6, 2018
Food
Flavorful French with an artistic bent

Hulotte -- a fine dining French restaurant into its second year of business -- settled into its new perch in Cheongdam-dong a little over a month ago. The interior is new, the location is new but, o...

June 8, 2018
Food
Slice serves up banh mi pizza

The banh mi pizza at Slice -- a fresh, aromatic pie with a fiery kick -- was not on the menu when this eight-seater, New York-style pizza shop opened in Cheongdam-dong a little over two years ago. ...

May 26, 2018
Food
Modern Italian eats at Titolo

The sea urchin pasta at Titolo, a new Italian spot in Seoul’s Cheongdam-dong, looks like a straightforward iteration of the popular dish, like its banking on the huge dollop of sea urchin garnishing ...

May 4, 2018
Food
Bistro uses fermented ingredients to craft borderless eats

After racking up experience in the realm of fine dining, Joo Woo-seok struck out on his own as head chef of Ferment B nearly six months ago. “I wanted to see what I could do,” Joo, 32, explained his...

April 20, 2018
Food
Artisanal charcuterie at Maison Jo

It started with salami, charcutier Jo Woo-ram, confessed, taking a break from hours spent crafting wobbly, luscious blocks of pate and meltingly soft wheels of blood sausage to explain how it all beg...

March 31, 2018
Food
No phone number, but great tarts at My Funny Dessert

My Funny Dessert’s ascension to worth-the-wait status has been a year in the making, and that is something of a miracle given the shop’s hard-to-find location and utter lack of a phone number. Situa...

March 16, 2018
Food
Fostering coffee at Conflict Store

In many ways, the word “conflict” is at odds with the actual concept of barista Park Jin-hoon’s new spot. “I do not want competition between roasters, I want to promote communication,” said Conflict...

February 23, 2018
Food
Rethinking dessert at Plan Plan

From its small perch in Seoul’s Samseong-dong, Plan Plan is doing creative, structured, delicious things with cake. This tiny 14-seat dessert shop has been spinning out mouthwatering sweets since 20...

February 9, 2018
Food
Deconstructing sushi at Shimizu

At Sushi Shimizu, a single piece of sushi, that first oblong oval of glistening fish over rice, serves as a reminder of the importance of “shari.” Shimizu’s shari -- also known as sushi rice -- is q...

January 26, 2018
Food
All-day eats, baked goods and coffee at Caravan

Caravan, an expanding eatery with new roots near Seoul’s Dosan Park, seems to have mastered the art of all-day dining. At its latest outpost, which opened mid-December in Sinsa-dong, diners can tuck...

January 5, 2018
Food

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