Food & Dining

TL;DR: House of Vinyl in Yeonhui-dong is less a café that plays music and more a listening room that happens […]

TL;DR: Chabaidao (茶百道) is a Taiwanese milk tea chain with a Seongsu location built around fresh fruit and handmade toppings.

TL;DR: Daming (大茗) is a Taiwanese milk tea brand from Taichung that’s been running since 1994 — and its Seongsu

Seongsu is one of Seoul’s easiest neighborhoods to explore on foot, but the food options can feel scattered across pop-up

TL;DR: Ihwawon is a Chinese-Korean (hwagyo) restaurant in Yeonhui-dong now run by the third generation of the same family, open

TL;DR: Hanjungsun (한정선) is a fruit-and-cream mochi shop that started in Seongsu and has grown into something close to Korea’s

TL;DR: Elephant Bagel is a Seoul-wide wood-fired bagel chain (Yeongdeungpo, Hannam, Insadong, Yongsan, Yangpyeong) that just opened a Seongsu location

TL;DR: Coffee Hanyakbang, already well-documented in English for its Euljiro original location built inside a former Joseon-era herbal medicine shop,

TL;DR: ZENZERO — a gelato brand with back-to-back Taste of Seoul 100 selections and two Blue Ribbon Survey ribbons —

TL;DR: BETON is a salt bread specialist in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong, and many locals rate it above the more famous Jayeondo