아토 규 카츠 
 July 09 , 2017 by greysuitcase in Food , Seoul , South Korea 
 Gyukatsu ( 규 카츠 ) was one of the food that became ' a thing ' in Seoul last year . Or at least according to my observations since I encountered quite a number of newly opened gyukatsu places around Seoul and started to see more pictures of it online afterwards . And when one of my favorite restaurant moved away from its original spot and replaced by a gyukatsu restaurant , I felt like it was a perfect time to try it out . 
 Atto Gyukatsu ( 아토 규 카츠 ) in Sinchon ( 신촌 ) was the first place I got a taste of these delicious deep - fried breaded beef cutlets . I ordered the one person gyukatsu set meal which was served with rice , miso soup , and side dishes . The server gave me instructions on how to cook the meat according to your liking , put wasabi on top of it , dip it in the sauces and all that while putting down the tray in front of me . I followed his instructions and started eating . And man it was good . The meat was tender despite of the crunchy breading and the sauce goes well with the meat and rice . I personally feel the wasabi was unnecessary , but hey , I don ' t really like spicy food in general so for those who do , it might be better with the wasabi . If you are around Sinchon , this place might be worth a try . The restaurant is actually located in the basement so look out for their entrance ( pictured below ) and just follow down the stairs to the entrance . 
 Atto Gyukatsu ( 아토 규 카츠 ) 
 Address : 서울특별시 서대문구 명물 길 38 
 Tel : 02 - 363 - 4588 
 Break Time : 15 : 30 - 16 : 30 
 Subway : Sinchon Station . Exit 3 . 
 July 09 , 2017 / greysuitcase 
 Seoul , Seoul Restaurant , Atto Gyukatsu , 아토 규 카츠 , 규 카츠 , 맛집 , 신촌 , 신촌 맛집 , Sinchon , Sinchon Restaurant 
 Zado 랭킹 샵 
 August 06 , 2016 by greysuitcase in Seoul , South Korea , Weekend 
 One thing I learned about Seoul is that shops open and close so quick around here . One time , I was on my school break and went away from the city for vacation , and when I came back a month later , there were quite a bit of a change of the stores in some of the neighborhoods I frequent to . This time , since my last trip was almost 5 months ago , I thought I ' d do a survey to my old neighborhood and see what ' s changed . Quite a bit I should say . 
 I ended up going inside Zado Ranking Shop ( Zado 랭킹 샵 ) at Sinchon ( 신촌 ) yesterday . I think it ' s a new snack / bakery store ( cos it wasn ' t there when I was here last time ) and if I ' m not mistaken , they have ranks for different category of the items . Some of the categories are snacks , beverages , instant noodles , rice , and they even have unique one like ' blindtest '. Not sure what it actually means . The products sold on the store are not exclusively Korean , most of them came from different countries like Japan , America , and even Indonesia . I ' m thoroughly surprised to see some of my favorite Indonesian snacks and instant noodles in this store ( Indomie takes 2 nd place in the Rice & Noodle category btw : P ) . I ended up buying a Japanese watermelon soda from this place , which tasted pretty good , and for my next visit I think I ' m gonna try one of those Emergency Food Instant Rice that they have in store ( see picture below ) just to see what it tastes like . 
 Wishing everybody a great weekend ahead ! : ) 
 August 06 , 2016 / greysuitcase 
 Seoul , South Korea , Seoul Shops , Zado Ranking Shop , Zado 랭킹 샵 , 신촌 , 과자 샵 , Snack Store , 서울 , 대한민국