Let's Rock Festival (렛츠락페스티벌)

10.5Km 2022-10-26

162, Hangangnanji-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

Let's Rock Festival started in 2007 as one of the largest urban music festivals. The festival celebrates the start of fall with musicians from dynamic genres, along with activities, food vendors, and more.

Manjok Ohyang Jokbal Hongik Univ.(만족오향족발 홍대)

10.5Km 2024-03-20

191 Donggyo-ro Mapo-gu Seoul
+82-2-323-1233

Located near Hongik Univ. Station, Manjok Ohyang Jokbal is said to be one of the top three jokbal (braised pigs' feet) restaurants in Seoul. Their signature dishes are manjog ohyang jokbal (braised five-spice pigs' feet), jokbal and jaengban guksu (jumbo sized buckwheat noodles) set menu. Manjok ohyang jokbal is made with pigs' feet marinated in five different sauce flavors, giving it a chewy texture and rich flavor. Bul jokbal (spicy braised pigs' feet) is a popular dish that can be paired with bossam (kimchi cabbage wraps with pork) or jokbal as a half and half set menu.

Aeum (에움)

10.5Km 2024-03-26

36 Seogang-ro 11-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Aeum is a fusion and traditional dessert cafe in a quiet alley between Sogang University and Hongik University in Seoul. Wooden interiors with muted colors create a neat atmosphere, and there are no signboards or menus on the outside or inside, so visitors can enjoy drinks and desserts in a quiet and relaxing setting. Coffee drinks, including pour-over coffee, are available, and there are many desserts as it's a traditional dessert cafe. The cafe also created a new dessert menu to cater to today's tastes after launching a pop-up store.
Raised rice cake, a traditional Korean dessert, and shaved ice are especially famous. The raised rice cake comes in cherry pepper, sesame, matcha, and chestnut flavors. The shaved ice comes as sweet red bean, apple cinnamon, dried persimmon, and sorbet flavors. Recipes and plating are designed to make Korean desserts easy for modern people to enjoy.

Wonhalmeoni Bossam Hongik University Station (원할머니보쌈 홍대역)

10.5Km 2024-03-19

10 Yanghwa-ro 18an-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
+82-2-338-5356

Wonhalmeoni Bossam is a bossam (kimchi cabbage wraps with pork) specialty restaurant located near Hongik University Station. Bossam is a dish where boiled pork is eaten with kimchi and various leafy vegetables. In winter, they offer a special dish called eorigul bossam (oyster wraps with pork), which is made with pork boiled with seasoned oysters. They also serve jokbal (braised pigs' feet) and yangnyeom jaengban bibim memilmyeon (jumbo spicy buckwheat noodles).

Sanullim 1992 (산울림1992)

10.5Km 2024-03-15

60 Seogang-ro 9-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

This Korean bar and restaurant serves Korean dishes with nearly 200 types of traditional Korean liquor on offer, including makgeolli (unrefined rice wine), refined rice wine, and distilled liquor. Its food menu includes bean curd with stir-fried kimchi, ox knee soup (soup made by boiling down calcium-rich ox knee), and cabbage wraps with soy sauce braised pork. The signature menu here, however, is “Bansang,” set menus of the customer's choice ranging from No. 1 to No. 5 served on a round dining table. Each number has a different pricing and composition, but all offer new and unique flavors. The savory and crispy cheese and potato pancake goes perfectly with tangy omija makgeolli.