Foreign tourists visiting Korea are always looking for interesting Korean products to take home. These days, one unexpected item is attracting attention: the yellow container of sweet sauce associated with Isaac Toast (이삭토스트).
Seoul has countless cafés, but Brian’s Coffee (브라이언스커피) in Dogok-dong is one that I return to again and again. In fact, it may be my favorite bread shop in Korea.
The coffee is excellent, but what keeps bringing me back is the bakery. Brian’s Coffee specializes in beautifully made scones, madeleines, financiers, salt bread, cakes, cookies and other pastries. Everything is displayed simply and elegantly, making it difficult to choose just one thing.
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Near 뱅뱅사거리 (Baengbaeng Sageori) in southern Seoul, 무화잠 강남점 is a long-running Korean seafood restaurant specializing in 대게 (snow crab), 킹크랩 (king crab), and 랍스터 (lobster). The Gangnam branch is at 서울 강남구 강남대로 292, close to the office-heavy area between Gangnam and Yangjae.
One of my favorite things about Incheon International Airport is that Korean culture sometimes appears where you least expect it.
While passing through Terminal 2, I came across a live traditional performance presented by the Korea Heritage Agency (국가유산진흥원). Instead of another airport advertisement or duty-free shop, travelers were treated to Korean music and dance performed in hanbok.
If you’re flying from the far end of Incheon Airport Terminal 2, there’s a Korean Air lounge that is easy to miss.
The Korean Air Prestige Garden East Lounge is located on the 4th floor opposite Gate 281, making it especially convenient for flights departing around Gates 281–283. It opened as part of Korean Air’s major Terminal 2 lounge expansion and renovation project.
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The enormous black bag in these photos is not an official city garbage bag. It belongs to Covering (커버링), a private collection service that removes mixed household waste directly from your door.
Airports usually give you two choices: shop or eat. Incheon Airport is trying something different with X:PORT (엑스포트), a new digital experience space filled with AI, robots, and interactive Korean culture.
I stopped by the Terminal 2 X:PORT area, where several futuristic experiences are set up. One of the most entertaining is X:Lucky Charm, which uses AI to give you a guardian animal and a short piece of personalized advice. Mine was a very cute tiger.
