23 April 2026
My last Japanese meal in Korea
Apgujeong rodeo and Garosu-gil
What will my last Japanese meal in Korea be? Omurice? Curry? Ramen? You will have to scroll down for the shocking conclusion.
Before all that, I went to two places. Long time readers from about 3 weeks ago will remember Gungdong rodeo in Daejeon, well tonight I went to Apgujeong rodeo. SO THIS WAS NOT MY FIRST RODEO. Thankyou.
It is a number of streets all given the same name, I am wondering if that is actually a thing in Korea for all the streets in a city block or just in special areas. I may never know, anyway, there are a few interesting places to look at and a lot of guys in Ferrari's specifically driving down streets way too narrow for their cars.
Next up was a brief stop at the Hyundai department store, photographed on a previous night. They had a very large food court, but when I went to the machines to order, all the places were closing as it was 7pm. Now I had to work fast and walk to the next area over of Garosu-gil, home to the flagship stores of numerous fashion brands, plus apple, so really exactly where I belong, but fear not, I still managed to find a cheap Japanese meal.
On this corner there are flagship dealerships for Mercedes, Audi, BMW but most importantly, Hyundai, who have flipped all their cars against the windows. This is to give potential customers browsing inside the store a good look at the leaf spring suspension.
Japanese dinner option number one. Too early.
A nice street, or more correctly, rodeo, at Apgujeong.
I took this photo to make sure I would be able to spell it.
Over the road, another department store, this is the high end annex of, wait for it... Galleria. There are so many Galleria's in the world, I could make a documentary series about them all.
I looped my way back through the rodeo and roped a couple of steers.
Next dinner option, too pink and fluffy, even for me.
Do not mess with these guys.
Not sure if department store, hotel or hospital.
The fancy street of Garosu-gil is very nice, but very hard to photograph. Much more like a fancy street in a non Asian city.
And finally, for my last supper, hamburg steak. Cheap options in Garosu-gil were not plentiful, but I managed to find one under $10.
Tomorrow is a flying day. I will kill time and then wonder why people think Incheon airport is special in any way.