Followed the recommendations and tried this Mexican chicken salad (I think it was $14.90 before 10% service charge). It was so banging! Seasoning and spices gave the dish depth of flavour and the guacamole was so on point! Dying to come back for more!

This is a famous stretch in Sindang-dong where there are at least 10 eateries all selling the same thing: spicy rice cake hotpots.

How divine a dish is this. Cloaking the delicately umami, fluffy-grained cuttlefish ink rice entirely was an omu (or omelette) of such lovely eggy lightness, I could have eaten it by itself. And over this glorious round mound were embellishments of seafood, as well as a truckload of rich creamy sauce. Mmmmm...

6 layers of goodness paired with dark chocolate sauce and ice cream on a bed of peanuts

Duck Confit on a bed of mash potato paired with spinach, baby carrot and pear, drizzled with chocolate sauce