"Speaking of lack of atmosphere, this tiny cafe hidden without signage on the second floor of an office building leaves decoration to a few tables, a mounted whiteboard menu in Korean, and a stack of cardboard boxes. No matter. The sweet ladies who run it light the place right up as they turn out soothingly fragrant soups like samgyetang with rice-stuffed chicken, ginseng, and egg and the beef-noodle soup called seolleongtang, accompanied by dishes of seasoned salt and chile paste for flavoring to taste (as well as a rainbow of kimchi and other banchan, of course)." - Ruth Tobias