Cycle 16 – Item 266
28 (Sun) September 2025
Post 5,745
Diavola Pizza
3.0
-Gwancheol, Jongro, Seoul, Republic of Korea-
with TB, NT
Seoul Silent Book Club celebrated their one-year (reboot) anniversary this evening. Since I first participated back in January (see generally 16.014 Chicken Sandwich), when they had about 30 members, they’ve more than doubled.
DRINKS
The venue was jazz club Asome Ground.
SSBC has been a valuable partner for the company, co-hosting various events, like the Shop, Swap, Sip & Read (see generally 16.069 Chicken Tacos), Red Sword Launch Party (see generally 16.118 Fried Chicken), and Book Talk with Mirinae Lee (see generally 16.139 Maekom Butter Bokkeum Bap).
And of course SSBC host ES is now our marketing consultant, while SSBC member CE is our IRIS focal point.
Congratulations and best of luck in the coming year!
DINNER
Oksoo Wood Oven Pizza is an Italian restaurant. Specializes in Neapolitan-style pizzas with sourdough crusts, cooked in wood-fired ovens. As the name would suggest, the original location is in Oksu (see generally 11.320 Pizza Diablo).
After the book club party was over, a few of us wandered the neighborhood for eats until settling on this place. At the time, partly because I was drunk, partly because the outside signage reads “Okja Pizza & Pub” (presumably, they took over an existing pizza joint but haven’t gotten around to replacing the sign), I didn’t realize the connection to the Oksu restaurant; only when I began doing background research for this post, and noticed that the napkin on the featured photo reads “Oksu Hwadeok Pizza” did I make the connection.
The Diavola was excellent (in the post at the Oksu restaurant, I had ordered the same thing, but called it “Diablo” – dunno whether the name has changed or I’d gotten it wrong). The sourdough crust was chewy and flavorful, enhanced by the oven char. The slices of chorizo were crispy and spicy-salty, pairing nicely with the peperoncino flakes and olives. A fine meal to end the evening.
Glad to see that the business is doing well and expanding. When we move back to Oksu next year, I look forward to revisiting the restaurant. The chain also has a location in Seongsu, which I’ll check out.
(See RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)
(See GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)
(See HANSIK)