17.138 Yukhwe Deul Gireum Mak Guksu

Cycle 17 – Item 138

Post 5,982

23 (Sat) May 2026

Yukhwe Deul Gireum Mak Guksu

3.5

at Woomi Hwegwan

-Gwancheol, Jongro, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with Cho Yeeun, Jo Woori, Honford Star, db staff

At long last, as teased last month (see 17.084 Special Sushi Set), the day is finally upon us: the dual book launch/talk for 2 books by author Cho Yeeun: Shift and Teddy Bears Never Die.

YP Building Plaza.
Moderated by author Jo Woori (far right), whose first book to be translated ino English will be done by Marie, a member of our CCC (Content Creator Collective).

The event was a 5-way partnership: dbBOOKS X YP Books X Hachette Book Group X Honford Star X Seoul Silent Book Club.

Shift by Honford Star – a frequent collaborator (see most recently 16.342 Khai Jiao Gung).
Teddy Bears Never Die by Hachette Book Group – a frequent collaborator (see most recently 16.314 Prawn Korma)
Book signing took nearly an hour.

Following the success of their first BookMaek (BookBeer) Salon last fall, YP Books is doing it again this spring.  On weekends, at the ground floor plaza of their flagship building in Jongro, they sell draft beer and set up chairs/tables for customers to drink and read – not entirely unlike Seoul Outdoor Library (see for comparison 17.116 Emmental Mushroom Pizza), though certainly more adult in nature and commercial in objective.

Our event was held amidst this on-going event.

Not cheap, at all.
Wildcat Victory Lager (2.5)

Afterwards, dinner was hosted at Woomi Hwegwan, which we’d scouted following a planning meeting last month (see generally 17.105 Gamja Chae Jeon).  The food was excellent.

Maeun Seuji Jjim (1.0): way, way too spicy – though in fairness, the server did warn us.

With great fondness, I recall Ms Cho’s visit to our warehouse last year to be interviewed by The Korea Joongang Daily (see generally 15.291 Special Sushi Set).

Teddy Bears Never Die, a supernatural horror book of sorts, features a boy whose soul is trapped inside a toy teddy bear and wields an axe to protect his former friend/classmate.
MOC by me: the white balls represent rice cakes, a plot point in the story; under the bear mask is the boy’s nervous expression.

The event was a huge success – though, without going into details, I doubt that we’ll be partnering with YP Books on another event anytime soon.

The restaurant is located a few steps from Jonggak.

(See RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)

(See GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See HANSIK)

(See BOOZE)

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