Yuda in Itaewon: Great Spot to Test Your Camera

2017-12-25 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Original (Korean)

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Ever since I bought my iPhone X, I haven't been carrying a camera around at all and just take all my photos with my phone. The food at Yuda, the place I'm posting about today, was good, but the interior was so fun to play around with a new camera that I recommend it as a "great restaurant to test your camera," just like the title says.

~~To be honest, I was so excited that I don't even remember if the food was actually good...~~

Exterior of an Itaewon restaurant with a sign reading Yuda and Yakitori.

Restaurant interior shelf with traditional Japanese dolls, sake bottles, and dried fish decorations.

Restaurant interior decorated with paper umbrella-shaped lights and bamboo walls.

Staff cooking behind a kitchen counter decorated with various Japanese ornaments.

Close-up of traditional Japanese dolls displayed side by side on a shelf.

Dried fish decoration hanging from the ceiling.

Wooden table set with black plates, wooden chopsticks, and a white sake bottle.

Plate containing thinly sliced muno-sukhoe (blanched octopus), radish sprouts, and seaweed.

Thinly sliced muno-sukhoe (blanched octopus), radish sprouts, cucumber, and lemon slices are neatly arranged on a plate.

Muno-sukhoe (blanched octopus), seaweed, cucumber, radish sprouts, and danmuji (yellow pickled radish) are abundantly served on a round plate.

Interior of an izakaya with various traditional Japanese dolls and decorations placed on a wooden counter.

A small wooden doll painted with a lion dance face sits on a shelf.

A wooden carving of a tanuki (raccoon dog) wearing a straw hat and holding a baby on its belly.

Since we only ordered one bottle of tokkuri (sake carafe) and a plate of parboiled octopus, I can't really judge the overall level of this yakitori joint. I just got dragged in because the friend I was with said, "This place is famous." Still, that single order of octopus was quite good. I usually have this prejudice that octopus is chewy and tough, but the texture here was incredibly soft.

But the real draw of this place is the uniquely Japanese interior,

~~even if it feels a bit exaggerated,~~

and the fact that you can have fun taking macro shots of it. It's a bit ambiguous whether this is a photography spot recommendation or a restaurant review, but anyway, it's a great place to hang out with a friend, on a date, or even by yourself

~~though I probably couldn't do that~~

and the one dish I did eat was good, so I recommend it.

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