Sunday, 15 February 2015

4 Dec 2014 - Revisit to 남이섬 종합휴양지 Nami Island and 쁘띠프랑스 Petite France

The itinerary for the day was a day trip to 남이섬 종합휴양지 Nami Island and 쁘띠프랑스 Petite France. I visited both places in 2012. Ok anyway, we took the ITX and reached Gapyeong Station at 8.55am. Actually, I don't feel like talking about this day trip since its a repetition. Changed my mind becos I wanted to share about the Gapyeong City Tour. Taking the Gapyeong City Tour was a bit different from the previous trip. Previously, I took the city tour bus from the bus stop opposite Gapyeong station. This time however, the city tour bus stopped right outside the Tourist Information Centre, ie need not cross the road. Kim and I were waiting at the bus stop opposite Gapyeong Station and saw a bus that looked liked the city tour bus stopping outside the Information Centre. We stared at it for a good 5 mins before approaching it. Fortunately, the city tour bus waited for slightly more than 5 mins before driving off at 9.14pm. Otherwise, we could have missed the bus without realising. Morale of the story?  Be observant. And so, we reached the first stop, Nami Island about 5 mins later. 

 Saw this on the ferry.
We reached the island at 9.58am.
My god....It was.........super ....duper.....freaking.....cold.........................
안녕 little one ^^
Soooo cute!!

I miss you so much that I came back mainly becos of you ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ
Yay ^^
So happy!!!
Kim and I felt it was way too cold to stay on the island and decided to move on to Petite France.  We took the ferry back to the main land at 11.20am. It was only 11.36am when we reached the city tour bus stop. The next city tour bus will only arrive at 12.15am. We decided not to waste time waiting for the bus and took a cab instead. It was 11.38am when we got on the cab. Starting fare was 3000won. We reached Petite France at 11.57am. Cab fare was 18000 won.
Our lunch.
There was not much option for lunch in Petite France ㅠㅠ
The restaurant/bistro seemed to be closed and meant for staff only.

떡볶이 Tteokbokki was so so....오뎅 Odeng was so so....

New place?
We reached 5 mins after the play/show started.
괜찮아. We weren't planning to watch it anyway.
Again, I don't find Petite France interesting.
 Just wanna show Kim how the place looks like.
Kim felt the same as me.
We left an hour later.
Took the city tour bus from the bus stop across Petite France.
Got on the bus back to Gapyeong Station at 1.52pm.
We were not hungry and passed the chance to try 닭갈비 Dakgalbi in Chuncheon. Nevermind its ok, said Kim. I bought our ITX tickets before our trip. So since we were early, I approached the office at Gapyeong station to see if we can change to a earlier timing back to Seoul. Yup, there were seats available and we also managed to get seats on the upper deck ^^ 


For your luggages ^^


Tuesday, 10 February 2015

3 Dec 2014 - Burrrpppppp.......

After exploring Naksan Park and Ihwa-dong, we took the subway to Edae for some shopping.
Saw this place, 페기 파이 and decided to check it out.
A very small place but wide varieties on the menu, which was not displayed out.
My little Kim loves fruits so I ordered this for her ^^
And she loves it!!
Another street food for my Kim to try ^^
Have been eyeing at this place, Ozzang since my Autumn trip.
It was only setting up for opening when I left for SG.
This place is at Sinchon, near U-Plex.
스윗어니언 Sweet onion 7000won
스파이시 Spicy 7000won
플레인 Plain 6000won
We tried the plain flavour.
Delicious but can be quite messy to eat ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ  
As I have mentioned earlier, the best thing about our Air BNB apartment is the location. We went back to our apartment, dropped all our purchases and head out to 마녀커리크림치킨 for dinner.
Menu in Korean only...
We ordered the set.
The set (26,000 won) includes a drink, salad and curry cream fried chicken(without bones).
You can request to add cheese, fries etc at additional charges.
Delicious!!!
Not spicy at all.
We couldn't finish everthing because we were quite full with all the food ate earlier on...
Kim's favourite cos she loves fruits ^^
Nearest subway station is Sangsu Station, exit 1.
About 5 mins walk from exit 1 to reach 마녀커리크림치킨.

3 Dec 2014 - A different view at Naksan Park

Brought Kim to my all time favourite breakfast place in Korea before heading out to Naksan Park & Ihwa-dong.
Hmmm...did they incorporate something new in their menu?
Both of us chose "Big Potato Meal English Muffin".
The name already sound so filling ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 
^^
A totally different feel and view as compared to my previous trip here, Hidden Gem at Naksan .



They are not oranges.
So what are they?
Any idea??
Answer : Persimmons

2 Dec 2014 - Kim's no 1 favourite Korean food


We took the subway to Konkuk Univ Station aka 건대 for our dinner at 송림식당.
Woww they are open so early??
6am~11.30pm.  Did I misinterpret it??


  1. 뚝배기김치찌개 5500won 
  2. 돼지불백 Pork Bulgogi with rice 7000won 
  3. 해장국 Haejangguk 5500 won 
  4. 된장 찌개 Doenjang Jjigae 5500won   
We ordered the most popular item on the menu, 돼지불백 Pork Bulgogi and it comes with rice.
The meat slices were quite big and you got to cut them up using the scissors.
Just like this ^^

This was the best part!!
Dump in the rice, vegetables and gochujang and stir fried everything together ^^

Like this


Done!!
Guess what???
This dish made it to the first on Kim's top 6 Korean food!!
Complimentary ^^
It takes about 10 mins walk from 건대 aka Konkuk Univ Station, exit 5 to reach 송림식당.
송림식당 is a popular place in 건대.
Do check it out if you are in the vicinity. 
Next, we took the subway to Hoehyeon Station, exit 5.
Yup, we went back to Namdaemun market again to get a new pair of glasses for Kim.
 From exit 5, the spectacle shop will be at your 11 o'clock direction.
This is the shop.
I think its quite a popular shop.
Thanks to Siying for her good recommendation ^^
Mr Lee told me the shop will be opened throughout the year...I wonder did I hear it correctly. I kept asking him whether they have warranty, although I wasn't expecting any. Just curious. But he didn't seemed to understand what is that LOL From testing of eyesight to collecting the new glasses, the waiting time took less than 15 mins!! How amazing!! Mr Lee said it will be the same waiting time for all sort of degrees!! WOW!!! He is a nice guy and he speaks English. Most importantly, my little Kim was very pleased with her new glasses. Cheap, trendy and nice!
We went over to Myeongdong for more shopping after getting Kim's glasses.
Pomegranate juice in season???
Cos I saw vendors selling it in Myeongdong and Dongdaemun.
Gosh...they tasted so nice that I bought 2 packets.
Not cheap though...I think one packet in Myeongdong cost 4000won.
We ended the day with LIGHT snack at 이미카페 imi cafe. Actually, I was looking forward to their popular orange cheese cake but it was sold out for the day. I guessed we were too late and I suspected the table beside us managed to get the last order of the orange cheese cake. Hmmm!!  We had Earl Grey cake instead. Not bad but I prefer the one I had from Snob Cafe. I think our drink was hot grapefruit tea...something like that???  Not bad. Lots of pulps in it.
It will take about 5 mins walk from Hongik Univ Station, exit 1.