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| Brought the couple and their little one to try out pork rice soup at 월강부산돼지국밥. My favorite pork rice soup in Hongdae and the couple loves pork rice soup lol |
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| Yup. Agreed by them, this was really good and the meat portion was very generous. |
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| Every morning, I will be glued to the Tv programs. Watching Three Meals a Day 삼시세끼 really spurred me to cook hahhaha I find it super hard to leave the apartment cos lazing on the bed, watching all these TV programs is such a luxury to me. |
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| Same same but different hahhahaha Ramyeon for breakfast! I wonder if anyone can relate to this. The ramyeon tasted so good when I eat it from the pot cover hahahahaha |
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| Finally, got to meet up with 성원 after so long... 치맥 Chimaek for dinner ^^ We ordered 반반 ban ban. Half original and half 양념 yangnyeom (sweet spicy) ^^ |
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| One of the chicken was not well cooked so 성원 requested to have it cook. The fries with fried sweet potato stick was a "service" becos of the piece of chicken. And as always, he ordered 골뱅이무침 Golbaengi-muchim (spicy sea snails noodles). |
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| Yummmzzzz ^^ |
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| Woke up and came to Sinchon again to get something. Passed by this cafe and grabbed my coffee. |
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| I ordered the Mauritius Brown Latte. |
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| :P Coffee before the shops open. |
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| Having done with my shopping, I came back to the apartment to cook a simple lunch. Yummmssss... The mushroom looks plain but this Korean mushrooms is a food that I will always buy whenever I am back in Korea. Just saute it with a dash of salt and even garlic would taste so good! Moreover, it is very juicy :P I like this kind of vacation...relaxing and no rush. |
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| Came to Myeongdong to do some shopping. I miss the seaweed soup that me and Emily had in Jeju so I checked and there was a restaurant selling seaweed soup in Myeondong. It was located at the basement of Savoy Hotel. Cool! |
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| They have English menu too. I ordered abalone with clams seaweed soup (14000won) |
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| Yesssssssss ^^ |
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| My abalone seaweed soup with clams. The soup was very nice but I feel the one in Jeju was better, fresher. Nevertheless, I was thankful to have this for dinner. Felt so rejuvenated after having it lol |
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| My hosts, Grace and husband insisted to treat me for lunch. So "paiseh" but also felt bad to turn them down again. So we came to this popular dakgalbi restaurant in Sinchon for lunch. My second time here. The first time was in 2014 with my classmates. Grace and husband lived in Jamsil but came all the way to Sinchon...so paiseh.. |
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| Cheese is a must for us!! Hahahaa |
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| About 4 mins walk from Sinchon station, exit 1/2. |
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| After a good lunch, the couple suggested to have coffee. So we walked around the neighborhood to find a nice cafe. They showed me this place,Gyeongui Line Book Street 경의선책거리 Although I took a walk in this place before but I did not check out any cafes here. There was one hotteok place which I recently discovered (in early 2020) but not sure if it is still there. Hope it will be still there when I go to Hongdae again. |
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| The loving couple ^^ |
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| We decided to settle for this cafe. |
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We had a good chat over coffee and tea ^^
Grace's husband was very chatty becos he speaks English and a little Mandarin.
I can see that they are such a loving couple.
Grace was a very beautiful lady and their daughter was just as beautiful.
They rejected my offer to pay .....
Omg...so paiseh...
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It was less than 15 mins walk from the dakgalbi restaurant to the cafe.
They showed me around the neighborhood as well.
Till this date, I am still very thankful that I have met them in my life.
감사합니다.
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| Usually on my first day arrival in Seoul, I will do my routine stuff. This includes grocery shopping either at Homeplus at Hapjeong station or Emart in Yongsan station and a visit to the hairdresser. Today, I came to Emart at Yongsan station. This shop located in the station selling tteok is also part of my routine to drop by and buy a piece of tteok to eat :p |
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| Tiramisu Chocoball Tteok |
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| Cookies & Cream Tteok |
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| I like this, Injeolmi Honey Tteok ^^ My always must was Mugwort Tteok. |
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| Injeolmi Castella Choco Tteok |
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| My first time to see this, Pineapple vinager! I like the Green apple and Pomegranate flavor. |
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| Available in SG too but I hardly buy in SG cos it costs more lol Usually I am very stingy in SG so that I could spend more in my second home. Hahahaa My friends dunno why love this so much and kept eating this during our Autumn trip in 2018. So I bought this to "help" them reminisced good old times by showing them the picture of me eating it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ |
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| Hehehee.. Bought this (cookies & cream flavor) and my usual Mugwort Tteok. Ermmm....I finished my Mugwort Tteok the moment I left the shop. |
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| So soft! Not bad but I still prefer my Mugwort Tteok lol |
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| After lunch, I collected my luggage to check in. My host, Grace and her hubby managed to finish clean up earlier and were waiting for me in the apartment ^^ This was my 3rd or 4th time staying here. Despite the ceiling leak incident, I really like it here. Grace and her husband are very nice people. |
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| Very homely feeling ^^ So thankful to be back again ~ ~ ~ |
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| They even bought me tea and the mineral water ^^ 감사합니다 ^^ |
