17 Nov 2018 - Back at 황태뚝배기해장국

Brought Emily back to Gongdeok this morning for breakfast but I was shocked to see this when we reached.
What happened??!!
Has the eatery closed??
황태뚝배기해장국 was one of my favorite eatery cos their 황태해장국 was daebak!!

We walked around the same level to see if the eatery was somewhere.

True enough, it has shifted to another shop space but still on the same floor ie the basement.

정말 다행이야....

Yes. I was back at 황태뚝배기해장국 !!

Same menu.
Different decor.

Big smile when I saw this!
The dried pollack soup was super good.
The best I have ever tried before ^^

Slurpppp ~ ~ ~
Emily emptied her bowl of soup too!

Less than 10mins walk from Gongdeok Station (Purple Line), exit 1

16 Nov 2018 - 순대국 for dinner

Back at 마포오향족발 for our dinner.
Brought Emily here to try this cos she loves soup.

As always, I only eat the sundae lol
The sundae here was really nice.

The soup was really good.
Even if they gave me mostly internal organs, I would be very satisfied with just the soup alone.

16 Nov 2018 - 쭈꾸미!!!!

Emily likes squid so I brought her here for our lunch.

Banchan is free flow.
Refill is self service.

이게 뭐야?

와우!!

Couldn't wait to eat!!

Yup!
쭈꾸미!!
We ordered 눈꽃석쇠쭈꾸미 Grilled squid with cheese.
I remembered it was spicy but extremely delicious!
I used to see this kind of grilled squid eateries in Korea few years back(before 2018) but not now.
Maybe there are still some places selling but not commonly seen.
Here is a blogger who had the ones without cheese : https://blog.naver.com/kkakkajam/221252125232
I hope the eatery is still in operation.
Another blogger who uploaded the pictures recently:
https://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=tndlf4915&logNo=221763776810&redirect=Dlog&widgetTypeCall=true

Very easy to get there.
Just 3 mins walk from Silim Station, exit 4.

16 Nov 2018 - Durian on your face?

Passed by A'pieu and saw this.
Aiyo...I love durians but I dun want to put them on my face lol

16 Nov 2018 - Cheap comfort food for breakfast

Back at this eatery to eat my cheap and comfort food, 멸치국수 Anchovy soup noodles.

Our breakfast.

15 Nov 2018 - Meet up with 종현 오빠 for dinner

Finally, I got to meet up with 종현 오빠. 

He was so super kind to offer to bring us around wherever we wanted to go and even cracked his brain to think of ideas for us to experience in Korea eg roof top BBQ.  

I dun wanna to trouble him becos he was also very busy with work, so I suggested having dinner would be good. 

He brought us to this pub cums restaurant.  

So many varieties of Makgeolli 막걸리 ^^

I chose the first item on the menu, Hanbang Bossam Barbecue.
The strawberry milk Makgeolli was very nice.

This barbeque bossam was SUPER GOOD!!!!
But so little...

The seafood pancake was not bad too.

종현 오빠 was so nice that he even booked a car to send us back to our airbnb!
We did not know that until we stepped out of the pub and saw the car.
Omgg...this was too luxurious for me and Emily.
I felt so bad..
He said he wanted us to have a comfortable ride back and enjoyed the nite view of the Han river at the same time.
너무 감사합니다 오빠 ~ ~ ~

This was the car he booked.
정말 고마워요 오빠 ^^

15 Nov 2018 - Delicious grilled pork set for lunch

So we took the subway from Gaerong Station to Macheon Station, exit 2 for our lunch.
From exit 2, we walked about 6 mins to our lunch place, 일도불백 which was located in Macheon market (as circled in Red)

마천 시장 Macheon market

Found it ^^

I think we arrived almost 4pm...
We were famished....

1. 석쇠불고기  Grilled pork bulgogi 8000 won
2. 고추장불고기 Gochujang pork bulgogi 9000 won
3. 시골된장찌개  4000 won
4. 공기밥 Rice 1000 won

      Price is for per person but I think minimum is two person to order.  

The rice was not part of the Bulgogi.

So happy to see the spread!
The aroma of the grilled pork...OMG....

Came here for this grilled pork!!
It was really good!!

Yummmzzzzzzzzzz....
I really love 쌈밥 Ssambap(rice wrapped in leaves) ^^

15 Nov 2018 - 토성산성 어울길 Toseongsanseong Eoul-gill

Time to burn the calories from our Egg Drop toast.
We took the subway to Mongchontoseong Station, exit 1 to begin our walking trail from here.
Our plan was to enjoy the trail until our lunch place at Macheon market 마천 시장.

My original idea was to walk from Mongchontoseong Station to Macheon market, it would be the pink and the green course.
That is 4.2km + 4.3km...about 4 hrs.
Hmmmmm....
After seeing this, I had Plan B in mind.

No matter how many times I come to Olympic Park, it will always look so peaceful and beautiful to me.

The patch of yellow caught my attention.
Did you see it?

This one.

We reached the Olympic Park Station, exit 1 and from here, we walked along the 성내천Seongnaecheon.

The signage on the right made me feel assured that we were on the correct route.

성내천 Seongnaecheon.

After walking for about 35mins along 성내천 Seongnaecheon, we decided to give up for now cos we were hungry again.
We walked to the nearest subway station, I think it was Gaerong Station. 

I was very happy when I stumbled upon this blog becos the blogger uploaded the pictures along the route till Macheon market, giving me an idea how the route would be like.
정말 고맙습니다!

Not every part of the trail was scenic but it allowed me to see and experience the local life ^^

The dotted line was the route we took from Mongchontoseong to Gaerong Station. 

If we have followed the straight blue line from Mongchontoseong to the Macheon Market, it would take about 70mins without much view of the 성내천 Seongnaecheon.

Olympic Park Station as marked by the Red star.

The Yellow star was the part where we deviated from the stream (Seongnaecheon) and walked about less than 10 mins to Gaerong Station.

If we have followed the stream, it would led us to somewhere near the market. 

A closer view.
The Green marker was our "Deviation" point lol
The Red marker was Gaerong Station.
The Blue star marks the end of the stream, which was maybe about 5-10 mins walk to Macheon market(as circled in Red).
I think if we did not deviate to take the subway but continue walking, it might take another 25 mins to reach the market.