Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 07 - Rainy Day in Hongdae & Sinchon

Travel Vertical Vlog

By this day, Christina already left for home and Grace’s going to catch her flight home on the next day. My mom and my aunt actually arrived in Seoul to join me and Marshellia for the next couple of days. It was raining that day when we went out to do some exploring.

First stop of the day, we went to get some lunch at Choma (초마), a popular Chinese food restaurant in Hongdae. Ordered some jjajangmyeon (짜장면), jjamppong (짬뽕) and tangsuyuk (탕수육) to share. The food was tasty and we were stuffed at the end of the meal.

Afterwards we roamed around Hongdae to do some shopping. As much as I don’t particularly enjoy shopping, shopping with friends and family is always fun because I get to spend time with them. Even more fun when the group is as funny as this bunch. Plus Grace and Mar always managed to make me laugh with their (sometimes unintentional) funny comments. At one cosmetic store, we actually met a Korean sales assistant who could talk Indonesian. That was a quite a surprise. Usually sales assistants around touristy areas can speak either Japanese or Chinese. But it’s rare to find somebody who can actually speaks Indonesian. So that was fun.

In the evening, I split up from to group to meet up with my friend Hanna in Sinchon. We went for tonkatsu at one of her favorite place for dinner. We then decided to have some tea afterwards so we headed to my favorite cafe, My Secret Mate (마이시크릿메이트), to do some more catching up. After she left, I met up again with Grace and Marshellia at the subway station to walked them back to My Secret Mate since they also wanted to hang out there to get some dessert and milk tea.

By the time we’re done with our night cap, we made our way back to our Airbnb accompanied by the rain that was still pouring from the sky.

Read more about the day here.

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PLACES:

Choma • 초마

Address: 서울 마포구 와우산로 72
Telephone: 070-7661-8963
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11:30 - 21:00 (Break Time: 16:00 - 17:00) | Closed on Mondays

My Secret Mate • 마이시크릿메이트

Address: 서울 서대문구 연세로4길 47
Telephone: 0507-1449-2788
Hours: Everyday 12:00 - 22:30
Instagram: @mysecretmate

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Seoul Spring '17 - Ep. 06.2 - Hongdae Hangout with Soo Zee

Travel Vertical Vlog

After we finished exploring and taking pictures at Gyeongbokgung (경복궁), I separated from the group and went to Hongdae (홍대) to meet up with Soo Zee for dinner. We went for some dwaeji gukbap (돼지국밥)—hot soup with rice and pork—at Donsubaek (돈수백 홍대직영점). The restaurant is located near exit 8 of Hongdae station and it was my first time there. And just like any other recommendations from Soo Zee, the food was good.

Afterwards, we went to Cacao Boom (click to read more about the place) for dessert and to continue our catch-up session. Soo Zee wanted to get some pictures from the place for @tastestuff and I never been so it was kind of perfect. After we finished our gelato, hot chocolate, and picture taking session we left and called it a night.

See part one of the vlog here.

 

Donsubaek (돈수백 홍대직영점)

Address: 서울 마포구 홍익로6길 56
Telephone: 02-324-3131
Hours: 24 Hours

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