• Returning to Childhood in Seoul

    Back to my Korea trip in July! 4 months has passed since my trip and boy, I am missing Korea so badly.

    Everyone of us woke up to an empty and growling stomach. Butterfinger Pancakes to save the morning! When I said I haven’t tried Butterfinger Pancakes before, I received gasps from my friends who couldn’t believe me missing out on the goodness.

    Please do not belittle the quantity. As much as the 5 of us wanted to stuff these delicious plates of food into our stomach, we simply couldn’t anymore. I felt like if I had continue stuffing, I’d need to loosen the button on my shorts.20150714_1159261If you haven’t tried (gasp at you) and is interested to try it out, the outlet we visited is in Gangnam.

    Butterfingers Pancake
    Address: 1317 Seocho-gu, Seocho 4-dong, Shinhung Building Level 1, Seoul, South Korea
    서울 서초구 서초4동 1317 신흥빌딩1층
    Operating Hours: 7am – 3am

    How to get to Butterfingers Pancake

    Board subway line 2 to Gangnam Subway Station (강남역) and take exit 9. Walk straight and follow my red arrows.01002003At the zebra corssing below, turn right.004005006007Turn right again.008009After turning, look to your right. Butterfinger Pancakes is right there.10While we were full and satisfied, making our way to the subway station, the big SALE word outside Accessorize shop stopped us in our tracks. A selca while waiting for my friends who were combing through the store. 20150714_1312401
    We finally arrived at Lotte World. My first trip to this indoor amusement park! If you ask me, the rides are not as exciting as the Everland. After all, there’s T-Express at Everland, that can beat all the amusement rides in Lotte World. Of course, we still had fun!20150714_1537461The outdoor portion of the amusement park. We queued and waited for the rides, but the wait was simply too long and too humid for us waiting under the sun. We settled for less exciting rides in the end because they had shorter queues. I’ve been to Korea in June before and I must say, the sun in July is much more glaring compared to June. I shudder at the thought of August…20150714_1721061Dinner was at 달으로家. This is the same place where Super Junior members have been eating since trainee days. This restaurant was also featured in the Super Junior M Guesthouse variety show.20150714_2032201 달으로家
    Address: 662-6 Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 강남구 신사동 662-6
    Telephone: 02-518-9936

    How to get to 달으로家

    Get to Apgujeongrodeo Subway Station (압구정로데오역) and take exit 5. Turn back and follow my red arrows.01 Walk straight and turn left when you arrive at this zebra crossing.02Walk straight.03Turn left at this junction below.04Walk straight and turn right at this junction below.05Walk straight.0607Keep walking straight and you’re almost there.08There you are! Arrived at the destination!09How the shop front looks like.10Ending this post with our selca. 5 of us from Singapore, Vietnam, Boston, Texas and Indonesia finally meeting in Korea, brought together by a concert (smiles).14413784276531

  • Running Man EP262: Taxi Drivers’ Restaurant Race [02]

    I am back with Part 2 of the Taxi Drivers’ Restaurant Race broadcast on 30 August 2015! This post has taken longer than expected because I went overseas for a short trip and busy with work. Yeah, all the excuses. It’s plainly because I was lazy.

    A whole lot of pictures in this post, so less words. Yay for you! Hope you are full when reading this post though. Or you’ll end up like me, always taking a break from the post to fill my tummy with meat.

    Are you ready? Let’s go!

    Gary, Haha and Nam Bora were first brought to eat Kimchi Stew (김치찌개) at a restaurant near Hongdae.

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    In case you don’t find the dish too appetizing while watching Running Man, I found more high definition photo of the dish! Did I just hear you gulp?

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    This is how the restaurant looks like on the exterior.

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    The dish Running Man ordered is Kimchi Stew priced at 13,000won (1 portion for 2 pax).

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    동촌 왕갈비김치찌게생선구이
    Address: 149-1 Donggyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 마포구 동교동 149-1(동교로30길 1)
    Nearest Subway Station: Hongdae Subway Station (홍대입구역) Exit 3

    Using their wits, Gary, Haha and Nam Bora next arrived at their final stop for famous Tonkatsu in Namsan.

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    King Tonkatsu (왕돈까스) is priced at 8,000won.

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    남산돈까스
    Address: 49-24 Namsandong 2(i)-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 중구 남산동2가 49-24(소파로 101)
    Operating Hours: 10am – 10pm
    Tel: 02-777-7929
    Nearest Subway Station: Myeongdong Subway Station (명동역) Exit 2, 3

    Song Jihyo, Kang Sungjin and Park Gunhyung arrived to eat Samgyeopsal (삼겹살) in broad daylight, when Koreans usually only eat this dish in the evening. I must say the meat looks very juicy and yummy.

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    화로구이
    Address: 673 Deungchon 3(sam)-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 강서구 등촌동 673(강서로 374)
    Tel: 02-3663-3292
    Operating Hours: 24hours
    Nearest Subway Station: Balsan Subway Station (발산역) Exit 3

    At the second attempt, the team managed to eat the dish they wanted: Pork Bulgogi (돼지불백). The item the team ordered, 돼지불백 is priced at 6,000won per pax.

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    일출기사식당
    Address: 648-10 Banghwa 2(i)-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 강서구 방화2동 648-10(초원로 8)
    Tel: 02-2665-2289
    Nearest Subway Station: Gaehwasan Subway Station (개화산역) Exit 1

    Yoo Jaesuk, Ji Sukjin and Kim Mingyo had their first dish Pork Bulgogi (돼지불백).

    빛고을기사식당
    Address: 228-1 Sinwol-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 양천구 신월동 228-1(곰달래로 46)
    Tel: 02-2699-6953
    Operating Hours: 24hours
    Nearest Subway Station: Kkachisan Subway Station (까치산역) Exit 3

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    Final mission is held at Itaewon where all 150 Running Man staff came to eat together. After playing the roulette, Kim Jongwoon paid the bill.

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    세종가든
    Address: 737-7 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
    서울특별시 용산구 한남동 737-7(이태원로45길 7)
    Tel: 02-796-4100
    Operating Hours: 9am – 10pm
    Nearest Subway Station: Itaewon Subway Station (이태원역) Exit 2