It's our last day at Seoul. We started off the day by having Kimchi Chigae (Kimchi soup) for breakfast. It was located around the corner of Itaewon street and was recommended by our host Mely. It was the best Kimchi soup I've ever tried! The taste was just amazing. I could've had another bowl if we can spend more time there.
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| Awesome Kimchi Jjigae |
Later we went to Myeongdong. We dropped by at Lotte department store first and at the rooftop there were life sized SNSD and Kim Soo Hyun's cardboard figures. We took many photos there and had a great time with those life sized figures. Then we proceeded to Myeongdong street.
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| Myeongdong Street - a shopping haven |
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| Kim Soo Hyun Museum! |
Meyongdong street..what can I say. It's a shopping haven! So many things to shop along the main street ranging from cosmetics, clothes, bags, food, shoes etc. Not to mention the side alleys. We visited many cosmetic shops. I bought aloe vera cream and a pair of New Balance shoes there. For lunch, we had Ddeokbokki hot soup in one of the restaurants called Red Sun. Inside the hot soup there were rice cakes, ramyeon, vegetables etc. It was so delicious and spicy! After the meal, the owner, an aunty asked us whether we want some fried rice (which was included in the menu). She took the left overs and did some stir frying and after 10 minutes we had our "left over fried rice". It was also really delicious and special since the ingredient used was from the hot soup itself. After that we were given free ice creams! It feels so good to have ice cream after a spicy meal. Later we continued to shop along Myeongdong streets. I guess we need a couple more days to shop here.
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| Ddeokbokki at Red Sun |
Due to time limitation we had to moved on to Namdaemun. We arrived at Namdaemun at around 4.30pm. It was something like our flea market. The things sold there were cheap but not very fashionable. We didn't spend much time there. And at around 5.15pm we were off to Gangnam area, Garuso street or Garusogil.
Gorusogil is famous for its fashion. And indeed the streets and people here have really good (and daring) fashion sense. We also spotted a couple of girls with heavy plastic surgery. They don't even look like Korean. Gangnam area has many plastic surgery clinics. We passed by a few of them along the street. We went into a couple of clothes stores but the price is really expensive. I found a nice t-shirt which was of reasonable price and bought that for Chong. He loved it. We had dinner in a traditional Korean food restaurant. The side dish and main course are a bit different from usual Korean food. Some of the side dish tastes weird. But the main course (soups) were delicious. After the meal we were off to Banpo bridge.
Banpo bridge is famous for its colourful water fountain sprayed from the bridge into Han River beneath it. It has specific timings for the fountain show but we couldn't find Banpo bridge. We followed the instructions gotten from online sources but I think it led us to the wrong subway station. We also asked directions from a couple of joggers there but they pointed to the wrong direction. So, we missed it. It was a shame and I was a little frustrated. Bad luck. Along our way back to the subway station, we say Caffe Bene, one of the most famous Korea franchise coffee shop. It was recommended by Yunji that we should try Caffe Bene snow corn (or Bingsu). We didn't want to miss this. We ordered Bingsu and it was a huge cup. Three person just enough to finish it. It was really nice to have Bingsu in the summer. It like ice kacang but much more delicious and more variety. I heard Singapore is going to open Caffe Bene franchise soon! After that, we headed back to Itaewon and pack our luggage.
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| Bingsu at Caffe Bene |
So, that marks the end of our stay in Seoul. Our flight to Jeju will be in the morning 11.35am. Although we miss Seoul, there are plenty to look forward to in Jeju! So stay tuned!
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