Sunday = Lazy Day (yes, it applies even when you are on holiday :D)
Our simple yet yummy breakfast at noon
All
3 of us slept in and had late breakfast around noon! Then we set out around 2pm
for Hongdae. God, it was extremely
crowded in Hongdae. I couldn’t remember Hongdae streets being this packed,
except while I was chasing Jang Geun Seok during the filming of drama
"Marry Me Mary" and Yoon Shi Yoon (from drama "Baker King Kim Tak Gu")
during the filming of Guerrilla Date, back in 2010, as a exchange student at
Korea University. Hahaha I did spot
quite a few of Korean celebrities then. I
was such a cray cray girl for K-Pop & K-Drama back in 2010 but I'm much
calmer now :D
2 of us outside Seoul Station Exit 4, nearest to AREX line
Anyway,
back to our day. We had lunch at
Yeolbong Jjimdak restaurant opened by Korean celebrity Se7en. It was located on the first floor above HO
Bar Ten. Andong Jjimdak is a famous chicken dish of Andong region, with
chicken, rice cake, carrot, potato and noodles.
Though
the coloring is on the brown side due to soy-bean sauce, do not mislead you
into thinking it is not spicy. As Mister
couldn't really eat spicy food, we ordered Andong Jjimdak with spiciness level
1 and it was still pretty spicy! Oh remember to cut the noodles with scissor as
they were quite impossible to be cut with just spoon. While Mister was a big
fan of Andong Jjimdak, I didn't really like it, probably because soy-bean sauce
was just not my favorite taste. I love
their rice balls though.
We
ordered rice balls to go along with 1 dish of Andong Jjimdak and 2 bowls of
plain rice. The serving size was big enough for 3 of us. We couldn’t even finish all our food!
We
then embarked on a bit of walking and shopping in Hongdae before taking a short
cab ride to Yeonhui-dong café area. Cab
fare was only around 4,000 Won. Yeonhui is a quieter neighbor of Hongdae with
many quaint cafes, restaurants and boutiques hidden in the residential
area. Your landmark of exploring this
area should be Sa-Reo-Ga shopping centre (사러가).
We
stopped by at Espresso Haus Café, located next to Sa-Reo-Ga shopping centre (사러가). It
was around 4pm and we needed something to wake us up from our after-lunch drowsy
feeling. According to the two coffee lovers with me, espresso there was quite
good. The café offers peaceful ambience,
for you to enjoy your "me time" or do your work or spend quality time
with your loved ones. It was definitely not a place for rowdy crowd. There were
plenty of space with 3 floors and the top floor was an extremely quiet area
meant for doing school work or office work.
I was quite surprised and happy that cafés here encourage you to do your
work in their premises, unlike several businesses in space-constraint
Singapore.
After
more than an hour in this serene café, we explored the neighborhood and found
quite a lot of interesting architectures. We wanted to embark on café hopping
but the combined effect of late breakfast, late lunch and one coffee stop
ensured that our tummies was bulging. However, if you are up to the challenge,
try "Café 129-11", "Peter Pan Bakery" and "Café Vincennes"
most known for their blueberry pancake (actually pancake with blueberry compote
on top). If you need to buy groceries,
there is a supermarket in Sa-Reo-Ga shopping centre (사러가), which
actually reminded me of Market Place in Singapore and Traders' Joe in the
States. There was even a florist next to this high-end grocery store.
Take
a stroll, sip coffee, enjoy tranquil beauty of this neighborhood away from the hectic
city life
In Mister's case, we gotta include doing exercise at public park :D
If
you have the patience, join this queue for famous Yeonhui Kimbab!
We
then took bus 7017 for about 20 minutes to head to Edae for more shopping and
eating. Whenever we were in Edae, we never failed to get egg breads and this spicy
chicken. So shiok (Singlish slang meaning "great")!
Adios!
xoxo
Miss N
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