Showing posts with label Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korea. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Peony @ Hongdae (Seoul)
Peony is a famous cake shop located in Hongdae. It's about ten minutes walk away from our apartment. We headed there on my birthday, in the afternoon, after X got back from class.
Array of cakes
Pretty crowded for a weekday
Strawberry shortcake
X ordered this and he really liked it!
Chocolate cheesecake
This was rich, soft and melts in your mouth!
Iced chocolate
Sadly, this tasted more like chocolate milk
The staff were friendly and helpful and the cakes were good! This will definitely be one of my favourite haunts if I stay in Hongdae!
We spent only about 30 minutes here as X was kinda rushing to get home to change because he was taking me out for my dinner celebration. Coming up in the next post! [:
408-8 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Daily : 1230pm - 1030pm
Love, K
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Menya Sandaime/ Shan Ding Mu/ Kiraku Izakaya @ Hongdae (Seoul)
We ate Japanese cuisine a couple of times while we were in Korea. These are three of the Japanese restaurants in Hongdae that we really liked!
1) Menya Sandaime
One of the most interesting menus I've seen
Black Ramen - 8000 won
The boss told us that the black ramen is only slightly spicy. But when I tasted it, I thought it was super spicy! But the spiciness fades as quickly as it hits you, but leaves a lingering sting in your throat. It was quite an experience I must say. The more you dig into this bowl of noodles, the more you'll love it
Ramen -7000 won
My ramen was sumptuous and the noodles were springy and nicely cooked.
Gyoza - 3000 won
The gyoza were blow-torched and they were absolutely yummy! Really loved the crispiness!
24, Hongik-Ro 5an-Gil, Mapo-Gu, Seoul 04039, South Korea Map:
2) Shan Ding Mu
Ramen - 7000 won
X ordered this and it was so good! The soup carried the sweetness of corn. The sweetness did not overwhelm and it complemented the savory side of the soup really well!
Beef Rice Bowl -7000 won
I ordered this and spent most of the time moping about not ordering the ramen instead hahaha. Even though X offered to swop with me many times but NO, I am very noble to let him have the tasty soup. Haha the beef bowl was not too bad. The beef was tender and the sauce was pretty good
Map:
3) Kiraku Izakaya
It was almost midnight when X and I went food hunting. We walked for what seemed like a really long time before we chanced upon this
We decided to give it a shot since everything else that was open didn't really appeal to us.
I don't know what these were exactly but they were DELICIOUS. We had them refilled like 5 times hahaha too good.
We had trouble conversing with the waitress and we tried to order "soup" and "rice" so this is what we got. At first, when the pot first arrived, I was like.... Err doesn't look very nice
But don't judge a book by its cover! The soup was a little on the sticky side but it was yummy. The rice blocks had a sort of burnt taste that added more flavour to the soup. Also, the portion of seafood was very generous!
This was surprisingly good and X really enjoyed it haha
Map:
Love, K
1) Menya Sandaime
One of the most interesting menus I've seen
Black Ramen - 8000 won
The boss told us that the black ramen is only slightly spicy. But when I tasted it, I thought it was super spicy! But the spiciness fades as quickly as it hits you, but leaves a lingering sting in your throat. It was quite an experience I must say. The more you dig into this bowl of noodles, the more you'll love it
Ramen -7000 won
My ramen was sumptuous and the noodles were springy and nicely cooked.
Gyoza - 3000 won
The gyoza were blow-torched and they were absolutely yummy! Really loved the crispiness!
24, Hongik-Ro 5an-Gil, Mapo-Gu, Seoul 04039, South Korea Map:
2) Shan Ding Mu
Ramen - 7000 won
X ordered this and it was so good! The soup carried the sweetness of corn. The sweetness did not overwhelm and it complemented the savory side of the soup really well!
Beef Rice Bowl -7000 won
I ordered this and spent most of the time moping about not ordering the ramen instead hahaha. Even though X offered to swop with me many times but NO, I am very noble to let him have the tasty soup. Haha the beef bowl was not too bad. The beef was tender and the sauce was pretty good
Map:
3) Kiraku Izakaya
It was almost midnight when X and I went food hunting. We walked for what seemed like a really long time before we chanced upon this
We decided to give it a shot since everything else that was open didn't really appeal to us.
I don't know what these were exactly but they were DELICIOUS. We had them refilled like 5 times hahaha too good.
We had trouble conversing with the waitress and we tried to order "soup" and "rice" so this is what we got. At first, when the pot first arrived, I was like.... Err doesn't look very nice
This was surprisingly good and X really enjoyed it haha
Map:
Love, K
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
One Fine Day @ Hongdae (Seoul)
You'll definitely have a fine day at this roasting house.
Pretty, comfy and homely
Iced Caramel Macchiato
Iced Mocha
The owner of the roasting house could converse fluently in English and he took time to chat with us despite being busy with roasting the beans. Sitting in the aroma of coffee beans, sipping awesome coffee, watching time pass by. Such is the life.
Love, K
Pretty, comfy and homely
Iced Caramel Macchiato
Iced Mocha
The owner of the roasting house could converse fluently in English and he took time to chat with us despite being busy with roasting the beans. Sitting in the aroma of coffee beans, sipping awesome coffee, watching time pass by. Such is the life.
Love, K
Monday, September 10, 2012
Myeong Dong Kyoja @ Myeongdong (Seoul)
Myeong Dong Kyoja is located in Myeong Dong haha. It's a very famous chopped noodle house and it was really crowded when we got there in the afternoon.
They only have like 4 items on their menu so they already pre-printed the receipts so they will just give them to you right after you've placed your orders.
We order 2 bowls of chopped noodles and a basket of their dumplings.
10 dumplings! They essentially tasted the same as the ones in the noodles haha
The chopped noodles which were really smooth and had a fantastic texture. Probably the nicest noodles I've had! The soup was light yet tasty. The portion is really really big! So much noodles and there were 4 dumplings! I couldn't finish it! Haha we were saying that we shouldn't have ordered the basket of dumplings.
Service was pretty efficient. Their kimchi was SUPER spicy. So we didn't eat them haha. They go around serving free rice too but we were too full to take them haha. Overall, a great and satisfying meal!
25-2 Myeongdong 2(i)-ga, Jung-gu, 서울특별시 South Korea
Daily : 1030am - 930pm
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Love, K
They only have like 4 items on their menu so they already pre-printed the receipts so they will just give them to you right after you've placed your orders.
We order 2 bowls of chopped noodles and a basket of their dumplings.
10 dumplings! They essentially tasted the same as the ones in the noodles haha
The chopped noodles which were really smooth and had a fantastic texture. Probably the nicest noodles I've had! The soup was light yet tasty. The portion is really really big! So much noodles and there were 4 dumplings! I couldn't finish it! Haha we were saying that we shouldn't have ordered the basket of dumplings.
Service was pretty efficient. Their kimchi was SUPER spicy. So we didn't eat them haha. They go around serving free rice too but we were too full to take them haha. Overall, a great and satisfying meal!
25-2 Myeongdong 2(i)-ga, Jung-gu, 서울특별시 South Korea
Daily : 1030am - 930pm
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Love, K
Friday, September 7, 2012
The Palace Cafe @ Hongdae (Seoul)
The Palace is about 100 metres away from our apartment. I wasn't very keen to go to this cafe even though X kept saying that he wanted to visit it. We finally did, one day and I'd have made a terrible mistake if I had missed this cafe. It's insanely beautiful.
Private compartments
Vintage furniture and ornaments
Affogato
The coffee was strong and not bad but the icecream really sucked.
Iced mocha
Waffle with icecream
Once again, the icecream was an utter disappointment. The waffle was fragrant and crisp and was a delight.
Isn't the place pretty? It's so elaborately decorated and designed and it sure did make us feel like royalty! I really love the place! The service was excellent too as the staff searched every single compartment to find one that was suitable for the both of us as we required two powerpoints for our laptops. Photography is not allowed in the cafe so I only managed to snap a few pictures before I was stopped by the staff. We spent close to $30sgd here. Although the coffee and food were not really that good, being able to relax and chill in such a pretty setting is worth the money I guess.
Map:
Love, K
Private compartments
Vintage furniture and ornaments
Affogato
The coffee was strong and not bad but the icecream really sucked.
Iced mocha
Waffle with icecream
Once again, the icecream was an utter disappointment. The waffle was fragrant and crisp and was a delight.
Isn't the place pretty? It's so elaborately decorated and designed and it sure did make us feel like royalty! I really love the place! The service was excellent too as the staff searched every single compartment to find one that was suitable for the both of us as we required two powerpoints for our laptops. Photography is not allowed in the cafe so I only managed to snap a few pictures before I was stopped by the staff. We spent close to $30sgd here. Although the coffee and food were not really that good, being able to relax and chill in such a pretty setting is worth the money I guess.
Map:
Love, K
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