korea adventures
Weekly updates about the things I'm up to. Mainly so my grandma doesn't worry too much about me.
This week had another holiday on Monday, so I only had classes on Tuesday-Thursday. I just found out that even though my Monday class got cancelled, they will be doing make up classes in later weeks. I guess it isn't too great having a holiday...
Since Monday was a holiday, I spent the day in Insadong with SNU Buddy. There's one main street to explore in Insadong, and it is filled with traditional shops selling handmade goods. After exploring Insadong, we went to Kwang Jang Market, which is a traditional Korean market, to have dinner. I haven't watched the Netflix show called Street Food yet, but this market is featured in it. We ate at a restaurant that had the Netflix poster on it, but I according to my buddy, the restaurant we ate at wasn't the main one featured on the show. Since it was a rainy day, I had a Korean pancake, which really reminded me of a hashbrown, but with vegetables in it. The days that I had class were pretty uneventful. I went walking around my goshiwon for food. The french people in my building said that there's a bakery nearby that makes really good bread and pastries. I had to take their word for it, and I bought a cheese filled bread and a black bun filled with red bean. I'm not sure what made the bun black, but it tasted funky. I also think I discovered my go-to dinner place called Salady. The service is quick, and they offer a wide variety of semi-healthy options. On Friday, I went out to dinner at this pasta place near SNU station. As always, I have trouble deciding where to eat when around the area, so we walked around the area for quite some time before deciding on a place. I had a kimchee pasta, and it was super good - there were chunks of garlic and the kimchee flavor wasn't too strong. For dessert, I was told by one of my friends back home to try the Oreo Ice Box Cake from Twosome Place. There is a Twosome Place almost everywhere you go, and today was the day I decided to try the cake. It was pretty good, but nothing beats a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake. On Saturday, I met up with one of my friends to go to the 2D Greem Cafe in Hongdae. We planned to meet up at 11, and then we realized the cafe didn't open until 12. We spent an hour walking around Hongdae Shopping Street and Hongik University, and we definitely got our steps in. The 2D cafe was pretty cool, as all the furniture is in black and white. For our real lunch, we walked back to Hongik Univ. Station to eat at a newly opened Shake Shack. I was surprised at how crowded it was - we almost had to wait to be seated at a fast food restaurant. A really cool thing about the Shake Shack was that there was an automated hand washing machine that dispensed soap, water, and paper towels - the water ran for the proper amount of time that one should be washing their hands for. We walked around Ewha Womans University and Sinchon to do some shopping. The weather at the end of the week is supposed to drop down to the 40s, so we went to Uniqlo to find some warm clothes. I found HeatTech mock necks on sale for 7,900 won. They will definitely come in handy as the weather starts to cool down. I also found a super cheap smoothie place in the BoxQuare... I wish Jamba Juice was only 3,500 won for a smoothie! On Sunday, it was my grandmas birthday back at home! I made my sister buy her fudge sundaes from McDonald's! Here in Korea, I got to celebrate a K-pop idols birthday. The cafe and k-pop culture is huge in Korea; when it is a k-pop idols birthday, there are cafes that redecorate the interior and fill the walls with that idols pictures. I'm not super into k-pop, but I went to the cafe anyways just to see what the hype is about. There are multiple cafes that do birthday celebrations, and I went to two in Hongdae. This week was Jimin's birthday, so all of the cafes were Jimin themed. When you go to k-pop cafes, you usually buy a drink and it comes with stickers, postcards, and anything else a fan would want. After going to the cafes, we needed real food, so we ate at the Halal Guys in Hongdae. I nearly cried while eating my dinner because the red sauce was brutally spicy. For dessert, we went to Sulbing, and I think this is bingsu #8. I've lost track.
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