Korea Day 5 (Myeongdong)

We decided to shop for cosmetics and skincare products at Myeongdong after shopping for clothes the previous day, just in case we ran out of money. Cosmetics and skincare products are a lot cheaper than what you can find in Singapore but they still drained the bulk of our money away haha! 

To get to Myeongdong, just alight at Myeong-Dong Station (Line#4), Exit 6.   

Myeong-Dong streets on a weekend.

We decided to try the famous porridge chain shop, Bonjuk.

It wasn't difficult to locate the shop as there were many student-volunteers in red costumes standing along the streets who were most willing to help tourists navigate their ways. They were fluent in English and they had maps drawn out for us as well!

Their simple porridge menu.

I had the abalone porridge for 10,000Won.

 Fruit juice stall.

The fruits were nicely cut up and stored in cups so you just have to point to any one of them and they will blend it for you!

Banana getting her fruit juice.

Watermelon stall selling watermelon juice! The whole stall was just so cute!!

There were also many ice cream stalls around selling the curly cones ice cream!

Basically they use a machine to pump the ice cream into the curly cones or candy canes cones. You can choose to have a mix of flavours as well! We tried one and its really damn shiok for a warm day.

The Tornado Potato!!

We often see people eating this street snack on TVs. Now we got to try it and it's simply delicious and very addictive!! But we had a hard time eating those at the bottom of the stick without having potato touching our faces and powder all over our mouths.

Talented artist at work.

Our favourite brand.

Remember to claim your tax refunds if you buy products over 30,000Won!

Pretty handphone covers.

Bibimbap at the food basement of Lotte Departmental Stall for dinner.

Then it was a night for tidbits shopping at Lotte Mart! :D   

 

 

 

 



Korea Day 4 (Noryangjin Fish Market)

Banana arrived late the previous night and I was so exhausted I fell asleep in the guesthouse before I even knew it lol. I briefly remembered opening the door for her in my dream like state and replying her while she was excitedly telling me some stories. I don't think I even knew what she really was talking about since I was half asleep lol. After a few hours when I woke up she told me she had already done many things, like going to the convenience store to buy cup noodles. Then I fell back to sleep.   

The next morning we decided to have our breakfast at a café just opposite our guesthouse.

They had books on the shelves. Not sure if they were meant for reading or display though!

 Café settings.

Pots of plants.

They sell homemade bread as well. I think the café focuses on healthy eating and most of their food are organic.

Banana. Now I wonder where she got that book lol.

Tired me and my unkempt hair.

My fruits salad.

Banana's panini.

Food was really not bad. Who says that healthy food tastes awful? :D



Noryangjin Fish Market from the top.

After brunch we were still starving so we decided to visit Noryangjin Fish Market for seafood heehee!

There were like endless stores over there! You choose your seafood(fresh and still alive), bring it to any restaurants over there and they help to cook for you at a certain price! Fret not if you cannot speak Korean, there are Chinese people stationed there to help you communicate and they even brought us to the restaurant. 

Side dishes and sauces to go along with the seafood.

Sea urchins.

Baby octopuses.

This was the highlight! The baby octopuses were still squirming and moving around when they were brought to our table. They were dead though, it was just due to their nervous systems so this is not at all cruel thankfully. You can feel the impact of the tentacles' suctions in your mouth and I was quite nervous when I was eating this because I had read articles on how people were choked to death by this particular dish lolol. The octopuses are tasteless by itself, but taste pretty good with the sesame sauce that comes with it.

   Abalone!

Prawns.

This was my favourite dish out of all. The prawns were plump and juicy and taste super sweet even though they were just grilled with no other sauces or ingredients added.

Salmon sashimi.

This was bought last minute because we felt that we could still stomach more food haha! We couldn't finish them thought. And the salmon wasn't very fresh there was a rancid after taste to it.

After this we went for shopping at Express Bus Terminal's underground shopping mall! Clothes and accessories there were cheap and most were 10,000Won, of decent quality and very pretty!! We spent a huge portion of our money there and were squealing like crazy all the while. And that's why there isn't any photo. :x

Ddobagi.

After we went back to our guesthouse to deposit our shopping loots, we strolled along the vicinity to find some dinner. In the end we settled for this as it was near midnight and no other eateries were opened.

Yes, we did it the Korean way!! Fried chicken and soju!! <3

Very very awesome fried chicken it beats KFC anytime. And the portion was big enough to fill two!

We walked back to the guesthouse about 3am and then ran to the convenience stall to get delicious fish shaped ice cream. Now it dawns on me why my weight rocketed after I came back lolol.