Korea: Day Nine (Seoul)

Craving for some Korean bossam (steamed pork belly with kimchi), we started Day Nine back at Insa-dong, hoping to try that restaurant YL was raving about during her days of exchange.

Me and Twin in identical blazers!! haha. Actually the navy blazer is hers as well but the jackets i brought to Korea were not suitable for my oversized top so i had to borrow hers. She bought like 10 blazers in Seoul? haha. Definitely not cheap (shopping in Korea is expensive) but the workmanship is good =)

Unfortunately, the restaurant we went looking for has since moved so we ended up at this random family restaurant which serves Bossam as well.

Acorn-starch Jelly Salad (acorn jelly is...blah :/), Bean Pancake, Korean Pork Bossam, Doenjang Soup and vegetables in which the pork belly slices are wrapped with!

I thought we would leave Insa-dong for Namsam Tower after lunch but Yl brought us to the nearby Samcheongdong instead!


Once you stepped into Samcheongdong, you see a whole new side of Seoul in my opinion. They had an array of Hanok(Korean traditional houses)-inspired shops and even cafes serving Western tea/coffee seems to have blended in with the traditional landscape. Really unique!

Our Namsan Tower trip happened afterwhich and it was one longggggggggggggg walk up that hill to the cable car station. Didn't help that the hill was really steep as well -_-"

The never...

..ending...

..Slope...

Since it was yet another crowded weekend in Seoul, we had to queue for the cable car that will take us uphill to the peak of Mount Namsan!

Top of the mountain :D

I was more intrigued by these Christmas tree-looking statues than the tower! haha. What are they?

Heaps of LOVE LOCKETS stacked up into a tree!!

I heard what you do is to visit Namsan tower as couple, purchase a lock&key set, write your names on it and pick a good spot to secure that lock, symbolising an unbreakable bond and everlasting love =) HOW ROMANTIC IS THAT? Cliche as it sounds, i think it's still a really sweet thing to do as couple.

Fortunately, we managed to catch the sunset at the top of the mountain. One of my favorite pics of this trip!

Dinner was at this porridge house in MyeongDong. Never a fan of porridge (reminds me of the blant meals i have when i'm sick) but this Korean porridge restaurant changed my mind ;)

Not a cheap meal though. A bowl of porridge costed us at least S$10? Yikes.

I had Kimchi Octopus Porridge! Too yummy, way too yummy!!

Spent the rest of the night at Lotte Mart as the perfect daughter-in-laws had to buy Kimchi and whatnot back for their mothers and future mother-in-laws. HAHA. Me? i came out of the supermarket with a big packet of maggi mee. hur hur hur :P

If you think we must be exhausted by the end of the day, you are wrong! Being the gluttons we all are, we got the boss of BP Korea to order fried chicken takeout for us so we can enjoy it at the comfort of our little room! haha.

THEIR FRIED CHICKEN IS THE BOMB. Beats KFC/Popeyes/Arnold's hands down i swear!! We were fighting with each other for that very last piece, i swear! haha. Oh, we had the chicken from Kyochon btw =)

Until next time~

Lucifer - SHINee