Dear Diane and Shaded Viewers,
As you might already know, I am in Seoul for 3 weeks to learn Korean. I am not sure how much "fashion" I will report from here, but I am sure that you can find quite some information where you have to eat here in Seoul x
It is not a chronological order, but I will start from yesterday's lunch. As I was at the Gangnam side, I decided to go to ??? for the best Pyongyang style cold noodle soup. It was a little hard to find at first but you can walk from Gangnam Line2 subway station exit2 or just show the address to the taxi driver.
Address: ??? ??? ??? 826-37 ?????????? ??1? B-147
After lunch, I went back to Gwangjang market – I went there last summer but I wanted to go back to buy some kitchen cutlery.
I queued more than 30 minutes to buy this sweets – it is called ????? (susupukkumi) the signature sweets from Gyeonggi-do area. It was like a fried pancake with red bean paste filling – I thought it might be more sweet but it was actually a little salty than sweet.
My nail polish is a present from Rila – Uslu airline x uka x colette collaboration color
I was happy to try ????? at last after wating in a loooong line like this.
My dinner was take away kimchi mandu (Korean dim-sum).
The other night was gamjatan – spicy Korean soup made with pork spine, vegetables, green onions, hot peppers and ground wild sesame seeds. (explanation from wikipedia)
Gamjatan@?????
What you have to be careful about food here is the portion – I always find it a little too much. Maybe Japanese portion is too small but this hot pot dish was for 2 people and we could not finish at all…
You might remember the photo that Diane posted for me – the best Sam Gae Tang @ Tosokchon – this restaurant was frequently visited by former President Roh Moo-hyun and known quite well in Seoul. They do not give you a menu when you enter but this red card – the other side of this red card was actually the menu.
Address: ??? ??? ??? 85-1 Tel: +82-2-737-7444
It is not that I am only eating but I go to the Korean class at Yonsei University 5 days a week – 4 hours/day.
I quite like this Asian looking bus from our apartment to the university.
More on later,
Akiko.