MMMG Cafe, Anguk, Seoul

I love this cafe because it is so cozy and well decorated. Nothing too fancy, yet pretty enough for you to just hang there all day. The coffee selection here is really good, even though I made the unlucky choice to buy their 'Orange Latte' which was not tasty.

It is located just above Anguk Station at Exit 1. Would recommend this as a cafe to hop to in Korea!

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Golden Tree Lined Street, Cheonan

So, I did my 3rd Korean homestay with my Korean pastor friend, whom I knew through my OCSP previously and whom has the cutest family ever. He stays in Cheonan, which is a city 1 hour away from Seoul on bus.

This time, I was there solely for the visit to the famous Gingko Tree Lined Street near Hyunchoongsa Temple, also known as 현충사 은행나무길. It is a 1 - 2 km long of road that has Gingko trees lined on both sides. It is an open road on other seasons but during Autumn, the road is closed so people can enjoy this glorious scenery.

Nami Island has something similar and is more famous for it, but the crowd does kill the scenery.  I really enjoyed strolling under these golden trees and I could take such pretty photos without dozens of people in it.

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Coffee LEC, Garosugil

How should I start this post?

Just recently, I got to know about Coffee LEC by accident, when I was walking along Garosugil with Matt & Joce. Apparently, it is a very famous one because the owner of the cafe is an award winning barista and Matt just happened to have read about it on the magazine.

We popped in and we were pleasantly surprised by ... how good the coffee and service is ;) (ok honestly, our eyes were feasting more on ---)

Because Seoga & Cook is simply the best

I must say, I have never tasted such awesome pasta in my life. After eating in Seoga & Cook, I would NEVER EVER go back to those shitty chains like Pastamania.

Why can't any restaurants in Singapore cook these western food as well as Seoga & Cook in Korea? After all, Korea isn't as much a westernized place as compared to Singapore.

So anyway, you would definitely regret coming to Korea and going back without trying Seoga & Cook. Everyone who has tried Seoga & Cook can vow for its taste!

So thankful that I returned to Seoga & Cook for the second time with a bunch of 7 friends. We could order a variety and I just can't help feeling SO blissful with every mouthful.

Here are the dishes we tried and yes, I am recommending ALL of them.

Carbonara

The cream sauce is super yummy and we just can't get sick of the creaminess at all.

Shrimp Pilaf

The Pilaf is just like fried rice and the flavouring is so good!

Seafood Spaghetti

The soup is just so awesome! It is buttery and sweet in the savoury way. After we were done with the noodles we just slurped the soup up!

Tomato Seafood Risotto

I usually don't like any tomato based dish but I am really impressed with this. Really delicious!

Pork Steak

We also tried something non-pastaish and the pork steak was not bad. I thought the meat was a little tough (good pork should be soft and tender!) but the sauce is really nice! The salad was nice too!

So you heard me right, GO FIND A SEOGA&COOK if you are coming to Korea. There should be one in all of the pops area. I went to one in Sinchon and one in Hongdae.

http://www.seogaandcook.com/

Will keep going back there for more!

Changdeokgung in Autumn, Seoul

I have read about this "Secret Garden" hidden in Changdeokgung Palace, which was said to be really beautiful during autumn. Even though I have been in Seoul for a pretty long while, I just thought that there is no rush to go to those palaces and honestly, I am really not so much of a "cultural" traveller. I prefer scenery so much more, so I decided to keep Changdeokgung to the fall season.

Coincidentally, my friends Matt&Joce were here for a two weeks trip and I made plans with them to visit the palace. Indeed, the Secret Garden was a really nice place. The colours were rich and with those nice traditional buildings in the back drop, the picture comes out perfect effortlessly.

The only troublesome part about this trip was that in order to tour Secret Garden, we had to follow the tour, which also has limited spots per day per language. I thought we almost couldn't get into the English tour because it was fully reserved as shown on the website but when I went to the ticket booth itself in the morning, tickets were still available fortunately. The tickets that were most popular were actually the Korean tours.

The entrance cost 3000 won and the Secret Garden tour was another 5000 won.



In the end, the tour was pretty boring and we were more excited to just snap our photos and not listen to the tour at all.

We intentionally, or non, slowed down our pace because we were obsessed with our pictures and we got told off by one of those park staff that we had to follow the tour in order to walk around this Secret Garden. He was pretty fierce and I thought we didn't deserve that!

Look at these golden leaves!

It was a really fun time with Matt & Joce and I didn't regret going there because the fall colours were beautiful. However, I still think the Palace is pretty from the outside because there really isn't much to see within each of the "house".

Where should i start?

Right, I have been inactive for way too long and I have been to so many places in Korea I really don't know where to start blogging about them.

Life here isn't boring, and I am always a busy person. So that leaves really no time left to blog about my life.


After meeting up with my lovely seniors Matt & Joce who are here for two weeks, I feel that there is so much that I could learn from them. I could be more disciplined in completing my work, especially for Cafehoppingsg, I could be more confident and clear about what my goals are and I could be more proactive in pursuing my goals.

So, I am going to start a series of "healthy" practices for myself and I am hoping I could find more motivation and and drive to get things moving!

Hwaiting!

Cafe Ordinary, Near Hankuk University

After walking the entire area of my university vicinity, I concluded there are only 2 really nice cafes, one is Cafe I'm and this, Cafe Ordinary, is the other one.