Finally freeee~ I'm finally out of quarantine!! It was such a wonderful feeling to finally be able to begin exploring the city. This trip, I decided to write more about the highlights that occurred and the places I went instead of a day by day breakdown because let's be real, if I did that, my blog posts would be too long 😌. *Fair Warning: appetizing food ahead* This first week was so eventful due to the fact that my friends and I felt the need to be outside after being inside for way too long. However, the gathering restrictions did make it difficult for us to spend the whole day together (4 people before 6 pm and 2 people after 6 pm). Food 😇 Let's be real, this is one of the best parts of visiting a foreign country. My first meal out was Mom's Touch (a chain chicken burger store) with Michelle. Yes, it's not Korean food but after 14 days of straight Korean food, I needed a variety (and honestly some fried food hehe). I had a spicy crispy chicken burger set and it was so good. It was also nice that they had the kiosk ordering so I didn't have to worry about a language barrier! Another easy favorite was Cochon Tonkatsu! For those of you who watch Mikey Chen, aka Stricly Dumpling on Youtube, this was in one of his videos! The best part is that the tonkatsu meal is 3000 won which is ~$2.60 😮😮! This whole corner has restaurants that range from 3000 - 5000 won, which is pretty affordable. Following Mikey's recommendations, we also went to a seolleongtang store in that same area and it was amazing as well. Some other restaurant highlights of the week were Yookssam Naengmyeon, Sinmigyeong Spicy Stir-fried Chicken (dakgalbi restaurant, English speaking waiters!), Choe Gojip Hongik Branch (really good lunch specials. 7000-8000 won meat + jjigae set), Ez India Sinchon Branch (authentic Indian food cooked by Indian chefs), and bb.q Chicken & Beer (as seen in many kdramas). Lastly, can't forget about the dessert and boba I've had this week! I was so excited to be able to have Sulbing again that I went two times this week! I had their seasonal melon bingsu and injeolmi bingsu. If you are looking for something not too sweet, I highly recommend the injeolmi one. As for boba, I'm so happy to be living in a place with Gong cha again because that means I can have my milk foam (I was quite avid drinker of it back in Singapore) 🥰! On the other hand, I also discovered a new boba place Palgong, which I will now be a frequent visitor of when I am in the Ewha/Sinchon area as their drinks mostly range from 2000 - 3000 won!! Also as an ice cream lover, I thoroughly enjoyed the 100 flavor Baskin Robbins at Coex! There's so many to choose from that I ended up sharing a 10 flavor sampler! Out and about! The energy of finally being able to be outside definitely carried out the entire week. From visiting stores around Sinchon to going to Gangnam, it was very adventurous! Majority of this week's highlights were definitely all the different stores I went to. From the last time I visited Korea, I definitely missed Sigonggan. It is a jewelry store located in Sinchon (with other branches located around Seoul) and popular for their aesthetic store interior but also affordable jewelry! Another one of my favorites are definitely Line Friends and Kakao Friends! It's sooo convenient that they're located a couple minutes from each other. Their characters such as the BT21 collection at Line Friends and Ryan/Apeach at Kakao Friends are so cute, it's pretty hard to resist (pictured below is me with a super big baby RJ I wish I could bring home 🥺). Also not to mention I probably went to them both like 3 days in a row with 3 different groups of people hehe :). Another must see location is COEX mall with the Starfield library. Due to covid, the seating areas around the library are closed off but there still is a corner to get your Instagram worthy pics :> Lastly, some of my friends and I also got to visit the famous Han River (get off at Yeouinaru station, where we got to take pictures with the "I SEOUL U" sign and relax. The only issue was that due to the current restrictions, we had to sit in pairs, sit separate, and basically pretend we didn't know each other as there were volunteer patrollers walking around to find those that were in groups (it was kind of uneasy most times as we would see some groups getting separated but the uncomfortable part was that the patrollers would take photos of the groups without consent and it seemed like they were sending it through text to someone). *EXTRA CONTENT*
Natalie, Michelle, and I encountered a pink bear in while walking around Sinchon, little did we know it was a very popular bear in South Korea known for scaring people around the street! So go check out our (more like Natalie's)15 seconds of fame in Korea through their Youtube video and Tiktok :) Oh and did I mention we're the thumbnail for the Youtube video :>
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