Chuseok (추석)! This week in South Korea, it was 추석, also known as Korean Thanksgiving! The holiday is officially observed from September 20th-22nd (Monday - Wednesday) but like many holidays, many began celebrating from the weekend. It was wonderful getting to experience a traditional holiday unique to Korea. For my friends and I, the week was very eventful as we got to go to various sites and activities as our workload was a little less due to the holidays! Kdrama site visit: Geumga Plaza If you've seen the popular kdrama Vincenzo, you'll know the Geumga Plaza is a prominent part of the show. I had a great time visiting the site and being able to see the building in person, even if it's the outside! It definitely made me think about all the scenes of Vincenzo walking around the building :) N Seoul Tower ✨ Being out and about in Seoul for about a month now, it was about time my friends and I went to visit one of the main tourist attractions, N Seoul Tower. If you prefer to not walk up a hill, I would highly recommend taking the bus and several stops away from the bottom of the road to the tower. This is because the bus does get crowded and there will be no seats available (standing is possible but it's definitely better to be sitting as Seoul bus drivers are a little rough already and driving up a hill does not help at all). When we got to the top, the view was super nice as we decided to go there closer to sunset! The main look out is nice but difficult to take pictures with the numerous people, therefore I recommend taking photos in the other sections where we still got equally (or maybe even better) photos! We decided to not go to the top this time but looking forward to going to the observatory one day! Trick Eye Museum The Trick Eye Museum was pretty interesting to me as it was the first time I've ever been to one! There were a lot of different types of art to take pictures and interact with, even some that used VR! It's very interesting how depending on the perspective, everything looks so different. The funniest one was definitely the one where Michelle and I are different sizes! From a photo perspective we look completely different sizes, although in reality we are about the same 😅! New food findings and Din Tai Fung :> Missing some Vietnamese food, Michelle and I heard that 63prov is a great Vietnamese restaurant located near Ewha! Upon trying their food, I would definitely recommend it! I had the bun bo hue, which is the spicy noodles with beef and it instantly satisfied my Vietnamese food cravings I had. I can't wait to come back and try the banh mi along with the regular pho! The second discovery of the week was 마있는순두부앤김치찜 신촌점 (Soft Tofu Stew Steamed Kimchi). Hands down, one of the best deals for a fulfilling meal. Not only is the soondubu 7500 won, it also comes with the healthy purple rice with a variety of banchan. Initially it looks like a normal bowl of soondubu but the bowl is packed with tofu along with the type of protien, in our case, we got the beef soondubu and the mix (beef and seafood) soondubu. Once the weather get cold, we'll definitely be coming here often! Seeing that this is near Yonsei, it was definitely crowded with both locals but also foreigners! This week Michelle and I (my second time this month hehe) went to Din Tai Fung where we ended up getting the shrimp set meal as it was the seasonal option! The meal was definitely worth it but was also very shrimpy. The set came with shrimp xiaolongbaos, fried spicy noodles with shrimp & vegetables, fried rice with eggs, spicy shrimp & pork wontons, fried spring rolls with shrimp & vegetables, and sweet sour soup. They were all flavorful and amazing dishes I would definitely eat again (especially since we cleared all our dishes)! Trying out new cafes :) Studying in cafes are very common here that many people spend the entire day working at one cafe (which is what I ended up doing). This week, I went to Blanc, one of the cafes in Hongdae! Not only do they have a great selection of bread, their coffee is pretty good as well! I got the sweet potato croque monsieur which was very filling and only 2400 won. In Korea, not only are there numerous coffee shops in general, there are plenty of Starbucks stores as well as Starbucks Reserves. One day we decided to check out the Starbucks Reserve at Ewha, which we found out was the first Starbucks Reserve to open in Korea! Not only do they have special lattes/cold brews, they also have their items only available at this store! Upon ordering a drink, they also give you chocolate with it, which was also very good and not too sweet. I ended up going to another Starbucks this week but I was happy that I got to try the green glazed cream frappucino, a drink not available back home. As the name suggests, the frappucino had a creamy flavor but with the green glaze (which I believe is matcha), the sweetness balanced out and I throughly enjoyed it! Squid Game display at Itaewon Station
With the new kdrama Squid Game becoming popular, the Netflix show created a display right inside the Itaewon station. Although I haven't seen the drama myself, it was very intriguing to see all the hype and promotion that is going around the show! It was so popular that people lined up to take photos with the display. (ultimately the display got shut down due to covid regulations :( but glad I got to see it before all the caution tape wrapped)
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