Spent the Friday evening at Gang Nam Station grubbing, eye shopping, and people watching which once again confirmed what a dynamic place Seoul is. Love how everything opens late and that there are interesting people everywhere, anytime, all the time.
The cafe culture here is just beyond imaginable in Seoul. There is a cute cafe after another everywhere in the city- it’s just unfortunate that drinks are more expensive than food most of the time, but that’s not enough of a reason for me to give up my tea and sweets…
And the food…
Need I say more..?
Tempura!
Endless rows of steamed dumplings!
Five layer barbecued pork and naeng myun at Kim Don Ee (김돈이) at Shin Non Hyun Station. Did I mention that it’s proven really really difficult to live as a vegetarian in Korea? For someone who was never a big meat-eater, I’m noticing that living here is slowly changing my preference along with eating habits. While I can’t decide whether I like that or not yet, what I know for sure is that pork has never tasted so good (but that only refers to the kind I eat in above photo which is a special kind of meat from Jeju that’s never frozen).
It’ s been pouring all day and will continue to do so until tomorrow evening. Strangely enough, I’ve started to like the sound of the rain.
Navy blue skirt and ivory sweater from Dongdaemun, Korea, Thrifted lavender button up blouse from Los Angeles, Pale pink blazer by Asos
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wow i really love that last photo of gangnam. and the quality of all these pics are fantastic!
lovely colors in your outfit as well. I’m such a fan of pastels esp. pink and lilac, and of course mint.
the cafe culture is bananas in seoul. there’s always somewhere new to go! my fave places to go to were in sam-chung-dong. And I’m always partial to that huge cafe space in ga-ro-su-gil…I always forget the name though…like coffee/mr.coffee/something with coffee? or not…-_-
what are some of your fave places to go? would love to the check them out next time I visit korea (and hopefully they’ll still be around too b/c the biz turn-over rate in korea has ADHD syndrome big time ;p)
gahhhh…and oh-gyup-sahl. no need for words. korea has got unbeatable pork belly bbq. and can’t forget about han-woooooo. mmm love.
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Love reading about Seoul, the places, the faces, the food! I’m hoping to make a trip there sometime in the near future :)
You should totally visit! :)
Yes, Korean pork definitely tastes different… but I’m limiting my intake to once a month… :)
Thank you, glad you like the photos!
The cafe on Garosugil you are referring to is CoffeeSmith. :)
I totally agree with Korea’s having ADHD with their biz turnover rate, there is a cafe opening next door which didn’t exist a week ago.
There are so many places I love in Seoul, but let’s see… some of my favorites are Samcheongdong, Insadong (love Ssamzi gil), Cheong Gye Cheon + Gwang Hwa Mun area, Nam san, etc… In terms of shopping, I’ve recently discovered some really unique shops in Itaewon and can’t wait to go back!