Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ], a place where the traditional and modern meet. In Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ], it is very common to see restaurants of traditional design and next to these traditional building, cafes or shops of the modern design can be seen.
Restaurants with 'old' houses as the background
Traditional and modern meets
Directions to Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ] :
Anguk Station [ 안국역 ] , Line 3 [ 3 호선 ] , Exit 1 [ 1번 출구 ]
Irene and Yong brought us to this eatery which is famous for Sujebi [ 수제비 ]. Sujebi [ 수제비 ] which is also commonly known as hand-torn noodles soup. Irene told us that Koreans will commonly consume Sujebi [ 수제비 ]on rainy days.
Sujebi [ 수제비 ] is a traditional Korean soup considering dough flake torn by hand, with various vegetable. The taste of Sujebi [ 수제비 ] is very similar to Kalguksu [ 칼국수 ], except that Kalguksu [ 칼국수 ] is made with noodles instead.
The soup of Sujebi [ 수제비 ] is usually made with dried anchovies, shellfish and these ingredients are simmered for hours. Various vegetable such as potato, onions and zucchini are added to the soup.
The shop that is famous for Sujebi [ 수제비 ]
We ordered potato pancake [ 감자전 ] and Sujebi [ 수제비 ]. The dishes were served quickly which I guess that the eatery hope that we can quickly finished our meal so that more people can entered the eatery as there was a long queue outside despite it is already way pass lunchtime.
Potato pancake [ 감자전 ]
Sujebi [ 수제비 ] being served in a pot
Sujebi [ 수제비 ]
Directions to the eatery :
Anguk Station [ 안국역 ] , Line 3 [ 3 호선 ] , Exit 1 [ 1번 출구 ]
Walk straight down the main street of Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ], and the eatery is located somewhere in the middle of the main street, on the left.
Just outside the eatery
We saw a rainbow the moment we stepped out of the eatery and we were told by Irene and Yong that we were really lucky as rainbow is not common in Seoul. We continued our exploration of Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ] after lunch.
Real human as mannequin
Beautiful art piece on the wall
We continue walking into an alley in Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ] and there were more shops selling stuff as compared to the main street of Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ]. I found that there were more restaurants and cafes on the main street.
A shop selling ddeokbokki [ 떡볶이 ]
We continued to walk and after about 15min, we arrived at Insadong [ 인사동 ]. Did not know that Insadong [ 인사동 ] is so near to Samcheongdong [ 삼청동 ] and we can actually walk.
We walk around Insadong [ 인사동 ] for awhile before deciding to drop by Korean dessert cafe for dessert.
I ordered the strawberry Snow Flake Sherbet [ 생딸기설빙 ] although the cafe is well known for their Injeolmi Snow Flake Sherbet (인절미설빙 ].
Strawberry Snow Flake Sherbet [ 생딸기설빙 ]
All the sherbet will come with a Injeolmi [ 인절미 ] on the top. Injeolmi [ 인절미 ] is a type of rice cake coated with sweet bean powder with red bean filling. Condensed milk is also provided and you are supposed to pour the condensed milk on your dessert.
The shaved ice melted the moment you eat it. The shaved ice taste different from the normal shaved ice of Patbingsu [ 팥빙수 ] and I learned that the shaved ice used in Korean Dessert Cafe are made from frozen milk, thus giving the dessert a sweeter and yummy taste.
Do not have the address of the cafe but this cafe can be easily found in Seoul, so do drop by the cafe for dessert when you happened to see it.
Before returning back to our apartment, Yong brought us to a bookstore nearby his place upon our request. Nurfa and I were like looking for a bookstore as we wanted to get some books but we don't seemed to see any bookstores at all and we were kinda of wondering do Korean read?
Managed to get some books for language learning and also realized that there are a lot of books for learning of English and also preparation of TOEFL. The bookstore was a interesting place to visit as I was like browsing through the books for learning English and also Chinese language.
Say bye to Yong and we made our way home with the heavy load from the books that we bought. The books were much more cheaper than Singapore so I ended up buying more than what I expected.
Dropped by a pizza eatery located near our apartment, for our dinner. Pizza in Korea is really cheap with lots of variety of choices. Ordered a hawaii pizza of about 16-inch and it cost only 7000won ( About SGD8.50 ).
Counter of the eatery
Wall inside the eatery
The hawaii pizza we ordered
The pizza was really special as I can tasted corns and sweet potato used and thus making the pizza taste sweeter. And surprisingly, the sweet potato actually goes well with the cheese and pineapple. The boss is also generous with the amount of cheese used.
How I wish we can find pizza with such prices in Singapore. :(
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