CNY feast 2014

31 Jan ~ 9 Feb

初一 (31st Jan)
Another chinese new year arrived.. and of cos my annual veg dish from mama is what i always been aiming for, after praying on the very early Chu Yi morning..  YUMMY!!

初二 (1 Feb)
Dinner with family and bf~ and his cny gift 盆菜 from New Moon..

初三 (2 Feb)
dad's side relatives hse this time~ with YUMS dinner cooked by uncle~ self-cooked 盆菜, fried oyster, broccoli with abalone, fresh fish

初六 (5 Feb)
mum's side relatives to our hse.. feast by my mum this time~ and nvr forget her 八宝鸡！！

ba bao ji~

Almost all cleared!

初十  (9 Feb)
Mum''s 5th sis house~ feast by her~

Winter Seoul 2013 - Day 8 (Coffine Gurunaru - Noon Square - Namdaemun - Myeongdong - Airport - SG)

29th Dec (Sat)

Last day in Seoul le... went dwn for bread and cup noodle.. walk ard Myeongdong and go for cafe again~ Coffine Gurunaru near exit gate opp Young Lotte.. 4 storeys with gd scenery and design.. hee.. whole floor for us as still quite early.. 

So many pple checking out today!

Another cafe

Coffine Gurunaru~ 3rd storey

facing Young Lotte~

Toast with Cheese 

after cafe break, went walk those mini shopping mall in Myeongdong.. Noon Square

YP Books.. 

Noon Square Rooftop

e Seafood we missed.. adjacent opp KFC Myeongdong

e menu~... looks cheap rite?

after tat, go back to Namdaemun to get kimchi.. BUT who noes! the kimchi stall was closed in Sundays... argh~ our octopus kimchi gone... damn sian.. decided to hv late GOOD meal for today.. gng for Seafood soup (consists of crab, octopus, prawns, mussels, scallop, radish, tofu, beansprouts) 45000 and gimbap 3000 at Namdaemun Market Food Alley.. 

Side dishes~

yummy gimbap 3000

Seafood soup! lots of ingredients

Waiting to eat....

Me too.. hungry

DONE!

helped me with the crab.. thanks!

finished everythinG~ yums~

Direction on the road.. 

while walkg back to Myeongdong from Namdaemun, sky was getting dark and seems like gona rain.. or snow??! lets pray for snowing on e last day~ hee.. went Miligore and realised it only has 2 storeys, nth much for me.. nxt is Uniqlo which located opp of it.. we were still waitg for snow as accuweather.com forecast stated it will be snowing in Myeongdong~ so excited.. finally decided wat to eat for last dinner.. and when our way out, saw ppl's hair with snow flakes! omg~ frm small snow flakes to bigger.. so excited and happy to see snow on last day~~! bless us.. took many pics n videos of e snow... 

stating is snowing ~

power of static!

Snow flakes on my hair~

Snowing~~~

 

enuff of 1 hr of snow taking.. went to eat our last dinner in Myeongdong~ crispy chix thigh with garlic.. our first and last same dish~ woo.. den tabao one Rotiboy and TOUS les JOURS bread for flight trip ltr.. 

go bk hotel and do last unpack.. den realised Global Tax Refund ends at 10pm.. need to rush.. 

Namsan Guesthouse 3 Pantry

wan tk cab to Seoul station, but duno y cab dun wan take us or conversation prob? haiz.. gave up n take train., haiz.. took ard 50 mins frm Myeongdong to Seoul Station Airport Line with luggage!.. have to get out of Line 1 and go towards Lotte Mart direction.. up 2 escalators and e Seoul station for KTX and airport line on the left.. walk futher in to e left for express/commuter train.. have to go dwn to B2 for express or B3 for commuter.. 53 mins to airport.. zz.. and e train seat is warm for winter~ 

Ticket booth to purchase

Reached Airport!

finally reached airport and the escalator is really moving v slowly.. frustrated when in rush.. heng manage to rush for tax refund chop at Row D or L? den lastly last pack to remove outer thick jacket.. nxt time muz go queue once settled the refund.. cos check-in queue was terribly long, waited 50 mins for it.. phew.. checked in and scanned.. filled up details for tax refund as the counter was closed.. so dun throw e envelope that contains ur receipts, needed for refund! after filled in, drop them into the box and will refund to ur credit card.. 

KORAIL

long way to goooo

free charge at Row F, Departure Hall

Checking in

looong queue

we still need to take shuttle train to our gate as needed for Gate 101 to 132?.. and stuffs that r needed to be collected in airport is at gate 121.. Lotteria Fast Food is nearby too~ grabbed a Shrimp burger for 3200.. phew. finally can get into plane and relax abit..this time no need rush cos gng home~~ 

even reached sg 30mins early.. but with luggage waitg.. stil no effect.. haa..

time to go hm

Shrimp Burger from Lotteria

Tous les Jours bread.. bit hard

APlus Duty Free card

What i missed: 

Bibimbap

Porridge

Jogabi seafood bar n restaurant opp KFC

octopus kimchi

most of the resturants provide free drinks and tissue.. 

wifi: if heng heng can try iptime or Seoul wifi in public areas and wifi in cafe.. olleh wifi can be detected everywhere, but unsure hw cheap will it be..

lowest temp i experienced: -8 deg~!

Maps and Transport

http://map.cn.konest.com/

http://www.smrt.co.kr/program/cyberStation/main2.jsp?lang=e

http://www.airport.kr/iiacms/pageWork.iia?_scode=C1203010200

http://www.tokyo2seoul.com/Myeongdong-Trend-Travel/Myeongdong-Guide/Access-Myeongdong-Station

Coupons

http://cn.konest.com/contents/coupon_list.html

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/IngEventMain.kto?func_name=couponList&lang_se=ENG&md=enu

Fashion

http://seoulistic.com/travel-to-korea/seoul-shopping-11-best-places-to-go-shop-for-korean-fashion/

Blog / Food

http://kidsfuninseoul.wordpress.com/shopping-and-dining-fun/namdaemun-market/

http://kampungboycitygal.com/2012/04/7-days-itinerary-in-south-korea-seoul-busan/

http://irenefranseda.blogspot.sg/2009/07/day-1-2-singapore-seoul-south-korea.html

http://www.koreataste.org/lang/en/en/restaurant-en/hot-spots-en/d-myeong-dong-find-your-heart’s-desire-in-this-shopping-mecca/

http://www.jamieliew.com/2011/06/ewha-womans-univ-and-sinchon/

http://paulamania.blogspot.sg/2013/05/korea-travelogue-day-1-long-ass-flight.html

http://travellerelf.blogspot.sg/2013/10/what-to-eat-in-korea-myeongdong-jogabi.html

Kimchi 1kg 9000+ won