beer place near Gang-Nam

It seems that I am introducing place near Gang-nam a lot. 

And it is true;; lol 

Since I am working near Gang-Nam, there isn't not many chance for me to visit other part of Korea. 

but I will try my best to introduce other place as well. 

anyways, today, I would like to introduce a beer place near Gang-Nam.

The place called 'Bronx' 

it sounds like a Germany... to me. 

'Bronx' has around 10 kinds of craft beer

and it taste pretty nice!

for food, personally I liked gorgonzola pizza than half-and-half

if you order half-and-half, you will get half pepperoni and half original. 

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Old Fashion DoSiRak

Today, I would like to introduce an Old fashion Dosirak (bento) to you. 

My mom and dad's generation used to bring Dosirak(bento) to school. 

Old fashion Dosirak has fried egg, sausage, and Kimchi. 

In that era, student with sausage and egg in their Dosirak was the star

(I should warn you that the sausage is not the one you are thinking right now :p)

Ask for 'Yet-nal Dosirak' when you order it :) 

You can find this menu from a lot of restaurant. 

Below, I will introduce one of the famous place you can find Yet-Nal Dosirak

http://www.missleecafe.com/

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Welcome to Coffee Shop paradise

Korea Is coffee shop paradise, I would say.

There are so many coffee shop brands... Honestly, it is so annoying because you need to bring so many point cards since you will never know which coffee shop you will be next time... :'(

If I was in Canada and looking for coffee shop around, it must be either Starbuck or Timhortons... which means I don't need to bring point card with me since Starbucks lets you collect starts with my app and Timhortons doesn't give you point :p 

But since their interior is really good, I shouldn't complain.. :) Also, I am  writing this post at cafe as well loll

First Coffee shop which I would like to introduce is 'Blank' in ShinCheon. 

Personally, I LOVE their interior... :D 

because the interior makes me feel calm... also, the price of Americano relatively cheaper than other coffee shop.  

Next is O'sulloc. 

To be honest, it is not a coffee shop, it is tea shop. There are so many kinds of tea. So, if you are sick of coffee, try this place. 

 

I am writing this post at O'sulloc at Gangnam (yeah, you are right, that Gangnam from Gangnam Style). But since this Tea shop is Franchise you can find it anywhere in Korea... (I believe... at least I know one at Myeon Dong) 

Well.. there are so many other Coffee shop.. but honestly, I don't know what makes one different from the others.. so I wouldn't mention them on this post..  :'(

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If you phone battery is out.

These days, the phone is very important. We use our phone as camera, map, notepad, and so on.... not just as a phone. But when your phone is getting out of battery, don't get panic because there are easy ways that you can charge your phone.

• Find convenience store: if your phone battery is getting low, try to find convenience store as soon as possible. "Mini stop","seven eleven","C&U".. any convenience store would be fine. Just enter the store and ask to charge your phone. It will take approximately 30 min to charge your phone and cost only $1 or $2. 
• Why don't have have some meal? Almost all restaurant in Korea will let you to charge your phone. Some might ask you if you have cable but to be honest, no one asked for cable recently. 
• Try to find USB port. If you are in the bus, try to find USB port. Because some buses has it!!! I believe most Mbus (which is blue colour) has one!! Unfortunately, I haven't seen any from subway :( 
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Korean Frozen Desert Pat-Bing-Soo

The weather is extremely hot in Korea these days. How hot is it? I thought that I would melt down on the street today LOL... So I decided to post something can make the hotness go away!

Few days ago, I read an article, 10 Brain-Freezing Treats From Around the World, and Pat-Bing-Soo was introduced in the article as well! So, I decided to post something about Pat-Bing-Soo to let the hotness go away!!

As it is described in the article, Pat-Bing-Soo means"red beans with ice" in Korean. The dessert consists of shaved ice, bean paste, fruit, condensed milk and fruit syrup. But!!! We do have more kinds of Bing-Soo!!

The original version of Pat-Bing-Soo that my mom and I tried last summer! It contains a lot of red beans and tastes so good for me even who does not like red-beans that much. Red-bean as a desert might sounds weird to you, I understand this because one of my best friend who is came from columbia (good job on the world cup by the way!) told me that it is weird for her to eat red-bean as sweet for her. If you feel the same way, don't worry, we have plenty kinds of Bing-soo.

These are Bing-Soo from Paris Baguette (which is one of most famous bakery franchise in Korea). As you can see above, Paris Baguette serves fruit Bing-Soo, Mango Bing-Soo, Blueberry Bing-Soo, Rice cake with been Bing-Soo, and rice cake Bing-soo... I know.. there are too many right? but this is not all!

Sing almost of cafe and fusion restaurant has their own Bing-Soo menu, it may take more than a year for you try all of them!! haha

This one is one of special Bing-Soo which is called Melon Bing-soo. They made bowl with melon and put crushed ice in it and decorated with scooped melon on top. Even thought the visual is so pretty, it was too sweet for me. Yet, if you love sweet desert you can try.

I was about to give you the address of this restaurant since it was so new in 2013 and you had to make reservation to have this special Bing-Soo. But it is so popular in Korea so that you can find this Bing-Soo so easily!! So just search for Melon Bing-soo or 메론빙수!!!

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Beef- Tripe and pork-tripe

Beef-tripe and pork-tripe are one of my favourite foods in the world! and yes, I am talking about beef tripe!!! Some restaurant cook it without sources and some restaurant make. No matter how it cooked, I love it!! Maybe you think this is too much for you to try because how it looks. Yet, please don't say anything but try it first! You will love it!!

This restaurant is one in the Il-sal which is near Seoul. I could not find any better restaurant in Il-san than here!! they even set fire on your dish. I don't know why they do it, but it is fun to watch it!! haha. when I found this restaurant first, I went there almost every other week!! :*(

Unfortunately, beef-tripe is a bit expensive. It will cost about $20-40 for two people. Usually Korean eat this with Soju

So, if you want to try it as Korean does, you can order soju as well!! But be careful because most of my foreign friends does not like it!

I found this restaurant just few weeks ago then addicted to it! This is pork-tribe. It is a bit spicy but not too much. There are dozen of pork-tripe store in An-yang. Those stores are along the alley so people calls that alley as Gopchang alley (Gopchang means tripe in Korean). My aunt told me that gopchang alley has been more then 30 years! It is even cheat as well! It is only $7 for one person.

You can find beef-tripe restaurant easily in seoul but if you want to try some pork-tripe restaurant in Gopchang Alley, you can follow the map below! Hope you enjoy it <3

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Best summer food = Nang-myeon!

Nang-myeon is one of the best summer food!! There is a song for Nang-myeon called by Girls Generation. This noodle is sweet and a bit sour but in one sentence, it is extremely delicious!! But Nang-myeon tastes better when you eat it with meet (it doesn't matter whether it is pork or beef!! :p)

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So, this restaurant, GoSsam Nang-myeon, serves nang-myeon with pork only at 6000Won (which is almost $6!!) The restaurant is franchise so you can find this restaurant in many places. If you are planning to stay in Seoul, you can visit restaurant in Shinchon.

You will have three choices when you go to the restaurant. Pork + water nang-myeon, pork + bibim nang-myeon, and pork + hot noodle. Water nang-myeon will be served with cold soup while bibm nang-meyon is spicy noodle without soup. Personally I suggest you to try water nang-myeon with pork!! :)

 

How to Eat

Wrap piece of meat with your noodle and eat it! and enjoy it!

 

Music below is the song about nang-myeon ^^

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMvMarhwpJs]

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