[Seoul Vacation] Day 01: Exploring around the city
We took a midnight flight with Asiana Airlines as our flight was scheduled at 2250hrs. I got myself a serving of bibimbap during my flight, and I had a pleasant 6-hour+ flight to Incheon. We arrived in Seoul around 6am local time. (Do note that Korea is an hour ahead of us.)
After clearing the customs at the airport, we made our exit, and bought bus/limousine tickets which took us straight to our hotel! After about an hour's drive, we finally reached the very posh THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection. It is located within the City Hall Subway Station.
After our breakfast, we walked around Myeongdong. We first went to the 12 storey-Daiso for some shopping after finishing our toast! It was one of my favorite shops to explore in Korea. The Daiso in Korea is different from the Daiso in Japan and Singapore. They have an entire floor dedicated to Disney/Sanrio and Care Bears merchandise at a superbly low damage! I also bought many beauty products from Olive Young.
We went for lunch at MyeongDong Kyoja along MyeongDong Shopping Street for handmade KalGuksu and Mandu. We were pretty lucky, we waited less than 5mins for our table. Upon entering the eatery place, it was filled with diners.
The menu of this restaurant was very simple and everyone was practically having the same food. It was delicious though, and all of us loved the Mandu very much.
We walked back to our hotel to do our check-in around 3pm. The room was pretty decent.
After we had done our purchases from the supermarket, we went to Krispy Kreme as they were having a collaboration event with Pokémon to celebrate Pokemon's 25th anniversary! The Pokémon Donut Set included Pikachu, Ditto, Psyduck, Jigglypuff and Diglett! This outlet is located at the Mecenatpolis Mall which is also located near to Hapjeong Station.
In despite of our heavy loots from the supermarket, the guys insisted not to waste time to offload our things at the hotel, so we proceed to Hongdae Shopping Street. It is a vibrant, busy spot in Seoul. It is a haven for shoppers and bar goers!
We ordered 2 set of Boneless Seasoned Chicken which was oozing with Garlic Soy Sauce and Galbi Sauce. It was very juicy inside and crispy outside. It was super addictive, Jinjja Mashisoyo!
We
made our way back to our hotel after some street shopping, as we were quite
tired. We needed to charge up our energy levels in order to explore Seoul the
very next day!
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