Bagel MTL is a restaurant in Yeonnam-dong that specializes in...bagels. They aren't particularly easy to get to, about a 15 minute walk from Hongik University Station. But the neighborhood its in is quiet and peaceful, or at least was when Mika and I went for brunch on a Saturday morning/early afternoon. You can order basic [...]
COEX mall recently got a new addition in May. It's a library located in the Central Plaza of the mall. It's insane to go from the busy shopping and wandering the labyrinth that is COEX to a large open space with glass ceilings where you are dwarfed by giant bookcases (13 meters tall) filled with [...]
Bistopping is an ice cream shop near Sinsa, best known for their very photogenic ice cream. Bitstopping works in three steps. First you pick out the type of ice cream you want. Milk ice cream (3,500 won) Soft serve Yogurt (4,000 won) Gelato Chocolate (5,000 won) Soft serve Then you pick whether you want a [...]
On my way back from Jeju I saw a lot of ads on the airport line for Rocky Horror and at first I just stared at it like, what? Is that what I think it is? And then as I squinted and read the names I realized yeah, it was and got rather excited. Only [...]
A friend and I went to Cafe Mong's drawn in by their set menu. We both ordered Set A which includes half of a ham and cheese sandwich, sausage, bacon, egg scramble, baked potato wedges, salad and coffee or a soda. We switched it up a bit by buying some of their special drinks. I [...]
Nathalie recently got a Seoul Pass to try out for a video she wanted to make and I went out for a weekend to help her film. The Discover Seoul Pass is a 24 to 48 hour pass that let's you into many of the attractions of Seoul for free. You can also put money [...]
For lunch I wanted to find something cool to eat and we found 교수보쌈 & 감자탕 in Hongdae. Up a steep set of stairs is a small restaurant offering a variety of Korean dishes including potato and pork stew, pork and lettuce wraps, spicy beef tripe hot-pot, fried rice, octopus, hangover stew and what I really [...]
CaFace is a popular cafe chain in Seoul, with a couple of little shops most of them around Hongdae. Why is it popular? Because you get to drink your face. Nathalie and I went to the location attached to the Trick Eye Museum. Located in the lobby area before you go in the second basement [...]
A good way to get around and see the highlights of Seoul is by taking a hop on hop off tour bus. Starting at DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) you can get tickets (a wrist band) to board and exit the buses throughout the day and try to fit in whatever it is you want to [...]
The last day of my vacation I wanted to get home early so I could pass out and recover for work the following day. Which meant a ridiculously early flight and ending up back in Seoul by a reasonable breakfast hour. So before heading our separate ways my friend and I went to the Pancake [...]
