Cafe Chloris @ Sinchon (Seoul)

Located in Sinchon, along the same stretch as AtoZ Cafe and My Secret Mate is a very pretty cafe, Cafe Chloris. There are two of them located on the same street, but a few shop spaces away from each other.

We were waiting for our friends to head to Noraebang so we decided to have tea first even though it was almost 7 haha
 





 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 





 
Chocolate Cheesecake- 4500
This was not too bad. It wasn't overly cheesy and the texture was smooth


Complimentary cookies

 
Caramel Mochaccino 
This was a huge cup! The drink was alright. Not something that I'd go back to the restaurant for.



Cafe Chloris is an elaborately pretty place where you can spend a nice, cozy afternoon. Don't have too high an expectation for their menu though. Also, every individual is expected to order an item.

13-35 Changcheon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Daily : 1pm - 1159pm


Love, K

(Closed) Pal Ja Mak Chang : Running Man's Ha Ha's Restaurant @ Hongdae

This is the famous restaurant opened by Ha Ha of Running Man. And guess where it is located? About 8 minutes, on foot, from our apartment. Can I please rave about how awesome our apartment is again? Hahaha







We got there at about 5pm and the staff were still having dinner. So we were asked to take a seat first while we waited for them to finish their dinner so they can take our orders.





The sauce that the onions were in was good!



The restaurant is famous for innards.

They have different sauces that you're supposed to eat with different things. Actually, on the menu, there is only one type of meat(pork). Everything else is innards. So we ordered 2 portions of pork and one portion of pig intestines. So there's a sauce to be eaten with the innards, and a sauce to be eaten with the pork. The staff will tell you which is for which!




The intestines seemed to be cooked really fast but actually it takes a longer time than the meat to be cooked!


How the intestines should look before they can be eaten.

They are really crispy! Quite yummy but some might not like the taste!


Bean paste soup and rice


Scorched rice - which is essentially porridge

The meat was pretty succulent and nice. X really liked the intestines haha. I'm not that big a fan of it or he'd have definitely ordered cow's intestines or something to try. We ate the scorched rice with a bit of the bean paste soup and the bean paste sauce and we actually managed to finish the huge pot. Haha this was the most expensive barbecue we've had the entire trip. It cost 30,000 won. But it's really worth it for all that we ate!


395-17 Seogyo-dong (23 Jandari-ro), Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea


Love, K

Cafe Berlin @ Hongdae (Seoul)

Cafe Berlin has gotta be one of my favourite cafes. It is located at the back of Hongdae, near Hongik University. You'll have to walk quite a distance from the university to get to Cafe Berlin. That whole stretch has plenty of nice cafes!

X and I came here on a Monday afternoon and it was pretty packed. Most of the people were studying. I can understand why this place is so popular. The vibe and atmosphere just feels really nice.




















The pictures are really clear and pretty


Affogato - 7500 won
This was really awesome! The icecream was delicious and really smooth. This has gotta be one of the best affogatos around! Together with the fragrant coffee and roasted nuts, this affogato certainly left a deep impression on us


Caramel macchiato - 6000 won
This was a huge glass of coffee. Not too bad!


Ham and cheese sandwich - 7500
This is pretty pricey for a sandwich. But the ingredients were fresh and though simple, it was quite palatable. Or maybe we were just hungry haha

Cafe Berlin would definitely be one of my favourite haunts if it was in Singapore. Love the laidback feel of the cafe and its rustic charm.

337-36 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea


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Love, K

22nd.

I turned 22 today.
And I was wonderfully and pleasantly surprised.
All the birthday wishes received in every form of technology made me feel really blessed and lucky [:
Thanks everyone! 

Yesterday, I'd thought that X had forgotten my birthday.
Well, we're in Korea and all and he has 3 exams in 2 days time so I thought that he might have forgotten my birthday.
We were at a cafe till 11pm last night because he needed to study. We had dinner after and headed home. The clock struck 12 when we were walking home and he didn't wish me happy birthday so I was even more sure than he'd forgotten haha. We got home at about 1210 and I went into the apartment first. And to my surprise, X's friends who are my new found friends surprised me with a baskin robbins icecream cake! Hahaha I was really thankful. I mean, we've just known each other for about 2 weeks and here they were, taking precious time off studying and surprising me all the way in Hongdae! Haha thank you fatty for organising [: And a big thank you to all my nice friends for the surprise! [:

Today, I met X after his class for dessert at Peony. After which he said we have to go home to change and that we aren't supposed to eat anymore till 630 because we're going to a food fest at Lotte Departmental Store. I was thinking why we have to dress up hahaha. So anyway he wore like pretty formal stuff so I was suspecting that we're going somewhere nice for dinner but he said "you confirm think we're going somewhere fancy right. But we're really going to the food fest. Later when you hear me telling the taxi driver Lotte, then you'll believe me" Haha I was like okay, food fest it is! Quite cool what right to go for food fest haha even though I've never been to one. So when we arrived at Lotte Hotel, I was still thinking that we were going for the food fest at the convention centre... Haha turns out that X had reserved a table at Pierre Gagnaire at the 35th level for my birthday dinner! And he had done the reservation before I even arrived in Korea. That's like more than a month ago. Hahaha I'm honestly immensely touched [: So anyway, Pierre Gagnaire is a three Michelin star chef! So you can imagine how happy and excited I was hahaha. And we had a window seat! The view was quite pretty and the food was unique, interestingly juxtaposed and awesome. The foie gras was amazing and life-changing haha. I had an incredibly nice and memorable evening [:

Will do up a post on Pierre Gagnaire soooooon!

Despite feeling extremely old now, I am infinitely thankful as I count my blessings. Looking forward to all the birthday celebrations when I get back to Singapore! [: But at the same time, dreading having to leave Kool Korea haha

Thanks for all the surprises X! [: You're the best hahaha

Love, K

Blanc Cafe @ Hongdae (Seoul)

Blanc is located 15 minutes, on foot, from our apartment. However, walking in this sweltering weather made it seem like forever haha. Nonetheless, we were pretty psyched to visit this place!













They have sandwiches, croissants, tarts, cakes and macarons!

Chocolate croissant - 2700 won
This was really fragrant! Crispy on the outside and really soft on the inside. No doubt one of the best croissants I've had!


Banana Chocolate Tart - 5000 + won
Banana and chocolate is a combination that can't go wrong. And this tart brought it to another level as it was really really good! The tart was of the right hardness and the chocolate mousse doesn't overshadow the taste of the bananas. Pretty perfect!


Ham and cheese sandwich- 4800 won
This was not bad! The taste of pickles and the sauce spiced up the average ham and cheese


Iced caramel macchiato and Iced cafe mocha - 4500 each
The coffee were pretty good!


Oreo macaron and hazelnut macaron - 1700 won each
The oreo macaron tasted more like milk and the taste of oreo was absent. We didn't really like it. The hazelnut macaron on the other hand, was alot nicer! To be honest, we didn't have high expectations of the macarons but they surprised us with their full crusts and smooth ganache!

We liked the minimalistic design of Blanc. Simple, clean looking and attractive! Service was good too, albeit a bit slow.

173-14 Donggyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Monday - Saturday : 830am - 11pm
Sunday : 9pm - 10pm


Love, K