Breakfast first before we split up for our morning activities. After some research on where we can have breakfast at 9am, we stumbled upon O’sulloc Tea House which opens at 9am. Cool, and we were the first customers of that day. This cafe is situated in Myeongdong and is very accessible. It has three-storey seating space and it feels very peaceful inside. Free wifi, if you are looking for a cafe to relax and surf the internet.
If you love green tea, this is a place you should visit. Most of the food and drinks item revolves around green tea. The green matcha latte was really good, I love it. The food was not too bad. Do give it a try if you are around the corner.
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| O’sulloc Tea House |
Address:
Seoul-si Jung-gu Myeongdong-gil 48
(Myeongdong2-ga)
Direction:
Myeongdong Station, Exit 6, turn left onto Myeongdong 8-gil.
Go straight about 400m, and you will see O´sulloc Tea House on the right.
After breakfast, we headed to COEX Aquarium which is at COEX Mall. Unfortunately for us, the mall was under some major renovation and the shops were not fully opened. It was quite confusing to pass through the constructions to get to the Aquarium but we made our way there. Not posting the fishes photos here as I really took quite a fair bit. But here's the transport direction:
Myeongdong Station (Line 4) -> Transfer at Seoul Natl Univ of Education (Line 2) -> Samseong (line 2)
So what's next after the fishes was of course Lunch. Today, we made our way to Noryangjin fish market. This fish market is really full of fresh seafood. It is really huge but we did not bother to roam the whole place as we soon realised that each stall sells similar stuff. We finally decided on the stall with a friendly Chinese lady who was able to communicate with us in Mandarin. I guess communication was important now as we were buying something that has no price tag to it.
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| Noryangjin fish market |
After some recommendations and negotiations, we bought what we want and the lady brought us to a small restaurant on the second level. We did not bother to ask for the price for helping us to cook the seafood as we reckon it will be almost the same since it is so competitive. So, here's our Fresh seafood lunch from the market.
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| Left: Raw octopus Top right: Abalone Bottom Right: Scallop |
The food is really fresh. This is my first time eating raw octopus. The feeling was not that fantastic. Though it was not the whole octopus, the tentacles were still moving. Well, it was pretty tough to chew. Not the best dish on the table, in my opinion.
The abalone was really tender and nice. And the scallops was stirred fried and it was flavourful.
Direction:
Subway Noryangjin Station (Exit 1) and walk across the overhead bridge to the market. Please remember it is EXIT 1 instead of exit 9. There are 2 exit points at the station. Though Exit 9 can still bring you to the fish market, it will take a walk at the street. Exit 1 is nearer!
Next up, we went to the Hangang River Park, in hope to see Cherry blossom trees. Luck was a little on us and we managed to catch a few trees with blooming. Nice view, how I wish I could see the full blossom.
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| Hangang Rive Park - blooming trees |
We saw a cart selling strawberries, and decided to get a box - Sat at the park, admiring the scenery and well, enjoy the strawberries.
Our main aim was actually to catch the sunset cruise at Hangang River. Not sure well, but a cruise was always enjoyable. Relaxing and nice way to end the day.
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| Hangang River Cruise |
Headed back to Myeongdong for dinner and we settled at two-two chicken shop. Fried chicken was in trend and well, we cannot miss it, right? We had the original and spicy. The meat was a little dry for the original but the marinated ones was great. But for the price, we thought there were more chicken servings.
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| Two Two chicken |
So when the night was still young, we went for mid night shopping at Dong dae mon using the shuttle bus service provided by the hotel! Loving this service!
