Sindang - Ddeokbokki

Sindang is known as the ddeokbokki neighborhood which I thought implied that it was going to filled with a lot of vendors and people buzzing around but it was pretty dead. There were only a handful of restaurants opened and we ventured into this restaurant (totally forgot to take a picture of the name) but like many of the restaurants in Sindang they offer only ddeokbokki which was good since we only had to tell them we wanted four orders. No language barriers there. Throw up four fingers and you're good to go!

I secretly think they made it less spicy since we were foreigners but it was still yummy. It was filled with ramen noodles, cellophane noodles, cabbage, eggs, fish cakes, onions, deok (rice cakes), gojuchang, and red pepper powder. Definitely the type of food that goes great with some maekchu (beer)! And very cheap. It was like 3,000 won per person!

Itaewon - Helio's Pub and Grill

I'm trying to blog with restaurants with little pictures so I can get rid of them faster. :)

                   

For a friend's birthday, we went to Helio's in Itaewon. If I remember correctly before 10 P.M. it's a restaurant but after 10 it becomes a bar/dance club. The food here is a little pricey but it's Itaewon so you shouldn't expect any less. The British Burger (I think that's what I ordered. It's the burger with the egg in it.) was to die for! It's the best burger I've ever had in my life and you can quote me on that. It was definitely a Koreanized burger. The patty had a nice spicy kick to. Though, it reminded me a little bit of bulgogi marinade but I'm not complaining. It was topped off with a fried egg and the standard lettuce, tomato, and ketchup. I wasn't a big fan of the fries. It was a little stale and reminiscent of our friend Ore-Ida but all-in-all if I ever the chance, definitely coming back for the burgers!

Atmosphere: Pretty chill. Looked like typical bars in the States. The bar/dance club was pretty lame since it consisted of a bunch of middle-aged ex-pats watching young girls dance from the sidelines. If you're into that then sure why not? But we booked pretty early and ended up at Daddy J's in Anam for some banana vodka. (I will post more about the crazy nights at Daddy J's.)

Verdict: I'd go back for the food not the club.

Update.

This blog will not be dead. Just took a very long hiatus before I really start. I will try to slowly pick this up again. There's a lot of things that I wished I had written down, my memory has been a little foggy but bear with me, 'kay? I'm no longer in the great city of Seoul but back to the very humble city of Boston so hopefully, my blog will consist of the two worlds and the other worlds that I will visit in the future. Until then, I bid thee adieu.

-Christine