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Molly's Pops 몰리스팝스

Molly's Pops 몰리스팝스

I am a sucker for cold treats.
From macaron ice cream to popsicles to weird shaved ice. 
There is nothing I have never tried yet.

So here I am, at Molly's Pop, satisfying yet another frozen craving of mine.


Small but cosy.
Popsicle at 3,000won a pop.

Wine & Strawberry ; Powdered Soybean
While i did not pretty much enjoy my wine & strawberry because mainly, it does not have a wine taste nor did the frozen berries have much of a berry taste, it taste mostly my vanilla milk ice cream which is just disappointing to me.
My friend on the other hand, had the powdered soybean with bits of mochi inside and she throughly enjoy it.

Guess I just made a bad choice ~


Open from  
Tuesday~ Sunday : 12:00 ~ 22:00
Closed on Monday
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How to go :  Hongik University Station (홍대입구역) Exit #8, walk straight until you see Cafe Joenill at the corner, keep walking and turn right at the first alley, you should be able to see Molly's pop on your left. 

Address: 마포구 서교동 400-11, 서울특별시, 121-817

Raining in Korea.

credits : http://www.koreansafari.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/jeon.jpg

As October approaches, the rainy season starts creeping in as well. My craving for soupy stuff like broth starts coming in. When I was in Singapore, my comfort food for this weather always goes along .... milo.
When in Korea, do as the Korean do and on rainy days, eat as what they eat, which is Jeon & Makgeolli (전 & 막걸리) !
Splish Splash Pitter Patter. Or simply just click here to listen. This is the sound make by the rain. But this sound, can also be heard as the sound of a sizzling of a frying pan. Jeon, a pancake-style dish is a Korean's favourite when it rains. The sound of rain is immediately connected to the sizzling of the Jeon being fried.

Jeon not traditionally eaten as a main dish, often eaten as banchan (side dishes) or anju (drinking snack/food) so, traditionally Jeon goes well with Makgeolli ! Makgeolli is a Korean alcohol with rice/wheat content. Of course, nowadays there are new kinds with raspberry flavour and so much more. Makgeolli can be drank warm or cold and combined with Jeon, "kyyyyyyyaaaaaa".

Rain rain dont go away .... Makgeolli please come again ...

역전우동0410 ; Yeokjeon udon 0410

Stumble across this precious maybe about 10-seater restaurant late one night when i was warm and hungry. And the food places around my area had closed...
And it have since became one of my favourite.


What makes this place extra special is that it is 24hours. 

what kind of god sent is this ?
And, do you spot this machine that I see ?

Avoid awkward conversation with the staffs!
Hold your horses people. Before you go and order your stuffs,
here are some translation of the foods they have.
Now, you may click away.


For the vegetarian, the veggie fritters looks kinda safe but not sure if the broth contains meat. But pretty safe to eat will be the bibim udon (mixed udon) or bibim soba (mixed soba) (not in picture).


Step 1 : Choose your food.

Step 2 : pay for it by clicking either the money bag or card.
A sign will come out asking you "마장"or "포장" which means having here or take away.
After clicking "마장" which means having here.
And then you find a seat and wait for your food ~ ^^


Personal Favourite : Beef- related. Love their beef udon, their Beef-covered rice and all things beef. *insert a beef dance (not sure how it works but lets pretend there is) *


The Bibim Soba that looks relatively safe for Halal eaters and Vegetarian.


Nomnomnomnonmnom.
Highly recommend people to try the veggie fritters. I love it ~ 

This place is kinda inexpensive and pretty quiet and fast.
Price starts from 3,000krw and up !

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They have a lot of franchises, but here is the one I went to.

How to go : Get out of Apgujeong Station Exit 5. Keep walking straight for around 5 minutes and you will come to a gas station. Turn left. The outlet is directly opposite the gas station.

Address: 서울시 강남구 신사동 579번지 카로시티2 105호.





Petite France

Long overdued post.
Went to Petite France last fall before the "You from another star" maniac came in.

Apparently Petite France is currently peppered with all kind of "You from another star" posters, banners etc. Well, if you are a fan of the show, I guess this is not much of a problem ~

So I took the Gapyeong Circle Bus, to Petite France which is a little off Seoul.


I am a major fan of the little prince book.
Its a book that allows me to ponder a lot. 
I highly recommend everyone to read it.
Although labelled as a children's story book, I think only an adult can understand.


Filming that took place here, Secret garden, Beethoven's Virus etc.
Petite France features a restaurant, cafe , museum, workshop where you can make your own soap etc.


is this a hat or a boa constrictor that ate an elephant.


So tempted to buy but for 33,000krw.... 


Supposedly what a typical french house looks like -.-....

Lights peeping through the clouds. Views you can only get in the countryside.




There is a restaurant at Petite France selling reasonable tourist priced food. But be warned, it is terrible.


With translation.
Empty empty.

Empty. Probably explained a lot about the taste.

Prawn omelette and Dak Galbi Omelette. Most failed rendition EVER.
Cold Prawn. Sad Prawn.



Cold Rice, Hard Omelette, Plastic Meat.
I begged you. PLEASE DONT.
PLEASE.
DO NOT EAT AT THE RESTAURANT.

Moving on....

One of my favourite movie. 

The cafe with live music sang to .... no one.


Overall, Petite France is somewhere you can go just to get away from the usual bustling Seoul.
Its a good place to take a slow walk and look around but with the current FLOOD of tourists,
if you are not a fan of tv drama, i seriously advise you to just keep this place out of the itinerary.

On the good side, this place is very much a photo worthy place.
Except for the fact that the amount of photo bombing tourists can be quite tough to fences photoshop off. teehee !

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How to go : Take the Gapyeong Circle Bus. 

Caffe Bene; 카페베네

Its Summer !!!
It is so freaking warm. Sometimes I just feel like lazing on the bed with the fan blowing and never having to move a single inch.

Cafes in Korea are also pushing out summer special, such as Patbingsoo (shaved ice) to help fend off the heat. 
So, Caffe Bene is introducing 3 flavours. 


Kiwi Patbingsoo - 9,800krw


Caramel Popcorn Patbingsoo

New York Cheesecake Patbingsoo - 13,500krw 

Being a major cheesecake maniac, how could I ever miss this.
So, i went on a major hunt for it with my best bud (cos how could i ever finish one on my own) ?

I have never liked Caffe bene before, cos their coffee taste real bad. 
Like real real bad. I have never taste a franchise coffee that tasted so bad. 
That kind of bad.
But they are pretty well known for other stuffs like waffle and honey bread etc.
And so far, almost all the Caffe bene i went to, have polite service staff. 

So, back to topic,  when i first gotten the patbingsoo, it looks as though someone shot down the statue of liberty.
This should have been the first sign.
The patbingsoo is accompanied with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream , cheesecake that is practically just cheese in the shape of a cake, statue of liberty made of white chocolate, her blood berry jam, shaved ice and saltine crackers in between.



This patbingsoo is just like their coffee. BAD.
This mixture is just so bland. Who eats saltine cracker with ice ?
Everything just went so off. Thankfully the bottom ice has milk in it, so it was not that bad but not good enough to save the day.
But overall, I rather changed the 13,500krw i spent on this into coin and pelt it at passing cars.
It will be less painful then having to finish this bowl of ... dead statue of liberty. 

TSK.

16온스 커피 : 16 OZ.

Having my office located is probably one of the best thing that happens to me.
There are a lot of artisan cafe around Hongdae and 16oz is one of the one that i passes by everyday on the way to work.


A really small (fits 12ppl max) but nice and cosy place.
The whole place smells really nice and buttery. ( They sell waffles too )
I came in for a drink, but I end up ordering ice cream.

Basic and  good choices.
w2,500 for double scoop ! - Strawberry ice cream!
There was bits of strawberry in the ice cream, the ice cream did not disintegrate/melt fast.
Totally worth every 2,500won of it.
The cone ain't the sugar cone I like but pretty much the airy one that macdonald serves, but its still pretty okay.

I am gonna try the waffle next time, DONT STOP ME.

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How to go : Hongdae Station, Exit 3. Make a U-turn and to the pedestrian crossing, turn left and you shall see it right in front of you.

뽀득뽀득 소시지빵 ; Sausage Bread

Unlike the Koreans who eats rice for breakfast,
this foreigner here stick to her typical staple of bread and milk. 

Somehow Korea's bread varieties is abundant but it is always revolve around sweet rather then savoury e.g : strawberry jam bread, red bean jam bread, custard bread etc.
Then at the corner of the basket I spot a shiny jem.

BEHOLD, THE SAUSAGE BREAD ! 
Stated as "Premium Sausage Garlic Onion Sausage Bread"

1,500 won! look at the colour ! 

To taste the "true taste" of the food, I decide not to microwave it.
Usually, we buy food, we dont microwave... right ? (Or am I the only lazy one...)

Suggested way of serving : Microwave for 20s at 1000w.
First bite in, you taste a pretty mild garlic taste in the bread.
Which is pretty good actually.
Then you sink your teeth into the sauce. (a mixture of garlic onion sauce(or maybe mayo) and cheese ) (i presume about the sauce, but it did taste like that.) (thats a lot of parentheses i put. HAHHAAHHAA. (HA.))
The sausage is like german sausage. Springy and strong and full of yums.
There are bits of fats in it. Just like a real processed german sausage. (lols.)
The bread is kind of flat, not the typical kind of American sausage bread that is fluffy.

Overall, the taste is pretty good, I will probably eat this again.
There is another flavour promoted as "소세지빵 메콤 데리야끼" aka "Sausage Bread Spicy Teriyaki"

Yes, thats how the original sausage bread should looks.

I will probably try that next time, not sure if my stomach can stomach spicy eat the morning.