#bulgogi

New duo faves.

Monday:
We went to Grandfather’s cemetery. I have never been to my mom’s father’s site. He passed away in between my trips to Korea so this was my first time. I felt terrible that my first time was 11 years after he passed away. But we got to go with family and I was happy to finally go. It’s a cemetery specifically for North Koreans living in South Korea. Many North Koreans live in South Korea because they either came before the Koreas divided or they came during the war. The site is near the border and you can see North Korea from the site. I had to hold back a lot of emotions because I hate that we’re divided. My grandfather was a wonderful person and I’ve always felt terrible that he was split from his family. Anyways, I was very happy to have visited his site and I’ll visit every time I visit back. 

Afterwards, we dropped by Costco! I know that doesn’t sound exciting but… last time I went to Korea, I got a bulgogi pizza from Costco! It was delicious! BUTTTTT, this time, there was a pleasant surprise! Costco now has a bulgogi bake!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!! 

By this point, I became a third wheel… :) 

BUT THIS BAKE!

Then my grandmother started working on making Kalbi! She literally made everything that I wanted! I’m very thankful. 

Then my mom, Stacey, and I went for shopping, site seeing, and eating. We literally ate all the time. lol 

Then we went to myungdong for more shopping, site seeing, and fooood. LOL 

Then we went to see one of my aunt’s for dinner! My dad’s oldest sister! We went for dolsot bibimbap and moolnengmyun!

Then my cousin, Yeonjoo asked us if we went to watch “The Interview”. We definitely did. Only cause of the scandal. The movie was okay. lol 

Wednesday:
I wake up in the morning to my grandmother cooking another one of my favorites from her! Mook! She makes it from scratch and it’s simply AMAZING!

Afterwards, we went to myungdong again to meet up with my cousin, Jin Kyung and her family. We had plans to take our winter engagement photos with her husband and we were VERY EXCITED! We grabbed lunch in myungdong first at this place called “abiko”… it was SO GOOOOOOD!

First, we got this ddokkalbi meatball from the street vendor… IT WAS DELICIOUS!

Abiko Curry

Then the Dessert Queen… lol 

Then we took our photos!!! He was amazing. He was such a great photographer and easy to work with! I’ll post the photos in a separate post but here’s a sneak peak, behind the scenes!

Afterwards, of course we got more food. hahaha jjajangmyun and more!!! It was very unique. I’ve never had that kind of jjajangmyun before. It was very good!

Such a great day with them!!!

They took us to Sulbing after dinner and it was the best shaved ice that I’ve ever had! The blueberry Cheesecake was to die for!

We returned home to Chicken and Beer. Koreans love that combo. Ugh… More food. LOL 

It was New Year’s Eve, so everybody was over. They were eating, drinking, and playing cards. haha

Thursday:
New Year’s Day Soup! 

After breakfast, my cousin, Han picked us up to have lunch at his brother Gil’s house. haha Literally eating to eating…

Got to spend time Jin Sol some more!

Then we went to grab dinner with my mom. Yes, more food… lol 

Friday:
Friday was my birthday. My grandma and my aunt had everything set up for me! Thank you to everyone! :) 

Ji An even brought me a handmade Birthday Card!! It was so CUTE!!! Love her so much!

We had a couple of days that we planned on spending in gangnam. To shop and venture out on our own! AKA shop more lol 

Inadvertently, we found this amazing spot called, Billy Angel that sold Crepe Cakes!!! SO DELICIOUS!

We were glad that Ji An liked the Frozen bagpack that we brought for her! :) 

We had lunch at this donburi place. It was super delicious!!!

Stacey found a shirt and dress that she really liked. Later on, we went to watch Into the Woods. Korea’s movie popcorn game is way better than ours. Light years better…

Can’t believe it’s 2015…

Taking pics of ppl taking selfies… haha

We grabbed garlic fries and NY Pizza for dinner! It was very good!!!

So, in Gangnam. They have this corner where ppl can take pictures in front of a “GANGNAM STYLE” sign and they play the song, “GANGNAM STYLE” repeatedly… lol 

GANGNAM is live at night

Saturday:
We grabbed Crepe Cake again. LOL 

Afterwards, we headed to shop over to CoEx mall! They have everything there. Literally. They got all of the world’s most popular things in one mall. Seoul is on another level.

In between shopping, we walked across the street to grab Korean BBQ with Han hyung’s family, Sung Wook and his mom. 

In Korea, stuff are made by Jesus.

Jin Sol was tired. He’s cute when he cries. haha

They sell macarons everywhere.

And they got Ho Bars everywhere.

After more shopping, we grabbed chicken kalbi fried rice for dinner! They make it in front of you. It’s super chap and really good!

Then we went to sulbing again! haha

Sunday:
We grabbed lunch with Yeonjoo, my mom, and her friend! This Shabu Shabu spot was so good! Not only was the Shabu Shabu good, but they had a buffet of side food that was amazing!

Afterwards, we went with Yeonjoo to grab hoddok again! haha Stacey loves them!

For dinner, we grabbed chicken. Frypan, the place we went for NYE wasn’t open so we settled for some other spot. Stacey and I didn’t really eat Frypan on NYE cause we were so full but everyone said it was good. We didn’t get a redo that day… lol They gave us beer in a bag for service… LOL 

To be continued…