hi guys my name is Marie and welcome to
my world
so today I thought I would take you to
one of my husband's favorite
neighborhoods in Seoul and that's my
London so let's go check it out ma
Guangdong is a neighborhood that's on
the outskirts of home day on Instagram
it's probably most famous for its pink
vending machine cafe which is called so
hungee but mixed in with a few trendy
cafes and restaurants is a local market
or she jiong which has a very old career
or working-class feel to it and I think
that this neighbourhood is still very
working-class long one station is on
line six of the seoul subway line and
you want to go out of exit 2 to access
the market and all of the cool cafes
that i'm going to show you guys I'm
taking the stairs but I believe there's
also an elevator here so if you need to
bring your stroller then you can do that
when you come out of exit 2 you're gonna
turn right and then you'll see a drug
store called mala law in front of you
and then you're gonna make a right on
the next street and you're just gonna
keep walking down the street to get to
long one market if you've been following
me for a while then you know that my
family and I like to play claw machines
and there's actually a really good
arcade here that has prizes that seems
to be really wonderful we always seem to
walk away with something
this is not at all the main attraction
in this place but I just had to mention
it if you keep walking down that Main
Street you'll see lots of different
Korean restaurants I haven't eaten at a
lot of these places
there's also fruits and vegetable
vendors and then if you walk about seven
to ten minutes from the train station
you will reach my own market is a little
bit different from other traditional
markets in Korea which I feel have
become very touristy but this place
still retains this old-world traditional
Korean feel they sell really just a
little bit of everything this is a
popular tonkatsu place and there's even
a Daiso in this market but most of the
vendors here just sell regular food like
nuts fruits and vegetables all kinds of
seafood both fresh and dried meat rice
and beans and traditional Korean
desserts and snacks plants just a little
bit of everything really and I think
that the prices here are cheaper
compared to other places Mogollon dong
is a really great place to come for
cheap korean street food and you can
actually pay for it with your tea money
card or subway card which is nice this
is jokbal or pig's feet they also have
duck bookie Oh milk or Oden which are
fish cakes twitting which is basically
fried food oh my aching Bob this is some
kind of breaded and fried fish hot duck
and whenever someplace appears on TV
you'll know it from the signage but this
fried chicken place is actually really
good and we always make sure to pick
some of it up whenever we are in wrong
one market there's also a place that
serves fried croquettes with different
fillings in it and it's really popular
they've also appeared on TV
most of the street food places are
places where you have to stand and eat
but some of them have little spots where
they're seating
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if you come out of the market and just
keep walking down that Main Street that
we were on before you'll come to the
part of the neighborhood that has some
trendy cafes this first cafe is kind of
interesting you can tell by looking at
this whole setup that trademarks are not
strictly enforced in Korea but these
Chanel number 5 trashcan girls make for
a pretty picture I'm only mentioning
this because it's right next to Japan G
which is this pink vending machine cafe
and Japan game means vending machine and
Korean and the door of the cafe is a
pink vending machine it doesn't actually
work though you guys have probably seen
this place on Instagram because of the
pink door but inside they also have
really pretty
photogenic desserts this ice cream cone
reminds me of the be stopping ice cream
cone but they also have taken the tin
with a mermaid tail I found these cakes
to be super sweet and they have a ton of
frosting in them I think that the
desserts are a little sweet for my
liking so if you're somebody who likes
really sweet american-style d'azyr's
than you might like it
but personally I prefer the less sweet
Asian version I mostly like this cafe
because it's just so pretty
neon cheap home yum yum is a Busan style
cold noodle dish the noodles are made of
wheat and then they're served in this
icy cold beef broth that taste tangy and
sweet and sour it's kind of like the
Busan version of naengmyun if you know
what that is and it's really refreshing
on a hot day I think this is actually my
favorite place to eat in Mogollon zone
and you can season the broth with this
spicy mustard it gives it a little bit
of a tang and then you mix it all up it
comes with a spicy sauce on top but if
you have kids then you can ask them to
move it or serve it on the side I think
they actually just gave my kids their
own free bowl of noodles in Korea we
will just cut everything up with
scissors including noodles and I'm
wearing a bib so I don't splash the
spicy sauce on my shirt they serve this
savory bowl of beef broth on the side
and all this only costs 6,000 won which
is less than six US dollars what a steal
next to the New Moon restaurant is a
cafe called Seoul coffee Seoul bread so
ice cream I've been to their eats under
location but this one serves the same
stuff they have bread with gigantic
chunks of butter in it they also have
ice cream and coffee and this is a good
place to come if you like that
minimalist chic vibe if you turned right
when you come out of this cafe and then
there it's going to be intersection and
you're gonna want to turn left and we're
going to go to dear Mai Ferry cafe the
outside is just soldiery me I love this
lavender color it's my favorite color in
the whole world and the cafe just looks
so amazing and inviting on the outside
including this little green door that
looks like it leads nowhere but if you
go inside personally I was a little bit
underwhelmed by this cafe I went with my
daughter though and she absolutely loved
it she thought that it was so pretty and
magical I think that because we were in
Korea my standards were a little bit
higher and that's why I felt kind of
underwhelmed by this cafe but if we were
in the u.s. I would be pretty pleased
with this place because there are a lot
of cute little details like this little
cart with all the little fairy tools and
they put the macaroon cookies under a
little dome which was really cute my
daughter really liked the drink and
there's just a lot of cute little
details here there's this book where you
can actually write a note to the ferry
and there were eight books so a lot of
people had written notes but my daughter
loves writing and drawing so she had a
lot of fun just writing a note to the
fairies if you turn left when you come
out of dear my Ferry and walk down the
street for a bit you'll hit Viva salon
toy car
this is a coffee shop as well as a
vintage toy store this is one of the
first vintage toy stores that I've
visited in Seoul and I found that this
is like a growing trend here but this
place serves a really cute Cookie
Monster latte they have a Minion's latte
which we also tried and they can make it
without coffee for kids and they also
have seasonal drinks like I think there
is a Jack Skellington one for Halloween
but this is just a really fun place to
look around if you like vintage toys and
Kitty things like that Malang candy shop
this cute little store sells stationery
and other cute trinkets from independent
artists there's a resident cat walking
around that isn't shy so if you're
allergic to cats like me then you'll
want to be careful not to touch anything
a lot of the stationery and art here is
really unique and cute and I haven't
really seen it elsewhere in Korea next
to the Mullen candy shop is a restaurant
called silk chic Tong and they serve
Japanese Sal bento lunches it's run by
Koreans but they have some really good
Vento's I got the salmon over rice and
Sienna got lime soba which was really
good also they have a nice little
collection of cute chopstick holders so
I thought that was really fun to look at
after seeing this I wanted to start
collecting chopstick holders for myself
let's turn left when we come out of so
cheek done and past the first main
street and then on the second Street
when you see the g25 convenience store
you're gonna want to turn right and I'm
going to take you to one of my favorite
cafes in my window which is deep blue
lake deep blue lake is a three story
cafe that's kind of like a house with
cute little vignettes throughout on the
first floor you can order your drinks
and desserts and the second floor is
more of a chic living room type of space
and then the top floor is a kids area
and it's decorated accordingly after
hanging out here I basically wanted all
of the items on the third floor in my
own home and actually bought that cloud
after visiting this cafe deep bluelake
roasts their own coffee beans and they
have a really small dessert selection
but I thought that both the coffee and
the pound cake was really good let's go
back onto the main treat that we were
walking on before and they go right on
the next street we're gonna check out
Tokyo bingsu Tokyo bingsu is probably my
favorite place to get pink zoo in Seoul
they serve japanese-style kaki Goudy and
they use actual fresh fruits to make the
toppings I always order the tomato
bingsoo which is made from freshly
blended tomatoes and then topped with
condensed milk and black pepper I know
it sounds kind of weird but it's so good
let's go back the way they came and
returned to the main street and then
turn right you'll hit gelateria dong dou
this little gelato shop barely has any
seats but it always seems to be packed
with people you can choose two main
flavors and then I like how they give
you two little sample flavors on the top
which look like bunny ears the gelato
here is really good and it's also quite
affordable despite being a tiny shop
they still managed to pack in cute
little details here and there which
really make you smile now let's just go
right next door
Subic who is the most adorable little
toy shop kids under age 8 are not
allowed and I normally don't feature
these kinds of stores but this shop is
just too cute to not feature it's filled
with funky little cool vintage items and
new stationery items and I feel like
this shop epitomizes what Koreans
consider as cute it's not super
saccharine cute like Japanese stuff is
but it's a little bit ugly and funky and
cool there are a lot of vintage Japanese
things in here and I just like going in
to look around I ended up buying a
keychain from here and also a miniature
roadie and some postcards
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eat cheese and this is a tempo in a
restaurant that's super popular I was
walking around Hmong window and I saw
people lining up for this restaurant and
it hadn't opened yet so since I had time
and I didn't have my kids with me and
the line didn't seem too long I decided
too late these people were lining up to
put their name on the waiting list the
restaurant seats only about 10 to 12
people and once you sign your name you
have to stand around the restaurant and
wait for a name to be called because if
they call your name and you're not there
then you missed your spot the tempura
itself was made to order and it was very
fresh but I thought that the sauce was a
little bit too salty for my liking and
having lived in Japan I feel that it's
just outrageous that anyone should have
to wait in line for a tendon I would eat
this if I didn't have to wait for it but
I didn't think it was even remotely
worth the hour-long wait if you turn
left when you come out of the restaurant
and you walk all the way down to the end
of the street and then cross the street
you'll see an ice cream parlor called
Nocturne number 5 and when I first heard
about this place I was really excited
because they specialize in green tea ice
cream and there are five different
grades of green tea and this reminded me
a lot of Suzu kyun which is a green tea
ice cream shop in Japan that I've been
to and it was so amazing so I was super
excited and I was ready to replicate my
experience in Japan but this place for
being a green tea ice cream shop they
didn't seem to have their green tea ice
cream down I got the darkest grade of
ice cream and I felt that it was just
not well-balanced I thought it was a
little too bitter and while everything
looked pretty they had great design
great presentation I was just
disappointed by the ice cream I'm
somebody who likes this really deep rich
dark matcha flavor but for me something
just was off here
there are a lot of other restaurants and
cafes here but these are the ones that
I've been to so in some when you visit
my own dog I would either be Korean
Street food or me Leon and me alone if
you want to sit down and eat I would
make sure to take a picture at Sepang
view and get a pretty dessert there but
it might be super sweet and maybe not
that good my favorite cafe to hang out
and for coffee is deep blue lake and
they roast our own beans so the coffee
is really good
I'd also stop by those cute little shops
like super Co Malang candy shop and viva
salon and then for dessert I probably
get ice cream at gelateria dong zhuo or
cocoa bean soup and make sure to pick up
some Korean fried chicken from the local
market on your way home I hope you guys
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