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SEOUL Eats: Hyung Nim Jeo Yeo KBBQ

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Hyung Nim Jeo Yeo KBBQ | Tripadvisor
Address: 136, Eoulmadang-ro, Mapo-gu | 1f 2f, Seoul 04053, South Korea
Opening Hours: 10:30am-9:30pm
Price: minimum of KRW 10,000 (~PHP 432)  per person
Will Return: YES!!
Date of Visit: April 27, 2019

I read before our trip that Hongdae is full of Korean BBQ places. I listed a few KBBQ places that I wanted to visit but we ended us just eating at this KBBQ place where we passed by. There were some groups who were waiting outside and they have a poster with Gordon Ramsay so we decided to try this place.

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SEOUL Eats: Peony

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Peony | Website
Address: 56 Eoulmadang-ro, Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Opening Hours: 12:30pm-9:30pm (Monday to Sunday)
Price: around KRW 6,000 (PHP 260) per slice of cake
Will Return: Yes!
Date of Visit: April 27, 2019

We had a mini pre-wedding shoot the day before and we told our photographer that we were going to Hongdae the next day. She suggested that we try her most favorite cake in Hongdae, and so we did. She told us that she got this as her birthday cake last year so we got really curious. We made our way to Peony after navigating through Hongdae’s roads of endless shops selling everything from clothes to accessories to street food and just about anything.

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SEOUL Eats: Choigozip Hongdae Korean BBQ

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Choigozip Hongdae KBBQ | Tripadvisor
Address: 25 World cup buk-ro 2-gil, Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Opening Hours: 12pm-12midnight (Monday to Saturday). 12pm-10pm (Sunday)
Price: minimum of KRW 11000 (PHP 475) per person
Will Return: Yes!
Date of Visit: April 27, 2019

We visited Hongdae on our third day in Seoul. We wanted to eat a lot of street food and dessert so we just had light lunch at Choigozip Korean BBQ Hongdae. It’s located just outside of the exit of the train station.

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SEOUL Eats: BHC Chicken Myeongdong

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BHC Chicken Myeongdong | Tripadvisor
Address: 21 Myeongdong 7-gil, Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Opening Hours: 1pm-1am (Monday to Sunday)
Will Return: maybe
Date of Visit: April 26, 2019

After an afternoon of shooting photos for our wedding, we were so tired. I was craving for snowy cheese fried chicken so we went to this street in Myeongdong where a lot of fried chicken restaurants were. I initially wanted to eat at Nene Chicken but they don’t have a nearby branch so we settled to the fried chicken restaurant with the least wait to get a table. This was why we ended up eating here.

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SEOUL Eats: Yoogane Chicken Galbi

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Yoogane Chicken Galbi |Tripadvisor
Address: 7-4 Myeongdong 10-gil, Myeongdong 2(i)-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Parking: No
Opening Hours: 9:15am-12:00am (Monday to Sunday)
Price: around KRW 12000 (~PHP 517) per person. (KRW 6,000 only if two people will share one dish.)
Will Return: Yes!
Date of Visit: April 26, 2019

We found this place because it’s just below James Cheese Ribs in Myeongdong. We were about to have our pre-wedding shoot that afternoon so we needed to eat lunch early. They were open early and we saw that a lot of Koreans eat here so we decided to give this place a try.

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SEOUL Eats: James Cheese Ribs Myeongdong

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James Cheese Ribs Myeongdong | Tripadvisor
Address: 7-4 Myeongdong 10-gil, Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Parking: No
Opening Hours: 11am-11pm (Monday to Sunday)
Price: KRW 14000-KRW 20000 (~PHP 600-PHP 860) per person
Will Return: YES!!
Date of Visit: April 25, 2019  (lunch) & April 28, 2019 (dinner)

We actually ate here twice, once for lunch and the other time for late dinner on our last night in Seoul. We were so preoccupied with going around Myeongdong that night that we forgot to eat dinner. They were still open at 10pm so we just ate there. We ate at their Myeongdong branch on both times but they also have another branch in Hongdae.

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How to Apply for A South Korean Tourist Visa in Cebu City (UPDATED: April 2019)

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I will be visiting Korea again next week to get a breather so we recently applied for a tourist visa at the Cebu Consulate. I’m sharing you the super simple steps in applying for a tourist visa.

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The best part about applying for a South Korea Visa is that it’s FREE! You just need to gather all the documents needed and submit them to the South Korea Consulate after.

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