Assalamualaikum everyone! Sorry for the long absence. I have been busy with work lately sampai nada masa kan blogging. My schedule at work masa ani berubah and I am still adjusting myself with the new schedule.
Anyways in this post I am going to share with you guys hari ke 6 kami di Seoul. Day 6 ani kami spent some time sama si Beige lagi. But atu sebalah patang! Paginya kami sama one of my cousin's friend, her name is Youna!
Youna noona with my cousin and my niece!
Youna noona membawa kami makan tengahari arah Turkish cuisine located di Gangnam Finance Centre punya building. To get there from our guesthouse kami bejalan kaki saja. Inda sampai sejam lah bejalan kesana.
Gangnam Finance Center, formerly known as Star Tower or I-Tower, is a 204 metres (669 ft) skycraper in Seoul, South Korea. It was constructed in the period 1995-2001. It is the 33rd tallest building in South Korea and 9th or 10th tallest building in Seoul. It has 45 surface floors, and 8 underground ones.
Gangnam Finance Centre ani mostlynya business centre, but arah basementnya banyak tampat makan, kira food court lah. Ada fitness centre and gym jua and yang bisainya arah building ani ada tampat makan halal, makanan Turki!
Turkish Black Tea
Turkish Bread. Nyaman!
Mixed shish. This is what I ordered. So good!
Lapas makan Youna noona belanja kami dessert. Cheese tart and mille crepe! Nyaman berabis! Too bad I didn't get to take picture of it pasal nyaman sudah makan lol
Below is a video of Youna noona. Cali ni when she found out my cousin paham ia bekurapak Korea lol!
Lapas bejalan sama Youna noona, around 3:30pm si Beige mengambil kami di guesthouse. Hari ani ia belanja kami makan Korean Shabu Shabu!
According to Beige tampat ani banyak celebrity makan sini! I saw banyak pulang jua gambar celebrity arah dinding restaurant ani lol
Korean Shabu Shabu ani quite different dari apa yang kitani biasa makan. Everything kana rabus saja sama aing then dimakan sama dipping saucenya. My cousins banyak yang inda temakan lol
Below is a very cute video, si Beige main sotong sekali tegugur sotongnya lol!
Lapas habis dinner si Beige membawa kami ke Dongdaemun, one of the famous shopping district di Seoul. Tampat ani banyak kadai yang murah-murah and ada tampat borong jua!
Lapas habis shopping apa kami balik ke guesthouse pasal lalah sudah lol And day 7 is the last day kami di Seoul pasal esuknya balik and we spent most of the day di Myeong Dong - SHOPPING AND MAKAN!
Stay tuned for my next post!
Assalamualaikum everyone!
In this post I am going to share with you guys tampat-tampat makan yang halal that we went to masa di Itaewon. Hari kelima kami di Seoul we mostly spent the day di Itaewon mencari tampat makan! Terus terang, kami akhir bangun on this day and sorang-sorang rasa malas so we just end up exploring Iteawon and makan tah ganya. π
Halal Guys Korea
Yup believe it or not, I found Halal Guys di Itaewon! They are so famous and I only get to watch about them on TV and on YouTube. SO happy that I finally get to try their famous dish!
Halal Guys di Korea ani pun baru jua buka di sini around December last year!
Second place yang kami aga was EID Halal Korean Restaurantyang kami plan kan aga tapi tutup on Monday. Mana mau rugi since sudah di Itaewon atu jua, sampaikan saja tia. π By the way just for your information, EID ani ada membuka cawangan di Malaysia di kawasan Bangi. Baru jua last year diorang buka if I'm not mistaken. Click HERE to view EID Korea Restaurant in Bangi punya Instagram page!
Restaurantnya ani payah sikit mencari. We end up betanya arah this one lady yang makai shawl yang kami pikir Orang Melayu but rupanya Korean Muslim! Her name is Maryam and she showed us the way to the restaurant yang locationnya atas bukit. Macam hiking rasanya kan mengaga restaurant atu.
By the way Maryam noona ani mualaf, she married a Pakistani kali and ia sama husbandnya ada halal restaurant di Itaewon tapi kami inda sampai mengaga restaurantnya. Insya Allah my next trip in June kami kan cuba singgah sana nanti!
Lapas kanyang makan di EID, on the way turun we saw this little restaurant yang menjual Halal Burger and Pizza! Bukan sanang kan belurih pizza and burger yang halal di Seoul ani so we decided to stop by and membali! Macam inda pandai kanyang kan? lol
These two items really caught my attention; Bulgogi burger and bulgogi pizza! So decided to tapau 2 items ani.
Sebanarnya banyak lagi halal restaurant disini ani yang balum kami rasa. Mun kan dirasa semua melatup parut! lol
For more halal food guide, you guys should check out Have Halal Will Travel. Diorang banyak tu list-list tempat makan yang halal, bukan saja di Seoul but all over the world! Diorang ani pun ada mobile application jua which I will talk about in the next post!
On our fourth day in Seoul we decided to visit Namsan Tower. We decided to go there at 4:30pm so we could stay a couple of hours to see the city at night dari atas Namsan Tower.
Since Namsan Tower located around Itaewon kami makan lunch lah dulu disana! This was our second time in Itaewon, first time kami sini masa kana bawa makan oleh Brunei Embassy! π
To get to Itaewon from Gangnam, kami pakai subway and this was our first time memakai subway and kami sasatsedikit! Maklum second and third day disini kana sediakan transport. Luckily we met this Korean guy yang keraja arah station atu and ia menulung kami menulus subway ke Itaewon π
Bagi yang balum tau, Itaewon is very well known as a multi-cultural district. Masa kami sampai disini strangely macam bukan di Korea rasanya pasal there were so many foreigners! It is also a popular area for residents of Seoul, tourists, and U.S. military personnel.
Many restaurants serving international dishes are in this area including cuisine from India, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, Germany, Spain, Italy, England, France and Mexico — foods that are not widely available in Korea and tampat ani jual famous pasal banyak tampat makan yang halal disini and Itaewon is also the location where Seoul Central Mosque is located!
Sebanarnya plan kami kan makan arah Eid Halal Korean Restaurant tapi tutup tia jua every Monday. So kami aga lah saja arah one more place yang famous jua kana recommend oleh ramai orang; Makan Halal Restaurant namanya!
Lapas kanyang makan barutah kami menuju ke Namsan Seoul Tower. Kami kesana dari Itaewon makai taxi, it took less than 10 minit sampai kesana and it only cost around BND8 saja!
To get to Namsan Tower mesti makai cable car which cost BND11.
Once sampai di atas, the first place that I went to was of course the Locks of Love! π
The Locks of Love is a very romantic place. Banyak couple yang begambar disni ani. And ada jua vendor yang bejual Locks untuk siapa-siapa yang kan mau membuat initials durang which I did! π I wrote me and my crush's initials. Jadi tah π
The purpose of love locks ani they are a symbol of love and commitment. Typically the couples' names or initials are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away to symbolize unbreakable love. Cematu lah π
Enjoy a short video that I made masa kan ke Namsan Tower that I uploaded on YouTube!
Hari ke lima kami ke Itaewon, lagi! π It was a day where kami makaaaaan tah ganya! I will introduce you some of the halal restaurants that we visited on that day on my next post!
If you haveread my previous post on how expensive taxis can be in Seoul then you will know that the cheaper alternative to use transportation in Seoul is to use the train/subway! In this post I am going to share with ways on how to use the subway (More like sharing a video from YouTube π), also I would like to apologize to one of my reader yang betanya cemana kan memakai subway atu cause I'm having trouble kan meng-explain π
Below is a video uploaded by YouTube user TheTravelingKimchi on How To Use Seoul's Subway:
The Seoul Subway App is an app that you must have on your phone time di Seoul! This app has proven useful masa kami di Seoul, banyak information buleh kitani dapat, macam when is our next stop, location-location yang kan di aga and banyak lagi lah! The app is available on App Store and Google Play.
To be honest, masa first time kami memakai subway ada sasat lah sekali. Bukan pulang sasat sampai turun arah location lain, just salah Line saja. After a couple of times memakai subway biasa tia sudah. Macam nada ganya lapas atu, apa nya urang, cacah cabur naik subway ani. π
How often do you get to hang out with a K-Pop artist? Jarang kan? On our third day in Seoul, we get to hang out with a K-Pop artist! She's my cousin, Putri Norizah's friend. Lucky right? By the way, her name is Beige! Kenal? Kalau biskita minat meliat K-Drama, confirm biskita kenal ia ani siapa.
Bagi yang inda kenal, si Beige ani famous for the song Because I Miss You from the drama Moonlight Drawn by Clouds. She also made a cameo in the drama Secret Garden.
This one right here is my personal favorite, "Your Song" from the soundtrack "Five Children".
Gwangjang Market (κ΄μ₯μμ₯)
Beige picked us up around 1pm at our guesthouse and she brought us to Gwangjang Traditional Market. The market is South Korea’s first market and continues to thrive as a popular tourist destination today. The second floor of the market provides all of your silk, satin, and linen bed-sheet stores, which are the largest and most famous in Seoul.
Many of the stores in the area even have their own factories supplying fabrics to the Namdaemun Market, Pyoung Hwa Market, and even to some department stores. Even though the goods are not brand-name products, the wide selection of high quality goods at inexpensive prices makes it an enjoyable shopping experience. Via Visit Korea
Beige as our tour guide!
Gwangjang Traditional Market ani sama macam Tamu Kianggeh kitani disini. Macam-macam ada bejual disini. From Korean traditional food and delicacies, to kain-kain and pakaian traditional bisdia. We also get to try some of their food, kana belanja oleh si Beige! π
Nokdu Jeon/Mung Bean Pancakes. Crispy and it has a sweet and savory taste!
Ani confirm orang tau. Tteokbokki - made from soft rice cake, fish cake, and the sweet red chili sauce called gochujang (a savory, spicy, and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chili, glutinous rice, fermented soybeans, and salt.)
This one right here is Eomukguk/Korean Fish Soup. The fish cake NYAMAN! The soup was really spicy but I like it!
Thank you for the treat Beige! π
Insa-dong (μΈμ¬λ)
Lapas dari Gwangjang market, Beige brought us to Insa-dong. Disana kami tejumpa Korean yang pandai cakap Melayu!
Insa-dong, located in the heart of the city, is an important place where old but precious and traditional goods are on display. There is one main road in Insa-dong with alleys on each side. Within these alleys are galleries and traditional restaurants, teahouses, and cafes.
Every Saturday from 14:00 to 22:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 22:00, the main street is blocked off from traffic and it becomes a cultural space. Stores set up booths outside and Korean candy merchants and fortune teller stalls can easily be found; there are traditional performances and exhibits as well. Insa-dong is especially popular among foreign tourists. This is where they can experience and see traditional Korean culture firsthand, and also purchase pieces of fine art. On the street you can eat Korean taffy and traditional pajeon (Korean pancake), and see many foreigners lost in all the joyous festivities of the street. Via Visit Korea
Enjoy the video that I took when we were in Insa-dong.Kami tejumpa orang Korea pandai bekurapak Melayu!
The snack yang that Korean guy made in the video is called Honey Candy. I didn't catch its Korean name. It is made out of honey which turned into around 16,000 strings and filled with peanuts as its fillings. Very sweet treats and we all like it and ended up buying 10 boxes of the snacks lol
After strolling around Insa-dong Beige brought us to try traditional Korean tea and delicacies, which was perfect for the cold weather!
Beige showing me some of the traditional Korean tea available on the menu. Too bad I didn't catch the name of the tea shop!
Korean Traditional Plum Tea. A little to sweet for me. The one behind the tea is a snack made of rice cake and honey! Koreans do use a lot of honey in their recipe.
This is called Yakgwa. Yakgwa is traditionally made of honey, sesame oil, and wheat flour. Recently, Yakgwa has been manufactured by corporations that add more ingredients in order to improve the taste of the biscuit. Rasanya macam kuih lidah disaluti madu. Luan-luan sama rasanya! We ordere few boxes of this untuk dibawa balik ke Brunei pasal nyaman.
One with Beige! π
After having the tea Beige brought us strolling around Gangnam city which you can see from the video that I shared above!
Had Ice-Cream in the winter time sajuk-sajuk. Kana liat-liat tarus. Either kana ucap kabal, atau gila. π
After strolling the city we went home. Sorang-sorang sudah lalah and kanyang and ada yang selisma lapas makan ice-cream (me)! Nasib si Beige membalikan ubat. Alhamdulillah esoknya baik! The ubat was really strong and effective but really pahit rasanya.
The fourth day kami semua ke Namsan Tower! Stay tune for my post!
You can follow Beige on Instagram and Twitter: @beigeluv
