Introducing Gyeong-gang Line that opened in September 2016. Gyeong-gang line that runs from Pangyo Station to Yeoju Station that makes day trip to Yeoju alot easier by a transfer from Shinbundang Line. All thanks to 2Day1Night, they introduced this new line as part of their Sejong The Great episodes, hence we got to know this easier way to travel to Yeoju. King Sejong is one of their most respectable king in their history. In fact, he is the one whom create the Korean characters that all Koreans now able to read news even they doesn’t go to college. If you still find his name unfamiliar, he is the one who appeared on your 10,000won note!

here’s some sharing of the Yeoju trip

[UNESCO World Heritage, Historic Site No. 195] Royal Tomb

We took a cab from the Silleuksa Temple to the Royal Tomb at around 10,000won (roughly 16mins journey)

During King Sejong’s ruling, Jang Yeong-sil is one of the inventor that noticed by King Sejong whom invented design for water clocks and rain gauge. You will get to see the following mentioned in photos.

[UNESCO World Heritage, Historic Site No. 195] Royal Tomb
269-50, Yeongneung-ro,
Neungseo-myeon, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do
경기도 여주시 능서면 영릉로 269-50
Closed on Monday

Silleuksa Temple at Yeoju
73, Silleuksa-gil, Yeoju-eup, Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do
경기도 여주시 신륵사길 73

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GAEPAN REOPENED! I HAVE VISITED IT DURING MY 2019 SUMMER TRIP! WILL BE SHARING MORE AND RE-LINK HERE!!!

[!!!!] Gaepan have officially closed on 29 November 2016. It’s been a great 7 years for Minwoo’s family. Lots of memories created too. For me, I bring most of my favourite people there to have a meal as well. It’s been a total of 23 trips and many of them makes me a happy person because the food is just so yummy just so tasty. I missed the egg roll alot because I don’t think I can or able to find one that taste this good. Thank you Gaepan  

[Last Travelled in March/April 2016]

I have been wanting to blog about this “a-must-visit-restaurant-every-korea-trip” since my first visit in 2013. But, I thought, I must leave the best to the last. And, I really want many people to try their SUPER DUPER YUMMY Cheese Egg Roll and Chicken Stew, and yes even their Lunch Box is nicer than any other restaurants I visited!

(Note, if you have bought “Oppa! Take me to Korea!” travel book, I have guest-feature in the book on Gaepan too! I’m also 1 of the creative designers behind this awesome travel book too!)

Every Korea trip since then, is a must visit to Gaepan! I checked my swarm for the address and realise, I actually check-in for 19 times! Hence, you can imagine how many foods I have tried here before listed my favourite dish here! :p

DIRECTION TO GAEPAN 개판

(Sorry for the low and bad lighting for direction)

Gaepan 개판

Address:서울 강남구 신사동 647-4 1층
Contact: 02-515-8381
Operation Hours: 7pm – till last guest leave
Subway: Apgujeong Rodeo Station Exit 5

*This restaurant belongs to SHINHWA’s Minwoo’s sister. She is often in the restaurant, and if you are lucky, you might meet celebrities there too. There’s once when I was there, I saw BEAST’s Yong Jun Hyung! Pretty much of lucks and love! <3<3<3

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#when you have too much time, you just cant help it :p
#flooded with strawberries in a tiny box

#excited and headed over to make Strawberry Jam!

#squeeze and squash~ haha! treat it like a stress ball :/

#added the huge number of sugar *oops*

#cook it cook it cook it!

#selca before anything

송촌호반농장
Website: http://www.songchon.com
Subway: 운길산 Ungilsan Station
Direction: We took a cab to 송촌호반농장 after exit. We took a bus back from the farm with guidance from the owners

Tips: You can visit the Dreamy Camera Cafe after this too.
Its one of my favourite cafe in Korea, if you have some time to for a cafe visit, you shldnt miss this

[!!! •  Updated on 20 February 2016] Cube Entertainment have shifted to Seongsu, Cube cafe is currently located at the level 1 of their new office building. Note that, the cafe now is currently renovating!

Every trip I will pay a visit to Cube Cafe, first their drinks are pretty not bad, and its a great place for a rest before heading to my favourite restaurant – Gaepan (which I will shortly share this place). And, of cos, it will be even awesome to see BEAST here too. If not, having a drink will be equally good and awesome

#a large poster of the current artist promoting – at that point of time is Hyunseung from BEAST

#cube is in pretty mint and pink. I quite like the colors!

#more spacious and more seats as compare

#new showcase area of their official merchandise and concert merchandise. you can get them here too!

After ordering our drinks, we started to tour around the new revamp cafe and one of the best thing ever, there’s WIFI here too! Pretty good wifi teeheehee… my cousin downloaded a bit of dramas here too hehe!

So, we headed over to the “Showroom Area”

#a common practice for the fans to do Rice Support for their idols. They will support their idol via doing donations for the needy – such a great practice that I think it shld widely spread around the world. In short, you doing a good deed! And during my May trip, its was 4Minutes – Gayoon’s birthday + BEAST’s Hyunseung solo comeback!

#Showcase of CUBE artists’ album and their signature cup PLUS cube cafe cup sleeves!

#cup sleeveless through the days of their artists’ comeback or fan supports during their birthdays *Very thoughtful!*

#hyunseung solo album introduction wall decal

#BEAST albums

Outdoor POP ART decals

#during my december trip, Junhyung Birthday banner was up!

The FOOD in the cube! 

#my cousin and I picked something that is CUBE’s specialities plus something that will be great for summer! The drink from cube now is much bigger, no they doesnt have Black Tea Latte anymore T.T Cheesecake frappe is pretty interesting and tasty, my cousin loves it alot – It does cost more now as well, but my cousin think is worth because the cup is so much bigger haha

I supposed to blog about the cube cafe when I first visited it in 2013, but I didn’t have the chance? or maybe I was too busy? Maybe I wanted and always love to keep the best last? That why Cube Cafe posting have always been delay. But, since I have already prepared to blog about the cube cafe back then, I thought will be interesting to share here to give everyone a recap how the old cube cafe look like. My cousins love the new cube cafe because its more lively and cheerful. Something very different. I love the new cube cafe color too. mint x pink is nothing but awesome. But, the old cube cafe looks very much like “CUBE” more. But, they removed the handprints from the old cube cafe. And, I missed out Dongwoon’s thought I will be able to take the picture the recent May trip but T.T its all gone!

– Old look of Cube Cafe

#during August 2013.

#during december 2014

#during january 2015 (I got to see Junhyung birthday support + Yoseob birthday support)

#March 2015, during Gikwang birthday!

#and yeah to Gikwang birthday sleeve!

#old cube cafe, where its no longer looking like this

#cube cafe interior.

#cube cafe’s toast, where they no longer sell it now.

#cube cafe’s brownie with ice cream – they no longer sell it now.

#brownie was a great birthday dessert for the birthday girls! that day was shumin’s birthday!

#my last day on january where I get to see dongwoon at cube cafe! lucky me!

Remember I mentioned about the handprints? They have all their cube artist handprints there.

#merchandises corner where you can grab some of them back home!

#throw an surprise event with carol that year for her birthday too Together with dooly hehe!

CUBE CAFE & STUDIO

Subway: Apgujeong Rodeo Station Exit 3
Direction:

Walking Route – Exit 3 you will able to see MCM, walk straight till you see the beautiful Dior Building on ur right, that very traffic junction next, turn left and continue to walk straight till you Baskin–Robbins and turned left and continuing walking and you will see CUBE Building on your right, continue walking…. You will see JYP building on your left, turn right and you will reach Cube Cafe

Bus Route – Exit 3, Take the bus 143/362/240/4318 and alight the next stop. Cross the road and walk into the street beside Baskin-Robbins. You will see CUBE Building on your right, continue walking…. You will see JYP building on your left, turn right and you will reach Cube Cafe

To visit any BEAST related cafe, read here

So, this time, I wanted to find another ginseng chicken place for my friends to try. A place, even I have yet visited hehehehehehe! Its always good to explore and find new places to know if it is good like reviews

Overall, its not bad, but definitely the best goes to the one I ate in Busan!
I prefer the normal chicken than the black herbal chicken because its more tender and tastier :p

The First Korea Ginseng Chicken Soup 고려삼계탕
Address: 1, Seosomun-ro 11-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
Address in Korea: 서울특별시 중구 서소문로11길 1
Hours: 10:30pm – 9:30pm
Subway: City Hall Station (Seoul Subway Line 1, 2), Exit 10.
Direction: Exit 10, Go Straight about 5mins and you will see 고려삼계탕 in front of you.

It’s a cafe you shldn’t missed if you can spare a bit of time travel to Yongmun. A cafe that is away from the city that is filled with love and hope. I told myself I must visit there one day! Few trips happened and passed without visiting, and finally, the day came when we were very near to yongmun for a strawberry jam making! Never regret the journey there because we took many many photos

I think Passion is one of the greatest word in the world. Passion make you fall in love, make you depress and give you the motivation to work harder every single day. Sometimes, I asked myself, what do I love the most, so I can give myself the best in the things I do. I do think, I really enjoy taking photos, cafe-hopping and sharing more about the places I love in my blog. And making everything into reality is never easy… and the cafe I went is a mixture of passion and dream. Building a dream to reality – Dreamy Camera Cafe.

#Rice Cake Dessert. It’s Hot and fried and taste extremely special. I’m not a fan of rice cake, but this taste pretty good!

#and so, jumping & jumping & jumping!

#always end an entry with happy photo

Dreamy Camera Cafe 꿈꾸는사진기
Nearest Subway: Yongmun Station
Address: 341-13, Jung-won-ri, Yongmun-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Hours: 11am – 6pm, closed on Tuesdays
Direction: Get a taxi, and head over to “중원리 꿈꾸는 사진기”. Its about 11,000won (11USD, ~SGD15).
Tel: +82 31-771-3264
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cafedreamy
Web: http://blog.naver.com/pilotgirl

I was doing some research on cafes in Korea before my spring trip. And I found Mariwhale, I can’t help to share this to Yodolyn because she really like whale relate stuff. She will definitely love it. And, so, we managed to squeeze it to one of day during our stay. So, we went there early for a small bites before head off for a real lunch :p

#the colours are so pretty!

#the reason why we are here~

#yes, the whale macaron cake! Its pretty isn’t it? #definitelyphotoworth #definitelydeserveaphotoininstagram

#close up! Honestly, I don’t find it anything special. But its so cute, that its photo worth! Their normal macaron is very cheap just 900won but taste wise, normal. I prefer the one at Friends Line Cafe

#I always end an entry with myself hahahahaha!

#and so, with my travel companions too! We probably took 50+ photos in there haha! :p

Hyundai Departmental @ Sinchon (Connected Wing – Uplex)
Address: 서울시 서대문구 신촌로 83 현대백화점 신촌점 유플렉스 4층
Subway: Sinchon Station
Note: Level 4, you can enter via Uplex or Hyundai Department because its connected
Hyundai/Uplex Closed: On every month on mondays (varies each month)

(27 July 2015) Note: They have changed Cafe The Med to HaBrunch. Location will be the same, so you could follow the direction in the blog – Yong Junhyung HaBrunch 하이브런치 

(17 December 2015) Note: I have visited the new HABRUNCH cafe, I will update this space soon with new cafe food and photos

I have already blogged my visit to HABRUNCH in December 2015, hop over!

[!!!] Updates, HABRUNCH will be opened till 28 April 2016, do your last visit there!

Anyone who followed me closely on twitter definitely knows I’m a fan of BEAST, and especially, Yong Jun Hyung. And, I was pretty excited to know that his family actually have a brand new cafe business opening in 27 February 2015. The day of the opening, Junhyung actually appeared and giving fan service to the fans who made purchases in Cafe The Med. The cafe serves pretty nice food, I love the pizza its good, the the cheese sandwiches too! So, during my march trip, I really hope to have a chance to visit the cafe, and asked my friends to accompany me And, so, I went! Yipppppeeee~

#Cafe The Med, a Santorini concept base cafe that give you relax and happiness

#The Cafe is decorate with many many Junhyung’s photos! So nice, so happy!

Are you ready for the food photos!!!!???

#i like this too! its taste pretty unique!

#we ordered a triple set having our late late breakfast near evening :p

#designed by @blanc_lunefleur, check her work. She is a talented illustrator!

#the pizza is sooo nice! my cousin loves it so much that she wanted to have it again during her solo trip coming this May!

#with junhyung appa :DDDDDDDDDD (*jumping around~~~* Junhyung’s appa so nice to draw down the blind as background! ^^)

#with junhyung appa, and uncle! Junhyung’s dad and uncle are really nice people! The first time I visited the cafe, Junhyung’s dad actually helped me with the serving plates So nice right!!!!

#so my friends are so cute about having a selca with the uncle and appa too!  So keke, we did it!

#got this photo from junhyung uncle’s weibo! Thank you for the very very nice photo!

#visited once with my cousin before the concert start

#takeway cup for my favourite black tea latte too @blanc_lunefleur design is really cute! After looking at all the yummy food, don’t you wish to go there now?

Direction to BEAST’s Junhyung Cafe The Med 카페더메드 (Apgujeong)

#Apgujeong Station Exit 3 (I took a photo of this station exit, but you should walk straight once exit, walk straight towards CGV

# Turn left here at the junction after CGV

#Continue to walk straight

#continue to walk straight~~  you will see it shortly, on your right side

I will be back again for the pizza! Please give more support to Junhyung’s family business

BEAST’s Yong Junhyung CAFE THE MED 카페더메드 (BEAST’s Yong Junhyung HiBrunch 하이브런치)
Address: 서울시 강남구 신사동 595-11번지
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm Cafe will be closed on every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Subway: Apgujeong Station Exit 3
Direction: Exit 3, walk straight, and turn left at CGV, continue to walk straight for 5mins you will see Cafe The Med on your right

To visit any BEAST related cafe, read here

” It was an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, that she wore for the first time today
an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, so in the locker she wanted to stay”

Do you sing just like me when you get to first heard of Teenie Weenie? I hope, I am not the only one who do so! HAHA!

Teenie Weenie is catering to a younger group, but they sells wide variety from Casual, Retro, Rock, and Back to School concept which probably have something you really like. Their products range from backpack, coat, wallet to bedsheets, kitchenware too! Their new store in Myeongdong is 4 storey high inclusive a dessert cafe at the top level.

During my trip (March 2015), I actually visited the cafe and have a drink after a meal at Myeongdong Kyoja which I strongly recommend you to eat during your visit at Myeongdong! I love how the cafe looks like because its fit the theme very well – Sweet Cute Cheerful. My cousin and I really have a great time in the cafe busy taking photos haha.

#we are too full for anything, but a drink will be great. We order Lemonade and Green Tea Latte. I think Lemonade was pretty refreshing, but my cousin doesn’t like the GTL. She specially like the one at Caffe Bene and Cafe The Med – which I will blog about it next!

Teenie Weenie Store & Cafe
Subway: Myeongdong Exit 6
Direction: After Exit, walk into the Myeongdong Main Street, and it will be located on your left after 5minutes walk.

You can get your green tea dosage right here at Osulloc Cafe at Sam Cheong Dong!