Friday night after my Korean class I met up with Evan at Seoul Station. Jomes was coming up to Seoul and was supposed to have arrived by 7:30. By 11:00pm and no word from that fool, we decided to head to Gangnam. Jomel finally got a hold of us and for some reason he was also in that area.
He told us to go to the bar that was behind Krispy Kremes. This was my first time out in Gangnam... the place is full of bars/restaurants and there are a lot of foreigners there too. It's like a smaller version of Hongdae or Itaewon. There was no way we'd know which bar Jomes was talking about, so we decided to go to whatever bar until he would call. As I ordered some beer and a chicken quesadilla, that fool called us so we decided to cancel our order. We were walking out of the bar and the guy hosting stopped us and said he couldn't let us leave because the cook was already making our side dishes. LOL!! First time I had ever experienced anything like that.We went to King's Tap to meet up with Jomes and his Muju crew. The bar was full of for
eigners and it was all hiphop music. After a few pitchers of San Miguel we made our way to a different spot where we got more drinks, then decided to hit up the somek! The rest of the night was pretty hazy. I don't remember if we stayed here... or made it to another bar as well. I just know we tried to talk to a table with 3 Korean girls with our broken Korean... but it was expressed in a universal way that we were being shut down LOL. At one point we tried to order some chicken to chow down... but we accidentally ordered fish. Not gonna lie, it tasted sooo good. We were like savages eating that... ate everything from the crispy fins to the eyes. Here is the proof. We ended up making it back home at around 6am.In the morning we went to Seoul National University station in search of pho. Not gonna lie, but I was pretty satisfied with my pho. It was a great way to cure my somek hangover. After re-energizing, we took the subway north to Nam San Tower. The walk up the mountain made me break a sweat. The view from the top was amazing. I consider it the #2 best view of Seoul after the 63 Building. There were lots of people making their way up and down the mountain. We decided not to pay the fee to go up to the tower since the visibility was not all that great. We left Nam San and headed towards Nandaemun Market. As soon as we got there, my attention was caught by one of the food stands serving something I've always wanted to t
ry, sannakji. Sannakji is live octopus that has been cut into small pieces and served immediately. The nakji pieces are usually still squirming on the plate. The lady kept on telling us how delicious it is... regardless of the taste, I already knew I wanted to try it. She pulled a small octopus out of a tank and then took a sharp knife and just started chopping it up. Threw all the pieces in a plate and served it to us with some sesame oil and some red chili dipping sauce. It was crazy! The small tentacles were moving so much and it was had to keep them on your chopsticks. The active suction cups can cause swallowed pieces of arm to stick to the mouth or throat... it is a strange feeling. We also had some chicken liver kabobs. After eating exotic foods and walking around the market, we went and checked out City Hall and then headed to Gwanghwamun Square. We learned a bit about King Sejong at a museum dedicated to his life [It's underground and right below his huge statue in Gwanghwamun]. This day was very long and tiring... and we didn't even make it out to the bars.On Sunday Jomes and I went and checked out cellphone plans in Sillim, one subway stop away from mine. It is a lot more lively with tons of bars, restaurants, 3 malls, movie theaters, etc. We decided to have some 'American' food for lunch... McDonald's. Not gonna lie, it was actually pretty good. The only thing that did not taste normal was the ketchup. Oh man, the french fries were sooo good.
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