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SeoulFun: Shake Shack Gangnam

It was by pure accident that we passed and saw Shake Shack in Gangnam.  I didn't even know that there was a Shake Shack in Seoul, South Korea.  I have been wanting to try it since learning about it a few years ago from friends who have gone to New York.  While we were in London last 2015 - I was aware that there was a Shake Shack that recently opened that time, we just didn't have time to visit, and then that same year, we went to Tokyo - we still didn't get to visit.  It wasn't a place that we needed to visit, but it was a place I *wish* to visit, alam mo naman my Panget! It was right after our Samgyupsal dinner, we came from Everland and got dropped off at Gangnam.  We were quite tired and dreading the commute back to our Airbnb apartment as it was 20 stops from Gangnam to our nearest stop.  The travel time was more than an hour, it was a really long commute considering it was just one line.  We were just walking and figuring out where the subway s...

SeoulEats: Samgyupsal (Pork Belly) Grill

Looking for a place to eat in Jegi-dong, Seoul is not as easy as compared to other (touristy) areas.  There are not much *pictures* that show you images of food that imply that certain places are restaurants.  We knew it was going to be a tough first night.  I say night because we had lunch inside a mall that had restaurants on a certain floor.  Hihi.. So, on our first night - the kids were already tired and sleepy.  So, my Panget and I just bought them fried chicken from a nearby chicken restaurant place and instant microwavable rice from 7/11 to eat in our Airbnb apartment.  We opted try our luck - so we walked and searched for those exhaust tubes from the ceiling that we can see from the outside.  We were also quite tired and after much walking, we decided to try our luck in a small restaurant we felt was good because it was almost full of diners. When we got inside, there was no English menu to be found.  We saw though that diners were gri...