I have been shopping these days so my luggage bag was so so heavy. I had to carry the luggage bags up and down the stairs at subway station and walk from stations to stations to transfer lines. It took me around 2 hours from Chungjeongno station to Incheon. The station I need to get off is Central Park, which is one station away from the last station of incheon line. By the time I arrived, the subway was empty because it was towards the end of the subway line.
As soon as I get out from the station, I can see Song triplet's apartment from a far. It was so iconic I couldn't miss it. The weather at Songdo was slightly cooler than Seoul. The air was so fresher too! Since it is a more high end area, all you can see is expensive cars and beautiful buildings. The food here also costed almost triple the price compared to Seoul.
The famous Tri-bowl of Songdo
I stayed at a guesthouse called Song for Bnb. It was an apartment and it was located exactly opposite of Song triplet's apartment. I can see it through the window every morning! What a view! The apartments are all highly secured. You need an access card to enter the apartment building and to enter the apartment. I am going to stay for 4 days 3 night and it costed 300,000won (around RM1000). That was the most affordable I could find.
In front my guesthouse apartment, there are a lot restaurants, shops and convenient stores. As soon as I checked in the guesthouse, I went to one of the restaurant Song triplets went with Choo Sarang and her dad. It is called 구수한 설렁탕 꼬리곰탕. It is really near my apartment. As soon as I enter the restaurant, I can see the owner framed up a lot od screen shots of the episode where Song triplets and Sarang ate at the restaurant. There were also signature from Choo Sunghoon and Song Ilgook. They ate 꼬리곰탕, the ox tail soup. But I wanted to try other food too so I ordered 설렁탕 too. Both costed 14,000won and 7,000won.
The food was really really nice! It tasted really healthy. It was such a nice meal and the owner was there too! I had a little talk with her after I had my meal. She asked how I came across their restaurant, I said it was because of Song triplets. She asked how was the food and asked where am I from. I asked if she had seen Song triplets on the day they visited, she said yes. But sadly, they haven't been visiting lately. Later, she offered me some sweet iced tea for dessert. It was so refreshing!
After having a decent lunch, I went to NC Cube Canal Walk which is located beside Song triplet's apartment. There are a lot of restaurants at the NC Cube Canal Walk.
For dessert, I went to 옥루몽 for some traditional red bean shaved ice. Song Ilgook brought the triplets here once with ither neighbourhood children after they cycled at the park neaby. When I was about to order, I coukd find the name of the exact dessert the triplets had so I pointed on the screen at the counter where the video of Song triplets eating it was shown. Then the waiter was like 아 만세빙수? ㅎㅎ
Then he asked if Song triplets were famous in Malaysia too and I said yes. He was amazed! the dessert was so so delicious. Unlike other bingsu where they give too much shaved ice and it tasted so plain because there wasn't enough red bean. This one was so different. The ice was so finely shaved and a generous portion of red bean was given too! Not to mention how chewy and fresh the ddeok on top of it was. No wonder 만세couldn't stop eating and insisted to finish it before his father drag him out of the restaurant. The bingsu costed 8,000won.
After eating dessert, I sat at the chairs along this beautiful stretch of lane in the NC Cube Canal Walk.
In Songdo, you can see a lot of pets and children. Looks like it is a really peaceful place to raise kids, if you are loaded. There are a lot of traffic lights and the roads are so wide! The city is really clean and the atmosphere is so peaceful. People are all fashionable and well-dressed. Unlike Seoul, people in Songdo is living a slow paced life. None of them are running, none of them are shouting, none of them are honking their cars. All you can see is children walking freely and parents walking their pets.
After sitting around for over 2 hours, it is time for dinner! I went to another restaurant where Song triplets went, called Tero. They had the pork cutlet pops with cheese dip.
Since I was full so I didn't order much. One set costed 9,900won and it came with a small bowl of soup, salad and rice. The cheese is refillable at 500won. The cutlets were served on a plate with the cheese dip. It is so cute!
I would say it tasted above average because the cheese is so tasty. But it didnt blew my mind away. It was a nice meal tho!
After dinner, I went back to my apartment. The electronics in the apartment is so high tech I don't know how to use. One of the nicest accommodation I've ever been to, and also the most expensive one. But what to do, this is the one and only guesthouse in Songdo, and it is the cheapest accommodation i can find.
What is more relaxing than ending a tiring day with an English movie with Korean subtitles.
thanks for sharing this entry!
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