➹ cutest korean cakes and pastries

So I raved about the pastries featured on Super Junior Donghae's new drama 판다양과 고슴도지 Panda and Hedgehog. I mean, there is no way those cute babies will fail to earn a gasp from every girly girl, right?

These really fancy creations are also found in Seoul's regular bakeries and cake shops. Check out some cute sweets from a shop in Hongdae:




I was also smitten by the holiday cakes on display at a Baskin Robbins shop last November. These cakes are just too amazing!





Here are closeups of my personal favorites. This Christmas cake tradition is such a beautiful and modern way to celebrate such a festive season.






Check out some more cute Hello Kitty pastries here.

➹ a trail of tickets

I don't know why I never got around to making my Korean travel scrapbook. I kept almost all of my tickets and boarding passes as souvenirs but I just can't find the time to piece them together into a decent memorabilia of sorts. Now, a lot of them have already faded after all this time so I figured I'll just write this blog post in an attempt to immortalize some of my most favorite travel experiences.

☁ Changdeokgung ☁
I still have my ticket from that day we got lost inside Changdeokgung! Our lack of a sense of direction and map reading skills ended in us being unable to find the Secret Garden. This is why I took a preference for the guided palace tours hehehe.


☁ Everland ☁
This ticket is far too PLAIN and NORMAL to reflect the vivid wonderland that is inside this park. I vow to someday return to Everland and ride the T Express ㅋㅋㅋ.


☁ Namsan Cable Car + Tower ☁
Oh so apparently, I haven't really blogged about my many misadventures going up Namsan Tower. One of them being the tortuously scorching summer day when we decided to hike up to the cable car station~


On another occasion, we got the package for the teddy bear museum and the observation deck admission.


☁ Airport Limousine Bus ☁
I recently wrote about how fond I am of the airport limousine buses from Incheon. The tickets look pretty generic and quite chaotic ... At least it had a lot more information that my frantic just-landed-in-Korea-brain can manage haha!


☁ KTX to Daejeon ☁
Ahh, the 1-hr ride to Daejeon always bring in nostalgia. The tickets have changed a lot in 2 years. I wonder how they would look now.

➹ kimbap and bibimbap

Ever since a Korean restaurant opened at our office building, some of my colleagues found that they have a liking for Korean dishes. But they often face some difficulties distinguishing the names of these 2: Bibimbap and Kimbap!

Bibimbap (my favorite!) is a flexible mixed rice dish which can include a range of different vegetables and meat ingredients. You often see kdrama characters dump their side dishes into a metal bowl and mix in red pepper paste gochujang before feasting on an impromptu bibimbap. This taste so good with a bit of sesame oil (yummmmm). Eat with a big Korean spoon for a more authentic feel.


Kimbap on the other hand is a rice roll which may be a little bit similar to the Japanese maki. I love how kimbap is sliced neatly and packed into dosirak boxes for picnics and whatnots. A single roll can make for a delicious and hearty meal. I wish we'll have some more restaurants selling kimbap for take outs soon.