So here's the second part of photos from Bukchon Village. Bukchon Village was a nice respite from all the cityscape we were seeing in Seoul. There were many pretty cafes (like those from the previous post here) and I got really excited because there aren't as many cafes in Singapore. There's a really strong coffee culture in Seoul, which explains the crazy number of coffee joints and independent cafes. The queue for the famous red bean porridge was really long so we decided to wait in a random cafe nearby for the queue to shorten. We also needed a break from the cold. The macarons from the cafe weren't too bad but nothing can beat the feeling I got when I had that pistachio macaron from Ladurée when I visited Tokyo later in July.
We were still very much in "tourist mode" at that point in time and had Tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) for dinner for the second time in a week. I don't know if it was because it made us feel Korean or if we just naturally gravitated towards hot food during winter, but Javin and I didn't have Tteokbokki anymore for meals the rest of our stay in Korea, except one other time, instant noodles, cabbage and processed rice cakes wasn't exactly nutritious. It's a must-try in Korea though, if you can take spicy food.
So this sums up the day we spent at Bukchon Village, ta-daaaa.
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