[Seoul/Iteawon] Iteawon Half Day Course

Hi guys! This is your Seoul tour guide Jina :)

Today, following the latest post about Iteawon history,
I'm going to suggest "Jina's half day course" to you.

It is composed by the stores and places I really visited before!

You don't have to worry about any sponsors behind this post because no one know my blog presently....

Anyway!

When you visit Iteawon, spend just half of the day would be enough, because it just take just 30 minutes when you walk the entire street.

Because of the physical geography of Iteawon, a jar shaped business district(which is stucked in the middle of none business or residentail district) developed in this area - from Noxa subway station to Hangangjin station.

Let's start from Haebangchon near Noxapyung subway station on line 6.

It is very quiet and small residential district composed of more than 70% foreigners. The main street is full of small restaurants which can satisfy special customers in there.

 

The most popular restaurant in here is 'Jacoby's Burger'. It became famous since 2011 for its 20cm tall beef burger with original chips - nicknamed 'Destroying Gut Burger' on internet because of the huge calories!

 

If you hate line-up or too heavy meal, I'll recommend a bruch special in '7ate9', a small restaurant just front of the Jacoby - I found it just last week :) It serves many western style foods like pasta or risotto. Especially the brunch menu was quite good because the components of a plate are very fresh.

 

The restaurant is very small so it is easier to talk with the cheif in there than other big and busy shops. (We chatted about the recent cafe trend in Iteawon.) I think this kind of familarity is the big strength of stores in Haebangchon.

 

After the meal, let's move on to dessert. The first one is 'Sweetbee', the soft ice cream shop. It's on Kyungreedan street, across the street from Haebangchon.

The base ice cream is made of fresh milk. You can also choose from 9 different organic toppings and decorations. As see in the picture, the whole corn is coated by white chocolete. I'm the person one of sweet-mad and I gave A+ to it.

 

Another dessert is 'Monster Cupcake'. It's not far from the Sweetbee. Upon entering the store, a notable feature is the horror movie motif interior. The cupcakes in there are not only very strange but also elaborate. Maybe it can be good decorations in Halloween. There are, however, too little tables make people only choose take out.

 

So far I have explained stores in Haebangchon and Kyungreedan street which are very popular among young women these days. Because the foreigners and young people have big percentage of here, it is expected that more and more unique stores will appear in this area.

 

 

 

Let's strolling around the Iteawon main street this time. Different from common squared Korean buildings, buildings and stores in Iteawon are looks exactly like colorful western countries' that. Even if you don't taste the 2~30$ expensive world foods, you can find out and enjoy the Iteawon features in every corner of there. 

 

From Iteawon street beyond the Cheil building, the best ad company in Korea, is shopping district. Many no-named clothing stores are there and sometimes you can meet the surprise flea market and get items from Korean designers' brands at reasonable price.

 

Not far from Hangangjin station exit no.1, there's Leeun art museun founded by Samsung. The Galaxy phone company Samsung has huge influence in economy and also in culture, so the museum owns treasure pieces.

 

 

This is the end of the half day course! After that, visiting Myungdong by bus for shopping and going up to the Namsan for night sight viewing will make you a perfect day.

(spring in Iteawon, 2013.05)

 

Me and my parents actually follow this route on weekend. I hope more people know the beaty of Seoul.
See u !