Noon Time Is Soondae Time In Myeongdong!

Before I flew out of Korea in December, my very helpful Korean friend, JK, helped me get some Starbucks mugs.....at a discount! I met up with him in Myeong-dong to get the mugs, and he treated me to a buddae-jiggae lunch as a send-off lunchee!

(A very sad looking Spiderman. With a lot of tall buildings around him, he must have run out of spider webs.)

Now that I am back in Seoul, I wanted to return the favor. So, today, at noon, I took the subway and got off at Myeongdong Station, and headed towards his office building.


This time, I had a little present for him: a pack of Mangorind candies from the Philippines!

 (The restaurant was packed when he got there. 

But the wait was worth it!)

On my way to his office building, I was surprised to see a soondae restaurant!  That's where we decided to grab lunch! Soondae! My favorite!

(I counted how many slices of soondae in my broth. 

Only...4!    Why only 4? I want more!)

During weekends, Myeong-dong is pack of tourists and shoppers. But during weekdays, it's a lovely place to walk through with less traffic and more space for one to navigate.

 (Must be an opening of a new store. Guys and balloons in black, and girls in trench coats.)

And today, walking through Myeong-dong, meeting a good friend and enjoying a favorite Korean dish were a lot to be thankful for on a busy week at work.

Until the next lunchee, JK!

Burp!