It was easy to find the restaurant.
We ordered the recommended set course meal with 16 dishes for 14000 won each.
Most of the dishes were vegetarian and spicy. I enjoyed the soya bean paste soup the most. It was like squished tofu and reminded me of pea soup. I also liked the fruit salad with sweet sauce. Some of the things were too spicy or tasted a bit too fermented for my tastes.
We were so full, we couldn’t finish all the dishes.
I drank cold water right before I left the restaurant so I felt so cold outside. I bundled up so only my eyes were showing.
After lunch, we walked around Insadong. The shops sold many traditional souvenirs. There were also a lot of art galleries, antique stores and used bookstores.
We wandered into the Ssamzie-gil building.
Welcome!
It was designed with a balcony ramp that wound around and around to all floors so you could keep walking up without taking the stairs. It’s actually four stories high but it feels more like one long walkway. It was filled with over 70 shops that sold handmade crafts, sweets and antiques. The path finally ended in a small garden with a few small restaurants on an open terrace. I really liked the atmosphere of the place.
A photographers photographing photographers moment.
On the first floor, there is a pastry stand that sold a very unique treat.
Poo! Poo shaped pastries filled with red bean paste.
I told my dad to eat poo, and he did!
In Chinese, if you say to somebody “Eat shit!” it is equivalent to saying “Go screw yourself!”
Back out on the main street of Insadong, we passed by many street vendors selling sweets. I wanted to try everything but I was too full from lunch. I saw one street vendor making gigantic slabs of peanut brittle.
We walked down the main street until the very end and poked our heads into shops that interested us here and there. I bought some snacks for the zoo tomorrow. My mother made me pose because she wanted to take a photo of the street vender and their little portable plastic hut.
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