Hot Spot in Seoul

Have you ever been in Seoul? I cannot say Seoul is the best city in Korea; however, it is true the city is amazing. In Seoul, you can experience many things representing politics, history, economy and culture of Korea. Today I’d like to introduce one of places where you can enjoy the Korean young and recommend some good restaurants.

There are many prestigious Universities in Seoul. Among them, three universities, Yonsei, Sogang, and Ewha University, are closely located in Mapo-gu. We call the place ‘Shinchon & Ewha Uni.’ ‘Shinchon & Ewha Uni.’ is a kind of entertainment district for shopping, drinking and dating of young people. There are various attractive places that most Korean didn’t even know.

There are various restaurants in red area. Especially, the area is good for lunch. Gamibunsik(Point A) is a restaurant that serves light meal; ddukbokki(a seasoned bar rice cake), spicy udong and rice ball. Also, the price is very reasonable. Spicy udong , the most popular menu, is $3.

Pink area is good for buying clothes. Many small clothing stores are located there. You can have a chance to know Korean young fashion trend and you can buy cheap clothes there. However, I don’t recommend buy many things there because their quality is sometimes not good. Just cheap!

If you go to purple area after evening, you can see lots of cart bars. Snack, beverage and many kinds of accessories are sold In carts bars allowed by government. Particularly, you can get unique item there cheaply.

Yellow area is a center of Shinchon. There are a great deal of pubs. Many young people gather in Shinchon on Friday night. You can know how Korean university student hang out together with alcohol. In special, May is university festival season in Korea. In the season, you can see lots of people who wear same color T-shirt.

Orange area is also for drinking and eating. But Restaurants that are located there have better atmosphere. Inertia of my favorite restaurant, Gaya (Point E), is very special. You can drink beer with oriental sculpture. It feels like museum!

I spent my whole university life in Shinchon & Ewha Uni. – I am student at Ewha womans university. So, most memoreis of my university life are in Shinchon & Ewha Uni.’ Also, I want you to make a good memory in Shinchon & Ewha Uni. I hope you visit there if you have a chance and please call me when you are in Seoul.

by Insun Kim