Tom's Cat Cafe

As the title had describe, I visited Tom's cat cafe in Korea after reading blog posts about them

 The interior is really a Cats' playground. Look at those ladders on the ceiling. Cats living here must be damn happy.

This is the 1st cat to greet us when we seat down. (Like a Boss)

And so we started to walk around the cafe. It's not very big.. maybe about the size of a 5-room apartment. Cats in there are just lazing around or playing with the customers.

Feel like hugging this bugger big time!! Look at the fluffy fur!! 

 

This little one here is extremely needy.. just stare at me and meow.. Even attempt to climb on me.

Looks like he/she has a sibling here.. 

 

So cute right.. This cat got droopy ears.. awwww

They are having a gathering outside the kitchen

Look at the innocent face.. just feel like bringing one home..

This is batman in the form of a cat. ;p

This pair is mother and kid. The mother is nursing it while i took this photo. The kitty cat is so skinny :(

 I tried to wake this cat up.. but it just conveniently ignored me. >.<

 There are about 20+ cats there. All these cats are street cats that they rescued and there are 2 kittens kept in a cage as they are too weak to be let out. In order to seat in the cafe, you just have to order drinks or snacks from their menu and you can sit as long as you like. I wonder if I open a cat cafe here in Singapore, will it survived? :p

So if you're visiting Korea, you can drop by this cafe to have a drink and play with the cats:

Hongik University Station, line 2, exit 9. Walk up the road leading towards Hongdae playground. The cat cafe is across from the Art Box store, on the 3rd floor.

 

Korea - Part 2

Ok.. more photos from the Korea trip.. 1st up... food!!! Lots of them... yummy!

Korea pancake.. one of my fav. They taste different in Singapore, much nicer. But it was not cheap, this cost about S$15.

This nice dish was ordered by accident.. I wanted to order bibimbap, this is also bibimbap but its beansprout bibimbap. Look at the different color of the beansprout.. so beautiful.. this is call - Happy Eating :)

I always wanted to try the authentic ginseng chicken.. and here we are:

These 2 are different soup base.. The clear soup one is much better (2nd pic). The 1st one tasted too thick and strong. They put in one whole chicken in with stuffed glutinous rice. It is not as nice as I thought it was.. but some people swear by their korea ginseng chicken. >.<  This cost about S$20 per chicken.. quite expensive..


This is abalone porridge.. it tasted ok.. not fantastic.. cost about S$10

So after all eating, it's time for some shopping. The most worthy things to buy in Korea is non other than their facial products. Clothes and shoes are not cheap though..

Too cool for school shop.. Basically all their product has very nice packaging & it's somehow related to school theme..

Brought a orange lip stick + lip gloss.. and they give 2 small samples. Facial wash and moisturizer.

Here's the loots (this picture does not show everything I've brought, only part of it)... I was not a skin food fan before I go Korea.. but after this trip.. I'm loving skinfood products.. but.. I will not buy in Singapore.. The price is way too expensive here! For eg: brown sugar face scrub - 300g, it cost S$80 in Singapore, but in Korea I only paid S$16!!! Can you imagine the price difference! So I decided to buy 4 tubes.. (1 of them not shown in the picture because I was using it in Korea :p ) So, I've compared the prices for Faceshop & Skinfood with Singapore and the conclusion is Skinfood has the highest % of savings if you were to buy in Korea compared to Singapore. And like many of us know, they love to give lots of free samples... another plus point.

Another good place to shop will be their Daiso!! They've so many things that Singapore Daiso do no carry. And the Daiso that I went to it's 4 storey! Imagine the happiness on my face :D Most of their stuff are selling at 1000 won which is only S$1.12... CHEAP!!! So I also brought lots of stuff there (heee...)

So now you know why I say Korea is a shopping paradise for ladies. :)

Back from Korea!!

Hi All, just came back from Korea not too long ago and man... that place is paradise for girls! The facial products are way much cheaper than what we have in Singapore.

Yea.. so I spent 6 days 5 nights in Korea. The weather was good as it is cooling. Though it rained for a 1 or 2 days, but overall, it's still alright.

The hotel that I stayed in is called Hotel The SunBee. It was quite centralize as it is located in Insadong itself. When we 1st arrived, we could not find the hotel as it is ''hidden'' in a corner. But once you know your way around, you will consider this hotel to be in a very good location. It was about 10mins walk from the metro and we got lost on the 1st day we arrived.

As this is my 1st time in Korea, I can say I am very impress with the people there. They are so friendly and helpful. So, we got lost, and we approach a gentleman. And this gentleman was also not too sure where the hotel is located and in turn he went to ask the police (yes, there's a police station nearby). So, in the end, we got 6 people helping us to locate the hotel. I was blown away by their attitude. They can just conveniently say they do not know the place and walked away.. but NO, they help us call the hotel and one of them even walked us to the hotel... talk about nice people... They are really NICE!!

Ok, so after a overnight flight, I am super hungry. We decided to walk along Insadong and find a authentic Korea restaurant...

The side dishes are yummy.. I love the pickles.. :)

This is beef broth... very yummy clear soup

Korean style dumpling... not too good.. :(

My fav!! Spicy tofu soup with rice... awwww.. think of it makes me drool....

So after filling the hungry tummies, we went to once of their palace: Gyeongbokgung Palace

It's about S$3 per entry.. cheap cheap.

Nice view eh.... the palace is HUGE!!!

This is the throne of the king..

Our English speaking guide that explains to us about the history of this palace.. The tour is free :)

Our English speaking guide that explains to us about the history of this palace.. The tour is free :)

Some lake in the palace...

Nice flowers...

So after the palace tour, we went back to walk around in Insadong. They are selling some funny shape ice-cream which has super long Q.. We did not try as the weather is quite cold... so give it a miss.

Insadong Street:

Ok.. that's all for now.. Will update again on the rest of the days in Korea... I've brought lots of facial products... (love) ;p