A night in Hyehwa with Simon and Brian

Saturday night, I met up with Simon and Brian outside Hyehwa Station to hang out and have a goodbye dinner for Brian who, after having taught in Korea for this past year, is returning back to the USA. Brian and Simon had their EPIK orientation here in Hyehwa (mine was in Jeonju), so they were quite familiar with the area. After walking around a little and recalling past memories of orientation, we stopped by this cute place for dinner called 옛골토성 (Yet-Gol-To-Seong).

We had some tasty barbeque here. ^^ In this picture below, Simon is checking out the meat that is roasting.

We ordered the sampler plate which came with duck, pork, and ribs.

After having dinner, we walked around the area in search of a non-typical coffee shop while taking in the sights of this unique and artsy area. While walking around, we saw some of the cutest puppies, and I just had to stop in the store and play!

Simon told us how this adorable little store is a popular place famous for Korea lunch boxes (like Japanese bento boxes...an assortment of food, not what we in the USA think of when we think of "lunch box.") and an assortment of good teas. I will definitely be back sometime to check it out.

Another place I found to check out later is a live jazz club! Alright! ^^

Lastly, we finally settled on this cute coffee shop.

I would not recommend the espresso drinks (there isn't any hand drip coffee there in the first place) because the americano I had was not that great. I cannot speak for the rest of the drinks, so let me know what your opinion is. The atmosphere is nice (but a little loud), and the desserts are FANTASTIC. We ordered this Nutella Toast Waffle Bread (whatever the actual name is for this big size bread dessert), and it was so moist and melt-in-your-mouth.

Unlike similar breads at places such as Cafe Bene where they are a little more crunchy on the outsides like toast, this one is moist and well-made from first bite to last.  There are many options for these breads as well as parfaits and gelato. Definitely a place to go if you are looking for a tasty treat!