on the evening of friday, february 2nd i met my friends sam and yejee for dinner in 명� (myeongdong). we started at a chinese restaurant that specialized in this certain kind of dumpling.

after dinner we left there and walked around the busy shopping area of myeongdong. it's kind of a strange place, there's lots of clothing stores and it's jam-packed with shoppers from the late morning until into the evening. but by around 10:00p or so, everyone seems to disappear, there isn't much night life there. everyone moves on to another part of town i guess.

still, we found a bar on the top floor of one building that we decided to take a look at. it took us a few minutes to decide if it was actually classy or if it was a cheesy, crappy place trying to pretend it was classy. they had a grand piano, so after going back and forth a bit, we finally decided it was actually classy, so we stayed.

i ordered a cocktail, but i was very disappointed when it came out. it was too fancy, i felt like a total girl drink drunk.

after that place, we wanted to go to another place but since myeongdong kind of shuts down, we went to �대 (hongdae), a part of town that basically never closes. we went to a japanese style bar for some sake and side dishes.

we had a good time just chatting all night, sam and yejee are definitely two of the best friends i had in korea. we always felt comfortable and had plenty of good times and interesting conversations when we got together.

tagged: chinese dumplings food friends korea sake