***To get there take the subway to Noksapyeong (629) then take exit 2. Then walk straight until you come to an underpass. Go into the underpass turn right and exit on the left-hand side on the opposite side. Once up above you will see Buddha's Belly!!!
Buddha's Belly Restaurant, Seoul
Address: 673 Itaewon 2 Dong, Seoul, Korea
Phone: 793-2173
It was a really small shop with 5 two person tables next to each other. So, the loud man on the other side of the room on his cell phone was actually about 3 feet away but it was still a good spot. The waitress was very friendly and since we came just at the right time we didn't need any reservations!! We were offered the Couples Special with red wine and some other perks but since neither of us are really into wine (yet, maybe I'll acquire a taste for it someday) we both just ordered the Phad Thai! We did get to see what was on the menu for the Couples Special since the two next to us seemed to be having a romantic evening out. Since Eddie and I are past the stage of holding hands while trying to eat and staring into each others eyes constantly we just focused on the meal a little more than the two next to us (literally like sitting right next to them at a long table)... It was actually really delicious... As Eddie said it "had a lot of potential" The only disappointment I really had was the lack of spiciness! I love spicy food and when I order Phad Thai they usually ask how spicy or they bring pepper flakes to the table. They didn't do either! So we were both a little disappointed but overall it was a great meal! It was fun to dress up and Eddie had on a nice shirt and slacks so we looked like we actually belonged in Korea for the few hours we were out of our jeans and sweatshirts.
After our dinner we walked around in search of something.... and found only food in the area... It all looked delicious but we could convince ourselves we needed a second meal after spending about $23 on the last one... (keep in mind our budget is small!!!) So we made our way back to the subway and headed to Itaewon (one stop away on the brown line). I also wanted to point out that the station in Noksapyeong was huge and very beautiful as only few of the subway stations are. It had so much room with a big beautiful skylight to top it off. It had obviously had been built (like so much of Korea) for the Olympics and now seemed almost abandoned. It was still kept up of course and there were people in the subway but not as many as their could have been. Its so strange that Korea is so small and crowded yet they have huge places like this and the COEX that seem to have so much empty space... So we made it to Itaewon and looked for a theater... We couldn't find one so we settled on ice cream... We found a ColdStone creamery and went it. The employees were friendly and happy to help... they even had an English menu... Eddie and I tried some interesting ice creams... I think mine was better but I'm sure he will disagree. His was pieces of fudge brownies and cherries in a chocolate ice cream and mine was peanut butter and oreos and whip cream in a coffee ice cream! YUM! It was fun to be in Itaewon because all the merchants speak English and there are more foreigners then Koreans there but we were glad to leave when we did and get back to "real KOREA". But before we could do that we had to look around for a while. I was in need of some shoes seeing as "I lost my last pair." (Really I was sick for a week and they threw them away!!!ARG!) So I found some crappy knock off shoes for $35 and bought them because they fit! I have had a hard time finding shoes that fit! In Korea the biggest size is 250 (which I think is about a size 8) everywhere I look so I have to take what I can find! We looked around a little more in hopes of finding a new backpack for Eddie (his one strap pack hurts his back) but only found luggage and leather bags. The main shop in Itaewon that we wanted to check out was closed so we took the subway to Sinchon and walked to the Megabox. We were hoping to see Across the Universe but the next showing wasn't until 11:2o which would make for a three hour wait so we settled on seeing the Spiderwick Chronicles that played an hour later. Since we had some time to kill we did some "eye shopping" and walked through the men's section for a while (luckily the man said Eddie was handsome and I was beautiful so we got free lollipops for Valentines Day which was nice of him) then we checked out the women's section but after finding nothing cheap enough for me we went up to food court and trinket area and found cell phone chains for each of us. (Everyone has a cellphone chain in Korea) Eddie found one with Bruce Lee (his idol) and I found one that reminded me of Eddie so I had to get it. With our new treasures hanging from our phones we were ready to watch the movie... But we had another 20 minutes to kill so we sat and waited for a while. After getting the worlds smallest tub of popcorn and nachos for Eddie we were ready for our movie! The movie wasn't too bad, not amazing but not bad... its more of a kids movie but it was a cute story it reminded me of Narnia movies so we enjoyed it and when it ended we were ready to set off for home.
We decided to take a taxi and paid the $1.90 to get home faster and with all of our phalanges unfrozen!!!In other good news!!!!
Danny is helping us get tickets to Thailand and there is a layover in Taiwan and I think we will stay there for two days as part of our trip!! More culture is always better!! I'm really excited and the tickets are cheaper if we have a layover!! YAY! I talked to Stephanie and she said its fine if we go this route because she didn't want us to spend so much money! I just felt bad since she helped me so much!!
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/117_18955.html
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/117_18956.html more on the fire
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2008/02/133_18963.html animal cloning!!!
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