In Seoul, the populated areas are around the subway stations which are usually on main streets. The back alleys behind the main streets are where restaurants, bars, etc. are located. We walked around the back alleys of Itaewon station and it reminded me so much of LKF in Hong Kong and New Orleans all combined into several blocks of loud, sensory overload!
The first bar we chose was a casual bar where we grabbed a draught beer. Unfortunately for us we chose a table right under a speaker so when James' friends arrived, we were all screaming to be heard. The second bar we went to was much quieter and we were introduced to a delicious cheesy omelette and a not so delicious grapefruit flavored soju. Ugh soju....between 5 people we killed 4 bottles and we were just getting started.
We wanted to go to a club, but they apparently don't get poppin' until later on the night so we opted for a bar across the street. There we were introduced to a variety of sweet shots including something called an Agwa bomb. The Agwa liquor is made from coca leaves and it basically tasted like a jager bomb. I honestly haven't taken colored shots in so long I was scared. But they continued through the night until we went to the club.
I remember dancing like a maniac and managing to get James into a cab at the wee hours of the morning. We managed to NOT eat which was great but not great.
The am was a struggle but we got some delicious soup to cure our giant, sugary hangovers.
It was the best first weekend we could have imagined!!
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