Buldojang, Desa Sri Hartamas

Found a Korean restaurant which serves jjampong (spicy seafood noodle)!

Colleague wanted to have Korean for lunch so she was recommended by her Korean friend Buldojang, a Korean-Chinese restaurant located in Desa Sri Hartamas. It's at the shoplot where Burger King is, at Level 1.

Parking is hard to find (as usual for that area) but the restaurant do offer valet parking after 6pm!

banchan

We were recommended to order the jajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodle), tang yu suk and jjampong.

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tang yu suk - sweet and sour pork

I'm not a fan of jajangmyeon so we swapped that with a large plate of japchae bap, because you know I love my rice! LOL

We ordered a regular-sized tang yu suk, which to me is different than the Chinese version of sweet and sour pork. The one served here has darker and stickier sauce, sweet with some kicks of spiciness from the chopped chilies. We agreed that this was soooooo good and it went so well with rice.

japchae bap - stir-fry glass noodle and rice

The japchae bap was equally good. The rice was so good. I love my Korean rice, which is stickier than our average rice. The glass noodles weren't soft and mushy, but well-mixed with assorted vegetables and God-knows what sauce.

jjampong - spicy seafood noodle

Also ordered a large bowl of jjampong - the dish that I was most excited about. The first few slurps were quite innocent, but after a while the spiciness started to creep to our lips and caused the three of us to have runny noses and unnecessary sweat.

The bowl was filled with vegetables, clams, mussels and squids!

They gave us scissors to cut the noodles so no worries of splashing while getting your serving and battling endless strands of noodles.

bingsu!

Received complimentary bingsu from the restaurant. I'm putting Buldojang in my must-visit again restaurant because I noticed all the other patrons ordering jajangmyeon.

I guess it must be damn good so I MUST try la hor.

And also for the tang yu suk. Heehee.

Roy Kim was in Paradigm Mall!

I had absolutely no idea about this until my youngest sister tagged me a video taken by a fan at KLIA when he arrived.

I was like "WHAT.. SINCE WHEN.. FOR WHAT"

So after Googling I found out that he would be in Paradigm Mall the next day (the day after my sister tagged me).

That Friday morning, I decided before leaving for work that I would go watch him, and prayed hard that he would sing my favourite song, Home.

Got to Paradigm Mall at 7pm and decided to go a floor above the event place, which was at UG Level.

Some fans started screaming when he arrived 10 minutes before the time the showcase was supposed to start.

The event started on time (plus point)!

The first song he performed was his cover of Stefanie Sun's 天黑黑.

I was a little bit disappointed in the sound system, but we can't expect much since it was done in a mall.

After that he just used his guitar for the remaining songs, which was really amazing.

Stay tuned for the video at the end of this post, a little compilation of videos I shot from the showcase.

Cooking Up Storm

..with Recipe by Luizy (Seungyoun of UNIQ) and my #badassrapbeast, Flowsik!

I'm actually very amazed with Luizy, and I really like the last verse. He sounds a bit like iKON's Bobby sometimes, but I do like his tone and his pronunciation.

And he's also adorable awww... *cubit pipi*

P/S: The age gap between them isssss... 11 years! #random

Look at me 

Ballin classy keep it fancy

Luizy and Flowsik

Cookin' in the kitchen

LOL okay.

Article on the MV filming is up on Melon's website here!

Highlight from SMTM5 Finale

Last week SMTM5 ended and the crowned winner is..

BewhY!

Congratulations!

Anyways, the highlight from the finale which was broadcasted live was this:

Special performance by SMTM5 contestants - Flowsik, Hash Swan, Boi B, Tae Woon and G2, performing 도깨비 (goblin? monster?)

I was really impressed with Boi B's and Tae Woon's raps actually. Not much of a fan of G2's voice.

And Hash Swan is such adorable I wanna put him in my pocket.

Especially because of this:

신발끈 우정👹 삼촌 아니고 형😆😆😆😆😆

A photo posted by 해쉬스완 (@hashblanccoa) on Jul 17, 2016 at 4:01am PDT

Follow Hash Swan here!

LOL so cute hahaha he's like a small kid compared to Flowsik.

Ok that's all bai bai congrats again BewhY!

Flowsik, my badassrapbeast

This is a video-heavy post. For my standards lah. :P

And about a week delay? Since episode 9 of Show Me The Money 5 (SMTM5) was already aired on Mnet. I waited to watch the subbed version of episode 8 before completing this post.

Check out Khiphop Subs for subbed episodes of Show Me The Money!

Initially the title of this post was "Who am I rooting for on SMTM5" but then after Flowsik got eliminated I had to come up with a new title. After a few titles I've decided to just name this post Flowsik, my badassrapbeast.

#sorryforthelackofcreativity

Never in my life I have ever felt heartbroken for someone who I have no relation whatsoever to me/personally know/personally knows me. Or maybe I had. I think it must be during one of Lee Chong Wei's losses.

However this is of another level altogether that I am surprised at myself. I couldn't watch the live broadcast of SMTM5 so I had to wait for the subbed version.

Until I saw this at Flowsik's IG:

From the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much ... Just knowing I have people like you by my side is more than a victory for me. #flowsik #플로우식 #Godisgood / 저를 끝까지 응원해주셨던 모든분들...너무너무 감사합니다. 여러분 때문에 정말 행복했습니다.

A photo posted by flowsik 플로우식 (@jayflowsik) on Jul 1, 2016 at 8:38am PDT

I freaked out and started looking for #smtm5 tags on IG and found out that he was eliminated.

I was really confident that Flowsik would make it far into the competition, hence I couldn't believe it at all.

Heck, I was hoping for him to win after becoming a fan from watching him on SMTM5.

I mean, I knew he was from Aziatix, and I wrote about them here.

I didn't really follow their releases after getting their first one and found out they disbanded last year. Then somehow it was reported on allkpop that Flowsik released The Calling and when I watched the MV I was like, "Wow this guy is quite cool"

But that was it.

Until I found out that he was one of the contestants for SMTM5, a hip hop competition which runs on Mnet. So I looked for his videos in the show. He received the necklace from Simon D and at the next round he received ALL PASS from the judges/producers, including by guest judge Timbaland, enabling him to go to Korea.

To be praised by Timbaland, that has got to be a feat right?

In Korea, he was placed in the top tier group (because of the ALL PASS). The groups then did cypher to show off their skills to allow each participant to evaluate one another since the next round would be a 1 VS 1 battle. He got picked by UNIQ's Seungyeon (everyone was shocked) and the scene where they were preparing for the battle was hilarious. It looked like he was so overwhelmed with Seungyeon's enthusiasm.


I like the producers' expressions LOL. They were all awed by his voice haha. He said he got it when he was 15! I cannot imagine a 15-year-old sounding like that lah weh. Uncut version of this performance here.

I looked out for other videos and found out that he got into team 1llionaire under Dok2 and The Quiett (who I started listening to after their appearance in Season 3, I thought they didn't want to do this anymore!), and he was so awesome in their 공중도덕 (Air DoTheQ) track.

So badass.

Before the track came about they did some outing with their producers (will Beenzino ever join those two fellas?) Quite playful also for him to trick the others to try winning the prize offered by Dok2 and The Quiett, which turned out to be a MacBook.

WTF. I also want.


The VJ was out of breath chasing him LOL and he was so cute with the ahjumma asking for the directions haha

Ok distracted liao. Anyways!

This is the version with Dok2 and The Quiett, minus Hyo Eun, who got eliminated after the team battle.


I really like how well Dok2 took over from Flowsik's verse. I'm not very into The Quiett when he's trying to be badass and all that, I think he does better in erm.. the softer/laidback kind of hip hop?

I'm not very good with explaining stuff #sorrynotsorry

What sealed my fate as his fan was his diss battle with Donutman:

Yes I don't understand much at first but I found this the most enjoyable:

"I'll throw you off the Namsan

Then dump you in the Hangang"

I mean like what? So smartttttt... XD

I swear I'm gonna use that on people who pisses me off someday haha.

I got so intimidated even just by watching him attacking Donutman like he gave no fucks whatsoever. And his neck veins looked they would just pop out and smack Donutman, #Gun and Boi B then and there LOL

He also mentioned Yoo Shijin eheyyyyy smart eh to ride on the Descendants of the Sun (Song Joong Ki did you watch annot?) popularity.

He mentioned a lot of names in his raps so I'd always end up googling those people up XD Now I know who Steph Curry, Lei Wu Long, Lee Yeon Bok, Stun Gun Kim Dong Hyun etc. are haha

There's also "you don't have a drive like young Kylie Jenner" in The Calling.

Oklah I'm sure others did well also but this post is about Flowsik ok?

And I love how he faced Donutman while the latter was rapping. Macam nak cari gaduh hahaha

So Team 1llionaire battled Team Zion.T+Kush in the first performance rounds. Flowsik went up against Xitsuh (or Seo Chul Goo, who tried out for Season 4 and is quite famous for freestyling in the underground scene). They tied at the first voting but total amount calculated for two voting rounds awarded the win to Xitsuh. Flowsik only managed to collect KRW1,650,000 as compared to Xitsuh's KRW3,000,000.


HE LOST.

I felt so sad looking his face during announcement:

:'(

My heart broke as if I was the one who got eliminated! *cries* (oppa I hug you ok?)

Especially since he dedicated the beginning part of his performance, I Just (a track by The Quiett from his Q Train 2 album) to his elder brother who he admire very much.

I do admit that Xitsuh's performance was better, however rapping-wise, I think Flowsik did better. Although I find his movement a bit awkward. And I thought Dok2 sort of overshadowed him?

Maybe it's been a long while since he last performed on stage or maybe the dynamics while performing as Aziatix were different than SMTM5? I don't know.

It's a pity because if he had maintained what he did for the diss battle and Air DoTheQ I'm pretty sure he might have a better chance.

But what to do lor? The audience voted based on the performance so I guess losing close to half showed that they preferred Xitsuh's performance (with Zion.T and Olltii) more.

I really really feel bad for him.

Hoping to see more of him after this and I do look forward to what his projects are. Hopefully there are companies who will take notice of him and offer him some good opportunities.

Hey why not 1llionaire gang do an updated version of YGGR with him and Bobby? That would be fun! I wanna see a Beenzino+Flowsik combo (Beensik? Flowzino? Sikzino? XD)

I hope I'll get a chance to witness him perform live someday, even if it means I need to fly to Korea to do so.

So much positivity coming from this guy.

So I'm gonna end this post with a single which he released before SMTM5 started.

BE STILL AND LISTEN

For more SMTM5 videos: Mnet Official Youtube
Flowsik's Official Youtube: Official Flowsik
Flowsik's Instagram: @jayflowsik
Flowsik's Twitter: @flowsik

shoutout: screen caps credits to the awesome team at Khiphop Subs for their hardwork at subbing!

catch you later awesome badassrapbeast!

Korean Dream Part 15 - Changdeokgung and then it's time to say goodbye

WeeN's note: Finally, it's the final post on my trip to Seoul. I would like to thank all of you who've followed it diligently and waited patiently for each post to come up. It was a wonderful experience traveling to Seoul, and I want to go to Korea again if I'm able to. For now, this will be a long one, with 100+ pictures! LOL

1st October 2011

coffee to start the morning right! (and to clear the fridge)

Woke up, did our final packing and got ready to check out.

rerun of 58th episode of Running Man with Shin Se Kyung and Cha Tae Hyun as guests. This is the scene where the two guests had to carry out their missions on the other members without them knowing

We were able to leave our luggage at the guesthouse's store room even after checking out since we had a midnight flight and the pick-up jumbo taxi will only arrive at 7pm. A little bit view of our room, which is for 3 people:

excuse the slight mess, we were in the midst of clearing up

Then off we go on our final adventure, which is to the Changdeok Palace! :D

From Myeongdong station (Line 4), ride til Chungmuro (which is a station away), get into Line 3, ride all the way to Jongno 3 station and take the exit 9

Stopped by this cafe to grab breakfast. We like it better than Paris Baguette!






We sat and had our breakfast after purchasing our entrance tickets (KRW3,000 = approx. RM9 each) to the palace. Since we wanted to take part in the Secret Garden English tour (another KRW5,000 = approx. RM15 each) which was scheduled at 2.30pm (missed the 10.30am one), we decided not to enter the palace yet.

crab meat sandwich

can't remember what this was #foodbloggerfail

Photoshoot outside the palace walls! :P






Since we had more time to kill, we decided to walk around the town nearby the palace.

spotted a family having a party, all decked in their traditional clothes greeting guests

oh hello there! :D

LOL

i love this door! can i have this as my future house door?

lovin' the details

for those who are interested in experiencing a Korean Traditional House, click here

not sure what is happening here

i like this colour!

Had lunch at this place quite near to the palace.




I think it was the best lunch I had during my entire Seoul trip.

side dishes!

spicy beef soup

 We ordered two soups to keep us warm - the spicy beef soup and the beef ribs soup. The latter was obviously the star of the show.

beef ribs soup - i'm salivating right now

This has got to be the best beef soup i have ever tasted in my whole entire life! The soup was sooooo delicious - not thin, not thick but the beef flavour was just amazing. And not oily too!


Oh beef ribs soup near Changdeokgung, how i miss you.



Entered the palace ground to check out the area before joining the Secret Garden tour!



Anyways, you can read about my Gyeongbokgung visit here if you're interested :)





















At 2.30pm, we lined up with other tourists for our Secret Garden tour!

our tour guide, dressed in her hanbok

Secret Garden, or Biwon can only be entered through guided tours. This is to preserve the natural surroundings in the garden.

the Juhamnu

More pictures of this area later, because there were too many people!

you're supposed to have a long life after passing this. One fellow tourist cheekily said,"so if we passed this a few times then we'll become babies back again!"

the pond in Aeryeongji area

these trees were "pasted" with barks (or other parts) of other trees because they were infected with a disease

Yeongyeongdang

the door which connects the men's and the women's quarters (!!!!)

she's so colourful!

We actually left the tour quarterway because it was the only time we could leave the tour. After that it would be almost an hour journey before returning back to the start!

Left the palace and headed back to Myeongdong!

But of course, we went back to Paris Croissant! :P

Last look at Myeongdong!

Goodbye IB Ville! It was a nice stay! :)

Our jumbo taxi (for KRW60,000 = approx. RM180, not including toll) came at 7pm, and we got ourselves a very friendly driver who chit-chatted with us throughout the journey. We exchanged information on our countries. Quite funny hearing stuff like "Korean women are money-minded" i think he was talking about his wife LOL.

He told us that suicide rate among older men are higher than others because companies tend to higher younger men (whoa!). He also mentioned that Korean women receives lower pay than the men for a same position.

Wah. So much info.

Oh, after finding out that I know a lot about the K-pop and I have a Korean car, he told me to marry a Korean wtf. He didn't allow me to pay for the toll (kesian my two friends) and even when we reached the airport he said,"You. Stay."

WAH AHJUSSI MY PARENTS WANT ME BACK.

(part of)the airport

midnight flight therefore the shuttle train was quite empty

the girl who refused to go home

So that pretty much closes my Seoul trip with my two buddies.

An 8-day trip which I can and never forget. :)

I've got nothing much to say, but it has definitely made me want to travel more! :D Even put up a Travelogue page up there if you're interested. Heehee.

Some skincare/cosmetics I can back with, which some still unused -_-

and junks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012, where will I take myself to?

:D