my trip to haha's restaurant(a member of running man) in mapo-gu district, seoul

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let me start off by asking you this - have you guys seen any episode of the korean variety show call running man? well if you havent, please please i beg you to just go and watch a couple of the episodes and you tell me if its bloody hilarious(or not).

how i started liking this program was by pure co-incidence, or perhaps written in the stars that i'd be sucked into this so called korean phenomena thingy, um..not that i mind! i remember i was at a friend's place one chinese new year( i think which was more than a couple of years back) and so happened my friend's kids were watching this show on tv. so i joined them to see whats it all about and omg it was just so funny. from that day onwards, i  started following the program and even managed to get my mom hooked on it too!

anyways, since i was heading to seoul, i found out that one of the cast members named ha dong hoon (@ haha or haroro) had opened a restaurant over in hongdae. its called paljamakchang. it serves korean bbq if im not mistaken. this was another objective of mine on my to do list when in korea. and so off i went on my adventure on my own (hubby had to work). 

i set off to the subway and headed towards hongdae university station and i got a bit lost. thank god i found the information kiosk and asked them. and then i set off again in the right direction, hopefully! so after walking for like almost half hour, i found the restaurant. unfortunately it doesnt open in the afternoons. only after 5pm till late. ho hum. oh well at least i found it, thats what matters and so i snapped a couple of shots there. 

i cant believe i was actually standing in front of the restaurant, where haha frequents(as well as some of the other members of running man) and helps out, serving people, taking orders or cashiering. for what its worth, i think its great that he does that, very humbling. 

so anyways, after snapping some photos i proceeded on to hongik university area where teddy's twosome cafe was located at. that shall be my next blog. so kindly stay tuned ok??

haha's restaurant just at the corner, you cant miss it. but you gotta know your way to get there.

see, the restaurant is closed. only opens after 5pm! boo hoo hoo... no chance to try the bbq!

front entrance of the restaurant. check out that cute cartoon character of haha as the signage

guessing that that must be the telephone number of the restaurant. i dont know, i cant read what is written in korean. if you know, please tell me lol

along the way, heading towards the restaurant, i quickly took this shot. which means i was on the right track. tee hee

well ok folks, this is it for me. i bid you adieu until my next blog which is about teddy's twosome+ cafe. oh and by the way, im reminding you to GO WATCH RUNNING MAN. start off with episode one. you can always google it ok. dont be lazy! and i really hope you enjoy watching it!!

ttfn


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