Bangkok 2016 - The Commons // Roast

theCOMMONS is known as 'Thonglor’s backyard', a place where everyone can spend quality time in the neighborhood while being a little closer to nature. It's opened by the people behind Roast, which was relocated here from Seenspace. (Read my 1st visit here!) The space is divided into 4 sections with different names which are Market, Village, Play Yard and Top Yard.

We had our brunch at Roast, which is located at the entire area of Top Yard. We ordered a roasted tomato soup (180THB), pulled pork burger (320THB), truffle alfredo (280THB) and a crab cake benedict (360THB) to share. The truffle alfredo is the bomb!! Please please order it if you are visiting Roast! Their homemade tagliatelle is so good, and cooked to the perfect doneness in rich truffle cream sauce, definitely one of the best pasta that I've ever had.

Besides Roast, there are also many other cafes and eateries that you can check out at the Commons, definitely worth a visit if you are traveling to Bangkok! 

The Commons
335 Thonglor Soi 17, Sukhumvit 55
Klongton Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel: +66 2 712 5400

Roast
Unit #T1 (Roast), The COMMONS

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Seoul 2016 - Ehwa Womans University

Finally back to update my Korea trip last year, lol! Missing Korea so much by looking all the photos taken in this trip! Speaking of which, the tripod is really our good friend in this trip hahaha! We went to Ehwa Womans University in the early morning to avoid the crowd and we were so so so glad that we made the right decision. No photobombers! Anyway, just a little background of Ehwa Womans University. It was the first educational institute for women in Korea, founded by Mary F. Scranton, an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1886. The Ehwa Campus Complex is also Korea's largest underground campus, how cool is that! Ehwa Womans University is also one of the popular shopping areas in Seoul where you can find affordable and trendy fashions around the streets. There's also a lot of street food, cafes and restaurants around that area, definitely a place that you should put on your itinerary if you are visiting Seoul!

Ehwa Womans University
52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul

Xiao Ya Tou

Those who understand Chinese might find this name Xiao Ya Tou (小丫头) a catchy and unique name and it's not hard to guess what cuisine they are serving if you understand the chinese word. According to their tagline, it's a restaurant that served naughty modern Asian cuisine. I first heard of this restaurant from my friend and decided to give it a try with Chappy. Lucky us managed to buy the $100 voucher with just $70 on Chope.sg (Yes auntie mode on). I think the promotion has ended but they do have this 10% promo going on, you can check it out here!

The restaurant is full with retro decors and it gives u a quirky retro feel from the interior to the menu, I honestly feel like taking the menu home..lol~ We went there on a weekday night and thus only dinner menu is available. Greedy us ordered 5 dishes to share. Our favorite and 'your must try' has got to be the twice cooked angus short ribs (两次熟牛仔骨) that served with smashed cucumber and sesame butter. The ribs are really soft and tender, literally just melt in your mouth. Another signature is their XYT Lu Rou Fan (卤肉饭), not the usual braised pork rice but braised wagyu beef on rice (bonus point: it comes with poached egg!). Being greedy as always, we also order the ngoh hiang, dumplings and charred eggplant to share. For their drinks menu, they have pretty interesting cocktails, im so gonna try their milo dinosaur next time haha!

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that night although the bill came up exceeding our budget..hahaha! Overall it's a really nice place to chill with your friends over interesting cocktails and their modern Asian cuisine with a little twist~ I am definitely going back again to try their brunch menu!

Xiao Ya Tou
6 Duxton Hill
Singapore 089592
Tel: +65 6226 1965

Seoul 2016 - Common Ground

Common Ground is the Korea's first pop-up store built with shipping containers, it's made up of 200 large containers and can be transformed into different structures or moving into other places. With such interesting shopping places with bright blue shipping containers and various independently owned brands housing inside, it's not hard to believe that Common Ground is one of the hipster places in Seoul. The price of their stuff seems to be a bit steep but for something unique and different, it's a good place to check out the local brands in Korea. Besides shopping, you can also find different restaurants and cafes at Common Ground, they even have some food trucks there but we didn't try any of the food there except Dore Dore..lol! Overall a really interesting place to check out!

Common Ground

200, Achasan-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea

02-467-2747

Operating Hour: 11am-10pm

Direction: Konkuk University Station -exit 6