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Thursday 19 March 2015

Japanese food & movie night @ Coex Mall (Sushi O' and Megabox), Gangnam, Seoul

Friday night in Seoul was our date night (and also the last day of Panda's business trip). Since he was yearning to catch a movie in Seoul, I checked with my close friend who is working in Gangnam on some of the possible cinemas that have English movies. She suggested Megabox Coex, which is located inside Coex Mall, a newly renovated underground shopping mall in Gangnam. At least, Megabox Coex (16 halls) is known to show more updated English movies (with Korean subtititles). The only flaw is that, the website is in Korean, so, either you need someones help to translate, or diligently do the translation yourself beforehand. It is probably easier to just purchase the tickets on the spot as some staff are able to speak English. Movie tickets are prices reasonably even on a Friday night!
Tangy, refreshing salad and a mini bowl of Udon as starters
Since our movie was at 11 pm, we had ample time for dinner. The problem is, most kitchens in Coex Mall are close by 9.30 pm. We decided to try out Sushi O', a Japanese restaurant which was still open and accepting customers (although Japanese food was not exactly on our itinerary during our visit to Korea). We ordered the couple set because we were attracted to the presentation of sushi on the special wooden stand ;p. For starters, there was a bowl of salad which Panda loved so much because of the special citrus dressing used. The mini bowl of Udon was really delicious and flavourful..so colourful to just look at it!
The well-presented sushi set for two :)
A really friendly server helped us with this photo!
L: Breaded (not tempura battered) shrimp. Unfortunately there was no tempura shrimp in the menu; R: Salmon sushi with octopus, good stuff! 
We had a regular popcorn to share during the movie. Nothing to shout about though. In fact, those that I used to have from GSC or TVG Malaysia were way better in terms of flavour. The cinema (seats, screen) were just alright, again, nothing if compared to the cinema in Siam Paragon, Thailand. We took a cab back to the hotel as it was way past midnight. It was a lovely night out in Seoul :)
Megabox Coex
Address: 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, 서울특별시 South Korea
Directions: Samseong Station (Seoul Subway Line 2), Exit 5 or 6. COEX is directly connected to the station (adapted from Official Korea Tourism).

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