Story Run

I have a new favorite restaurant in Seoul. Well. I don't know if it's actually my favorite, but it's pretty awesome. Beth and I found it while we were in Hyehwa. It started when we were wandering around in the early afternoon, and we saw this. We thought that it was just a cool book painted on a random wall, until we read the subtitle. Chicken and Tomato? What kind of subtitle is that? It turns out, this was an advertisement for a restaurant on the other side of the wall. 

We walked around, had a look at the restaurant, and decided to keep wandering. We wandered and wandered, and finally got hungry. So we decided to try out this interesting looking chicken place. Only we couldn't find it again. We walked in what might have suspiciously looked like circles to someone who was less informed for nearly 30 minutes. We finally found the restaurant and decided that it had better be pretty awesome after all the trouble we went to trying to find it. 

We ordered our chicken and they brought this to us. It is mozzarella cheese, half a cherry tomato, half a basil leaf, two tiny dried peppers and a few sliced mushrooms. 

We were also asked to choose two kinds of sauce. We didn't really have any clue what was going on at this point, but we picked marinara and garlic, because those were the two sauce names I could understand from the list that was given to us :) It turns out that they are little fondue bowls that stayed nice and warm on these little candle holder things. 

There was a definite fairy tale theme going on throughout the restaurant. These were the dinner plates, complete with the White Rabbit. 

This was the chicken we ordered. It's homemade potato chips on the bottom and chicken strips on top. Believe it or not, this dish was called "Alice Healthy Chicken" on the menu. 

Beth is pretty excited about starting the meal!

Here's how it works. You get a piece of chicken on your fork. 

You thoughtfully consider which combination of dipping sauce and add-on (cheese, basil, etc) you want for your chicken. 

Then you enjoy. It was surprisingly delicious!

It seemed like each of the dishes had a different character on them. I guess this is Alice, but I don't know that for sure. 

She was just kinda hanging out on what could be a cloud or a wisp of smoke, or even a magic rug. 

There was even the Little Prince drawn on the door. All in all, it wasn't too expensive (less than $10 per person), it had charm and novelty, and the chicken was quite good. I highly recommend it, but I'm not sure I could give clear directions for how to get there. It's close to Hyehwa exit 4 though. Walk straight out of the exit, don't turn left. It isn't too far down that road.