End-of-the-Year Dinner at Ashley @ Cheongnyangni

Inilah highlight dari mlm tadi...

Saat kami mkn mlm bareng dg orang yg jadi teman Eyra Freya mengenal Korea selama empat tahun.

Dgn eoppanya anak-anak, kami baru sj selesai mkn mlm. Seringnya kami mengundang ke rmh..namun kali ini kami sengaja mkn dine out saja.

Yup...semoga kami selalu bs bertemu. Subin eonnidan Jaeseol oppa memang sdh jadi akrab sama Eyra Freya sejak empat tahun lalu.

Freya gak bs diam kalo foto tuch. Sdh trademark die.

Red velvet cake...cheesecake. ...brownies....mango dessert....banana pudding.....

맛있었겠다! 먹음직...

The banana choco crepes.

...and Indian curry plus rice....wait..it's a....black pizza???

All in all...we love Ashley....asalksn gak naik harganya!^^

...terakhir. ..berbagai mie pun ada...ini baru sebagian saja. Spaghetti. ...carbonara. ...spicy noodles. ....

Happy Birthday's Lunch+Dinner @ Ashley

A slice of Ashley corner.

So much to see.

So much to choose from the menu...

so much to enjoy...

It's a classic way to celebrate the B'day...

Happy B'day, Mama. 

2015.05.15.

from us:me, Eyra & Freya

Gathering @ Ashley, Hongdae (part 2)

Since it's dubbed as an American grill & salad, people would surely understand as to why the whole decoration on the wall is mostly dedicated to the world stars, especially those of the United States. Didn't have a chance to take a look closer, though. 

But, one of them was this strikingly obvious display of Whitney Houston's attire she was wearing on her role at one of her movies--The Bodyguard. This is the concept that Ashley wants to (re)create--an essence of American (contemporary) pop culture. 

Before leaving the place, I got a chance to take a pic with ms. Park again. Thanks for coming, Ibu Park.  

Then...we're discussing about where to go for the next session of our gathering....2차는 어디로 갈까????? 

*Happy Memory with friends, students, colleagues,*

Ashley, Hongdae.

Gathering @ Ashley, Hongdae

One of the purposes of Pak Tri's visit to Korea was to make a gathering of his students who happen to be studying in Korea, or Seoul in particular.  Pak Tri called up a meeting and he asked me to arrange it...*aha*!!! I got an idea of booking one of my favorite places to have a buffet^-^: Ashley. But, boy..oh boy..since it was weekend, my intention of booking the one nearest to my place didn't work out..so, we got to go as far as Hongdae to have this gathering. In short, it's a good decision. 

Lina (Sookmyung), Mr. Park Hyun-ju (our beloved teacher who once taught Korean language at our university in Jogjakarta), Rio sonsaengnim, Sonya (Gangneung Wonju Univ). and Feby (Gwangju + SNU). 

Nining sonsaengnim (Busan University+ Inha Univ), and Diana (Hanyang Univ), and of course, Pak Tri Mastoyo himself.  We did spend 2-hour allotted time for all guests at Ashley to enjoy the buffet over friendly talk..or vice versa. 

An exchange of token...from ms. Park to Pak Tri 과장님. 

then...the one from Pak Tri to ms. Park. 

Jejudo Group Meets Again @ Ashley, Gangnam

So, after more than a month or so, wait....after more than a year...!!! because the last time we met was on December 2012. Well, of course most of us were still curious of what we've been doing. 

Btw, we were the Korea Brand Communicator group who went to Jejudo together last year.

We hang out a lot and since we did not meet for quite sometime, we decided to give it a go again this time.

After a looong over-due talk via Kakao Talk about where to go: we finally decided to go to Ashley, dubbed to be American Buffet Restaurant in Seoul. 

Lee Byeong-hyeon, Hwang Ji-sang, Parvina, Lee Chae-yeon, Heekyung, Jung Yu-jeong, and me...^^

Well, we met at Sinnohyeon station at about 5 pm with some drama from me since I took the wrong exit..(gosh..a 10-minute walk in the midst of the cold)

But...it all paid up....after I had a perfect dinner (well, at least to my vegetarian standard)^^

First, how could I not be so excited when what I encountered was rambutan!! yes..yes..yes rambutan. This has been one of my wish to eat rambutan in Korea. Well, being an Indonesian in Korea, having a tropical fruit is like a privilege in itself. So, upon finding this fruit, I just grabbed three for my appetizer. 

And..yes..pineapple.

Being a vegetarian, the Ashley buffet provided me with lots of vegetables and salad and 4 different types of rice that I could simply combine into my favorite edible dinner.^^

To top it off, the cheese cake and the brownies and of course the fruit salad were all my favorite.

I think this was a worth-it dinner.

Wanna go there again sometime? You Bet.

Thanks my friends for --finally--decided to have dinner there.

We could've asked someone else to take our picture, but as usual, we just make a selca for ourselves. The one having the longest hand did the job of taking the picture. Lee Byung-hyeon did it this time. He's cute;) 

This was another example of group selca (Self-camera) we took after getting out of Ashley with full stomach. Well, Hwang Ji-sang did it this time and that's why he's the one's with full frontal face on the camera. As the rest of us...we were just supporting roles. 

Another one we took. Wait..I think this picture's the same with the one I already uploaded at the start of this entry. Oh, swell....Ok, I'll comment on the wines. See the wines? Well, in Ashely all-you-can drink wines are served to the guests' heart's content. 

The photo-shopped + edited + brightened version of earlier picture of us.

Let me comment on something else: Full Dinner Buffet could indeed make people full and happy. 

But..I was wrong about being full. I was surprised to find that...my Korean friends continued their meeting to have the 2nd dinner!!! What? Well, it's the 2nd course for them. It's a kind of culture right here in Korea to have another small dinner, drinks, snacks, coffee at coffee shops even after big and sumptuous dinner.

Well, I left them early and did not join them....

Just got a picture from Kakao-Talk that they HAD this. ^^

what a wonderful and happy night.

See you again, guys.