If you want to buy your girlfriend some flowers, just go a few extra subway stops from the city center to the Yangjae Flower Market. All sorts of flowers can be found here, including freshly cut flowers, potted flowers, and artificial flowers, while gardening items like tools and fertilizers are also on offer. This market is a combination of greenhouses and indoor and outdoor vendors.
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Bossam Maru 보쌈마루 (T. 02-578-2396) offers barbecued pork instead of steamed pork in its reinterpretation of Korea’s standard bossam tradition. The eatery sits across from the market.
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The Yangjae branch of Costco offers a variety of domestic products, imported goods,frozen foods, and products under its own Kirkland Signature house brand at wholesale prices.
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In addition to a roller skating rink, basketball courts, tennis courts, and other amenities, Yangjae Citizen’s Park has a museum dedicated to Yun Bong-gil, a Korean independence fighter.
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http://yfmc.at.or.kr
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Yangjae Citizen’s Forest Station 양재시민의숲역 (Sinbundang Line), Exit 4
