Euro Christmas Market 2011. In early December the folks at the Global Village sponsored a European Christmas Market. Since it was an out of the ordinary event that probably wouldn’t happen again any time too soon I joined my friends on Saturday morning to take in the event. I didn’t really know what to expect. I jumped in a taxi and headed over to the Hyewa area.
The market took place outside Hansung Dae Station on the light blue line over a tiny river walkway and an old fountain. I arrived early but there already folks out and about the stalls. To warm myself up I headed for the hot chocolate. I was expecting a steaming cup of authentic chocolate goodness, but instead got something that seemed to come out of a packet. Definitely bad. I also bought a package of caramel cookies you eat with coffee. Definitely good. There were other cookies, crackers, cheese, and cakes to be had but the prices seemed way out of proportion to the serving size. These folks were capitalizing on there little European market, but not outrageous enough to actually send me scurrying away.
Nope instead I opened my walled and headed over to the stand selling a potato dish with Racalette cheese. Delicious. There was also a stall selling homemade sausage sandwiches which were also a must to eat, though a fuss to pay for. If you cut the prices in half for the dishes on sale then it would have felt right. Still, it was very good especially with the spiced wine.
There were also Christmas cards, ornaments, and trinkets on sale as well as an assortment of cheeses. All in all a good diversion. Though next time it could be improved with a lot more stalls, a bigger area, better pricing or a bigger serving size.
