back home
i hardly eat Korean food
i could probably count
how many times
have i been to a
Korean restaurant
but what i really love about
Korean food is obviously
the side dishes they serve
as a pseudo vegetarian
those will do to be served
as a meal on their own
Kiimchi is always a must
the rest differ from shop to another
so my tactic was
to eat loads of these
and declare I am done
before the main course is served
which is usually not my type of food
the lady was asking if
a 200g portion is enough for 3
wait.. is that supposed to be
a portion for one
that was our first meal upon arrival
hotpot at Myeongdong
quite spicy despite the fact that
we took level 2 out of
5 levels of spiciness available
Budae jjigae 部隊鍋
known as the Army hotpot
post Korean war (back in the 50’s)
due to food shortage
the locals took sausage, ham etc
(basically processed food)
from the American camp and
made this with their local sauce
some street snacks
we were staying right opposite
a local market
therefore would buy something
and munch it while heading out
something similar to Youtiao
variety of flavours / filled
sugar coated / veggie / red bean /
read bean + glutunious rice
pork pancake
seaweed roll (gimbap)
with pickled raddish
usually served as breakfast
savoury fishball roll
this was at Nam Dae Mun
felt a litle cheated
was wondering how come
they offered so many flavours
and there isn’t that much machines
this place doesn’t even look strategic
once we picked our flavour
they took the soft ice cream in
tiny little cup from the fridge
and squeeze it into the machine
= =”
those cold nights
eating super spicy noodle
and balance out the spiciness
with fresh milk
so i heard this is quite a hype too
honey butter chip
a sweet and savoury puff snack
tasted weird initially
but once you started munching
it tasted alright
yet definitely a little overrated
for all the hysteria / hype created
Hansot
Korean (budget) fastfood
basically i guess it is more of a fusion
Korean side dishes with fried fillet
yums..
mustard sauce
my fav-est sauce besides wasibi
well, knowing that I am a weirdo..
Dunkin Donuts X Baskin Robin
probably under the same
group of company
Dunkin Donuts is surprisingly
a popular hang-out place
probably because they serve
a variety of coffee at a
reasonable price (in terms of Seoul)
so happy to find good old English muffin
served whole day at Dunkin Donuts
Hongik University 弘益大學
due to the college community
this place is saturated with
good and cheap food
i don’t know
that’s what they are saying
but i did not know how come
we ended up eating KFC
and made way for these
these photos is a
total plagism or would rather call it
an imitation what I have seen on
social media sites
the hype over Korean street foods
1000 / 2000 / 3000 won each
(not in the proper sequence)
Merry Christmas!
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04: Foodie as a Dummy (Like Me)
05: 11 Reasons to Book Hyundai Residence
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