Tuesday, August 16, 2016

HELLU, i'm sorry there isn't a whole lot of restaurants in this list cuz very often I eat in the Hanyang University canteen for lunch (biz canteen basement!! They sometimes have seafood/vegeterian options but keep your eyes PEELED for any hidden meat, or I eat from the 7 eleven which is SUPERB) and sometimes I eat at random food places that I forget to take photos of, or I don't know the name of the shop!
Hope this helps :)
Oh, and at the end of this post i'll put in the various tags I have for different places/ types of food/ genres etc so you can just click on them for easy reference since my posts are all jumbled up?!
Anything just ask me and i'll try to reply to the best of my ability ;)

Sulbing @ Hongdae

 I had mine at Hongdae outlet but honestly you can find Sulbing ANYWHERE. Myeongdong, wangsimni etc etc just keep your eyes out for it LOL it's the largest chain of bingsu in Korea i think and also wildly popular with the locals.
This outlet was SOOO noisy I couldn't really hear myself LOL
 Blueberry Yogurt Cheese Bingsu, one of the most expensive ones I think, at about 10,000 won?
It was good though, would've gone back to try more flavors but time didn't permit LOL 
Really big and filling though LOL

Homilpat @ Ewha University

 This place is really popular with the locals too, and I was lucky that there were a few empty seats when I went in, and the prices are affordable too!
 It filled up quickly after that though!!! Heng we got there earlier hehe
 The buzzer was cute too hehe
Ordered the green tea red bean one! It was quite nice because the ice was soooo fine and it was surprisingly light and smaller than the ones we have in SG! I'd choose this anytime huhuhu 
PLEASE COMEEEEE
Directions can be found on this blog :)\
I pretty much stumbled here after dinner at Gosame (Sinchon area) cuz they're all linked :)

Red Sun @ Wangsimni

 Chose theeeee Gochujang (red pepper paste) flavor because previously we chose the jjangmyeon flavor when we tried before! They have multiple outlets and we tried the one at Myeongdong previously! 13,000 won for 2 pax :-)
Just ask them if it has pork/meat in it! This doesn't have :)))
They are really famed for their tteokbokki which is really chewy but to me it's just value-for-money and yummy hehe cuz i'm not a huge fan of tteobokki (but it's really quite nice la) oh and t=at the end you can choose between dessert or they fry the rice in your pot, which is quite interesting even though you'll probably be super stuffed by then LOL 
This was at the food court level of Wangsimni! The food court is good but ordering system complicated + everything in Korean you can't be 100% sure there's not pork somewhere so we decided to go red sun when we were at this place looking for dinner :)
SUPER NEAR SCHOOL TOOO

Gosame @ Sincho

Gosame is a specialty fish restaurant that is famed for their grilled fish and is patronised by locals. Of course, they offer other dishes to cater to a greater audience such as Tofu Bean Paste Stew and Kimchi Stew.
 This is how the shop front looks like! As with many small family restaurants in Korea, this was relatively hard to locate but it was so good that we went back twice in a month.
Address53-8 Changcheon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Hours: 11AM to 10PM

 Gosame sells two kinds of mackerels: grilled mackerel(7,000 won) and Spanish mackerel (8,000 won). The additional SGD1.20 spent on the Spanish Mackerel proved to be a worthy investment, because the latter was definitely more tasty with no fishy taste at all. It was also nicely charred without being burnt, which is the best way to grill food! 
We also ordered the stir fried squid(6,500 won) which was pretty impressive too, sufficiently flavorful and definitely not overcooked. The soybean stew (5,500 won) would be a good option if you visit Gosame with a vegetarian companion but it was average otherwise, not a bad dish but not outstanding.
As with any Korean restaurants, the banchan was free and really good!

On our second visit, we ordered the tofu stew as well(5,500 won). The tofu stew was chock full of tofu! Probably an entire block of tofu in it that's absorbed all the flavors of kimchi stew. We loved it! We're also glad to say that the fish was consistently good on both visits, absolutely yummy.
There's a map you can follow on this blog, even though it's in Malay :)
http://amirah-syafiqah.blogspot.sg/2014/10/food-you-can-eat-in-korea.html

Only Jesus @ Hongdae/ Hongik University



 We came in here because the menu looed like there wasn't any pork but I think they've got spam in ONE item or something. JUST ONE :-(
Anyhow, this was salmon pasta!! Or something, Probably about 8,000 won or so!
Salmon bowl!! Something like salad and bibimbap mixed, and it was really good and this was my order YUMZ and a lot of salmon hehehe i was happy, about 9,500 won or so 

Monday, August 15, 2016

Yonggeumok(mudfish soup) @ City Hall/ Eujiro 1-ga

My favourite Korean eatery that I would say is my hidden find! You don't read it in much places but it's one of my favourite eateries in Korea and definitely the most traditional one I've been to. They sell Chueotang, or Mudfish Soup.
I found out about this shop after researching about hot soups along Line 2 since I was really craving hot soup after a day at Carribean Bay. It was also pure luck that this place was easy to locate, in between City Hall station and Eujiro-1-ga! I'd recommend getting off at Eujiro-1-ga at City Hall station was really big and hard to navigate. 

The location was convenient but the actual shop could be rather hard to locate. We tried using Google Maps but it's pretty inaccurate in Seoul and we nearly gave up.. then we turned into a lane and saw it! Just keep a lookout for this sign outside the shop.

Address: 165-1 Da-dong, Joong-gu, Seoul 서울 중구 다동 165-1
Hours: 10:30am~10pm.on weekdays;
 closed every second and fourth Sunday of the month 

This traditional restaurant won an award regarding heritage preservation. I have a soft spot for traditional restaurants and really hope this restaurant continues to operate for a long time to come.

The name itself might scare you off, but you really have to try it! At 10,000 won, it's definitely worth the price. They gave so much ingredients it filled me right up without even having to touch the noodles, but my companion said the noodles were really soft but chewy with a great taste, unlike our yellow noodles in Singapore with a strong alkaline taste.
Here at Yonggeumok: you can choose to have your food the traditional way (mudfish in the soup) or the less cumbersome way (ground up mudfish in the soup) and we chose the former even though it meant that the mudfish would come with (edible) bones for the sake of tradition.
The soup tasted really homely but the mudfish required intense chewing due to the plethora of bones. They added so much ingredients-- full of mudfish, tofu, beancurd puffs and vegetables!
One dish encompassing both quantity and quality? Yes, please!

 Their plethora of banchan! I didn't try the garlic but my favourite banchan was definitely the beansprouts here with free refill! I love the food here, and the service is homely and impeccable.
After this meal, take a short walk to the nearby Myeongdong to digest your food!