It felt that this particular trip had been a blur. Looking back, my sister and I had rare sit down dinners in Seoul. It is also our fault that every time we see something interesting we stop and look. Most of the time we ended up snacking. When its time for a proper meal, we are not in the mood and sit down for another bout of bottomless meal. I kid you not.
To get an idea of how a typical restaurant meal, it starts with a ban-chan. It is a small side servings, a bit more hearty than an appetizer. It really depends how generous the host gives you but it typically has a side of kimchi and other spicy and fermented greens. Often times, these sides do complement with the meal you have ordered.
This was our first sit down meal since we landed in Seoul. We found this place about walking distance from the Main Palace. This is what I consider as a generous portion since they gave us a fish side dish. The lady that served us our meal came up and try to make pleasant conversation. We didn't understand what she said but we understood that she is telling us to try the fish. She sounded like a typical Grandma asking us to give it a try. I indulged her by picking a piece with a chop stick and tasted it. I nodded in agreement. She seemed to be satisfied and left us to enjoy our meal.
This is from a restaurant in the Myeongdong area. We met up with someone my sister knew from college. He treated us to this nice meal. It is also refreshing to have someone translate and order for us. This time they gave us a side of boiled egg and tofu. The photo below is our main meal, a seafood stew.
Among generous hosts there also stringent ones like this noodle place in the middle of Insadong. The clam soup is nothing to write home about so is the small portion of kimchi. And no, they didn't do any refill.
Street food finds...
We don't have any expectations but those are very tasty barbecue. They grill the meat then broil it for a few minutes then grill it back again putting that heavenly sauce. The meat had a soft texture and added with the sweet sauce, just perfect. We like it a lot that we ended coming for seconds. It is cheap too.
They make hotdogs that are coated in dough. It did look popular with the locals. We pass on this one since there are other options.
Looks like a sweet pancake. We passed on this one too.
Another hotdog concoction.
Dried squid. I was surprised that they make it sweet unlike the Japanese salty version.
I think this is something of a spam like meat. I passed on this one.
Sugar coated sweet potato. I give this stand high marks for presentation. I noticed this cart right away. I passed on this one too. We are getting too full from sampling other foods.
This is a typical street food cart in Seoul. It has fried foods in front of anything tempura. The one in the middle are rice rolls soaked in (very) spicy chili sauce. It is so spicy that we didn't get far from one sample bite. I might have drank a gallon of water after. I draw my limitations from here.
The last but not the least, our favorite street food. It is corn bread with eggs benedict on top. A whole meal in one. We always stop and eat one whenever we pass a vendor selling it. The photo below was the first time we tried it. They smell so good too!
Hope this made you hungry as I was writing this post. I still have a couple more entries coming on the Korea series. It turns out I have a couple incoming post. Stay tuned.
To get an idea of how a typical restaurant meal, it starts with a ban-chan. It is a small side servings, a bit more hearty than an appetizer. It really depends how generous the host gives you but it typically has a side of kimchi and other spicy and fermented greens. Often times, these sides do complement with the meal you have ordered.
This was our first sit down meal since we landed in Seoul. We found this place about walking distance from the Main Palace. This is what I consider as a generous portion since they gave us a fish side dish. The lady that served us our meal came up and try to make pleasant conversation. We didn't understand what she said but we understood that she is telling us to try the fish. She sounded like a typical Grandma asking us to give it a try. I indulged her by picking a piece with a chop stick and tasted it. I nodded in agreement. She seemed to be satisfied and left us to enjoy our meal.
This is from a restaurant in the Myeongdong area. We met up with someone my sister knew from college. He treated us to this nice meal. It is also refreshing to have someone translate and order for us. This time they gave us a side of boiled egg and tofu. The photo below is our main meal, a seafood stew.
Among generous hosts there also stringent ones like this noodle place in the middle of Insadong. The clam soup is nothing to write home about so is the small portion of kimchi. And no, they didn't do any refill.
Street food finds...
We don't have any expectations but those are very tasty barbecue. They grill the meat then broil it for a few minutes then grill it back again putting that heavenly sauce. The meat had a soft texture and added with the sweet sauce, just perfect. We like it a lot that we ended coming for seconds. It is cheap too.
They make hotdogs that are coated in dough. It did look popular with the locals. We pass on this one since there are other options.
Looks like a sweet pancake. We passed on this one too.
Another hotdog concoction.
Dried squid. I was surprised that they make it sweet unlike the Japanese salty version.
I think this is something of a spam like meat. I passed on this one.
Sugar coated sweet potato. I give this stand high marks for presentation. I noticed this cart right away. I passed on this one too. We are getting too full from sampling other foods.
This is a typical street food cart in Seoul. It has fried foods in front of anything tempura. The one in the middle are rice rolls soaked in (very) spicy chili sauce. It is so spicy that we didn't get far from one sample bite. I might have drank a gallon of water after. I draw my limitations from here.
The last but not the least, our favorite street food. It is corn bread with eggs benedict on top. A whole meal in one. We always stop and eat one whenever we pass a vendor selling it. The photo below was the first time we tried it. They smell so good too!
Hope this made you hungry as I was writing this post. I still have a couple more entries coming on the Korea series. It turns out I have a couple incoming post. Stay tuned.
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