Day 2 ~ "a taste of Korean culture - thru food & living lifestyle"

Day 1 was over (since long long long time ago...) & if you still care to read then..haha
let’s move on to day 2

Breakfast was at hotel before we checked out, Western buffet style but no doubt kimchi was also one of the food options there..

Next we went up higher in altitude to Seoraksan Mountain where a temple was situated on top of it..

a snow mountain somewhere during the journey going up Seoraksan

*read from right to left

the temple upon reaching the mountain

Spent sometime sightseeing up there & it reached afternoon

Lunch was a ‘seafood hotpot’..*forgot to take pics of it..
But there was a whole half dead octopus inside, which the tour guide helped us slowly sliced its tentacles one by one in front of us so that it can be cooked thoroughly within the hotpot..other than the “octo” which kinda gave a ‘yucks’ feeling..the rest of the seafood made the soup tasted 鲜甜

*I recall once watching a tv programme where it showcased how Koreans had a unique manner of eating small octopus..well, simply eating it ALIVE…anytime with its tentacles getting stuck to the tongue..eew..luckily, they didn’t ask us to do the same thing..phew….

Done with lunch, they took us to another filming site, this time round, from the series, Autumn in My Heart by a little ferry across a port from one side to the other..
Nothing much to see really, the filming site has now become a mini market/store there..

somewhere at the port..


a day with a beautiful weather..

Just a short while later, we visited their local fish market (known as ‘大浦渔港’), of course they had fresh seafood as they had a coast near to the sea

the local fish market

There were stalls selling various kinds of delicacy, but mostly of the seafood type for instance cuttlefish or squid etc

Korean seaweed was another typical food they sold there..
the difference as compared the common Japanese seaweed?
They roast their seaweed with sesame oil, thus less dry than those from Japan..
They even have seaweeds developed with different flavours, e.g. kimchi or wasabi flavour..

Here’s what we tried at the fish market..

fresh scallops..very nice..

some fish..with its roe filled within..

After getting out of the ‘fishy’ market, it was already about evening by that time..
It’s time for dinner again..

Walked in the restaurant & apparently, what we saw were only tables of very low height & no chairs for proper dining in usual eating places..

Thus, we got to experience how real Koreans normally dine in for meals at home..just sitting down on the floorboard around the table with family..

It’s ‘squid & ‘烧肉’ BBQ style..
There were side dishes such as sweet potato & ‘煎秋刀鱼’ there..
Not forgetting their kimchi, preserved radish, taugeh, seaweed soup & their local Korean rice (always served in a cute little metal bowl for each person)

By the way, did I mention that for every meal, their cutlery/utensils used for eating had to be stainless steel chopsticks & spoons..just like what is used in most Korean restaurants..seriously, I find that it’s actually quite tiring to use those heavy metal cutleries after practicing with them for a whole week..

As we had our tummies filled, we hopped on to the tour bus to go back to the place where we spent the night – Daemyung Resort

It was a nice resort & it had a supermarket located downstairs where we can buy snacks or even food to be cooked in the resort rooms as well..

at the lobby

This place to stay was the most comfortable accommodation we had throughout the whole trip as it felt like a complete home & gave us a cozy feeling as well.

Even though there were no beds..same as Korean homes..where we had to put out a simple mattress & sleep on floorboards instead, but it was still fine as beneath their floorboards, heating system is installed to keep the ground warm during winter.

I’ll let the pictures tell the story here:

introductory ~ welcome to "our house"..*ignore the person..

living room


TV!! ..i watched Amazing Race Asia on AXN there..


bathroom..


home kitchen..


bedroom..*no beds..


the resort (no idea of its name)

if you have patience..wait up for day 3