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Wednesday 30 October 2013

Korea Busan free and EAsy : Jalgachi fish market



Evening time it was quite quiet. Think shops close around early evening.
Look at the poor octopus left on the floor by accident.. :(

Lively Octopus.
We squeak and the old lady sitting there was so amused. 

OUr meal that cost around s$50.
seafood was fresh and yummy.
The raw ones taste better as the steamed ones were a bit dried.
Small abalone at s$2-5 dollars
we usually have the oyster raw in singapore. They seems to don't mind us eating it steamed but they were quite upset when we suggested steaming the octopus.
Delicious side dishes too.



We went there in the morning and it was so much more lively and hawkers were all out peddling fresh seafood. 






 



We enjoyed the seafood that we went back for a second round.

Is also quite accessible.
Just take the train to Jalgachi fish market.

Thursday 17 October 2013

Korea Seoul free and easy: Supermarket e mart and lotte mart

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Visited emart for the first time.
There is not significant price difference between emart and lotte mart. Usually around 5 won.
There are two levels, they sell a lot of cute household stuffs







rice cake
kimchi



Looks delicious..




If you are staying in an apartment, can buy lot of food to eat..
even have prepacked seafood soup.
and small abalone at $2 per piece..
Lotte mart at seoul station



What we bought.. 
Is a good place to buy cheap snacks and gifts for friends and families and colleagues..
and also to buy food and drinks for long day of sightseeing..

Remember to do your tax refund if you spend more than 30 000 won.
just go to the tax refund counter.


Tuesday 15 October 2013

singapore eats: black sheep cafe



The place is not very crowed even on a Friday night.
Good for a girls' night out or dating.
Located in a shopping mall at Thomson, quite accessible.
The staff are very attentive and friendly.
Their bread is very delicious.
warm and chewy.

Escargots with butter and garlic.
My first attempt at Escargots, a bit chewy.


Duck confit on Apple Roesti, Mango Relish
and
chicken in red wine, stuffed field mushrooms, puree potato

I ate the duck confit.. the skin is crisy and the meat is tender but slight chewy.
Not for you if you do not like to chew
My sister said her chicken in red wine is very tender.

Kahlua Souffle, double chocolate ice cream..
The waiter pour the cream in the souffle and then is ready to be consumed..
The chocolate ice cream is not very sweet but the Souffle is crispy and creamy.
Interesting.
I like the souffle especially the bitss with roasted brown sugar.

Exterior.


Wednesday 2 October 2013

Korea seoul free and easy : Insadong (to have have tea and look at handicrafts)

Insadong is highly recommended if you want to spend your afternoon resting your tired legs after sightseeing in the morning and trying to gathering energy for shopping at night.
this is near to Gyeongbokgung
We took the subway and got down at Jonggak.
We went to the tourism information counter and ask for the location of both tea museum.
They provided us with a map so it was quite easy for us to locate both tea house.
we took 

The beautiful  tea museum is a modern tea house with some information of tea leaves and etc
Beautiful Tea Museum
Address: #193-1 Insadong Chonglo-gu, Seoul, Korea
It will be a bit hard to locate as you have to turn into a little alley.
Our bill came up to 28 000 won.





Enjoy the beautiful flowers along Insadong

The second tea house we tried is the traditional tea house.
Each of us has to ordered a cup of tea.
We decided to try the traditional snacks, interesting but not memorable
Price come up to 28000 won again.



BEautiful sights of insadong..