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Jeju - list of places to eat from a local

Here's a list of places to eat at in Jeju, recommended by Heesun.

Here are 3 restaurants recommended by a friend of mine who stayed in Jeju for a while.

1. Yurine (유리네 식당)

064-748-0890 (maybe 0860) in Jeju City.

Famous place although it's a bit run down I hear.  Try their seaweed soup (성게미역국), Grilled belt fish (갈치구이)

 

Not sure if Korean map will be helpful but here's the link:

http://kr.gugi.yahoo.com/ymap/map.php?pos=382010|122220&pr_text=유리네식당

 

 

2. Kim hae Hwe Jip (김해 횟집)

064-711-1318

Recommended for fresh sashimi only caught in Jeju

 

http://kr.gugi.yahoo.com/ymap/map.php?pos=385492.5|130570&pr_text=김해횟집

3. Moll Garden (몰가든)

064-747-6525

Not 100% sure if the name of the restaurant is correct but this place is recommended by local people for horse meat!

 

Traditionally, Jeju is known for 4 things - Women, Horse, Wind and Stones.  So apparently, there are native horses in Jeju island...

 

Those 3 restaurants will give you guys a unique dining experience only unique to Jeju so you can brag about it to your friends.  I'd say go for it.  Ask your concierge for the direction. 

 

Lastly, I wanted to recommend a pork place since Jeju is also known for great tasting pork but you may see some hair outside of the skin... (they'll give you scissors so you can cut the skin part to get rid of hair...)  If you don't mind about the aesthetics but only care for the taste then I'll send you a couple of more restaurants tonight. ;-)

Pork Place: HoSung.  Tel is 064-711-6628.  Enjoy!

Seoul - list of food to try from a local

Ok - here's part 2, a list of restaurants to try in Seoul that Paul sent me.

 1. Tteok-bokk-i (떡볶이)
  a. Restaurant name : 먹쉬돈나 (Meok-she-don-na)
  b. Subway station  : Line 3 (Orange Line) Anguk Station. exit #1.
  c. Cheese and seafood(해산물) Tteokbokki
 
 2. Bin-dae-tteok (빈대떡)
  a. Restaurant Name : Jongno Bindaetteok (종로빈대떡)
  b. Subway station : Line 1 Jongno 3(sam)-ga Station. exit #7
  c. Seafood, vegetable, meat Bindaetteok

 3. To-fu
  a. Restaurant name : Doo-boo-da (두부다)
  b. Map : http://www.doobooda.com/store/01kwanghwamun.asp

 4. Sushi
  a. Restaurant Name : Sushi-hiroba
  b. map : http://www.sushihiroba.co.kr/store/store01.htm
 
 5. Pizza
  a. Restaurant Name : mad for garlic
  b. map : http://www.madforgarlic.co.kr/store/kwha.asp

 6. Traditional Korean style food
  a. Restaurant Name : Ja-Ha-Moon
  b. map : http://www.jahamun.com/map.htm
  c. They have lunch special course menu only for week-days not for weekend.

 7. Spaghetti
  a. Restaurant Name : spaghettia (franchise)
  b. map : http://www.spaghettia.co.kr/store/myungstar/myungstar.asp  near
Myeong-dong

 8. Kim-chi-jjim (김치찜)
  a. Restaurant Name : Seo-dae-moon Kim-chi-JJim
  b. Map :
http://kr.gugi.yahoo.com/ymap/map.php?pos=483550|1107777.5&pr_text=서대문김
치찜

 9. general korean style food
  a. Restaurant Name : Hyang-to-gol (향토골)
  b. map :
http://kr.gugi.yahoo.com/ymap/map.php?pos=509047.5|1115452.5&pr_text=향토골

Seoul - list of places to visit from a local

The following is taken off an email Paul at the office sent me before I headed to Seoul. Part 2 with a list of food to try should follow soon.


1. Cheonggyecheon (Stream) (청계천)

 - walk along Cheong-gye-cheon at night. It have been restored a few years ago. I just heard that night scene of new stream is fantastic :D

2. Shopping Center near Dongdaemoon area
 - Doosan Tower (두산타워 or 두타)
 - Milliore (밀리오레)

3. Myeong-dong (명동)

4. Insadong (인사동)
 - ssamzi-gil (쌈지길)

5. Palaces

6. Namsangol Traditional Village

7. Han River ferry tour at night

8. Seoul Tower
 - If you get luck, you could see a wonderful night scene of Seoul from the
tower.

new year, new focus

So here's where I'm going to stick all my travel-related information. That would be the research done before a trip, itineraries, information on cost, places to visit, food to try, stuff like that. Information from friends and family.

Better to put it somewhere than leave it in my inbox, and better to share it than hoard I guess.

Sorry, but I figure in the interest of focus I had to kick out the old posts - they would be kinda distracting anyway.