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Breakfast at Lotte Hotel, 1 Songong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-070, South Korea
Sep 6th, 2009 by Olivier

Breakfast at Lotte Hotel
1 Songong-dong, Jung-gu
Seoul 100-070, South Korea

Lotte Hotel Seoul

Lotte Hotel Seoul

The lobby

The lobby

Breakfast

Breakfast

I had breakfast each day in the lounge on their club floor. That was located on one of the upper floors and had a very good view over the city. Reserved to guests on the club floors, it was popular but never crowded.

The day of these photos, I believe I had for breakfast some cereal with yoghurt, then some sausages, bacon and grilled vegetables. It was OK, but not marvellous. On subsequent days, I passed on the sausages, et al, and instead had the chef there make me a fresh omelette. That was much better. My only complaint was that they were rather slow with the coffee.

View from the hotel at night.

View from the hotel at night.

Pojangmacha – Street food in Seoul, South Korea.
Sep 6th, 2009 by Olivier

Street food in Seoul, South Korea.

A Starbucks Coffee in Seoul!

A Starbucks Coffee in Seoul!

If you want a snack in Seoul, you have McDonalds or Starbucks Coffee of course, like everywhere else, but it would be a shame not to try the many little food stalls (called pojangmacha) in the streets of Seoul and their dishes do look appetising as you can see the food being cooked.

Food being cooked

Food being cooked

There are skewers everywhere and very often they have odeng which is a kind of fish cake. Some other typically local Korean food is the sundae. It is not an ice cream but a kind of black sausage/black pudding/boudin noir made of steamed pig or cow’s intestine. Fried dumplings (Gunmandu) and rice cakes (Tteokbokki) are also quite popular.

Preparing the stall for lunch time

Preparing the stall for lunch time

In the street stall below located near the French restaurant La Cigale Montmartre, they had sandwiches such as the original cheese dog (W4,000), tacos such as chicken taco (chicken lettuce, tomato, onions, cheddar cheese, salsa, sour cream – W4,000) but also beef taco (same ingredients excepted for the ground beef instead of chicken). As beverages they had cola and cider (W1,000 each).

Cool guys doing the V sign

Cool guys doing the V sign

The food is pretty cheap as if you order a taco and the cider, for example, the whole thing cost W5,000 which is less than £2.50. As a bonus the guys making it are happy to pose for a picture:-)

If you are into sweet snacks, there is the hotteok that look like a sweet pizza with honey, sugar and nuts as toppings.


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