All about good food…. hopefully

February 9, 2010

Pusan Airport Eats- Grand Delia Food Court

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 3:06 pm

Good thing we got a chance to have one last meal at the airport.. this is the only  place in the airport where one can dine…

Last meal… and guess what I ordered…. Bibimbap!!!! Served as usual with a myriad of appetizers.

Not really the best bibimbap… Rice was yummy, but the toppings were mediocre.

Shrimp Fried Rice.. this was a better dish… hehe

February 7, 2010

KOREAN ICE CREAM

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 2:36 pm

One of the great Korean import we have in manila are Korean ice creams, and I didn’t realize that there are a lot of other flavors that are available

Last but not the least…. my fave. the original Melona

February 5, 2010

Department Store Food – Korea

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 1:58 pm

I love Department  Store Food in Korea.  They have a wide variety of food choices and most of it are cooked when ordered.  A lot of choices, from Japanese food to Mexican burritos, to Mongolian bbq style cuisine.

Here are some things we ate

Mexican Chicken Roll- Looks at the big Chicken cutlet cooker.. like a huge, very huge shawarma cooker.. hehe, and they do it like a assembly line.. looks good but tasted just okay.

Japanese fry stall – serving different kind of fried items. Got the sweet and sour and the teriyaki chicken. Nicely fried, the sauce just coated each piece of fried item nicely. Some pieces was fried too much but the majority was just excellent and juicy.

Mongolian BBQ- u get as much veggies as you an pile up in a plate. I though I was good, apparently they are better at this than me. This was good, a little oily, but well seasoned and filling.

February 3, 2010

Dunkin Donuts Korea

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 1:48 pm

Dunkin donuts here in the country of Kimchi are full service restaurants. And they have interesting donuts like

The Kimchi Croquette 1.300won

Japanese Brown Soy filled type 1000won

Yogurt filled one 1,100 won. , I got this one and it was good, but not that great, expensive too. Hehe

Coffee here was quite nice though,..

February 1, 2010

Pusan Street Food

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 10:05 am

Every country have their version of street food. Let me share with you guys what I manage to eat here in Pusan Korea

Pot Stickers being pan fried. Filled with mince pork and chives, then the long one is filled with mung bean noodles. Each order will be cut and  doused with a spicy red sauce where they cook other items like blood sausage which they call “sundae” rice cakes, cuttlefish sections.

You will be also given a small serving of soup, served in a small container that look like a small “tabo”

Here is another item

Upon closer inspection it looked like peanuts and walnuts. It is a peanut but the shell is edible, what they do here is they shell out the peanut then using a peanut shaped cooker, where in he put a thin batter , put the peanut inside then cooked it to look like this.. so the shell is now edible. Peanut buttered roast squid

Chewy, crispy edges, eat it while, its a great snack while walking in the cold Korean weather.

ICE CREAM!!! Yummy, honey dew flavor and strawberry. I love this!!!!

January 31, 2010

Busan Gran Hotel..breakfast.. again

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 3:35 pm

Sharing with you another round of buffet breakfast.

Plate no.1- sausage,  Spicy bulgogi, Egg roll, Dumpling

Plate no.2- their wonderful perfectly cooked waffle topped with sweet whipped cream:)

Plate no.3 – my favorites- the decadent butter roll that just melts in your mouith, the wonderful insalata caprese with mozzarella so creamy and fresh, stir fried Japanese mushrooms,  smoked salmon slices with whipped horseradish cream,

Plate no.4- perfect egg omellete—fluffy and stuffed with lots of filling

Soup- a delightful cream of mushroom soup. Made within the premises.

January 30, 2010

Outback Restaurant Korea

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 3:02 pm

I know, I know, it isn’t Korean food. But what can I doJ It was beyond my control. Compared to the other big franchises like Fridays or Hard Rock, I love Outback. They consistently deliver good food.

We ask the server if they have kimchi…. And her reply…”of course , we doJ” the color seem to be a light version, but it still packs a lot of heat.

Bushman Bread.  Outback’s signature bread, made with molasses giving it a strong dark color and a sweetness that can be unattractive to some people, but I myself love it. Butter was a good partner

Cheese fries –  your run of the meal fat fries topped with melted cheese. Wish it was crispier…

Cream of potato- hot and satisfying, with potato chunks.

Cream of mushroom(half order)- not the run of the mill condensed mushroom, here it is made in house and have real bits of fresh mushrooms. Delicious

Toowomba Pasta 16900 won-  a nice tasting pasta dish, containing a lot of shrimp, chicken and slices of fresh mushrooms. The creamy  sauce had hints of spices that cut theru the richness of the cream. Sizewise, it can feed 2 to 3 persons.

Baby  back ribs 28,500won-  I have always love this restaurant for their baby back ribs, as compared to other franchises like TGIFridays, Theirs are more meaty and juicy.

Garlic Rib Eye 28,500won-  Tender tender Australian Angus beef, cooked perfectly medium.  The sauce…. Though it looks good, wasn’t really to my liking.except for the melt in your mouth roasted garlic.  It tasted more sweet than savory, but still, the meat was a winner here.

January 29, 2010

Haeundae Market

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 2:54 pm

One of their wet markets that serves seafood that you can choose from an aquarium and have them cook. Or you cook it yourself in a hotpot. It like their version of our “DAMPA”. Wasn’t really able to eat a meal here, coz my companions weren’t that adventurous. But I was able to try a few things
Seafood Pajeon- Pajeon is a Korean Savory Pancake. The base is green onions which the Korean believes to have lots of health benefits. Anyway, they cook it upon order. Its filled with mixed seafood, egg and their thin pancake batter. It was a little bland in taste, so make sure to add the soy sauce that comes with the Pajeon.
Another thing we tried here were the Fried food stall. Here; they fry almost anything. From root crops, to veggies, to different seafood. Comes with a fantastic soy-vinegar conconction. The chili here are stuffed with seafood and tasted wonderful. The long thing are cuttlefish tentacles. Everything was fried to crispy light batter perfection.

January 26, 2010

Noodles and Cutlet

Filed under: Food trips, Korea — gourmandtales @ 3:29 pm

This place serves Japanese Korean style cuisine. None of those Bulgogi, or Korean BBQ. Ordered a few dishes to try

We got the Shrimp Fried rice on Sizzling Plate and the Fried Chicken Cutlets

As with any Korean meal,  The set includes appetizers like pickled radish and some other pickled veggies.

The Shrimp fried rice was topped with a fried egg. It was done well. Not too oily.

The Fried Chcken Cutlet was also very good, hot , moist and juicy inside a very crispy exterior. It comes with a sweet and spicy sauce… more spicy than sweet so take note when dipping the chicken into it.  There are also two sauces which are available per table. A garlic sauce and a soy based sauce. Just like what people do in Pepper lunch. Add the sauce to the rice and stir it in. then enjoy the meal.

January 24, 2010

KFC Korea

Filed under: Food trips, Korea, Uncategorized — gourmandtales @ 3:12 pm

A little afternoon snack. Something I wasnt able to eat when I was in Hongkong.. the ZINGER TOWER

Here it is, a thick fried chicken fillet, topped with a slice of cheddar and fried Hashbrown potato.  The sandwich is gratifying. Heavy and cholesterol laden. I was hoping the other fried thing was fried mozzarella. I would have like it better. Anyway, try it for yourself. If ever you are in Hongkong or in Korea.

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