Compared to Seoul, the number of veg places in Jeju are really depressing. Will try to make do what we have and MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT! keke. Well, here goes:
1) Loving Hut - Nohyung
Address: 1291-18, Nohyung-dong
Jeju-do South Korea
064-751-3335
According to the map, it's close to a "Hi-Mart.
Type: Vegan, Asian, Vietnamese, Western, Take-out
Info:
Accepts credit cards.
Hours: Open Mon-Sat 12-8pm, closed Sun.
2) Loving Hut -JungAng (Good reviews)
Address: 1387-3 Ido 1-dong, Jeju-si
Jeju-do South Korea
064-759-6113
Type: Vegan, Western, Korean
Info:
Address in Korean is 제주시 이도1동 1387-3 1층. Serves Korean and Western food. Friendly staff
speaks English and Chinese. Sells vegan snacks, bread and instant
noodles. (WE NEED TO GET THE NOODLES HERE!!) Also offers free self-service wholegrain bread.
Hours: Open Mon-Sun 11am-9pm.
Price Range: Moderate.
3) Mulmaegol (Fantastic review/ Must try)
Address: 795-1, Susan-ri, Aewol-eup, Jeju City (at /near Coastal Road 1132 & Daewonjeongsa Temple, on Jeju Island)
Jeju-do South Korea
064-713-5486, 019-6965486
Directions: ☎: 713-5486, 019-696-5486
Directions: From the Yeon Wu Nae restaurant, go south on the 1139 until
you come to the first freeway intersection. Take a right towards Aewol
(애월). Stay on the road for about 15 to 20 minutes until you see a temple
on the mountain towards your left. Take a sharp right. It’s the first
house on your right. (See picture.)
Type: Vegan-friendly, Korean
Info:
Name in Korean is 물메골. Address in Korean is 제주특별자치도 제주시 애월읍 수산리
795-1번지. The restaurant is inside a double-story residential cozy house,
serving Korean temple food on Jeju Island, west of Jeju City. Nearby Daewonjeongsa temple.
Serves vegetarian
temple food such as lotus leaf rice (yeoipbap (연잎밥) **highly recommended), noodle soup, tea,
pancake, salad, seaweed, cookies, kimchi, tofu etc. ffers 2 main dishes:
Tteulkkae sujebi (뜰깨수제비) & lotus leaf rice (연잎밥). Varying side
dishes (banchan/반찬). Unique dessert included with
the meal, a traditional Jeju rice 'yogurt' called ‘shindari’ (쉰다리). The
restaurant owner, Ms. Kim, is also known for holding traditional
vegetarian temple cooking classes every once in a while. Price is around
7000W per meal.
Recommended : Rice wrapped cookies
Hours: Open daily 10am-8pm.
Price Range: Moderate.
4) Yeon-u-nae (eh.. Bad review here for environment)
Address: Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Jeju-si Nohyeong-dong 571-2, South Korea
Recommended : Soup , Sujaebi (made from green tea noodles and a creamy broth of peeled perilla seed powder)
Directions: To get to Yeon-u-nae take
the road heading towards the mysterious road 1100, South until you get
to the Halla Arboretum. Turn right at the arboretum and then a quick
left at the coffee shop. The entrance to Yeon-u-nae is on the right. It
is the building behind the coffee shop.
Price Range: Inexpensive
5) Gilsup Nageunae:
Directions: The name literally means ‘roadside
traveler’ and is quite in the middle of nowhere. Located off the 1137 on
the northeast side of the island.
Choices here
include organic vegetable wraps, mulberry pancakes and wild sesame
porridge among other veggie selections on the menu.
☎: 782-5971, 019-9761-5970
6) The Shinjeju Grand Hotel Well-Being Buffet
Address: (if i am not wrong) 263-15,Yon-dong, Jeju
Jeju Shin-Jeju
South Korea
Offering
freshly baked buns to die for with a well-stocked salad bar, this has to
be one of the easiest places to be for vegetarians to pig out. However,
it is only offered during lunch hours between 12:00 to 3:00 pm
everyday. It’s highly recommended for lazy brunches on weekends, and the
people here do speak English.
Price: 8500 won/person
☎: 747-4900 (ext. 237)
Conclusion: After all these findings, I am really glad that Jeju's vegetarian foods was not as pathetic as I had deemed it to be. Now, the next step, to find all these places and review them! =D
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Car Rental Booked
Reservation No.: 292532364
Your Car
Kia Morning LPG or Similar
Class: Mini
X 4
X 4
Yes
Automatic
Pick up:
Jeju Airport, Korea
November 14, 2012 9:00 AM
Return:
Jeju Airport, Korea
November 16, 2012 6:30 PM
Car Hire Charge
SGD144.65
Damage Excess Refund
SGD32.20
Credit Card Charge
SGD0.00
TOTAL PAYABLE
SGD176.85
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Searching for the Veggie Haven in Seoul
Finding Vegetarian food in Seoul is quite tricky indeed. The choices are really scarce compared to Bangkok!
Nevertheless, I'm trying to locate places that are near the places that we will be visiting.
1. Baru - Vegan / Korean / Buddhist temple style
Address: Temple Stay Building, 2nd & 5th Floor, 71 Gyun Ji Dong, Jongno-Ku
**Note: There's a more moderate priced one at 2nd floor (7000 won per pax for simple buffet, and the expensive one at 5th level
Opening Hours: 7.30am - 10.30am, 11.30am to 8.00pm
Nearest Subway: Anguk (Line 3 Orange) or Jongno 3-ga (Line 5 Purple)
2. Hanguachae (Vegan / Korean/ Very high ratings/ buffet style)
Address: 30-9 Guan Hoon Dong, Jong Ro gu, Insadong (at Insadong Street, subway 3/An-Kuk station, gate 6) --- Located below the ground floor..?
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11.30am - 3pm, 5pm-8.30pm, closed Sun.
Nearest Subway: Jonggak Station (Line 1/Dark blue), Anguk Station (Line 3/Orange)
Directions: Take Seoul subway line 1 to Jonggak Station, take exit 3, walk straight toward Geumgang Jehwa, turn left at the intersection of Geumgang Jehwa, turn right at Sudo Pharmacy located centrally on Insadong Street, walk 100m and on the left is Han Gwa Chae.
(From review: Note that this restaurant is actually on Seokjeong-Gil (on the north side approximately 2/3rds of the way down the block as you head east away from Insadong-Gil, in the basement).
Buffet Price: approx 10000 won per pax
3. Loving Hut - Yonsei University (Vegan / Korean / Western / Fastfood)
Address: 120-834 Changcheon-dong 33-10, Sinchon Seodaemun-gu (at /near Yonsei University gate)
Opening Hours:
Nearest Subway: Sinchon Subway (Line 2/ Green, one stop away from Hongik University!!)
Directions: Sinchon subway stop green line #2, Exit #2, walk straight around 4 blocks, restaurant is on your left, a few buildings down from a corner Starbucks. Address in Korean: 서울시 서대문구 창천동 33-10호.
4. Sanchon - Insa-dong (Vegan / Korean / Buddhist temple style)
Nearest Subway: Jongno-3ga (Line 5/ Purple)
Directions: right in the heart of the Insadong area. It is about mid way between the two ends of Insadong Street. In Aug 2010, Sanchon had a type of "health food store" right on Insadong - and the sign said temple food. To get to the restaurant, follow the little alley right next to the health food store all the way back.
Note: Expensive temple food here. $43 apparently per pax! Ouch!
5. Di Shuei Restaurant (Korean / Taiwanese / Chinese / Western)
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, closed Sun.
Nearest Subway: Dongguk University (Line 3/Orange)
Directions: take Metro Line 3 Dongguk Univ Exit 2, walk out straight and you will see a "太極堂" building, go to alley beside it and look for "佛光山寺," and the restaurant is in basement 2. Note that the building does not look like a Buddhist temple, although it does have a temple in basement 1.
Info: Korean name 적수방, Chinese 滴水坊, address 서울시 중구 장충동 2가 188-6. Offers meals and also sells vegetarian snacks, biscuits, and sweets from Taiwan. Staff speaks Korean and Chinese. Recommended: Vegetable Mandu (dumplings)
6. Sol-Hyang-Ki (Vegan / Korean)
Address: 140-42, Gae Dong Street (at Jong Ro Gu)
Nearest Subway: Anguk (Line 3 Orange)
Directions: Anguk Station, Exit 3, and it's a 5 minute walk from the train station
Note: On level 2, there is no lift. Staff speaks little english.
7. Jack's Bean (Vegan / Middle Eastern) (walking distance from Hongik Univeristy!!)
Address: Wausan-Ro 27 Gil, Seokyo-Dong, Mapo-Gu
Nearest Subway: Hongik University (Line 3/Orange)
Hours: Open Mon-Sun 10:30am-9pm, closed 2nd and 4th Mon.
Info: Middle Eastern restaurant offers falafel wraps and salads, chickpea soup and more for vegans. Has outdoor seating. Accepts credit cards.
8. Oh Se Gae Hyang (Korean / Chinese)
Insa-Dong 4 Gil (at Metro:1 line JongGak/3 line AnGuk/5 line JongRo3Ga)
Nearest Subway: Jonggak (Line 1), AnGuk (Line 3), JongRo-3ga (Line 5)
Directions: This is up towards the north end of Insadong at the end of a side road to the east of Insadong-Gil (there are other restaurants along this side road). Its located beside Ssazmie-gil. come across this chinese word 尋牛and turn into that street.
Nevertheless, I'm trying to locate places that are near the places that we will be visiting.
1. Baru - Vegan / Korean / Buddhist temple style
Address: Temple Stay Building, 2nd & 5th Floor, 71 Gyun Ji Dong, Jongno-Ku
**Note: There's a more moderate priced one at 2nd floor (7000 won per pax for simple buffet, and the expensive one at 5th level
Opening Hours: 7.30am - 10.30am, 11.30am to 8.00pm
Nearest Subway: Anguk (Line 3 Orange) or Jongno 3-ga (Line 5 Purple)
2. Hanguachae (Vegan / Korean/ Very high ratings/ buffet style)
Address: 30-9 Guan Hoon Dong, Jong Ro gu, Insadong (at Insadong Street, subway 3/An-Kuk station, gate 6) --- Located below the ground floor..?
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11.30am - 3pm, 5pm-8.30pm, closed Sun.
Nearest Subway: Jonggak Station (Line 1/Dark blue), Anguk Station (Line 3/Orange)
Directions: Take Seoul subway line 1 to Jonggak Station, take exit 3, walk straight toward Geumgang Jehwa, turn left at the intersection of Geumgang Jehwa, turn right at Sudo Pharmacy located centrally on Insadong Street, walk 100m and on the left is Han Gwa Chae.
(From review: Note that this restaurant is actually on Seokjeong-Gil (on the north side approximately 2/3rds of the way down the block as you head east away from Insadong-Gil, in the basement).
Buffet Price: approx 10000 won per pax
3. Loving Hut - Yonsei University (Vegan / Korean / Western / Fastfood)
Address: 120-834 Changcheon-dong 33-10, Sinchon Seodaemun-gu (at /near Yonsei University gate)
Opening Hours:
Nearest Subway: Sinchon Subway (Line 2/ Green, one stop away from Hongik University!!)
Directions: Sinchon subway stop green line #2, Exit #2, walk straight around 4 blocks, restaurant is on your left, a few buildings down from a corner Starbucks. Address in Korean: 서울시 서대문구 창천동 33-10호.
4. Sanchon - Insa-dong (Vegan / Korean / Buddhist temple style)
Nearest Subway: Jongno-3ga (Line 5/ Purple)
Directions: right in the heart of the Insadong area. It is about mid way between the two ends of Insadong Street. In Aug 2010, Sanchon had a type of "health food store" right on Insadong - and the sign said temple food. To get to the restaurant, follow the little alley right next to the health food store all the way back.
Note: Expensive temple food here. $43 apparently per pax! Ouch!
5. Di Shuei Restaurant (Korean / Taiwanese / Chinese / Western)
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, closed Sun.
Nearest Subway: Dongguk University (Line 3/Orange)
Directions: take Metro Line 3 Dongguk Univ Exit 2, walk out straight and you will see a "太極堂" building, go to alley beside it and look for "佛光山寺," and the restaurant is in basement 2. Note that the building does not look like a Buddhist temple, although it does have a temple in basement 1.
Info: Korean name 적수방, Chinese 滴水坊, address 서울시 중구 장충동 2가 188-6. Offers meals and also sells vegetarian snacks, biscuits, and sweets from Taiwan. Staff speaks Korean and Chinese. Recommended: Vegetable Mandu (dumplings)
6. Sol-Hyang-Ki (Vegan / Korean)
Address: 140-42, Gae Dong Street (at Jong Ro Gu)
Nearest Subway: Anguk (Line 3 Orange)
Directions: Anguk Station, Exit 3, and it's a 5 minute walk from the train station
Note: On level 2, there is no lift. Staff speaks little english.
7. Jack's Bean (Vegan / Middle Eastern) (walking distance from Hongik Univeristy!!)
Address: Wausan-Ro 27 Gil, Seokyo-Dong, Mapo-Gu
Nearest Subway: Hongik University (Line 3/Orange)
Hours: Open Mon-Sun 10:30am-9pm, closed 2nd and 4th Mon.
Info: Middle Eastern restaurant offers falafel wraps and salads, chickpea soup and more for vegans. Has outdoor seating. Accepts credit cards.
8. Oh Se Gae Hyang (Korean / Chinese)
Insa-Dong 4 Gil (at Metro:1 line JongGak/3 line AnGuk/5 line JongRo3Ga)
Nearest Subway: Jonggak (Line 1), AnGuk (Line 3), JongRo-3ga (Line 5)
Directions: This is up towards the north end of Insadong at the end of a side road to the east of Insadong-Gil (there are other restaurants along this side road). Its located beside Ssazmie-gil. come across this chinese word 尋牛and turn into that street.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Seoul Hotel Booked! Egg Hostel @ Hongdae
Booking No.: 990099450
Egg Hostel In Hongdae
http://www.booking.com/directions.en.html?id=990099450
Address:
12-14 November 2012
Egg Hostel In Hongdae
http://www.booking.com/directions.en.html?id=990099450
Address:
| #1711, 156-2 Donggyo-Dong, Mapo-Gu, Mapo-Gu Seoul, 121-816 Korea, South 서울특별시 마포구 동교동 156-2 마젤란 1711호 , 마포구 (서울특별시, 121-816) |
12-14 November 2012
Jeju Hotel Book - Hotel Little France
Agoda Booking ID number: 22891174
Hotel Little France
Modern room
Wed 14 Nov, 2012 - Fri 16 Nov, 2012
Hotel Little France
Modern room
Wed 14 Nov, 2012 - Fri 16 Nov, 2012
Jeju Air Tickets Booked
Reservation No: 93800393 [J7P7R]
Depart Gimpo
14 November (Wed)
07:15am : Depart Gimpo
08:20am : Arrive at Jeju
Depart Jeju
16 November (Fri)
07:50pm : Depart Jeju
08:55pm : Arrive at Gimpo
Cost
153,100 krw per person
Total: 306,200 krw
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Revised Korea Trip Itinerary 11-19 November 2012
We had to postpone our August trip due to Hwanggyu being overseas, so, here we are, a new itinerary! 11 November to 19 November 2012.
Red italic indicates MUST GO
Grey indicates Optional Itinerary
05:10am : CX714 Arrives Hong Kong
09:40am : CX410 Departs Hong Kong
02:05pm : CX410 Arrives Seoul, Incheon
Accommodation
Hwanggyu's
Activities
Myeong-dong
Egg Hostel In Hongdae
Activities
Egg Hostel In Hongdae
Activities
Namdaemun
Gyeongbokgung
Seogwipo Hotel Little France
Activities
10:00am - 11:30am : Manjanggul Cave
Seogwipo Hotel Little France
DAY06: 16 Nov (Fri) Jeju to Seoul
Accommodation
Hwanggyu's
Activities
Yeomiji Botanic Garden
Cheonjiyeon Falls
Cheonjeyeon Falls
Yakcheonsa Temple
Hwanggyu's
Activities
Hwanggyu is working
Myeong-dong NANTA Theatre
Hwanggyu's
Activities
Yongin Korea Folk Village
MBC http://blog.naver.com/gr22nade?Redirect=Log&logNo=60171564021
11:45am : CX415 Arrives Hong Kong
02:20pm : CX735 Departs Hong Kong
06:10pm : CX735 Arrives Singapore
Red italic indicates MUST GO
Grey indicates Optional Itinerary
DAY01: 11 Nov (Sun)
01:15am : CX714 Departs Singapore05:10am : CX714 Arrives Hong Kong
09:40am : CX410 Departs Hong Kong
02:05pm : CX410 Arrives Seoul, Incheon
Accommodation
Hwanggyu's
Activities
Myeong-dong
DAY02: 12 Nov (Mon)
AccommodationEgg Hostel In Hongdae
Activities
10:30am - 12:30pm: Changdeokgung http://eng.cdg.go.kr/main/main.htm
1:00pm to night time :Namsan Park & N Seoul Tower
Qn: "How much time do we actually need here?"
Night Time: Dongdaemun Market
1:00pm to night time :Namsan Park & N Seoul Tower
Qn: "How much time do we actually need here?"
Night Time: Dongdaemun Market
DAY03: 13 Nov (Tue)
AccommodationEgg Hostel In Hongdae
Activities
Namdaemun
Gyeongbokgung
DAY04: 14 Nov (Wed) Seoul to Jeju
AccommodationSeogwipo Hotel Little France
Activities
07:15am : Depart Gimpo
08:20am : Arrive at Jeju
10:00am - 11:30am : Manjanggul Cave
12:30pm - 04:30pm : Udo Maritime Park
05:00pm - 06:30pm : Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak
05:00pm - 06:30pm : Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak
Kimnyoung Maze Park
DAY05: 15 Nov (Thu)
AccommodationSeogwipo Hotel Little France
Activities
07:00am - 03:00pm : Hallasan
03:30pm - 04:30pm : Love Land
Enroute to Mystery Road
05:30pm - 06:30pm : Jusangjeolli Cliffs07:00am - 03:00pm : Hallasan
03:30pm - 04:30pm : Love Land
Enroute to Mystery Road
DAY06: 16 Nov (Fri) Jeju to Seoul
Accommodation
Hwanggyu's
Activities
Yeomiji Botanic Garden
Cheonjiyeon Falls
Cheonjeyeon Falls
Yakcheonsa Temple
Jeongbang Falls
Seonimgyo Bridge
Mueseum of Sex and Health
Halim Park
06:15pm : Reach Jeju Airport
06:15pm : Reach Jeju Airport
07:50pm : Depart Jeju
08:55pm : Arrive at Gimpo
DAY07: 17 Nov (Sat)
AccommodationHwanggyu's
Activities
Hwanggyu is working
Myeong-dong NANTA Theatre
DAY08: 18 Nov (Sun)
AccommodationHwanggyu's
Activities
Yongin Korea Folk Village
MBC http://blog.naver.com/gr22nade?Redirect=Log&logNo=60171564021
DAY09: 19 Nov (Mon)
08:50am : CX415 Departs Seoul, Incheon11:45am : CX415 Arrives Hong Kong
02:20pm : CX735 Departs Hong Kong
06:10pm : CX735 Arrives Singapore
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