Almost our last day in Korea, those who wanted to do some ginseng shopping all woke up early to go to a ginseng medicinal market! I've been here before the last time, and I love this place. Basically, I love any market place that sells food. I love looking at fresh produce and fantasised about the dishes I can create with them. Above is what the indoor part of the market looks like. So many stalls!
But before we even started any shopping (or marketing in this case), we went for a very hearty breakfast first. Actually, the restaurant above wasn't even open for breakfast. But seeing there were around 10 or more of us, the boss decided to let us is for breakfast. They actually turned others away when a few tried to come in. Anyway, it was BBQ pork with all the beautiful side dishes and rice. I love breakfast like this! It was practically a full meal! It made me feel like I started out my day right!
Back to the ginseng market, above lots and lots of ginseng on sale. Everyone just browse first, and bought them on our way back. Since part of our group spoke Korean, it was easy to bargain for things. And since we bought in bulks, we could get a good price for it. I don't particularly love ginseng. I only use scraps of the roots in my chicken soup for the scent.
But I was interesting in buying rice. I bought a pack of mixed grain rice back and love it!
Inside the market, there were also dried fish.
Giant mushroom! I love mushrooms!
All sorts of seaweeds!
And hallabong!
I wish I had a kitchen in Korea, then I can buy all these ingredients and experiment with it.
Coffee break faster marketing. I bought coffee for my husband, and macaroons to share. Sadly it was too sweet for the others in the group. So I ended up eating most of it, not that I was complaining :P I love these sweet delicacies!
I also got my favourite canele. Yes, I tend to splurge at the end of my trip cause I hate bringing too much foreign cash back with me, especially countries where I don't go to too often.
On our last night in Seoul, me and my husband went off to explore on our own, walking around the university town near our hotel. But the food around there was too fusion, too western. We wanted something more traditional Korean. Ended up walking back to Seoul Station, and went to their food court. It was a nice food court, and we found some seats overlooking Seoul City! What a view to end our last dinner here! We both ordered Korean soup dishes as the weather was getting chilly.
Here's my dinner, mandu seaweed soup with rice cake. I'm kinda addicted to this dish! It is just so comforting. And the backdrop of beautiful Seoul City all lighted up :) Bye Bye Seoul!
Back in the hotel, I tabao-ed back a donut cause I can't help myself. I don't drink sugared drinks, I don't eat sweets or candies. But I absolutely love sweet desserts and cakes!
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