On the arrival day, by the time I checked into the hotel (Fraser Central Place) I was already starving!! Had no clue where to go for my first meal. Just as I walked out of the hotel there was this small restaurant. The restaurant owner looked kinda friendly and could actually speak mandarin. He thought my husband was from China. Hahaha…We ended up having lunch there after some persuasion by the restaurant owner. It looked like a tiny place from the outside. But it was bigger than it looked when we went in.
The menu was not that extensive. We looked around to see what was the assuming favourite dish ordered by the majority. There were lots of photos stuck on the walls as well. Some were of famous Korean celebrities. There was even one photo showing the long queue of die hard fans under rain just to get a seat in this restaurant!
After seeing this.. we didn’t need any further persuasion and decided to go for the Korean red chilly noodle soup (jjampong) with mussels. When the noodles came, boy, were we surprised. It was a really big bowl with lots of mussels indeed.
We slurped every single mussel down together with the noodles and broth that came with it. The broth was slightly spicy rich in flavour of the mussels, onion, leek and carrots that came with it. It was definitely a satisfying first meal in Seoul!
Check out the photos below.
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| Korean red chilli noodles soup (jjampong) with mussels |