S(e)oul-ful(l)

For today’s lunch, our group headed down to the “Gogi Buffet BBQ” (which is Korean for meat buffet) and there was a wide spread of different kinds of meat (pork and beef), and seafood (octopus, squid, prawns).

Grilled meat and seafood from our buffet (Photo by Hannah Farhanah)

As for the Muslims, seafood was served instead of beef and meat. This includes BBQ squid, octopus and a few other side dishes such as porridge, kimchi and pumpkin soup.

On top of that, we also had dessert – an ice cream treat by our very own Mr Douglas Kwon himself!

Grilled pork kebabs (Photo by Hannah Farhanah)

Next up, we visited the streets of Shinchon University Street, and stumbled upon some must-try street food. The first stop was chicken kebabs; glazed with honey and mayonnaise, and was sold at W2500 (or approximatel SGD$2.50).

Owner grilling the honey-glazed chicken kebabs for us (Photo by Hannah Farhanah)

We then came across a stall where the owner was dipping grapes and apples into some kind of purple liquid, and decided to try it. It turned out to be candy-coated grapes! It was really, really, good. When you first eat it, it has a sweet and hard outer covering, but the taste gradually turns juicy when you bite into it. The best part is that it is sold at just W1000 (or about SGD$1) per stick. It was so good we couldn’t help but buy more!

Candy-coated grape sticks from the roadside stall (Photo by Hannah Farhanah)

The last street food we tried was maltose candy, recommended to us by Mr Adrian Lim. We saw him eating it and decided to try it for ourselves. And guess what! The candy – that was as huge as our palm, was only SGD$0.70! It’s rather sweet, and tastes like honeycomb.

Finally, for dinner, we ate rice cakes (ddeok) cooked in a pot of vegetables, mushrooms and potatoes. The ddeok was also really chewy and filling.

With the exception of the Muslim students, we had an extra dish of chicken to our meal (dak galbi). We added some hot sauce and rice into the wok and started making our own fried rice – just like Korean’s version of ‘Pepper Lunch’.

Now that we are writing about food in the comfort of our new rooms at Co-op Residences – and reminiscing about the food just hours before are really making us hungry again, so that’s all for now folks! :)

- Chingus
Article by: Rachel Leong, Nur Amirah and Fatin Sufiah
Video by: Shah Ezuan and Angelyn Leow
Photos by: Hannah Farhanah