Showing posts with label seafood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seafood. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2024

[Travel Tasmania] Lobster Shack Tasmania @ Bicheno

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This place was just 10 to 15 minutes ride from The Pondering Frog where we had snacked prior to lunch. 


we're here!

the restaurant is down the stairs

 
enjoy the cold outdoors

seaside view

I was freezing, so nope, we didn't sit outdoors. The shop feels like a fast food type of place. Order at the counter and make payment, then the food and drinks will be served to your table. We chose the cold seafood platter that had oysters, half a lobster, and prawns, and placed additional ala-carte orders for fish and chips, salmon and salad.

menu


live crabs in the tank

eyes on the prize


The staff was nice and helpful with her recommendations when we seemed a tad lost when choosing the menu.


water

We didn't wait long for the food to arrive as the cold seafood platter was already pre-packed I believe.

half a lobster, prawns and oysters with 2 dips; tartar and seafood sauce

juicy fresh Tasmanian oysters

firm tiger prawns

The oysters here were clean tasting and not too briny. Thus far, all prawns that I've tasted in Melbourne and Tasmania were pretty firm in texture.

half a lobster

After tasting the cold seafood platter, I'd say skip the rest of the stuffs like prawns and oysters and just order up your lobsters! So sweet and half a lobster is not enough!

Greek Salad @AUD12

The last  bits to arrive was the hot food. We had the Greek salad, crispy skinned salmon and the fish and chips. Hmmm, I think I liked the battered fish and chips more than the salmon.

Tasmanian Gummy Fish and Chips (Battered)

Crispy Skinned Salmon @AUD26

A nice pit stop to enjoy some lobsters.

whole lobster, next time perhaps?



Lobster Shack Tasmania

Address: 40 Waubs Esplanade, Bicheno TAS 7215, Australia

Websitehttp://www.lobstershacktasmania.com.au/

Business Hours:

Daily: 11 am–7 pm



Wednesday, December 27, 2023

[Busan] Morning Trip to Jagalchi Market 자갈치시장

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We checked out of our Haeundae hotel and stayed somewhere closer to BIFF, and Jagalchi Market is also within this area. So, naturally, we had to do a proper visit to Jagalchi as previously, we only went to the outer side of the market and had lunch at one of the restaurants there. This time round, we will be buying the fresh seafood from one of the vendors and get it cooked upstairs.

Jagalchi Fish Market building right in front

outerside vendor

Instead of going right for the food, we went up to the Jagalchi Market Observatory.



The view from the observatory was nice!

photo-op

enjoying the view of Busan port

Unless you were up there for a photo-shoot, otherwise, nothing much to do at the Jagalchi Market Observatory.

So we went back down to the wet market area.

shop for fresh seafood

However, I found the experience pretty stressful as each vendor will try to entice you to buy from their stall. The pricing varies from vendor to vendor and some may throw in specials for you if you ask nicely.

We bought some ₩30,000 worth of shellfish from a random seller and went upstairs to have it cooked. The cooking and dine-in price was about ₩32,000 (for 4 pax), so we probably should get more seafood in that case. Ordered additional stuffs from the Level 2 shop where we had our seafood cooked; fish sashimi, and grilled rockfish.

banchan

shellfish from downstairs, cooked upstairs

The sweet potato and peanuts were nice. The shellfish was grilled simply and we enjoyed the natural taste of the sea.

peanuts

sweet potato

nice


does this have alcohol?

cheers

As the cooking method was either grilled or steamed, our food arrived quickly. But then, we also devoured it as quickly as it came. Hahaha!

sashimi

lettuce wrap

dipping sauce

I can't stress it enough but one must order grilled rockfish when in Busan. Had it many years ago, and had it again this time. It tasted as good as ever!

grilled rockfish

firm, sweet flesh, not too bony

The grilled fish was slightly salted so, it paired well with the beer. Then, came to the question on whether we wanted to try the Alaskan King Crab and in the end, we decided yes. Informed the lady boss of the shop and told her that we wanted the smallest size of the crab which from our initial experience downstairs, it will be close to 2kg. The cheapest market price per kilo for that day that I enquired from 3 shops, was around ₩55,000.

She went downstairs for a few minutes and then came back to inform that the total price (inclusive of cooking would be around ₩180,000. The crab weight was around 2kg. We agreed and off she went to purchase and cook it for us.

Alaskan King Crab

It was the best decision ever! My first time trying Alaskan King Crab and it is worth the money. Freshly steamed crab meat tasted so sweet!

cracked and ready to eat

yummy!

I liked that the crab was so easy to eat not only because of its size, but also because the restaurant cracked the shell for easier access.

One thing I noted was the juice from the crab was not as umami as I thought it would be, but we still drank it. Keke!


The people that we met at Jagalchi Market was nice and friendly, even if we didn't buy from their stall. But of course, I felt 'paiseh' as I had to walk away after asking for the price. Sorry!

The ladies at the Level 2 restaurant were also nice and friendly.

we ate here, at #3 shop

Thank you Tracy, Hence and Ivan for allowing me to indulge in expensive seafood! All in all, we spent around ₩370,000 in total, or about ₩92,500 (~SGD95 per pax).


Jagalchi Market 자갈치시장

Address: 52 Jagalchihaean-ro, Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea

Business Hours:

Closed on Tues.

Wed-Mon: 5 AM–10 PM



Sunday, September 24, 2023

[Jeju] Samseonghyeol Haemultang 삼성혈해물탕 본점 @20 Seondeok-ro 5-gil Seogwipo

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Travelled to Jeju for the very first time with my foodie/travel buddies and was excited for the first meal in Jeju. Read about our non-food related activities via this post of where we went for our rental car as this was a continuation from there.

It was late lunch after we had gotten our rental car and fueled it up. It was time to fuel our famished tummies. Tracy had chosen our lunch spot before hand and it was on purpose to be near the rental car place. Let's go get some seafood stew!


Samseonghyeol Haemultang

live octopus

Was half expecting to be turned away as it was way past the last order time and the shop was ready to take their mid-day break. Fortunately, the boss indicated that we could dine in if we are able to finish our meal within 45 minutes. Ok, challenge on!

interior

Ordered a seafood stew good for 3 pax and a portion of abalone porridge. This was us being cautious as we were unsure of the portion size in Jeju. Plus we wanted to maintain some space for dinner, which will happen in a few hours time, haha~

Was ordering easy? Yes especially after the staff asked us if we could converse in Mandarin instead. Haha!

Banchan was served right after our order. Speedy service as we were the only ones in the restaurant.

six types of side dishes

We were given two sets of banchans and each set consists of 6 varieties. And yes, you could ask the staff to refill those that you preferred. The outstanding side dishes were the anchovies (tasted super nice/fresh) and the potato pancake. Kimchi was mellow yet not overly fermented. Whets our already active appetite!

tasty anchovies

favourite - mini potato pancake

feels healthy

And when the main dish was presented, it elicited plenty of 'oohs and aahs' from the entire table. A large stew pot, filled to the brim with seafood that's practically still moving.




Seafood stew (haemultang해물탕)

The pot consist of abalones, different types of clams, crab, mussels, beansprouts (lots of it!) and onions. The stew was probably at spice level 0.5 out of 10.

The nice staff, Ms Nie, enquired if we would like to have the stew brought back to the kitchen to speed up the cooking process since we were already famished and so we agreed. She took the pot back to the kitchen and reappeared with the pot bubbling.





huge clam


She also advised us to eat up the octopus first before it gets all chewy. We obliged and yes, the texture was perfectly tender with a good gentle bite.

boiling away


Oh, there was abalone porridge too. Although am not a fan of abalone porridge in general, this bowl was impressive due to its sheer size. So much porridge for the 4 of us!

abalone porridge 전복죽


On hindsight, this place does have a more flavourful abalone porridge as compared to other places later on.

Haflway through, Ms Nie brought out a plate of a small grilled fish. Complimentary, she said. Wow, thank you to the boss for giving us this. She said it is '港口鱼' when asked about its type, to which literally means sea port fish? Ok!

grilled fish


Whatever this fish is, I liked it. The flesh was soft, and subtly sweet. I suppose with Jeju being so close to the sea, freshness is a daily occurrence.




Then, Tracy did her customary thing which is to add ramyun as the finale of the meal.

instant noodles


One of the tips given by the staff when eating this seafood stew, is to remove the shells after all the seafood had been cooked, to avoid it continuing to flavour the soup as prolonged boiling with shells in will eventually make the soup saltier (and that with the evaporation of the water).

finished in 40 minutes



All in all, we were satisfied with our meal and the service experienced by the friendly staff. Spent ₩101,000 for our late lunch (including non-alcoholic drinks). This was about SGD35 per pax.


one hallabong drink a day in Jeju



Samseonghyeol Haemultang 삼성혈해물탕 본점

Address: 20 Seondeok-ro 5-gil, 특별자치도, Cheju, Jeju-do, South Korea

Contact: +82 64-745-3000

Business Hours: 

Daily: 10 am–9 pm

Mid-day break: 3pm

 
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