[Busan] Fishcake Feast @ Goreasa 고래사어묵 해운대점 Haeundae

This place is like 5 minutes walk from my hotel, so we went there a few times to buy our snacks. They have dine-in area in the shop.

shopfront

fish cake with prawn

all sorts of fish cake variety

The shop also sells a few types of noodles, so one could order the mains from the counter and add-on the fish cakes as side dishes.

The limited or seasonal fishcake is usually at the counter, so do walk around to scout for which ever that catches your fancy. But be careful not to go overboard. For me, I think my max per seating was just 4 fish cakes.

my breakfast

After you had purchased the food, go right in and get yourself a seat at the communal table. There is a microwave oven with instructions on how to heat up the fish cakes. There is also a cabinet that stores small cups for the hot soup. This soup was a nice accompaniment for the fish cakes. Tasty too!

microwave for the fish cake

heavy breakfast

The price for the fish cakes varies and those with premium ingredients such as whole prawn or abalone (yes they have this as well!) will be more costly as expected.

Pretty cool experience and it is a pilgrimage of sorts to tourist to come to at least one of these shops try.

Goraesa Eomuk Fishcake Shop 고래사어묵 해운대점

Address: 14 Gunam-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea

Website: http://www.goraesa.com/

Business Hours:

Sun-Thu: 9:30 AM–9:30 PM

Fri-Sat: 9:30 AM–10:00 PM

[Busan] Haeundae Eonyang Bulgogi 해운대언양불고기 @ Gunam-ro Haeundae

We were just wandering around the area near our hotels to look for dinner as the one that we went to after Spaland, was closed when we arrived at 9pm. 

So we came back to the stretch of eateries at Haeundae beach as most opens till late. Decided on KBBQ and walked into this random shop that we saw.

Staff was quick to urge you in to take a seat. I guess they're feeling competitive as the next door shop is also doing KBBQ.

take a seat

table full

Ordered the beef platter set, plus additional order of yukhoe (raw beef).

heating up

Ivan's favourite drink

for dipping

sauce, garlic

beef platter

sirloin (deungshim), chadaolbaegi (brisket), bulgogi

brisket

We started grilling the brisket but did a pretty bad job at it, because we were noobs and didn't spread out the brisket properly. The staff came by to rescue it and managed to get the job done though some parts were burnt beyond recognition. Hahaa! From then onwards, the staff decided to help us with the grilling. The worker is from Vietnam and speaks fluent Korean, and some English.

beef brisket

mushroom banchan

yukhoe

The yukhoe was nice but could do with more slices of pear.

The set also came with a small serving of galbi soup.

galbi-tang

It was nice to have the staff to help grill the meats.

next cut

cooked

cutting it up

The meat cuts were decent and the flavour was nothing out of the ordinary. And the finale for the BBQ was the bulgogi.

finale - bulgogi

It looked nondescript but once you've tasted it, that's when realization hits! It was good! And after that, we enquired what's the shop name and it is Haeundae Eonyang Bulgogi. Ahhhh, now it makes sense. Recommend the bulgogi, it was legit.

yummy bulgogi

Thank you to the staff who attended to us that night. We spent ₩192,000 for the meal, which was about SGD49 per pax.

해운대언양불고기

Address: 23-1 Gunam-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea

Contact: +82517463482

Business Hours: 

Daily 24 hours

[Busan] Haeundae Obok Restaurant 해운대 오복돼지국밥 @ Haeundae

After Jeju, we went to Busan. For our first day in Busan, dinner was dwaeji gukbap (pork porridge) at Haeundae Obok Restaurant. It's a restaurant that is within walking distance from our respective hotels.

The restaurant feels like a family restaurant and I spied that solo diners are welcomed too. The restaurant offers set meals for 2 pax, so one could choose which type of rice porridge (difference is with the accompanying meats) and it has its own accompanying sides. I was sharing with Ivan, so I chose my porridge to be with the pork head meat (because it sounded like a delicacy) and it came with a small side of boiled pork. Hence and Tracy's set came with the sundae (blood sausage).

our set meals

Staff was generally friendly and we did see the boss in the restaurant as well.

makgeolli with rice porridge, hehe

interior

The orders arrived rather quickly as the restaurant was not too busy at the time of our visit. We were there for early dinner or late lunch.

dwaeji gukbap with sundae

 pork head meat and stomach

I liked my order. Pork porridge of head meat and innards. The broth was flavourful and rather comforting although it was pretty hot weather outside.

side dish of sundae

side dish of boiled pork slices

chives

lean pork slices

I liked the pork porridge here better than the one that I had at Busan city center in the previous visit. No queue and on point flavours.

We spent about ₩16,250 per pax.

 

Haeundae Obok Restaurant 해운대 오복돼지국밥

Address: 15 Gunam-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea

Contact: +82517311488

Business Hours:

Daily 24 hours

Saturday Festive Brunch @ Edge Pan Pacific Singapore

It is that time of the year again! Gathering with foodie buddies and there are eight of us to round up 2023. Cheers to 8 years of friendship, and may everyone be happy and healthy in the coming years.

our table

Buffet timing is from 12pm to 3pm and priced at SGD98 per adult | SGD49 per child (6 to 12 years old). The buffet is inclusive of free flow chilled juices. There were just 2 choices on our day of visit; cranberry and apple.

Otherwise, each table has a jug of water infused with sliced lemon and cucumber.

drink up!

You might want to indicate to have a table that is further away from the window as we could feel the hot weather seeping in.

dessert

sorbet and gelato

log cake

pralines, puddings and pengat

pizza

snapper, beetroot, duck

Indian cuisine

Taste of Thailand

Roast Meats

Grilled and Western Station

main highlights

And for some unknown reasons, I wasn't able to find the Seafood on Ice section during my walk-around of the area. Hahaha! Followed the simple directions from my friend who had went ahead to get the lobster, and managed to find it. There's oysters too! Most guests seemed to have honed in to the lobster as it was depleted by 12.30pm and the wait was about 10 to 15 minutes for the next batch to appear.

cold starters

Boston Lobster

crab claw

I think I enjoyed the crab claws more than the lobster. Oysters were nice but rather thin.

grilled beef galbi and tiger prawns

The beef galbi was sweet and nice to eat. Just remember not to leave it out for too long. Eat while it is fresh off the grill!

Festive Highlights

The Grill Duck Breast with Prunes and Thyme was interesting. A tad gamey though. Didn't like the orange sauce unfortunately. 

Grill Duck Breast with Prunes and Thyme

The mac and cheese and the tiny sausages from the Kids Corner was good. But then, I felt bad for taking food meant for children, sorry!

lamb stew

The lamb stew was good and not too overpowering. Meat was nicely tender too.

front: roasted turkey breast and honey glazed gammon ham

Was rather impressed by the turkey breast. So juicy and enjoyably soft. The ham was lovely too!

Peking Duck, satay (mutton and chicken)

I probably took a piece of the Peking Duck that had been made a longer while ago, and hence it was just so-so. Managed to get freshly made satays and it was of a nice savoury sweet flavour. The peanut sauce was not spicy.

local favourites

And of course, one need to try the laksa from every hotel buffet. Ok, I exaggerate. Probably just me (and some others) that goes around hotel buffet to try their laksa.

noodle station

Singapore Edge Nyonya Laksa with Tiger Prawns

One thing about the laksa that stood out, was how thick its gravy was. The thickest I've ever tasted from any hotel buffet thus far. Luckily, it was a relatively manageable bowl.

Though I added a dollop of the sambal, I didn't detect any noticeable spiciness out of it. Overall, the laksa was enjoyable, just that it sits a tad heavy in the tummy after that.

slurp it up~

And after just a single serving of the food that I've had on my plates (as shown in this blog), my stomach decided that it had enough... Old age is showing.

dessert

black coffee

I liked the pralines here and one of it had rum in it. Coffee was nice too. Strong but not too acidic. The log cakes were all gone by the time I was doing the dessert round. A tad sad, but it's ok. Can't stuff in anymore.

But one must try the pistachio gelato here. I strongly recommend it.

gelato; pistachio and chocolate

Spent $98 per pax after discount as payment via DBS/Citibank/UOB credit card has a 15% off. 

Our table was attended to by Daphny and she was very pro-active and efficient in clearing the plates as well as helping to refill the water jug when it was empty. Plus the few rounds of fetching us coffee and tea. Thank you for your good service!

Many thanks to the buddies who managed to join for this gathering; Alvin, Ivan, Hence, Tracy, Tiara and Shermaine. Missing Kris, Elle, Rachelle and Melissa. Happy Holidays everyone!

Edge @ Pan Pacific

Address: 7 Raffles Blvd, Level 3 Pan Pacific, Singapore 039595

Business Hours:

Mon-Thur: 12–2:30pm, 6–10pm

Fri - Sun: 12-3pm, 6-10pm