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역전우동0410 ; Yeokjeon udon 0410

Stumble across this precious maybe about 10-seater restaurant late one night when i was warm and hungry. And the food places around my area had closed...
And it have since became one of my favourite.


What makes this place extra special is that it is 24hours. 

what kind of god sent is this ?
And, do you spot this machine that I see ?

Avoid awkward conversation with the staffs!
Hold your horses people. Before you go and order your stuffs,
here are some translation of the foods they have.
Now, you may click away.


For the vegetarian, the veggie fritters looks kinda safe but not sure if the broth contains meat. But pretty safe to eat will be the bibim udon (mixed udon) or bibim soba (mixed soba) (not in picture).


Step 1 : Choose your food.

Step 2 : pay for it by clicking either the money bag or card.
A sign will come out asking you "마장"or "포장" which means having here or take away.
After clicking "마장" which means having here.
And then you find a seat and wait for your food ~ ^^


Personal Favourite : Beef- related. Love their beef udon, their Beef-covered rice and all things beef. *insert a beef dance (not sure how it works but lets pretend there is) *


The Bibim Soba that looks relatively safe for Halal eaters and Vegetarian.


Nomnomnomnonmnom.
Highly recommend people to try the veggie fritters. I love it ~ 

This place is kinda inexpensive and pretty quiet and fast.
Price starts from 3,000krw and up !

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They have a lot of franchises, but here is the one I went to.

How to go : Get out of Apgujeong Station Exit 5. Keep walking straight for around 5 minutes and you will come to a gas station. Turn left. The outlet is directly opposite the gas station.

Address: 서울시 강남구 신사동 579번지 카로시티2 105호.
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해피 버블데이;Happy Bubble Day

I am so eggggcited to try this new "HAPPY BUBBLE TEA" ~ 
Introduced about 5 days ago in Korea, there are 2 flavours.

Milk tea and Taro (Yam) Tea.

I decided to try the milk tea version.

2,000won ~ 
Bubbles at the bottom.

Bubbles bubbles/ pearl.
hmmmmm .... hm.. hmmmm... (this is actually a bad hmm.)
I am not sure if I was expecting too much.
After all I come from a country where bubble tea outlets are overflowing.

The bubble tea was totally unexpected.
It taste more red tea with sugar then red milk tea with sugar.
With that said, I estimated the sugar level to be at least around 70% or so.

The pearl/bubble was extremely disappointing. It taste like ... Q-ball (not sure if you guys know).
Overall, the drink was a major disappointment.
Its so bad, I want my 2,000won back. :'(

As of Oct 2014, I dont see this in convenience store anymore. Thanks GOD.
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얼큰우동 ; Spicy Udon.

As compared to ramen, I prefer to eat cup udon although most of them belongs to the more pricey range and must be kept in a cooler temperature as they have shorter a shelf life. 

Instant udon is pretty hard to find in Singapore so when i go back to Korea, I always eat them like there is no tomorrow.

This time i tried the 얼큰우동. 얼큰(spicy)우동(udon). 
I got it at gs25 for either 1,200won or 1,500won.




Udon, Dried ingredients, Sauce/soup.

Pouring all in.

Filling up the water to water level ~  

After waiting for about 3mins. Look at the chili bits ! 


My average breakfast/lunch with an apple yogurt drink. 
My Verdict : Spicy spicy ! The spiciness in the soup is pretty mild but everytime i bit into a chili bit, i get a bit of chili injection. For those who cannot take spiciness, this is definitely a no no. The soup is a little shoyu based. This comes in 2 sizes and this is the smaller one. The bigger one is priced at 2,200 won-2,500won.

I would not mind eating it again if this is the last thing on the shelf, the taste is pretty average... This just made the yardstick for being a great boring average udon.
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Lotteria.

With 900 over stores in Korea, expanding into Japan, Vietnam, China and Indonesia, Lotteria is hard to miss. 
To me, Lotteria is an airport comfort food.
Wherever I am at Incheon Airport, Lotteria is my go to place.

I absolutely love the regular shrimp burger they have here. 
The crunch of the patty with every sinking bite of mine, drives my tastebud wild.
This time, I had the opportunity to try the promotional "Wild Shrimp Burger".

The set meal for the "Wild Shrimp Burger" is priced at 6,200 won. 1,200 more then the regular shrimp burger.

Put Sauce He
"Because of the risk of disease soon after purchase lift." I cant elevator it.
 The beauty of Lotteria (or at least the one at the airport) is that orders are only cooked/made after you order it. So i get hot fried cripsy prawn patty. *CRUNCH CRUNCH*


I ordered my burger without vegetable.
The burger came with thousand island, tartar sauce and *GASP* pickles.
I totally cant grasp the idea of having pickles in a non-tomato sauce and steak/beef environment.
Guess thats where the "wild" idea came in.


As with the shrimp burger, the WILD shrimp burger patty is loaded with bits of prawn.
For that 1,200won extra i paid, i figured i paid that for pickles and thousand island sauce (instead of just tartar). And whoooo boy, would i gladly go back to the shrimp burger.
And did i mention, the shrimp burger is lower in calories ( 100kcal worth. Guess thats how much calories pickles and thousand island sauce is )

I'll recommend just ordering the regular Shrimp Burger. Which is pretty good enough.

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Information : Lotteria is fortunately found across Korea 

Address: Incheon Airport, 3F, Near Check-in Counter D
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길모퉁이 칠리차차. Cornerside Chilli Cha Cha.

Chilly Cha Cha have somehow became more and more famous with their introductions by eatyourkimchi & cuteinkorea.

The first time i tried it, i had instantly became hooked on it. 
I absolutely love the place, the food and the owner who blast hip hop music.

The few occasion that i goes on always land around 3-4-ish with hardly any customers.
I read reviews that said that sometimes they are so full, you have to take away. 

Brown building with random flower and butterflies.
Small seatings designed to fit no more then 20 people at a time.

Self-service. :)


There is something interesting in Korea that i havent seen in anywhere else yet.
The toilet key.
Only in Korea, i realise that when you wants to use the toilet, you have to borrow the key, which i have indicated in the photo above with an arrow.
It is pretty funny because are not toilets for everyone and anyone who needs it ?
Why restrict the use of toilet with a key ? Hmmmm....

Translated to english. :)
Halal/ Vegetarian Alert ! Although I am not sure, but so far the pumpkin, basil cream, corn corokke and fried tofu skin udon seems to contain not meat. (I cant say the same for the rest as some places includes meat in their potato corokke and such).


Our Spread ~ 
Udon, the best companion to beat the cold.
Chilly Cha Cha's Udon is so simple yet satisfying.
The mild sweetness of the soup is awaken with every stir as chilli flakes are roused up.
Can be shared between 2 if want to eat more Corokke.

All the fried goodies.
The batter for the fried goodies are really awesome.
The squid tastes pretty meh but the prawns are really good.
Chilli cha cha have its own "sweet sauce" to dip into which gives it the extra oomph.

Wholesome loads of pumpkin.
For the pumpkin lovers, sweet and loaded.

Basil Cream Corokke, giving heart attack the right reason.
I crave for this, day and night.
This corokke which i have nicknamed "OUTTATHEWORLD corokke" is filled with cream, cheese and mixed grains like barley. The taste of basil is well measured, nothing too overbearing and combined together, they give it a nice chewy texture. How can anyone hate this ?

Instagram-ed !

Open from  
Monday~ Friday : 12:00 ~ 2:00 & 3:30~10:30.
Saturday : 3:00 ~ 10:30
Public Holiday : 3.00 ~ 10:30
Closed 2,4,5th tuesday of every month.
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How to go : Take the subway to the Sangsu Station, exit 1. Walk for about 5 minutes until you see parking lot on the right. On your 2 o'clock, you’ll see a CU convenient store.
Walk towards the CU and turn left at the block. Walk straight for about 2 mins and the next street, you will see Chilli Cha Cha.

Address: 마포구 서교동 400-11, 서울특별시, 121-817
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