Daegu
(Tuesday / 22:30)
(Tuesday / 22:30)
Arrived on the 29th.
Departing on the 31st.
The moment I saw Daegu, I got a hunch that I am going to like it here.
The train station closest to the hostel I am staying in is basically a HUGE underground shopping arcade. Even better than Seoul bus terminal. And there seem to be more 5,000won clothes lying around. How hard I had to fought against my shopping desire despite carrying my heavy load of bags.
As I suspected, Daegu is a lot cheaper!
I was so determined to eat a sandwich from one of the cafes along the Cafe Street located in downtown Daegu, which is very close to where I am staying too (Banwoldang Station) but I saw banners along the underground arcade stating that a meal costs 3,000won. How can I resist it?
Best part is that it reminded me of you-mian we eat in Singapore! Not entirely same but the texture of the noodle was somewhat similar. The first mouthful of noodles was totally awesome because of the sesame oil but it becomes bland later. The owner was very kind to add more soup for me when she saw me finishing me. Although it is not the best but I really appreciate it. Really need the warmth as the weather was really cold!
At first I thought the green side dish was lady fingers. I was so excited and decided Daegu is my favourite place.. only to realize it is green chili hahaha Ah, I miss eating crunchy yet slimy lady fingers. And Seoul is still my top city.
This was my dinner for today. While I was walking around the area after eating my 3,000won noodles I saw the menu for this restaurant - steak meal at 7,000won!! I had to have it but I was too full yesterday so I came back. Took me quite a while to locate the place because the area seem bigger and more confusing than Myeongdong is to me.
Anyway! 200g (stated on menu) hamburger steak with side dishes and rice at 7,000won~ nomnom, satisfying my western meal craving at a low cost! It is delicious, by the way, although they could had given me more vegetables haha
I was also provided with a small half cup of orange juice and a tiny slice of cake! The portion is really small but hey, it's only 7,000won. I was not even expecting it!
The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere but there were hardly any people eating in.
Over the brunch table today at the hostel, the people told me that Daegu is one of the cheapest place in South Korea despite being the third largest city. The next time I am coming for a holiday to Korea, I will definitely hit Daegu first!
So since I was not able to buy anything, I head off for some sight seeing. To be honest, historic places are out of my mind at the moment. I feel like I had too much of it. I do not even like history in the first place thats why I ended up taking geography in secondary school and ended up wanting to do tourism in polytechnic but I was too stupid my results could not make it so I ended up in hotel & hospitality in RP...
Wonder around the area and saw two large cones sticking out higher than any other buildings. Cathedrals! I love looking at cathedrals!
& coincidentally the film site of Love Rain was just nearby!
I was not sure if the place was open or not since no one came out or went in so I sticked around outside taking pictures. At the same time I decided that I am really not interested in history but amazing cathedrals is more of my thing. Put autumn leaves with cathedrals together you get an amazing view. Beautiful!
It is hard to miss the cafe. There is so much advertisement going on around the place! They are charging 5,000won for entrance though. They wrote stuff in Korean and Japanese but I could recognise the words 'drinks'. Not sure if it meant that drinks are inclusive of the entrance fee or not.
I manage to take a quick peek inside the cafe because someone else went in and did not close the door. Totally vintage looking! I am still very tempted to go there now..
The famous Daegu traditional medicine street is around the area too. The moment you hit the street you can smell the strong herbs and it turned me off haha Pretty much stayed on the main street so the smell would not be too overwhelming.
These pancakes look kind of cool to me so I bought the cabbage one and try.
Leaving this city tomorrow for Gwangju. I will be back again.
Labels: South Korea, travel