[HRKRTRAVEL] Songdo, Incheon - Day 9

Today is the last day I'm gonna be in Songdo. I will definitely miss this place a lot. They have the best guesthouse interior, the best environment and the best weather. Although the living expense here is way higher compared to Seoul, I can definitely see why it is worth the difference.

Woke up at 8am today, ate some breakfast (toast, yogurt, juice, cereal and scrambled eggs) and headed back to Shinsa market to try out the food I didn't manage to try yesterday. The market is kinda far from my guesthouse by foot so I had to take subways and bus. It was quite a long journey.

As soon as I reach, it was around early lunch time. I went to the 순대 restaurant where Song triplets went and ordered what they ordered. The restaurant 이화순대 is very clean. I ordered the 순대국밥 and it costed 7000won. It was really delicious! Other than 순대 inside, there is also some makchang and meat pieces. The soup base was really really tasty! The portion was kinda big so I was really full.

After the meal, I went to the store where Song triplets ate 오뎅(odeng - fish cake) with their dad. There are three different soup based 오뎅, the anon spicy, slightly spicy and very spicy. Each costed only 500won, which is 50% of the price we normally see in Seoul, it was surprising! I also tried their 식혜(sikhye - traditional korean sweet rice beverage)! The taste wasn't as good as the one I had in Blue Ocean but it was refreshing.

I also had a little chat with the store owner. She tried her best to explain the 식혜 and tried to build some conversation! She said I am pretty *shy*.

After eating the 오뎅, I am ready to continue my journey. Along the way out from the market, I saw the baby clothing store where Song Ilgook bought some cute sleeping pants for the triplets. It looked so cute and comfortable he even ask if there is any adult size.

After that, I went to 바르다 김선생 for some 김밥(kimbab - rice rolls) and 만두(mandu - dumplings)! The Song triplets also came here when they were smaller. Their 먹방 was so good! 민국이 was so happy when the mandu came he even sang. They ate a lot of the mandu and even Song Ilgook couldn't stop himself from eating. The mandu they ate was 갈비만두.

I don't know why but I am not a fan of the mandu. It tasted weird for me. But I'm glad the song triplets ate well. The 김밥 on the other hand looked so pretty. It was filled with a lot of ingredients rather than rice.

By the way, the restaurant was really really small. But it looked big and spacious on television. I couldn't have imagine that at all. After eating and resting, I continued my Song triplets food hunt!

Since it was my last day here, I don't want to leave without trying as much as I can. For dinner, I went to the nakji stew restaurant the Song triplets went too. It was really far away from my guesthouse so I took the subway and bus. At the time, it was around 6pm where the roads are full with cars and the traffic was bad. Thank god the restaurant was kinda near to the subway station. It was quite easy to find the way to the restaurant. I went to the second floor of the restaurant and sat at the table where the Song triplets sat! I ordered the nakji stew and it was the most expensive meal I have ever had in Korea. It costed 60,000won for the regular portion. I wanted the small portion but the owner said in order to put the nakji in the stew, you have to order the regular one. And that was the triplets ate.

The owner came with a pot of seafood stew with mussels and clams inside. Then after the stew starts to boil, he brought over some live octopus and threw them in. He put around 3-4 of them inside. The octopus was so chewy and fresh. All the seafood in the stew tasted really fresh. And the soup! Now I know why 민국 made that face when he tried the soup. It was slightly seasoned with pepper and green chilli, so it has that spicy taste. It tasted nice. Sadly, towards the end of the meal, the soup has reduced and it tasted really really salty after all the seafood boiled to their best in the pot.

It was really a tummy satisfied day! I went back to my guesthouse around 9pm. Today, there are some magazine reporters and writers here, to interview the owner of my guesthouse as she is the only guesthouse established in Songdo. She was really pretty too!

As soon as I came back home, they started the interview with her. After that, they also interviewed me and ask me about my trip and how I came about to like Korea. They were kinda impressed with how much I like Korea and also how much I know about Korea.

The interview was really fun and it was a nice chat+conversation+interview with the writers. The owner was really good in English so she translated what I said to Korean for the writers. I really enjoyed myself and the interview experience was one in a million. It was a really good experience.

The writer ask me what is my major and if I intended to come over to further my studies. They even recommended Yonsei for me because it was located near Songdo, maybe 20mins by car. She also ask if I am interested in Korean guys and what is my impression on them. She said she could introduce some to me. Yes, please do. Haha