Gyeongju dining
After some 5 odd hours, we’ve finally reached Gyeongju. I think it’s about 1:30-2pm when we’ve reached it. Since it’s been a long trip, and we haven’t had lunch, we eat first. Gyeongju’s houses have that tiled Asian touch. Zoning and building codes require that houses and buildings are only 2 storeys tall, 3 at most. The only ones that are higher are the hotel and resort complexes beside Bomun Lake. Gyeongju City is basically one big UNESCO World Heritage site.
Back to the lunch. Although it is a Chinese restaurant, the dishes have Korean influence as explained by our guide. The rice tasted great. There’s no kimchi, but there’s still seaweed soup. I wish we got a shot of our lunch. It wasn’t so bad, the food didn’t put a lot of salt. It’s just perfectly done. We have tofu, fish, veggies… The tea is barley tea not green tea. I think it was because green tea costs more in Korea.
The restaurant is a two-storey place, rather small. Since it was way past 1pm, there’s no diners. The ground floor is more for public dining. The second floor have private rooms with at least 2 tables. Enough to fit the whole tour group. Our guides and driver have their own table somewhere, though they occasionally check up on us if we need anything.
Now that we’re full and energized, we’re ready for the tour!
