Normally when I’m off traveling I can’t be bothered to get up in the morning, so I tend to skip the hotel breakfast, but this time breakfast came with the room and there wasn’t anywhere decent to eat nearby, so we used the hotel restaurant.
Carrot juice
They serve healthy juices like tomato and carrot. It tasted fine and somehow made me feel healthier.. though juice that’s been through a blender has its fiber broken down, so as easy as it is to drink, it isn’t really all that good for you.
The garden seen from the hotel restaurant
They’d laid out a Jeju-style garden. I liked how natural and peaceful it felt. Behind it you can see the hotel’s guest rooms. The color and the shape of those roofs really do look like grapes.
The bread that comes with the American breakfast
I ordered the sea urchin seaweed soup set and my companion ordered the American-style breakfast, and the bread came out like this. That’s jam behind it.. maybe it’s because there are so many places doing good bread these days, but bread of this quality just didn’t do it for me.
Coffee
Hmm..
Omelette and bacon
Considering the price, this really isn’t how it should be turning up. Just ordering the Korean set would leave you far more satisfied.
Sea urchin seaweed soup set
The most popular menu at the Podo Hotel is the one called the Podo Breakfast, but it felt a little like a Japanese-style spread, so I went for the menu with sea urchin seaweed soup as the main.
Sea urchin seaweed soup
It’s loaded with sea urchin, so the broth is mellow and yet it clings to your mouth. Another dish I’d really wanted to eat on Jeju Island, cleared here. There’s a scene in the film Architecture 101 where they eat sea urchin seaweed soup too – who on earth came up with something like this?
The side dishes
The Podo Breakfast seems to come on the same base of side dishes, with just a few items swapped out.
Yogurt for dessert
This one seemed to come only with the American breakfast. There was a bit of a misfire in my menu picking, but either way I ate very happily.