Visit Korea Special VIP Tour [Day 3-5]

Thought I arrived early as no VIP Tour members waiting outside Todai Restaurant. Actually most of them were sitting comfortably in front of the cashier while waiting for the waitress to arrange the tables for us.

 Todai International Cuisine & Sushi Buffet (토다이).

Todai branch at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands (Singapore). 

I went there once with my family for my birthday dinner in 2012 knowing that they're one of Korean’s biggest buffet restaurant. But, quite disappointed when expecting to see more varieties at Korean Zone, but to my surprised they only have simple spread of bulgogi, seaweed soup, japcahe, pajeon, kimchijeon, haemuljeon, few types of kimchi and sikhye. The taste of the food was not that fabulous too and it's quite expensive. Dinner was about SGD 60.00++ / adult.

Ok, let's check out how's their buffet restaurant in Seoul, which is much cheaper than in Singapore. Dinner (Weekday): Lunch ₩26,000 (SGD 32.00) | Dinner ₩37,000 (SGD 45.00).

 

VIP Tour Gala dinner at Todai to mark our last night in Seoul.
We're sad because Sera eonni won't be joining us for the next day.

The restaurant is very spacious and we sat inside the 

private room with long table that fit for 20 person.

Most importantly the buffet spread here was abundant with choices from Korean, Japanese and American cuisines.

As usual, I patronized sushi section first and happy to see various nigiri sushi others than tuna and salmon.

 

Nigiri sushi with thinly sliced raw fish (sashimi) over pressed vinegared rice.

 

Maki and Gunkan Sushi.

 

But only have 4 types of sliced sashimi.

My oishi sushi!^^ 

She even shocked when I took wasabi and ginger.

Shuki was surprised to see the whole plate full of sushi, but the fact that she's not eating wasabi shocked me more as she's Japanese... How could that even possible?!! 

Cold corner with green mussels.

Assorted fried and grilled Korean and International cuisines.

Pizza | Fried mini crabs | Chicken & Fries | Grilled lamb chop.

 Fried Tempura (튀김) | Spicy Pork Bulgogi | Chicken Teriyaki | Fish cutlet.

 Kimchi and banchan including Cheon Song-Yi's favorite 

marinated soy sauce crab (간장게장).

 

Sorry~ Salad is forever untouched unless nothing else for me to eat.

 My second plate after sushi and sashimi.

 Desserts and Fruits shelves.

 My favorite and yummy desserts: brownies, Hokaido cupcake,
macaroons, green tea rolls, mango cheese mouse, and cookies.

 

Free beverages: Coffee, Tea, Strawberry Punch, soft drinks.

Wine is not included in buffet.

Korean Traditional Fruit Punch: Mulberry Punch (오디 화채) | 

Sweet Pumpkin Rice Punch (단호박 식혜 = Sikhye) |

Persimmon Punch (수정과 = Sujeonggwa) | Jelly (젤리).

I thought that Mulberry Punch was Black Raspberry (복분자). 

It said that it has good benefit for skin brightening, anti-aging and lose weight. Therefore I often drink the juice after dinner. I even brought 4 packs to Seoul and back to Singapore because I forgot to drink them. :P 

 

I'm actually fans of Korean drinks and snacks.

See my stocks of Sikhye, Banana Milk, Makgeolli, Milkis, Fruit Juices, Cider, 

Korean seaweed and Popcorn that I'd to buy shelves just to store them!

 

My love... my Bingsu!

I wrapped up this dining session with a bowl of 

bingsu with cakes and ice cream.

www.todaikorea.com

Add: 14 Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul.

Noon Square (눈스퀘어) level 7.

It's definitely more worth it to dine in Seoul than Singapore. However, if judging from price wise with the food quality and quantity, ambiance and services of others buffet restaurants in Seoul which I patronized, my recommendation will be...

 

 D'Maris Buffet Restaurant and

 Ashley Queens (will post this soon).

Related Posts:

~  Nature Kitchen (자연별곡) Hansik Buffet

~  nTable (n테이블) Shabu Shabu Buffet

 This trip was made possible by VisitKorea organised by Korea  Tourism Organization. 

     

 

[Lombok] - New Furama Restaurant

Yohoo, after showered and changed my clothes, I finally smelled fresh, not sticky and smell like salted fish.

Then, we're heading to famous seafood restaurant in Senggigi area...

New Furama Seafood Restaurant. 

You need to select the seafood before entering the restaurant. Then, they will prepare it depending your preference whether you prefer it to be grilled, fried and steamed. 

  I thought this table was set for us...

 

But sadly, it's for Korean couple. It's their honeymoon trip.

 

 

It's alright, especially it's for just married couple. ^^ 

 

 

 And here's our table...

 Photo taken by our driver.

Pura Batu Bolong from far...

 

This sacred Hindu temple sitting on the black rock with a hole in the middle.

The building of worship located on the Senggigi shoreline with the position jutting into the sea. The temple is directly opposite Bali's Mount Agung.  

    

Candles and lamps were lighted when the sky turned darker. 

 

Haiz... sunset was blocked by the clouds.

Finally, they served our drinks and foods after waiting for about 15 to 20 minutes...

   

 Pineapple juice (Rp. 20,000) and Lemon juice (Rp. 20,000).

  

1.3 kg Grill Baronang Fish (Rp. 188,500) and

700 gr Mussels with oyster sauce (Rp.63,000).

Meal included rice and Kangkung. 

The prices above not yet included Government tax & Services of 15%.

The grilled fish was really yummy though it's quite spicy for me. Mussels tasted good too, but somehow it's like half of what we ordered. It's like we paid for the shells, so fish is definitely worth the price.

 We asked our driver to join us for dinner before going to Amelia  gift shop

to buy wild horse's milk and Madu Klanceng (honey).

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  Laid-back atmosphere, quaint and cozy yet romantic ambiance.

The price was moderate considering delicious food, good service, and beachfront restaurant. It's perfect spot to catch sunset at Senggigi Beach.