{"id":2192,"date":"2017-03-01T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2017-12-14T04:29:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T04:29:34","slug":"south-korea-round-the-island-with-chan-brothers-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/south-korea-round-the-island-with-chan-brothers-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Round the Island – Day 4 – Pyeongchang Uiyaji Wind Village & Daegu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 4 – Scenic Rusty Korea\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Delpino Golf & Resort<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had 2 nights stayed in this wonderful resort which is surrounded by the beautiful mountains. \u00a0This morning we had our breakfast next to the window which allowed us to enjoy the amazing view with the sunrise.<\/p>\n

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The variety of the breakfast were quite huge and the standard of food was good. Korean bread is a must try in this hotel. \u00a0Other tour members were \u00a0very much enjoyed their pastries.<\/p>\n

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I had some healthy choice, natto\/stinky bean, half boil egg, 2 slices of toasted Korean bread, some boil broccoli and cauliflower, a tiny sausage and 2 dim sum- Har Gao and Siew mai and one evil food which tasted best- the mini hash brown. \u00a0All tasted very yummy.<\/p>\n

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After breakfast\u00a0we went out the restaurant to enjoy some morning fresh air and took more pictures with the rocky landscape.<\/p>\n

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Delpino Resort also provides family apartment style, which has a kitchen attached to it. \u00a0Many locals and tourists normally stayed in the apartment style which is located in another wing of this hotel. \u00a0Behind me was the apartment style in Delpino Resort. \u00a0Peak season can be quite busy here.<\/p>\n

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Pyeongchang Uiyaji Wind Village\u00a0<\/strong>Ice-cream and Cheese Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phyeongchang Uiyaji Wind Village is located on the highlands of Pyeongchang county where the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held. \u00a0This is a mountain village which is famous for ice-cream and cheese making activities.<\/p>\n

This area is also famous for it ski resort. \u00a0However we did not go to the Ski trip\u00a0because our tour package did not include skiing in this tour. Most members in this tour been to Korea many times and they purposely did not want to include the ski trip. It was same for me, I choose to opt out this time because I prefer to do ski trip for few days not just few hours.<\/p>\n

Korean Ice-cream workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We walked in this convenience shop and the ice-cream workshop is at the back of this shop.<\/p>\n

A Korean “ajuma”\/auntie who only speaks Korean started the lesson and end in 1 hour\u00a0time. \u00a0All I could remember from the whole lesson was “pari-pari”, she kept saying “pari-pari” throughout the whole lesson. Later I found out “pari” means hurry up. \u00a0May be she has more groups coming in.<\/p>\n

No machine was used in this ice-cream making lesson. \u00a0All by hands. The “ajuma” told us the secret of Korean ice-cream tasted better because of the milk they are using. \u00a0The milk is only sold in Korea and not being exported to overseas.<\/p>\n

3 kinds of flavor of ice-cream we made, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. \u00a0Amazingly the strawberry tasted the best. \u00a0Normally I don’t eat strawberry flavor.<\/p>\n

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After our ice-cream making workshop, we walked over to another workshop which was only 2 minutes by foot. \u00a0We passed by this open frozen plain and the ground was still covered with thin ice due to some snowing last night.<\/p>\n

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Cheese making workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we arrived at the cheese making workshop, there were other groups who had already started making cheese. The cheese workshop is so much bigger than the ice-cream workshop. \u00a0The cheese making “ajuma”\/auntie was less aggressive and did not call out ” pari-pari” during our\u00a0lesson. Lesson was conducted in Korean as well but we managed to understand \u00a0her body languages and hand sign.<\/p>\n

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It was just like making the tofu. \u00a0We put some flower petals inside the cheese to make it look more beautiful. \u00a0I did not like cheese but I tried a little bite since I was the one who made it. \u00a0It tasted awful.<\/p>\n

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You may like\u00a0Korean Cooking Class with Traditional Market Tour<\/a>\u00a0in Seoul!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lunch – Stir Fry Pork Lunch\/Barbecue in Korean Soya Sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lunch was delicious, I still remembered we were given big slice of Pork meat with some rib. \u00a0It was Korean Stir Fry Pork lunch. \u00a0Normally Korean did not include the sauce when they stir fry these huge slice of pork but the owner included the sauce in so it did not get burn that easily. \u00a0I wrapped the meat with the fresh raw cabbages and it was super delicious. At first I thought the cabbages would taste a bit bitter if eaten them raw but I was wrong!<\/p>\n

I don’t know why Korean cabbages tasted so crunchy and sweet? \u00a0I still miss the sweet raw cabbages in Korea!!<\/p>\n

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You may like\u00a0Yeontabal BBQ Restaurant<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cherry tomatoes picking at local fruit farm<\/strong><\/p>\n

After our lunch, we stopped at a local fruit farm where we can enjoy picking and tasting of seasonal fruits. We were here in December and the fruits available for picking were cherry tomatoes.<\/p>\n

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The farmers drove us to his farm with a tractor. \u00a0It was fun riding on the tractor for the first time in my life, but I dislike the cold wind blowing into my face and making me shivered.<\/p>\n

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There was a distance to walk into the cherry tomatoes farm after the Korean farmer stopped his tractor. \u00a0I could not see any young people in this area, only old farmers. \u00a0The quality of air was very good, I enjoyed every single bit of this quiet countryside farm.<\/p>\n

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Once we entered the cherry tomatoes farm, everyone was so happy to see so many cherry tomatoes were still available for us to do the picking. Each of us were given a plastic container to pick our tomatoes. \u00a0\u00a0These cherry tomatoes looks so beautiful in red, orange and green, all hanging in bunches. \u00a0These tomatoes also tasted quite juicy and sweet after washing them.<\/p>\n

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Korean Pancake making\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After our cherry tomatoes picking, the farmer drove us back to his home and his wife started to teach us how to make the Korean Pancake\/Korean pizza. \u00a0The ingredient were spring onion, seafood including octopus and shellfish\u00a0and wheat flour. \u00a0The farmer’s wife was very good at making the Korean pancake and she can easily turn many pancakes without dropping outside the pan.<\/p>\n

Our tour guide told us Korean called the spring onion pancake as “Pajeon”. \u00a0Usually Pajoen used many spring onion and some of seafood or meat as topping. \u00a0The pancake tasted very yummy, similar to the Chinese version except less dense in texture and not made from dough.<\/p>\n

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Hanjeongsik Dinner –\u00a0Korean Formal Traditional Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within an hour time we had our traditional dinner course, very authentic\u00a0Korean set dinner. \u00a0There were more than 30-40 dishes on the table. \u00a0Most of them were “Banchan”\/small side dish. \u00a0Too bad we were all quite full from the Korean pancake. \u00a0We were sitting on the floor for this tradition dinner set.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite was this seafood soup, the soup base tasted super good<\/p>\n

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Day 4 – Itinerary – Pyeongchang to Daegu (7 Dec 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n