10 April 2026
Possibly not what I ordered again
Daejeon Seogu
A few nights ago I think I did not get what I ordered. Tonight I believe the same thing happened again, it is not like I am trying to order in Korean and being misunderstood, I am pointing at a picture. However this gave me a reason to remember my first trip to Korea, when I ordered a grilled chicken salad, and got fried chicken, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it. Tonight I ordered a grilled pork thing with spicy sauce and mushrooms, and got an enormous deep fried pork schnitzel monstrosity with gravy mixed with ketchup. I think I am getting white guyed.
Other than that, I got lost again, heading to the Lotte department store that is a decent walk away from the city centre, and by the time I realised and got my bearings, I realised I would be too late for the basement food court which probably stops serving at 8pm.
The main street, I kept heading straight to get to the Lotte store, should have turned left.
I think I mentioned that the main thing Daejeon is famous for is a bakery that is near the Daejeon train station, I went past it last night, there was a line, but it was not very photogenic. This is not the famous bakery, but there are now of course copycat fancy bakeries everywhere.
I found an overpass, first overpass photo of this trip.
I headed back to a busy night lift area in the hunt for a dinner venue that would serve me at 8pm.
Apparently this is a Korean pub, the sign says so. It is a treehouse facade over an office building.
And finally, my dinner. They can't all be winners.
Tomorrow is a rest day... I have no plan. The sun is supposed to be shining.