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Short & Sweet (Korean Special)

Yeoboseyo!

Today is a lazy Sunday, which is exactly how I am feeling about this blog and decided to do a bit of revamping. I know there is not much traffic readers because I wanted to see if this would be a new devoted hobby of mine (I have been notoriously been watching and bingeing on Terrace House and NBA games following the Milwaukee Bucks). This post is a Korean special and prepared one.

I’ve been getting excited about my trip to Taiwan and Korea so today I decided to go to Lidcombe and explore it. My little knowledge on Korea is of the following:

Kimchi is some chilli cabbage snack.

Kim Jong Un has nuclear warheads and is pure evil.

Koreans have very WHITE skin (maybe I’m just jealous but why is it so white? Why?).

I decided to head to Lidcombe - this one of the suburbs along with Strathfield has a large Korean demographic (15.4% of the population according to Wikipedia) which means out of 100 people that walk past you in this suburb approximately 15 of them should be Korean (I guess there was purpose to attending math tutoring after all). I also noticed a lot of cool cafes and restaurants here and let me tell you - the Korean cafe game is strong and creative, which I will talk about later in this post. 

Oh yes I almost forgot - the real reason which is to be exposed Koreans and their culture before the my trip.

The first stop was a spontaneous one, walking around on one side of the station I stumbled across called Joh Eun Nal (maybe its named after the guy named John when you translate it) where I ordered a stone pot bim-bim-bap which was quite tasty, quick and cheap at $13. They got a whole range of Korean dishes from buckwheat noodles, kimchi fried rice, fried chicken, ramen and spicy soups. I would recommend it for a solo eat, couples or small groups (1-4 people).

The below is a more detailed review of the place if interested:

https://noodlies.com/2015/11/joh-eun-nal-lidcombe-korean/

The next place I’ve been curious about and read that they have an interesting decor (see pictures below) and it is both a florist and cafe - literally across the road I wanted to find a place to do some planning for my upcoming trip to Tasmania. I ordered a small long black, at a low, low price of $4 - it had a nice cold roasted brew taste. The place also features free wifi as well (great for the video streaming like NBA... ) A great place to meet people, first date or just doing some work on your portable device - here is a link for those who are interested:

https://www.zomato.com/sydney/flower-cafe-mattaniah-lidcombe

Following from the introduction, there is something about these Korean Cafes, they have it all planned out from the products, service, ambience. Aside from the coffees, the freshly bought and made cakes to the friendly welcoming service - you are greeted upon walking in/out of these places - (“yeoboseyo” which means hello and “joh-eun halu doeseyo” which means have a nice day - no i don’t know any korean). The ambience and sophistication of these places makes you stay longer and buy more!

Anyway after finishing listing ideas and making bookings for my Tasmania trip - the final stop was the Smelly Cheesecake, I guess the first thing you think of and are impressed by is the cakes here as well as the attractive decor. Pumping an endless playlist of Korean genre music (they also played some familiar pop like Taylor and Ava Max… oh she’s sweet by a psycho na na nana.. Ok i’ll stop) yes I told myself I’m going to do this blog post! Look up more places to book in Tasmania! A few of these Koreans are looking at me deciphering if I am Korean or do I speak Korean. I managed to find a blog which reviews this place for those who are interested:

http://westernsydneyfoodblog.com/154-the-smelly-cheesecake-lidcombe

One thing is for sure - I will need to get a pocket Korean language book soon and maybe learn some dance moves too but I’m saying no to the facial surgery and make-up. Until next time...

Joh-Eun-Nal

Florist, cafe and part museum

What happened to my laptop? :O

The cake game at Smelly Cheesecake

This is supposed to be a “people” shot - the decor is nice