[JM COFFEE ROASTERS] Various Drip Coffee & Ocean View

My family headed for a cafe after filling tums with yums.

My cousin recommended that place, which is quite reliable as he really loves coffee and knows what cafes make good coffee.

It is two-story building, and its inside is pretty spacious with great oceanic view behind windows. There's also terrace, but I did not feel like going there because of still chilly wind. I'd like to take a seat there in terrace in summer, but not now!

It's got various drip coffee, you know, the different origins of coffee beans like El Salvador, Ethiopia and etc. It has its own JM cafe latte and JM Americano. As I am not a big fan of coffee, I prefer milktea or tea latte, but this cafe does not have any milktea, but choco latte, which I assume might be hot chocolate, and greentea latte. I considered greentea latte, but its maicha tea powder is from Japan, which made me not choose it. (I am very concerned about radiation exposure.) 

I finally decided to order JM cafe latte, expecting that it would taste a bit different from general cafe latte. However, it did not taste that different. Well, is it because I am not very sensitive to coffee? I don't know. Anyway, it was fine!

This cafe has its own bakery section. The prices of bread was a little more than average prices in general bakery, but looking quite healthy.(It seemed to be made from whole wheat or something. I don't know the details.)

It also sells some slice cakes, which cost about 6500KRW.

Bread and cake were all so sweet <3 p="">

There were a few sections where stuff regarding coffee sells.

It's the view from my table where I sat, which I liked so much. Over that window is terrace with blue sea behind.

It's a place worth visiting for those who LOVE

DRIP COFFEE

DESSERTS(bread & cake)

BLUE SEA

TERRACE WITH OCEANIC VIEW

:)

It's located on the way from Songjeong(송정) to Gijang(기장).

It's located on the way to Haedong YongGung Temple.

It has a parking lot for drivers. 

[Gijang Snow Crabs] Yummy In My Tummy

It's been long holidays in Korea so far. 

Monday-Children's Day

Tuesday-Buddha's Birthday

following the weekend! 

What a coincidence!

(I don't feel it's that special because I don't go to university or work. Anyway, holidays are always nice, right? :))

Also, it's Parents' Day on Thursday, which is May 8th.

Celebrating this in advance, we had family eating out today with relatives.(uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandma)

The very basic and main course, snow crabs.

Before they are served, some side dishes, which can be called Entree, are served. Entree is composed of several dishes including some salads, corns, soy sauce with onions and so on, which I did not take pictures of.

Anyway, the most important and core thing is this main one, snow crabs!

They're full of flesh, and very fresh right from water tank. They're steamed as soon as we order them. My cousins and I were so busy eating them we barely talked! haha

It's lobster, which we ate after snow crabs. I guess it's my first time to try this one? Anyway, its texture was a bit tougher than snow crabs. My cousin said that its texture is like eraser. Another cousin said it's like between fish and snow crabs, which I really agreed on.

I liked snow crabs more, personally.

OMG! It was my favourite today! 

In Korea, when you go to crab restaurants like this, the finale is rice mixed with soy sauce, sesame oil and a dried laver, which is Gim in Korean, so called black seaweed( I am not sure of what it's really called in English exactly, sorry) in a crab shell.

As we were so busy eating more snow crabs while uncles and aunts having the mixed rice which I mentioned just above, we jumped into this one in the picture above. The rice was kinda fried. I LOVED IT! I was already full, but kept eating and eating with kimchi.

This is the restaurant where my family visited today. 

Its name is 서생원조 대게도매 in Korean.
(Seo-Seng-Won-Jo-Dae-Gae-Do-Mae)

I don't know how much it costs exactly because it was family visit and I did not pay.

However, you can guess it can't be cheap.

I was happy eating amazingly delicious crabs with relatives, which I would not dare to eat with friends =)

It's in Gijang, which is a bit farther away from Haeundae and Songjeong.

It's also famous for seafood and sea. As it's far, it's convenient to drive instead of taking buses or taxi.

Oh, this restaurant got spacious parking lot, which parents were very satisfied with.

MISCELLANEOUS 1

Some British Stuff I found at a travel cafe in Masan, Korea

[Merry Strawberry] Spring Palate

Merry Strawberry has been such a boom since its launch as a 'season menu' in March.

What is Merry Strawberry?

At the bottom is strawberry smoothie thingy, and yogurt in the middle and fresh strawberries on the top!

I love Merry Strawberry!

Yogurt is my favourite part. Merry Strawberry itself is quite filling. A spoon is served together to scoop strawberry and yogurt. 

Merry Strawberry(메리딸기 in Korean) costs 6000 KRW, and you can buy it at YogerPresso.

There are not as many Yoger Presso stores as other cafes like caffe bene and Angel-in-us cafe, though.

As it is a 'season menu', you won't be able to taste it later. Other similar menus like Merry Berry and Merry Mango will be followed, to which I look forward :)

[Johnson's Diner] American Style Restaurant at Reasonable Price

Johnson's Diner(존슨식당 in Korean) is an American style restaurant. I could see its effort to make some American atmosphere inside.
Anyway, its prices on the menu are pretty reasonable. I mean, not very expensive, but a portion is quite enough. I really liked this restaurant.

My friends and I ordered lunch B set menu(19900KRW), in which customers can order one menu among pasta and rice, and another from steak section. Bread and butter is served first. Also, you can choose two kinds of soft drink. After the meal, Americano is served to each person. That's why lunch menu is quite appealing.

We ordered pasta with salted pollock roe(not sure of its exact name) and Johnson steak. As I really love meat, portion is as important as taste to me. In terms of it, this steak satisfied me very well. Its taste is just like general steak, and the portion is not small at all as you see from the picture. In addition, thhose potato chips were super delish. Unlike those in Maccas, they are seasoned with something that I don't know.

Pasta was also nice. 

(Servers are kind, too. They asked us how food is and whether there's anything we weren't comfortable with)

This is how it looks inside. As we visited here on Friday lunch time, it was not crowded. I heard it's common to queue for their turn on the weekend and dinner time around. 

It also has brunch menu, which I wanna try later, and burger menu.
If you want some Western food, which is more like American style at ok price, Johnson's Diner is worth visiting.


HOW TO GET HERE : It's on the Jeonpo Cafe street(Seomyeon).
There's a street between DUNKIN DONUTS on the right side and Busan Choongang Middle School on the left side. Walk one block and turn right. You will see Stars and Stripes very soon if you walk several steps more.
here's its facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/johnsondiner