[HiKorea Hostel(Guesthouse) in Haeundae, Busan] Famous Restaurant at Seomyeon Busan, the Jirasisushi, Specialty Store of Japanese Bento

 Seomyeon, the main street of Busan. It is a place where the young people who want to enjoy themselves, students who want to study, and office workers who head home all gather day or night. There is an unusual restaurant hiding at a remote place from the fancy spots. I finally got inside this place where it sells only limited amount of food every day, so I have always seen it closed before. The specialty store of Japanese bento, ‘Jirasisushi.’

 Maybe there are some of you who find the word ‘bento’ familiar. If you put it into Korean it means packed lunch, but if you think of the three-stage lunch that your mother has packed you when you went on a picnic when you were young, you might be not a little surprised. There is rice at the very bottom of the round wooden box, and various kinds of side dish and the main menu is put on top of the rice, showing off a quite colorful appearance. The food is served neatly with Japanese miso soup. It might take some time for the food to be served after you have ordered, so be easy when you enter.

 If you look at the menu, there is the dorioyako bento with chicken on top, chashu bento with pork on top and galbisal bento with beef on top. The price is from 7,500won to 9,500won. I ate the dorioyako bento, and frankly speaking, the side dishes were more delicious than the main menu, the drumstick of the chicken. It wasn’t bad, but it is an easy and common taste that you can experience anywhere. The serving is quite big, so it is not short for even men to eat. Friends that accompanied me ordered the chashu bento and the gatsudon bento so I could have a taste each, and personally I recommend the gatsudon bento.

 Even though it is located in the corner that doesn’t show well, this place, quite famous, is visited by people continuously. There seem to be many regular customers. You might want to hurry up a little to have a taste because there aren’t many seats. Sitting there looking around, I could see the unique atmosphere of this place. Shabby, but the form that seems to be not so decorated makes an atmosphere such as the house of a Japanese master craftsman. (Hmm… Is it an exaggerated thought?) But if you would like to feel the relaxation, the uniqueness and the heart of Seomyeon, I think it might be good to visit here once. However, keep the excessive expectations behind.