Contact Admin. After a week and a bit in Gwangju, and two or three reschedulings, we finally headed to the coast. I picked Ttangkkeut again because I knew how to get there, knew that it could be an easy day trip with a not-too-crowded beach, and the gigantic donkkaseu with amazing savoury gravy at Bear House continued to haunt my dreams.
We headed out late because Dad is a Dad who lets his daughter sleep in and we made it to the bus terminal around 9: We got tickets for Maybe a Cornish hen? After lunch we walked along the beach for awhile, walking far out during the low tide to reach the ocean. It was beautiful, busier than my first time there though not crazy crowded for a Summer weekend in a country with Kakao Taxi Uber but with registered taxis is not a thing there and no taxis were driving through so we stopped in at the police station to use broken Korean and broken English to ask for a taxi to Ttangkkeut Village.
They also asked if we were a couple. And monorails are fun: Just as beautiful the second time. We walked back to the village, bought our bus tickets back, and went to find dinner.
The fist restaurant we entered for some reason only served it before noon, and the second was empty but we needed to pick something. Again I felt irrationally disappointed in myself for picking a good but not great restaurant, but salty grilled fish is tasty and it did the trick for a dinner before we got on the bus. And I always feel a bit proud when I get to debone a whole fish with chopsticks. Super smoky, salted grilled fish.
A bit dry but not terrible. Sticky sweet black beans, kimchi, the zucchini with crunchy dried shrimp dish I love, bamboo shoots dish I also love, sticky peanuts, fried anchovies with peppers, kimchi etc.
