Third day in Korea (6)

I've always been skeptical when it comes to product or services that has strong marketing. Almost always, the product ends up short of what is expected of it.
So when I saw Yeha guesthouse splattered strongly at the Korea Tourism Organisation booth for Jeju during the Matta fair, I was determined that it did not remain on my 'places to stay' list.
I must say though, I was proven immediately wrong upon arriving at the guesthouse (Teresa made the booking, which means I didn't have a chance to snub it).

If you remove the messiness caused by us, it's a really nice and comfortable stay. For a guesthouse, this place is pretty top notch.
We had planned on heading to Jeju Love Land after settling in, but the gloomy day we spent got to us. And after setting sights on such a cozy place, we decided to stay put and just relax.
This was the last night we were spending in Jeju, and I had yet to taste abalone porridge, which is a must have food item here.
Lucky for us, Yeha was already prepared with what guests had in mind and the girl at the counter immediately produced a piece of paper complete with a map with directions to several restaurants that serves Jeju's specialties.
I don't remember the name of the restaurant we went to, but it was really good.

Here, we have the usual side dishes.

But the soup was something different. Usually, it's served with bean sprout in clear soup. This was slight different with cucumber in red soup. It had a tangy taste as opposed to the clear soup.
The owner of the restaurant was pretty proud of her abalone dishes, especially the abalone rice hotpot which was featured on Korean television before.

It may not look appetising, but trust me....this is goooooooddddd......
The abalone slices were thick and plentiful. The owner was not at all skimpy with their end product. Throw in a slab of butter and some heavy duty stirring....and it is ready to be consumed greedily.

Hot, flavourful, delish.....and pumped full of luxurious abalone.

From the looks of it, the porridge doesn't look like much. But much like the hotpot, this bowl is buried with plenty of treasure from the sea. And the flavour, also superb. Yummm.....the downside? I can never ever have this in Malaysia....
Oh, abalone dishes, I miss you so.....
After the meal, we went back to Yeha for an early nightcap as we had a full day of travelling the very next day.

Note: We spent around RM70 for one night in Yeha Guesthouse. It is a really fair price considering we were in Jeju and the environment of the place is really good. Yeha even provides tours and has probably every question you had in your mind about Jeju prepared.
The abalone hotpot was priced 15,000 won while the porridge was 10,000 won.