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Round 1 & Round 2! I only took a little bit the first time around because I didn't know what a lot of stuff was or how spicy it was. I found out I really really liked the spicy sweet & sour fried tofu cubes; they were my favorite dish! The nice waitress passing by was laughing at me because I was tentatively poking my tongue at the tofu chunk at first, totally absorbed in my spiciness testing :D
Whoa the restaurant here is FANCY. I utilized one of my free breakfast vouchers this morning and went to Restaurant Maybee on the 10th floor. A sign pronounced that it was still in its Grand Opening phase so it must be new! It was gorgeous inside, all glass, light wood, and chic colors. It was a buffet served catering style in separate dishes. There were separate dishes with pastas, seafood like calamari and giant prawns, broccoli and squid dishes, bulgogi, fried rice, sliced meats, etc. I was in awe.
All the dishes were plated SUPER fancy, like the cooking shows you see on tv lol. I was scared to touch them but my stomach decided otherwise (I didn't get to eat lunch or dinner yesterday what with all my traveling hassle). I just took a little at first because I didn't know what some stuff was or how spicy it was. They served me a fancy little coffee as soon as I sat down. I wish I could've taken photos of all the food but I thought that's be pretty weird in such a nice place so I refrained haha.
All the dishes were plated SUPER fancy, like the cooking shows you see on tv lol. I was scared to touch them but my stomach decided otherwise (I didn't get to eat lunch or dinner yesterday what with all my traveling hassle). I just took a little at first because I didn't know what some stuff was or how spicy it was. They served me a fancy little coffee as soon as I sat down. I wish I could've taken photos of all the food but I thought that's be pretty weird in such a nice place so I refrained haha.
The really friendly host talked to me for a bit after I sat down. He studied in America for junior high he said, which explained why his English was so good! I had brought along my Genki 1 Japanese textbook to read over while I ate so he noticed it and said he was studying it too. In fact, he was holding a sheaf of Japanese study questions right then lol. He asked if I could read them but I sadly couldn't read it all. Gosh darn kanji....
A quick aside about my room: dude. Whatever this room lacks in size it makes up for with the World's Coolest Appliances!! I already waxed poetic about the toilet and room accessories. However, the sink and showerhead duo are literally the coolest thing I have ever seen, including the toilet. I've never seen something like it so it took me about 5 minutes of poking, turning, touching, switching, and pulling in the bathroom while freezing my butt off before I figured out how to turn the shower on. The showerheads are linked to the sink! There is a level on the sink that turns it on and hot or cold depending on how far you push it up or down. I finally located a twisting section on the end of the sink spout that was in Korean but I twisted it anyway. It closed off the sink the sent the water to the top showerhead! I twisted and pulled out another knob on the showerhead thing and that split the water so it flowed to the second (removable) showerhead as well.
LITERALLY THE BEST SHOWER I HAVE EVER HAD. That includes all the fancy hotel suites I've ever stayed in in Vegas and the old luxurious ones in Mammoth (my family will remember those). I have sort of a pet peeve with showers so I'm going to ranmble on about this for a bit. Unlike most hotels these days that have 1) dinky little showerheads so nothing comes out, 2) decent showerheads but water-savers on them so only a trickle comes out, or 3) no hot water, once I turned it on I was literally drenched in a deluge of hot water that came out of the wide showerheads.
You know when you're in a shower and you can face front and have your back cold or put your back towards the showerhead and have your front cold? Well the removable showerhead solves that for you and you're warm all over, all the time. It was HEAVENLY. Then when you put the removable showerhead back on the wall post, you get a DOUBLE deluge of warm water all over. And the top showerhead is realllllly high up too for all you tall people (I know Dad's had issues in some hotels because for some reason, they always put the showerheads really low in a lot of shower. Even I have to crouch sometimes to wash my hair and I'm only 5'3. Come on now hotel architects!)
LITERALLY THE BEST SHOWER I HAVE EVER HAD. That includes all the fancy hotel suites I've ever stayed in in Vegas and the old luxurious ones in Mammoth (my family will remember those). I have sort of a pet peeve with showers so I'm going to ranmble on about this for a bit. Unlike most hotels these days that have 1) dinky little showerheads so nothing comes out, 2) decent showerheads but water-savers on them so only a trickle comes out, or 3) no hot water, once I turned it on I was literally drenched in a deluge of hot water that came out of the wide showerheads.
You know when you're in a shower and you can face front and have your back cold or put your back towards the showerhead and have your front cold? Well the removable showerhead solves that for you and you're warm all over, all the time. It was HEAVENLY. Then when you put the removable showerhead back on the wall post, you get a DOUBLE deluge of warm water all over. And the top showerhead is realllllly high up too for all you tall people (I know Dad's had issues in some hotels because for some reason, they always put the showerheads really low in a lot of shower. Even I have to crouch sometimes to wash my hair and I'm only 5'3. Come on now hotel architects!)
Restaurant (eating place)- sheek-dahng 식당
Water - mool (but sounds like bool) 물
Japanese (language) - eel-bohn-uh 일본어
Breakfast - ah-cheem 아침
Water - mool (but sounds like bool) 물
Japanese (language) - eel-bohn-uh 일본어
Breakfast - ah-cheem 아침