Review: Do you want to enjoy Korean traditional meals?

There are typical kinds of Korean restaurants in Auckland but some of them aren't authentic Korean ones. If you want to find a good one, I'd like to recommend Noorimaru which is a Korean restaurant on 10 Railside Avenue, Henderson. It is 2 minutes walk from Henderson train station and Unitec shuttle buses are available to Unitec Waitakere campus at no cost until about 6pm. If you drive a car to Noorimaru, you should use the Westfield car park as there is no space to park cars.


When I first visited the restaurant, I was very impressed because the chef never used any artificial flavours. In Korea, he worked as a head chef and owned his restaurant for about 30years. He also says that chefs should know the inherent qualities of ingredients. The restaurant serves various dishes at affordable prices and the chef always tries to develop new dishes. The restaurant is opened from 12pm to 9pm Tuesday - Sunday. There is no break at Noorimaru during the time, so you can enjoy Korean meals anytime.

The restaurant is decorated with Korean traditional patterns and masks, and I often go there to have my favourite foods which are Bibimbap (boiled rice with assorted mixtures), Galbi-jjim (hot and spicy steamed short ribs), Kimchi soup and so on. I’m keen on hot spicy ones, so I usually eat those meals. However, if you aren’t keen on eating hot foods, what about Bulgogi (sliced beef with soy source), Dak-jjim (steamed chicken with soy source), Soondae-gook (hot soup with fork pieces) or Noori’s set menu (been-paste pot stew and more than 12 side dishes)? The average price of dishes is between $13 and $30

I’m sure you can enjoy authentic Korean dishes at Noorimaru!

Do you feel like going somewhere during the holiday?

Wanaka is a town in South Island and it’s situated at the southern end of Lake Wanaka. To visit Wanaka, you may use airplanes between Auckland and Wanaka. However, that way is a bit expensive and the bus system is inconvenient in South Island, so I recommend that you get to Christchurch by flights and then you pick up rent cars. If nobody can drive a car, you can use transfer services which link Lake Wanaka with Queenstown, Christchurch, Dunedin and so on.

The reason why I tell you to travel Wanaka is that you’ll be able to do lots of activities especially if you like extreme sports. Why don’t you try sky diving(from $299) and paragliding(about $180)? I’ve done sky diving near Lake Wanaka and it’s extremely exciting. Besides those, you can enjoy horse treks, walking and hiking, skiing and snowboarding, rafting, jet boating and so on. I’ve done sky diving in Wanaka and I strongly recommend you should do it there. You can watch amazing view during free fall. Does it sound great?

Are you going to travel with your family, friends or by yourself? You should go to puzzling world which is just 2km from Lake Wanaka and an entry fee is free. I’m sure you love it and spend amusing time because there are illusion rooms and a great maze at puzzling world.

In Wanaka, you can stay at hotels, holiday parks, backpackers, motels, etc. Are you looking for economical accommodations? If you stay at backpackers or lodges, you’ll stay at a reasonable price and may be able to meet many tourists and talk with them. It’ll be interesting experience. In my case, I stayed at YHA Wanaka which gives convenient facilities for tourists. The price is from $18.00.

Shall I tell you about my itinerary? It was from Christchurch to Queenstown for 7days and I spent one and half a day in Wanaka. I wanted to more stay there, but I’d already booked another accommodation in Queenstown. I’d like to suggest that you don’t have to book in advance because there are heaps of accommodation in Wanaka. Apart form Christmas holidays, you can turn up anytime and get accommodation easily without booking. This website provides all information about Wanaka such as accommodation, transport, activities and useful tips. Here is a link.

• The Cheapest Flights  - Mixandmatch: click here
                        - Grabaseat: click here   
• booking accommodation - Wotif: click here

Don’t forget to visit i-SITE before you travel!

 

What I'm thinking of writing for my blog posts

I'm thinking about writing a travel guide entry and a review.

For the travel guide I'm going to write about Wanaka which is in South Island because it's the best place I've ever been to in New Zealand. In Wanaka, people can't be bored! :D

For the review I'm going to write about a Korean restuarant in Auckland where people can enjoy various Korean meals. There are traditional and special Korean dishes in the Korean restuarant.

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