8 May 2012
The BIFF (Busan International Film Festival) Square was just across the road from the Jagalchi Fish Market and was the starting point of our shopping trip. There were hand-prints of international movie celebrities on the floor of BIFF Square but we failed to spot any that we could recognised.
One of the fun things to do at BIFF Square was to try the street food.
We spotted a pushcart vendor selling a dessert that consist of what looked like melon seeds and grounded peanuts on a fried dough. We bought one to share and it was good.
After passing through the gateway of BIFF Square, we went to the left where the Gukje and Bukyeong Markets were located. The products on sale were those targeted at locals and not something that we were particularly interested in.
Like Seoul, Busan is dotted with coffee shops all over. We spotted a Angel-in-Us coffee house and spent about an hour there sipping coffee and using the free wi-fi.
Then it was back to shopping, this time on Gwangbok-ro shopping belt. The shops here were more appealing to tourists and we spent some money on clothing.
Somewhere along the Gwangbok Shopping Street, there is an escalator leading us to the Yongdusan Park. So, we took the detour and went to explore the Yongdusan Park at night (more about that in the next post).
It was about 9 PM when we came back down to the Gwangbok shopping street from the Yongusan Park and searching for a place to have our dinner. We chanced upon a restaurant called the Pasta Mama, located on the second floor, and thankfully it was still serving food at 9 PM while most shops below were preparing to close.
The restaurant was manned by a young Korean man who was very polite, speaks a little English and offered us quite good service (we were the only guest in the restaurant at that time). We sat on the table by the window and really enjoyed our pasta.
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