Travel Log: Chunju Friendly Hotel

I was recently staying in the Friendly Hotel in Chungju. The hotel is the best hotel in Chungju. The hotel was costing me 80,000 won a night and offered an “American Breakfast” in the hotel’s restaurant downstairs. The room was great, good view of the adjacent lake, my own balcony, and the people were all friendly just like the hotel name but the “American Breakfast” has got to get some revising.

I was really looking forward to the breakfast when the menu said the meal consisted of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and toast for 10,000 won. Pricey but I was tired of eating Korean breakfasts for the past few days. So when I got my breakfast I ended up wanting to order a Korean breakfast again. The meal had one cooked egg that had a Korean taste to it, the hashbrowns were actually four french fries, the bacon was one half strip of bacon. For 10,000 won you would think I could at least get one full strip of bacon! At least the two pieces of toast I got was American style. I was still starving after that meal so the waitress just kept bringing me more toast for free.

So the lesson learned from this is to beware of any “American Breakfast” being offered in a hotel where they do not see many foreigners. This problem is actually pretty common throughout Korea because a real “American Style” breakfast is hard to come by here in Korea. Does anyone know where some good breakfasts are served in Korea besides on military bases?