21/6/19 Fri: Planned for breakfast at Manna Sikdang, which was only about a 5-minutes' drive away from our Airbnb. We parked at a small carpark opposite early enough in case we had to queue for this restaurant, which was famous for their spicy hairtail stew. It was not opened yet, so we took the queue number and walked around the neighbourhood for a little while till about 10.30am. *Saw a forklift literally tearing down a 2-storey building... omg the walls looked as fragile as paper as it was being crushed!*
Their menu was pinned up on the wall in Korean, no frills. We don't know if it was their policy or what, but even before I open my mouth and order, they gave us one spicy hairtail fish (12K KRW) and one saba fish (10K KRW) stacked on top of one another in a big plate, though we only thought to order the previous to try. Well, the saba was nothing wow, but the hairtail fish tasted yummy and very similar to eels, just that it had a bit more bones. The spicy soup went very well with the fish meats too. Definitely a must-eat if one's in Jeju.
After a satisfactory breakfast, we drove over to만장굴 (Manjanggul lava tube) for a walk into this UNESCO World Heritage lava cave. Admission was at 2000 KRW per person, and we first entered a mini museum to read more about the lava tube before exploring it physically.
Only 1 kilometer of the 7.4-kilometer-long Manjanggul Cave from entrance no. 2 is open to tourists. The temperature inside is at a range of 11~18℃, so wearing a jacket is a must. You can see flowlines of the hot lava flows on the walls, stalactites, lava stone mark (stone turtle, which locals think resembles shape of Jeju), lava shelf, ropy lave, lava toe and a 7.6 metres-tall lava column at the finishing point opened to public, and is by far the world's biggest scale of lava columns.
Yes, we could feel the sudden drop in temperature halfway down the stairs leading to the entrance, from about 24 to 12 degrees Celcius.
Don't be like me because I didn't expect the cave to be that cold, but luckily Potato brought his jacket along and I got to wear it towards the end instead lol. Some parts of the ground were filled with puddles of water, and most of it was wet, so comfortable shoewear is helpful in here too.
The stay at Manjanggul cave was shorter than I expected, but we had no other plans in between, so we headed straight for the Sisters Noodles (Jamae Guksu) for lunch. The place sells Jeju's traditional noodles.
Yes there was an e-queuing system outside the entrance, but it was all in Korean, so the waitress assigned us a queue number verbally and told us to wait outside. There was quite a long queue, and we honestly had no idea how long it would take. Good thing, it only took 20 minutes' before we got a seat.
We ordered one pork noodle soup (8000 KRW) and one dry mixed spicy noodles (8000 KRW) to share. Potato thought the soup one was a bit bland, but the dry ones were yummy. Their pork slices were just nice, texture-wise.
On our drive over to Jeju Loveland, we knew we'd pass by Mysterious Road, so I told Potato to drive on that short 100m path so as to see for ourselves how cars "defy the law of gravity" there lol. I took a video, and though Potato has his foot off the accelerator and a neutral gear, our car still appeared to be going "uphill" haha.
Jeju Loveland costs 9000 KRW per entry ticket and parking was free. There weren't many people when we were there, but we did saw a bus of tourists though. *Racing ad outside the female toilet leh...*
Due to the "mature" content in the park, I did not take much photos to share online either. Some intriguing displays here and there, and they do sell sex toys too, but not exactly a "must-visit" place if you ask me.
As it was still early by the time we left, we added in Hamdoek beach to our itinerary last minute. Clear blue skies~ we went inside Café Delmoondo since it looked nice. *I did not plan for any café-hopping in Jeju, but if it's there, we take it.*
We sat by a corner facing the beach, and Potato ordered three bread for us to share: Jeju Gravel bread strawberry (3500 KRW), Jeju Gravel bread original (3500 KRW) and Mocha bun (4000 KRW). There was a "buy 2 free 1" promotion, hence we spent 7500 KRW only. The strawberry-flavoured bread was not bad, but the other two was only so-so.
Walked over to the beach and then crossed a bridge even further for some evening strolls around this area. We saw huge toy bears "sun-tanning" themselves on the rocks as well lol~
We had a simple dinner (11K KRW) at김밥, the small eatery nearby our Airbnb, and took-away one김밥(3000 KRW) as tomorrow morning's breakfast too!
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