So far Seoul good - Korea Open Marathon - Part 3 - Buffet Dinner

After the Seminar/Product showcase, we were famished despite the cookies... but we were in for a sumptuous galore buffet dinner!

Everything looks so yummy and I just wish I could try everything! But too bad... I have to run the next day in the morning =( , and it will be bad for my digestion if I eat too much the night before... so... I just have to make do with the temptations around me... and eat what I deem as eat-worthy!

Lots of pictures... but few descriptions.. because my memory has failed me! lol. My pictures don't look as nice as those food bloggers out there, cos what I use is a Panasonic Compact cam, not the BIG BIG DSLR... =\ So don't expect too much from my macro pics... :P

assorted meats... veggies... korean style of cos!

more more more!

Smoked salmon and garnishes

Roasted meat section - Gosh... I love meat! Roasted Beef and Chicken

Cold section - Sea Spurts (from sea urchins), White bait, Prawns

Sushi...

Cold section

Koreanish~ Kimchi, and the ingrdients to make Bibimbab. The plate of red colour shreds of meat at the right is beef sashimi! Raw beef... droolz..

I have no idea what is that, just take lar...

Salad

and more salad...

Alaskan Crab!

Dumplings and...err.. Ketupat???

Small cutsies looking stuffs... but i dunno what are they!

Desserts section

The Pink thingy is a macaron

Chocolate Almond cream

Green Tea Cheesecake

Tiramisu

And this is what WE ate... not just me alone k... I must emphasize again.... "WE"

I started off with something cold and light... Sashimi. The sashimi is so fresh, thickly sliced yet it has that "melt" in your mouth kind of texture... The Smoked salmon was not as well done thou...

This was my first time eating Beef sashimi. It taste like beef of cos, marinated in shoyu sauce. Just think of sushi dipped into Shoyu, with the texture of beef. The blurts of orange things are sea spurts, and i think it comes from sea urchins, correct me if im wrong.

Crab Pincers!

This has to be my favourite. Big, fresh and juicy! But it taste much saltier than those I had in SG... but still shiok la...

A slice of roasted beef, roasted chicken, fish, salmon.

Then Harry, one of the korean delegates whom I know over there got me a cup of this. I don't know what is it called, but according to him, it is made of rice ( you guys will now think of rice wine, but nope its not). It taste quite sweet. In fact, it taste like Barley drink to me!

And fyi, he clocked around 3hrs for his marathon 42.2km~ wow... not a professional but an amatuer leh...

gosh.. I miss those crabs.... Think i got myself a few more plates halfway while eating. lol. no pictures to show thou!

Similar to one of the picture above, just that this one has Beef fried rice.

Looks like Nasi Lemak??? But its not larh! This is actually Bibimbab prepared by Harry. The red sauce is the Red Pepper sauce that we need to mix thoroughly with the rice and ingredients.

This is the weird thing... tried a bit and... that is it.

Desserts Galore! The top left corner: Tiramisu in a cup is veryyyy nice! One of the best Tiramisu I had was from a Pizzeria Giardino in CHIJMES, but this is the BESTEST I had so far. The Greentea Cheese cake was splendid as well... never knew green tea and cheese cake can go so well together

Bread and butter pudding... Tanglin Club got nicer ones.. lol...

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So far Seoul good - Korea Open Marathon - Part 2

After our quick trip down to Dongsaemun, we headed back to the Hotel at 4pm for a seminar.

New "New Balance" Design, some of which are really chic! Some of these designs will be in Singapore in the later part of this year... yay!

This is so true and I can vouch for it. If you wear certain xxx brand running shoes, after running for some time, you can actually feel certain pressure points on your feet due to the stiches etc. With New Balance, the shoes just slip in "like" socks, and you will not feel any uneveness inside. Puuurfect Fit.

Toe Box...

Total fit is a concept in which shoes should fit a person 360 degrees, and not just the length or width of the feet!

What is most impressive is that, all new design undergo rigourous testing at a very high tech Test Centre in Boston, where athletes wear these new designs and undergo various intensive testing before the shoes is in the market. I am truly amazed!

When you pay for a New Balance shoe, you are paying for its function, you are paying for the rigourous R&D!

Yayness! I got my racepack, and another new shoes from New Balance, and then one whole suit from top to bottom, and what elates me the most is the 3/4 tights!
And this is my race tag! Buy lottery!

CookiesssS!! Biscuits before and after seminar. The white thingy is damn nice la, inside got dark chocolate and is gluey gluey one... haha
After the seminar, we were drove to the Seoul Olympic Park. This was the venue where the Seoul Summer Olympics 1988 was held! and this will also be the starting and ending point of the race.
Thumbs up!

Briefing on running route, followed by a lesson given by Seoul marathoner, Dr Bang!
Very good running tips on running fast and conserve energy, hand movement, strides, feet landing etc...

This place will be flooded with 2000 runners and a few thousands supported tomorrow!

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