When I traveled to Seoul last weekend, I took the bus. The Honam line buses all seem to stop at a single paired set of service areas along the tollway just south of Daejeon, called the Jeongan service areas. (Honam is an old word that refers to the geographical southwest of the Korean peninsula, including the modern provinces of Jeollanam and Jeollabuk).
When I travel, I like to buy junk food at the service areas – I see travelling as an opportunity to not be so strict about what I eat, maybe. I like to get 통감자 and 찹쌀도너츠 [tong-gam-ja = “potato bucket” (delicious roast potatoes) and chap-ssal-do-neo-cheu = “glutinous rice donuts” (chewy deep-fried balls of sweet rice dough)].
Well, it turns out that the northbound potato bucket is profoundly less satisfying and delicious than the southbound potato bucket. And the portion sizes of the donuts are much bigger on the southbound side, too. So I have to say, travelling south is better than travelling north, on the Honam line. At least it is for me.
Here is my southbound snack, on Sunday.
Here is a random picture out of the bus.
