Hwang-Tae gui or Spicy grilled Pollack fish, Geoje-si, South Korea

Today our lunch was Hwang-Tae gui, its kind of grilled spicy Pollack fish. The story behind the making of the fish really interesting, Pollock that is dried during winter is rehydrated with gochujang (red chili paste) sauce and then grilled. In order to make hwangtae, hang on outdoor flake at windy and very cold mountain area for 40-90 days, the pollocks fish are slowly dried by undergoing an uncountable number of days. Pollock meat is changed into a unique texture as the flesh repeatedly contracts and expands during the process. To produce best hwangtae, good climate conditions include intense cold, snow storm and freezing wind are all required. The pollock is transformed into a delicious hwangtae by grilling it.

Below you can see the restuarant name address and phone number.

Its really delicious food.

The restuarant is new one which is recently opened. Just next to Paris Baguette Bakery near seonga and cook, in Okpo.

STX KAN, Geoje-Si, South Korea

STX KAN a remarkably big construction company is opening in Geoje-si. It joins the leagues of the giant companies names in the Geoje island, first the DSME, SHI and now STX KAN.
STX KAN are the biggest builders of offshore plants, constructions, houses, housing complex, resorts, roads, bridges, tunnels, advances research complexes etc.
It has several branch office all over the world. Its globally recognized company.
See more information:
STX KAN website
Also STX KAN is building up the STX Hansol: STX apartments, located in Geoje, Sagok-ri San 61-3,Sadeung-myun, Geoje-gun,Gyeongsangnam-do

Size of construction

18 buildings, 2 stories below and 24 above the ground, 1131 households

Surely, the company might open several new opportunities and good housing complexes in Geoje-Si.

Merits of Living in Geoje-Si, South Korea

Merits of living in Geoje island

“The earth has music for those who listen.”
― William Shakespeare

n         Geoje-si surely is a beautiful island, untouched, not seen and has its own winsome beauty, with the high & low mountains, valleys, rivers, sea and oceans. The island is small has its own uniqueness with several islands surrounding it.

n         You are away from the city and hence surviving in the pollution free environment.

n         The hospital, school, post-office are within small reach, no long distance travelling

n         There are no traffic jams in the city.

n         There are several picnic spots, beautiful beaches to play and enjoy with the nature.

n         The life is actually tension and stress free, opposite to the big city hassles.

n         The island is the core of ship-building companies hence maintains high-standards with  high salaried employees.

n         The second biggest city, Busan, can be reached through a bridge with 45mins of travel from geoje to Busan.

n         Safety of the residents is key factor which attracts the people here. Your family is very safe here as the crime rate is almost 0% in Geoje.

n         Several places to visit, Geoje is being developed and hence attracting several tourist and also new tourist spots are being built up.

n         The biggest company like SHI and DSME provide lot of opportunities for the residents and families of the employees by conducting workshops, seminars, trips, welfare programs, showing movies, they have day care centers, jobs, trainings, schools, opening courses in the Koje college, sponsoring foreigners clubs etc. They sponsor many programs for the families and their welfare.

n         It’s a small world within itself and hence self-content. You can enjoy several sports, like hiking, mountain climbing, etc and keep yourself fit and slim.

Weekends can be enjoyed thoroughly. Its such a beautiful place, and every nick and corner is scenic and very picturous with beautiful landscape. People would crave to live here, so I feel the residents of Geoje-si are really lucky. Its a Paradise on earth.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
― John Lubbock

il sogno alato, Italian Restuarant, Geoje-Si, South Korea

One more good Italian restaurant titled IL SOGNO ALATO, which is located just outside okpo, and really famous. Its away from the main market. The restaurant has double storey and has really good ambience. Its good for relaxing and enjoying the Italian food.

The food I may recommend is the carbonara Pasta with mushrooms and bacon.

The fungi garlic pizza is awesome.

The food is little expensive but worth it.

Its a good place and very comfortable.

The service is very fast and waiters are really kind.

I enjoyed it.

Demerits of Living in Geoje Island, South Korea

Demerits of living in Geoje island

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Albert Einstein

Geoje-si being an island has its own good and bad points. Living here can be fun and as well as at times boring. I would like write some points about it.

n         Geoje-si Island is considered to be an expensive city. So if you compare the food cost, living cost and everything is comparatively expensive than Seoul and Busan.

n         Lack of Variety, you don’t have much choices for restuarants as the big city.

n         Branded shops are rare, you don’t find many brands here, you have to depend on online shopping.

n         Delivery of post or shopping parcels are little slow to arrive as they are directed from the main post-offices which are located in big cities.

n         There is no International High school. There is only one International school which is for the young children.

n         There is no university in this Island, only one Koje College which is of medium standards. There are few opportunities to find a job.

n         The city is not lively or energetic with young crowd. It has two major ship-building companies in this Island so generally the crowd is the employees and their families.

n         There are no subways/metro/tubes or trains and also no airport.

n         If you plan to visit Seoul, only option is bus or taxi, or going via Busan.

n         Geoje Island is not a well-developed Island. Still several constructions are always going on.

n         There is no fashion sense in Geoje as the adults are generally in their Company uniform from Morning till night and the kids or young are in their school uniform.

n         There is no night life as such, just some old man drinking and moving on the streets in their company dress.

n         Shopping is not at all a fun here, as there is not much shopping complex, there is only one Homeplus in Gohyun, otherwise we need to drive very far to Tongyeong to reach lotte and e-mart.

n         There are only two cinema halls/ theater.

n         There are few hospitals and rarely do you find the doctor speaking in English.

The list can be endless if you see the other-side of life , but these points are not to discourage or depress anyone, just some facts which need to be improved in Geoje-si. Since I have been living here for such a long time I have seen drastic improvements here, hence I am loving it.

Wait for my next blog which will potray the positive side of the living in the same place