Travelling with baby/toddler in South Korea

I just remembered that I have a post regarding travelling that I haven't finish writing!! =.=" 

Same like many parents, we always have bunch of questions pop in our mind from where shall we travel with little one tagging along to what should I bring, what about food....and the list going on and on....

We travel quite frequently with our little one, especially at least once a year (if possible) to South Korea, to visit my in laws.  This time, I try to make some notes and photos to share while travelling in Korea.  I will share more on basic and general information about food, and accommodation. Hopefully this post will give parents some guide when travel to South Korea with little ones.  Happy Family Travelling~~~ :)

Convenience Store in Korea

You can see a lot of convenience stores in Korea whether it's along the shoplots at roadside, subway or just right beside the hotels.  It's really easily accessable and has a lot of things to offer from food, drinks to daily essentials.  My recommended 'must buy' items when visiting the convenience store for my boy are: Fresh milk, yogurt, juice, bread, roasted seaweed sheets and instant rice pack.



Convenience Store



Someone is busy choosing at the convenience store... 'mummy, I want this...mummy, I want that!!!'  >.<

Fast and Easy meals on the go with little ones:
Rice with roasted seaweed



Instant Rice Pack:  It can be heat up with microwave or in hot boiling water.  Wrap the rice in roasted seaweed sheets and tada~~ instant kimbap/sushi! ^^ Or serve the rice with egg also as good!  You can always order cooked white rice from a restaurant too.

Bread and Jam






Always ready some bread and jam in your bag.  We bought our squeeze pack jam from the department store in Korea but you can always bring your own over ;)

Noodles (Non-spicy)/Rice Soup/Porridge/Pancake

There are varieties of noodle selling in Korea which are not spicy and suitable for young children.  For example:-

Jyajangmyeon 짜장면 (Noodle with blackbean sauce 炸酱面),

Kalguksu 칼국수(Korean knife-cut noodles)

Janchi guksu 잔치 국수 (Banquet or party noodles/warm noodle soup),

japchae 잡채 (Stir-fry glass noodle with vegetables),

Udon noodles,

Sujebi 수제비 (Harn-torn noodle soup) and many more. 

For rice, you can choose from varieties like

kimbap,

samgyetang 삼계탕 (Ginseng chicken soup) or

gukbap 국밥 (soup serve with rice).

For porridge 죽, there are:-

Yachae juk 야채죽 (Vegetable porridge),

Dak juk 닭죽 (Chicken porridge),

Jeonbok juk 전복죽 (Abalone porridge)

hobak juk 호박죽 (Pumpkin porridge).

For pancake, there have

Grated potato pancake 감자전,

Seafood pancake 해물파전,

Vegetable pancake 야채전 and many more.

Some of the restaurants prepare kids utensils, like this one.  It's my boy favorite cartoon character pororo! yeah, I am a happy mom! ^^



Udon



Grated Potato Pancake 감자전

Janchi guksu 잔치 국수

Dwaeji Gukbap 돼지국밥 (Pork meat soup with rice) we had in Busan.

Accommodation

Try to opt for service apartment hotel when staying in Korea with children.  Most of the service apartment hotel in Korea are well equipped with basic kitchen tools and utensils.  This trip we managed to arrange a short trip to Busan and stay in Citadines Haeundae Busan.  It has a kitchen corner with induction stove, microwave, electric kettle, cooking pots, cooking pan, knife, scissors, chopping board, spoon and fork.  The hotel also provide dishwashing liquid.  It's really convenient and we can heat up/cook our boy meal anytime.  The room we stayed also has a balcony with laundry rack provided.  You can actually handwash your little one dirty laundry and dry at the balcony (less clothes to bring when travelling if staying in this type of hotel...hehehe).  Overall, we were impressed and really enjoy our stay there.  The hotel is also within walking distance to the eateries/restaurants, subway and beach. 

For more info, may checkout their website:http://www2.citadines.com/en/index.html



Small but well equipped kitchen at Citadines Haeundae Busan



Bought this Pororo cake from Paris Baguette at Incheon Airport before headed back home.  It's cute & yummy and best of all they keep my boy's tummy full and quiet for a moment in the airplane...hehe ^^

Other considerations:
Stroller vs Baby Carrier/Hip-seat
My choice goes to baby carrier.  Most of the tourist spots like theme parks do provides stroller.  Some department store do provide stroller too, just go to the information center and ask :)
For remote from one place to another whether by walking or taking trains, it's more convenience to use baby carrier especially in subway, people are walking fast and there are many stair case too, I would say carrier is a better choice.

HAPPY Travel! <3