Seasons Table/계절밥상

A bloomin' good buffet!

Seasons table is a buffet restaurant in the iPark mall at Yongsan Station. There are other branches but that is the one I went to.

Growing real plants in the restaurant. Ain't no plastic leaves here.

This is a healthier option than other buffets around the same price, such as Ashley or VIPS (22,000 for two hours) and they have lots of choices, and a good amount of pudding options!

Here is the meat section where you can get freshly cooked steak (cooked to different levels for your taste - just root around), prawns, samgyeopsal and other tasties.

The chef is taking a break to do some exercise, apparently. Unfortunately, the sweet potatoes aren't real and not on the menu.

Lots of salads here too, all made in front of your very eyes. They are also making rice wrapped in leaves, called ssambap 쌈밥 which is simple yet tasty. You can see the ssambap on the plate below, above the hummus looking thing and below the noodles.

Kitchens that you can see help you know what you are getting!

The croutons were not crispy like I've known them before, and instead chewy and sweet. Enjoyable but not exactly croutons.

The pancake station, just one part of a larger desert menu which also includes traditional Korean crackers, ice cream and a bingsu (shaved ice) area, which you can add toppings to.

I would replace my heart with one of these if I could, and my blood would be liquid sugary nutty honey.

If you are lucky, Mr. Ice Cream will come around and offer you a red bean ice cream. As you may know, I am a self confessed ice cream addict so I had to take one when it came around, even though I had just finished my first plate. Let's call it an ice cream intermission.

This is a parody of Korean ice cream men of the past.

How to get there: Yongsan station, follow the signs to the iPark mall and it is on the 7th floor. The Korean name is 계절밥상.

Overall, a wonder-mybellyisso-ful(l) buffet!

Gamsahapnida for reading,

bellyQUEST


P.S. ICE CREAM SANDWICH