The Cheapest Complete Meal, I've Ever Eaten While Travelling in The Alps

In the Philippines, one of the most expensive restaurants are Koreans'. Well, they really serve great food and your table would look like a feast with all the "banchans" or side dishes that come along with your main dish. It's always worth it a try so when I found one resto that offers Korean food in Kriens, I had to give in.

Who would have thought that it would be the cheapest complete meal I'll ever have in The Alps! Define a complete meal you ask? One with rice, protein and lot'za veggies for fiber plus it has to be real food and must be yummilicious - that's what it is for me. A panini would do but only if it has plenty of veggies in it. Just a panini with cheese and a slice of tomato with one piece of lettuce which I did have 7k feet in The Alps is more of a snack, yeah?

That bibimbap above has all of it and it just costs 20 Swiss franc. Is that cheap? If you convert that in Philippine peso, then no, but you see I got over converting currencies to another while travelling because every meal price in different countries I've ever been to is just different.

You may say that is not cheap at all, I get you, but since this place is close to the city center of Lucerne, it just considerably is. For that whole dinner meal, we only paid 50 Euro (inclusive drinks) because we didn't have Swiss franc and it's cash only there. You still think it's much then let me ask you, would you pay 23 Swiss franc for a pizza? Well, that's just the normal price in there, your drinks not included. I could get the same size of a pizza for less than 10 Euro here and the drinks would probably just cost me more than 3 Euro if I opt for something healthy so 23 Swiss franc for just a pizza is a lot! I'm not complaining cause I was well aware of what we'll be encountering there so we really prepared for this trip.

Now you see why it's a surprise to pay just 15 Swiss franc for each of these. That's a chicken version of bulgogi (I did plea to let me take the pic first but my husband just went on diggin' in) and this ramen with vegetarian dumplings in it. The later was still served with a cup of rice which I finished. We had these for lunch the next day with "a random act of kindness bonus" from the owner aside from a great time practicing my Hangul with them.

Okay, so you must be thinking, where are the side dishes? The only dish that goes with that is a "bulgogi" which is beef, I don't eat red meat so I missed out on kimchi and something else that goes with that bulgogi. However, the usual resto in the city center and even the ones close to it don't offer any side dishes at well!

If you are travelling in Switzerland, expect your wallet to cry (if you know what I mean) if you go for decent meals. We had one dinner for almost 80 euro, that's just two main courses, 2 drinks and coffee without a dessert. Yes, just dinner, imagine you have to pay that much for your every meal.

Imho, it would be best to prepare at least 150 euro per person per day if you want a decent meal and you can't expect organic for that yet. Fine dining would cost you more. Btw, that 150 euro per person per day doesn't include breakfast yet, every hotel we stayed in provided us breakfast but we really appreciate the breakfast we had in Kriens cause they have everything we want including organic tea. Some hotels don't even serve fruit. 'course, it may be a different case on some places yeah, this is just based on what I've experienced in places I visited when I was there.

The cook of these meals and the owner of the Korean resto are one of the kindest strangers we've met in The Alps. I would never forget the story that goes with those two bowls of bibimbap for the rest of my life. They have the seal of what most call - "random act of kindness" from strangers ..something I really, really love about travelling and this world!

Of course, this post would not end without a proof of yum! After all, I haven't eaten Korean food prepared by Koreans themselves. I do have Korean side dishes in my fridge and every now and then, I make my own Korean food at home but you see, Korean food is best eaten when cooked by a Korean cook. Agree?

_{This content's 100% mine . I took the pics with my D Eye and some with my smartphones .}

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