DongTan Musical Fountain Timings 2014 (동탄 센트럴 파크)

DongTan Central Park Musical Fountain Timings
Schedule	Available Days	Timings
2014/05/12 ~ 2014/9/30	Weekdays(Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri)*	20:30 ~ 20:50
	Holidays(Sat, Sun, Public Holidays)	14:00 ~ 14:20 17:00 ~ 17:20 20:30 ~ 20:50

* Thursdays : Maintenance 

 

Location:
경기 화성시 반송동 동탄 센트럴 파크
Dongtan Central Park, BanSongDong, Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-do


For Car Navigation(Korean):동탄센트럴파크 

Dongtan Suembu Restaurant (동탄 수엠부)

Last evening, had been to the Dongtan Suembu Indian/Nepali restaurant. It is rare to get good Indian restaurants around town and so when this idea of eating out propped up, we chose to go to a new place, along with our Korean friend.

At the outset, I was surprised to find Korean staff there. Since the Suwon branch is run by a Nepali family, I presumed this was a branch. This is more of an independently run restaurant except for the name, which has probably been licensed/franchised from the Suwon restaurant. 

I was impressed by the ambience when we entered. The staff were courteous.

Our ordered food came relatively quickly.  And, the taste, quite delectable.

I also got to meet the chef, who is from Mumbai. 

Durng the course of our eating, I was quite curious, how a Korean started this restaurant with a Nepali connection..While paying our bill, I came to know of the owner's involvement with social service in Nepal. Mr. DongHyon Kim(김동현), the owner, had been there a few times to help some children's cause. And,  over the years, this Nepali connection grew. He informed me that he quit his job and started this restaurant last year.

The prices were reasonable for the quality. 

Location: 113-4, Bansong-dong,
               Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggido.

              경기도 화성시 반송동 113-4 번지 1층

              Tel: 031-8015-2494

Business Hours: Mon~Sun 11:00~22:00

                         Closed on the last Sunday of every month.

Daum Place Link: http://place.daum.net/place/Top.do?confirmid=13127748

Musical fountain at Dongtan Central Park (동탄 센트럴 파크)

This year, summer seems to have been replaced by a longish monsoon season! Call me a cynic, but, it seems to me that rain or snow find their way punctually on weekends in Korea! The result being that this summer, which was supposed to be our belated "discover Korea" time during weekends has been rather a lean time. Not much travel and much lesser pictures clicked translates to lesser blogging here...

After a  few false starts, last Sunday found us finally visiting Dongtan Central Park. This place is hardly 10 km away, yet we could never find a suitable time to visit in good weather. These upcoming areas have great infrastructure in terms of central parks with lots of facilities. The eye-catching feature of Dongtan central park being its musical fountain!  We reached the place for the evening 8:30 show and the 20 minutes experience left us dazzled. I am not quite familiar with Korean songs, so don't remember the songs played. In English, Billy Joel's "Sing us a song, piano man" and ABBA's Mama Mia songs were played.

I am continually impressed with the money poured into public facilities in South Korea and more importantly the fact that they are not abused by the public-at-large.

This park has facilities for roller skating, tennis, wall climbing, football as far as I could see... Probably a good idea to go there before dark and have a small picnic before winter strikes. There is enough to spend a few hours there! 

Musical fountain timings:
weekends/holidays- 2pm, 5pm, 8:30pm (about 20 min)
weekdays - 8:30 pm

Location:
경기 화성시 반송동 동탄 센트럴 파크
Dongtan Central Park, BanSongDong, Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-do


For Car Navigation(Korean):동탄센트럴파크