By Na Hoang
So you’ve just arrived in Busan, the coastal city about a three hour train ride south of Seoul, and you manage to get yourself to the most popular beach in the area, Haeundai Beach. You spend the morning there, soaking up that Vitamin D, and getting sand in places you’ll never get out. 
At around noon, you pluck yourself up, roll up the beach towel, and start walking into town for something to eat.
In just ten minutes, as you walk down a street that would eventually take you straight to Haeundai subway station, you see this restaurant.
The front opens up into a patio, the décor is a calming black colour, and with a name like Breeze Burns, you’re already enticed.
If you get there before the hungry Saturday crowds come and order their brunch special, you will be happily met with a western style platter of breakfast foods served from foreign-friendly personnel.
A Brunch for Champions
The plate they handed to me was literally the size of two dinner plates. How else would they be able to fit two slices of brown and white bread, three sausages, two slices of bacon, scrambled eggs, some salad, tomatoes, green beans, hash browns (or wedges), and a waffle with real Canadian maple syrup on just a regular size plate!
All of this for just under 10,000 won would have done the trick for me, but the freshly squeezed orange juice with pulp and sweetness that can only come from natural juice hit the right spot.
Finishing the meal off with a café Americano coffee, hot or cold, made it the best vacation brunch I’ve had so far.
A Dinnertime Delight
Half a day later and a short subway ride away, near Gwangalli Beach with a view overlooking Gwangan Bridge in the distance, I found myself hungry and looking for a nice eatery when I came across another Breeze Burns restaurant.
Making such an impression on me in the morning, I decided to try out their dinner menu. As I walked into the establishment, I could see the servers behind the bar rolling out ground beef into sizable beef patties.The sight of fresh, not frozen, hamburger meat made drool almost dribble down my chin as I tried to find a seat.
The dinner menu had a nice selection of sandwiches such as ham and cheese and smoked salmon.
It also had a nice assortment of hamburgers with the vegetarian burger getting better reviews from my friends than the meaty ones. Dinner was for around 10,000 won for a burger and beer.
Breeze Burn deservedly earned my e-mon-chon-won that day and the title of best vacation burger and brunch in South Korea.
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Na Hoang is a Canadian who currently teaches English in a rural town up north in the middle of nowhere. Although her apartment is tiny, she continues to fill it with animals, including her two dogs, Keiko and Alma, and her cat, Beatrice. She likes climbing mountains, drinking heavily, stargazing, sarcasm, and blogging (na-and-keiko.blogspot.com).
