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Insadong

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I have neglected or more like gave up in updating my blog. However lately I have the urge to write! Type and deleted post on Facebook and Twitter...I guess my blog is the best place to put down my thoughts.  So, ya HELLO! *clean up spiderweb and dust*  Korea, a city where I would like to study and work at. I love its culture, maintaining traditional and modern elements in their architecture. Brilliant!  Insadong is a place where a tourist must visit in Seoul. This is where you buy souvenirs that represent Seoul. It is filled with antique shops, art galleries, traditional stationery shops,  handicraft shops, potter and porcelain shops, bookstores and art supply stores. It is the home to many traditional restaurants and tea houses.  Ssamziegil was designed in such a way that it connects alleys in spiral-like stairway. You can get a clear view of the sky as you do your shopping. ...

Jin Ok Hwa One Chicken Restaurant 진옥화할매 닭한마리

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It is located at Dongdaemun. The restaurant name explains what it serves, one whole chicken boiled in a basin of soup together with a tray containing a scissor, a tong, a small plate of grated garlic, one dish each of kimchi and Korean rice cake. The soup was then heated up on a built-in table stove.  The waitress will help you in cutting the chicken to pieces when is cooked. What you get in the soup is: One whole chicken Meat broth Cabbage kimchi One potato, peeled and sliced (may order extra if is not enough) You can order rice cake or noodle to be added in the soup, or else it will be quite plain with just chicken and potato. Korean chili paste, mustard, white vinegar and soy sauce were prepared on the table. The waitress taught us to mix all of the above and it goes really well with the chicken! The korean chili paste is so good that we decided to mix it with the soup! Never regret doing so. Honestly, one chicken is not enough for...