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I discover this Kimchi Museum when I visited Coex Mall near Gangnam-Gu. With a small fees I learned about kimchi. Overthere I learned about History of Kimchi, Types of Kimchi, Nutritional benefits of kimchi and also I can taste as much kimchi I want....muahahahaha thats the best part!   What is main ingredient for kimchi? mainly vegetables such as napa cabbage,radish,scallion or cucumber and many more. Don't forget chilli peppers to spice up all kimchi....mmmmm...that is why all kimchi is red! From kimchi you can cook kimchi stew,kimchi fried rice, kimchi pancake and many more...hey even spagetti you know!!! Do you know that kimchi was introduce to Korea from Japan after the Japanese invasion. There are white and red kimchi. There sweet and sour kimchi and some even spicy salty one. Kimchi is Korea's national dish and we can say this kimchi like akin to pasta in Italy.     This is kimchi storage during old time...but now most of korean...

  I came back from Seoul a month ago and still struggling to upload photos and stories of my journey to Seoul. I am busy! Busy means good...at least I still have work to do and earn for my living. ....trying to see this as positive!   I discover this Tteok Museum by accident...I was walking back to hotel  in late evening after Palaces exploration since morning..... This place loacated near Jongno 3-ga Station , Exit 6 and my hotel is near Exit 3. Not far leh....   Tteok or in english we call this as Rice cake is symbolic and oldest food of Korea since 2,000 years ago going back to the Three Kingdom's Period. If you are a fan of Korean Drama , remember FAITH star Lee Min Ho??? Back then they don't call Korea but old name is Goryeo.   I learned , there are 4 basic methods of preparation this Tteok. * Boiled Tteok * Steamed Tteok * Pounded Tteok * Fried Tteok   I get to taste this Tteok here and also I even bought...

Early morning after breakfast, I went out walking towards the historical sites. There are tourist guide map which I took from Hotel reception. I just follow through the map and found out the palaces and other historical sites is just walking distance from place I stay. Horraaayyyy!!!! OMO!!!! now I feel like I should have stay longer...not enough time to cover this all. There is lots of walking and walking and walking..... every night back home with sore feet!!!!   First site I visited is Jongmyo Shrine (Chongmyo Shrine). This place built at the same time as Gyeongbok Palace to hold the ancestral tablets for the kings during the Joseon Dynasty. The royal family will perform elaborate rituals here , 5 times a year to respect their ancestors. They still practice this until now. However , in modern days they will only perform this once a year which is during month of May.   Since this is the place to pray for the dead, so walking at this large area early in the m...

I was very lucky to stay at Jongno area during my trip in Seoul. The place I stayed is practically walking distance to many attractions and also convenient to get  subway to anywhere I want. One of the attraction is Cheonggye Stream which located about 5 minutes walking distance from place I stay. During my trip there is this  Festival going on along the Cheonggyecheon Stream. Over 30,000 lanterns of various sizes and shapes, depicting Joseon Dynasty lifestyles or representing company/org logo. The stretch of lantern is between Cheonggye Plaza and Seungyo Bridge. There are many activities going on, lantern making, lantern floating for good luck, lantern fortress building and wish hanji (traditional paper) hanging.   Cheonggye stream served many important functions since it flowing through the capital and restoring the Cheonggye Stream is the wisest the decision since it helps to recover 600 years of Seoul's history and culture and is helping Seoul be reborn as an...

I am taking my sweet time to update my solo travel adventure in Seoul. On Thursday, 14th Nov 2012, I was very excited about this trip to DMZ , Pamju and 3rd Tunnel.  My new military boot, I bought the night before DMZ trip at one of the shoes wholesale market for 35,000 won. Same night , I bought another pair of boot for only 20,000 won. Crazy , huh!!!! When leaving for Malaysia , I was scratching my head on how to carry all this thing.... uwaaaaaa.... my luggage expanded. Thank God the USO office not so far walking from the subway station. The weather was chilling cold. This day trip organised by USO kooridoor who organised by UN  army there in south korea. My group basically the retired army from US and Europe country. Only 4 asian , myself and another 3 , I guess one from Japan, vietnamese and philipines. Many area can't even bring in the camera.... most of the time got to leave our bag in the bus. When take photo n...