beer place near Gang-Nam

It seems that I am introducing place near Gang-nam a lot. 

And it is true;; lol 

Since I am working near Gang-Nam, there isn't not many chance for me to visit other part of Korea. 

but I will try my best to introduce other place as well. 

anyways, today, I would like to introduce a beer place near Gang-Nam.

The place called 'Bronx' 

it sounds like a Germany... to me. 

'Bronx' has around 10 kinds of craft beer

and it taste pretty nice!

for food, personally I liked gorgonzola pizza than half-and-half

if you order half-and-half, you will get half pepperoni and half original. 

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Bears Town

Every Korean man join the army for two years. (More accurately, one year and ten months) 

So does my brother. It has been almost 6 months since my brother joined the army. 

 so, me and my mom decided to visit him for new year!! :)

My brother is serving at PoChun (which is a bit northern side of South Korea) and near the troop, there's ski resort!! 

 we decided to stay in the resort since we could get 'Army discount' which is almost 50%! 

 which means we paid only about $130 for a night! how was the resort? was pretty nice!

You could feel christmas feeling everywhere! 

Also, you can enjoy ski or slate! 

so it would be nice for a family! 

http://www.bearstown.com/main/main.asp

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Campus seoul and a restaurant!

Google built six campus around the world. 

and Campus seoul is one of them! 

today, I would like to take you a tour to Campus seoul!

It is been less than an year since Campus seoul opened

but Campus seoul launched many interesting event.

Campus Seoul is located near Sam-Sung station. 

If you walk from Sam-sung station, it will take less than 10 min. 

You should get off from exit number 3 and walk strait from the exit. 

if you keep walking, you will find a building looks like below. 

Once you get into the building, go to basement. 

Once you enter the Campus seoul, you will see a cafe on your left side. 

but you need to make membership card fist to use the cafe. 

most of the drinks are offered in cheap price. 

Americano coffee is only $3!!! 

(My boss at Campus Seoul, doing Fireside Chat)

If you get hungry after attending Google Campus Seoul event, 

just go to 1st ground to find restaurant. 

the place I decided to go was 'The RAVE

at 'The RAVE' you can have hamburg steak or the others. 

(can't remember other menus that I haven't tried..)

haha

isn't it looks amazing? 

yes! it was!

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Old Fashion DoSiRak

Today, I would like to introduce an Old fashion Dosirak (bento) to you. 

My mom and dad's generation used to bring Dosirak(bento) to school. 

Old fashion Dosirak has fried egg, sausage, and Kimchi. 

In that era, student with sausage and egg in their Dosirak was the star

(I should warn you that the sausage is not the one you are thinking right now :p)

Ask for 'Yet-nal Dosirak' when you order it :) 

You can find this menu from a lot of restaurant. 

Below, I will introduce one of the famous place you can find Yet-Nal Dosirak

http://www.missleecafe.com/

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Amusement Park in Korea

Today I would like to introduce 'Lotte World' 

It is one of the top3 amusement park in Korea.

It is much smaller than 'Wonder Land' but still so famous!! 

Lotte World is the only indoor amusement park in Korea (as I believe). 

Also, since it's been K-drama which is really famous in China, you may confuse yourself that you are in China not in Korea. loll 

When you are visiting this place, don't forget to do some research because there are so many discount promotion is going on. 

I used my check card for discount and got 50% and so does my friend. 

(To be honest here, you can you any card from Korean bank and get 50% discount) 

Also, few rides are accepting reservation if it is not too late.

So, if you want to try as many rides as you can, use reservation service. 

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Try the special subway!!

Few days ago, something made my day so special!

It was all because I got on the special subway without any purpose!We call it 'Larva subway' because it is decorated with Larva.

I am sure you you have no idea about WTH is Larva, So I prepared a video haha!!!

So, basically, the Larva subway is decorated with larva image :D The subway is only at line2 (as I introduced before, there are 10 subway lines in Korea) 

If you would like to take the Larva subway, please take a look at the time schedule. 

운 행 구 간						비고
Shindorim→ Seoul Nat'l Univ.→ SamSung→ Sungsoo→ City Hall→ Hong Ik Univ.
07:21 (운행시작)	07:34	07:55	08:13	08:31	08:41	- 운행거리 : 395.8km - 운행시간 : 12시간 23분
08:53	09:06	09:27	09:44	10:02	10:11
10:23	10:36	10:57	11:15	11:32	11:42
11:53	12:07	12:27	12:45	13:02	13:12
13:23	13:37	13:57	14:15	14:32	14:42
14:53	15:07	15:27	15:45	16:02	16:12
16:23	16:37	16:57	17:15	17:32	17:42
17:53	18:07	18:27	18:45	19:02	19:12
19:23 (운행종료)

And here is the pic that I took in the subway :) 

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Welcome to Coffee Shop paradise

Korea Is coffee shop paradise, I would say.

There are so many coffee shop brands... Honestly, it is so annoying because you need to bring so many point cards since you will never know which coffee shop you will be next time... :'(

If I was in Canada and looking for coffee shop around, it must be either Starbuck or Timhortons... which means I don't need to bring point card with me since Starbucks lets you collect starts with my app and Timhortons doesn't give you point :p 

But since their interior is really good, I shouldn't complain.. :) Also, I am  writing this post at cafe as well loll

First Coffee shop which I would like to introduce is 'Blank' in ShinCheon. 

Personally, I LOVE their interior... :D 

because the interior makes me feel calm... also, the price of Americano relatively cheaper than other coffee shop.  

Next is O'sulloc. 

To be honest, it is not a coffee shop, it is tea shop. There are so many kinds of tea. So, if you are sick of coffee, try this place. 

 

I am writing this post at O'sulloc at Gangnam (yeah, you are right, that Gangnam from Gangnam Style). But since this Tea shop is Franchise you can find it anywhere in Korea... (I believe... at least I know one at Myeon Dong) 

Well.. there are so many other Coffee shop.. but honestly, I don't know what makes one different from the others.. so I wouldn't mention them on this post..  :'(

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One of the best Korean foods! "Sam-Gyeop-Sal."

If you are not Muslim or Vegetarian... 

or have some other reasons that you cannot eat pork... 

You SHOULD.. wait.. let me correct myself.. 

you MUST!!! try Sam-Gyeop-Sal!!

Sam-Gyeop-Sal is basically Pork belly but it is thicker than bacon. 

I am 26 years old and I haven't seen any Korean who does not LOVE Sam-Gyeop-Sal. 

Picture above is from yesterday. 

The name of store was 'Palsack Sam-Gyeop-Sal' 

which means Sam-Gyeop-Sal in eight colours. 

Basically they will serve you 8 kinds of Sam-Gyeop-Sal which are Curry, Go-Chu-Jang, herbed and... 5 others. (honestly, I cannot remember all of them haha :D) So, in the other words, they will serve you 600g of Palsack Sam-Gyeop-Sal.

with Seafood Dan-Jang soup (Korean style Miso soup). 

*don't forget soju when you are ordering Sam-Gyeop-Sal it is the best alcohol you can have when you are eating Sam-Gyeop-Sal!! 

Personally, my favourite was Curry Sam-Gyeop-Sal but my friend chose Herbed Sam-Gyeop-Sal. 

Palsack Sam-Gyeop-Sal set was 30,000 Won which is approximately $30 USD. I should tell you that it sounds like that it is a bit expensive but actually it is not. 

If you go to Ma-po Gal-mae-gi, which is also famous grilled meat restaurant, you can have Sam-Gyeop-Sal for 7,500/150g. So, basically it is same!! 

I will add map of the restaurant which I visited yesterday for people who wants to visit :) 

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Korean Traditional Food 'Jun (전)'

If you are interested in Korea or Korea food, I am sure that you know Bi-Bim-Bob (비빔밥), Kim-bob (김밥), or pork-bone-soup (감자탕, gam-ja-tang) already. But today, I want to introduce 'Jun' (전, in the other words Korean style pizza) to you. We used to eat Jun in special occasion such national holiday like Chusuck (Korean Thanks giving day) or Sulnal (Korean new year) or in wedding and so on. But now you can easily find a restaurant which is selling Jun!! There a so many kinds of Jun so that I cannot mention in this post all of them, but I will do some which are famous popular so you can order from any Jun restaurant in Korea :) There are few restaurant which sells only  (almost only) 'Jun' there. The first Jun that I would like to introduce today is Pa-Jun. Pa-jun is mostly made with 'leak' with flour.   This picture is the one that I took yesterdays when I went 'Jun' restaurant with my mom and aunt :) This is actually not just 'Pa-Jun' but it is 'Hae-mul-pa-jun'. Which means it also contains some sea food not just leak. :) Since I LOVE sea food so much, when I was young, I used to pick sea food from 'Jun' HAHA!! To get rid of the smell of sea food, usually 'Hae-mul-pa-jun' is a bit spicy. But since I cannot handle spicy food well (yes, I am Korean but I cannot eat spicy food. You did not misunderstand this context) we asked them to take away the pepper from the Jun so that i can eat it as well :) The next one is Dong-Tae Jun. Dong-Tae Jun is made with frozen pollack. So if you cannot eat fish for some reason, you may don't want to try this. However, one thing that I love to tell you is... Dong-Tae Jun is also one of popular Jun in Korea :) Dong-Tae Jun is so soft and it does not smell like.. you know... fish! that much LOL And there are Go-chu-jun, which is made with pepper but not spicy at all. They take away the seed from the pepper and fill it with some meat and other stuff.  Even thought it is not spicy at all, personally, I am not a big fan of Go-Chu-Jun only because it is made with pepper LOL ... So if I can, I rather to order dong-gu-rang-ddang!!! I LOVE dong-gu-rang-ddang so much and I am dare to say that this is the most popular jun in Korea...cuz I never seen anyone who does not like this!! If I need to say something similar with dong-gu-rang-ddang.. it would be similar with bugger petty but smaller version :) When I was young, on Sul-Nal (new year day in Korea) or Chu-suck (Thanks giving day in Korea), my aunt always complaint that no matter how long she works there's only few dong-gu-rang-ddang because I sat down beside to her and never stop to eat it :) For the last, I would like to introduce a drink that match perfectly with Juns!!! That is mak-gol-ri!!!!! It is Korean rice wine. Even thought it is not that strong, it is so sweet so if you keep drinking... you won't be able to notice your parents even :p      

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If you phone battery is out.

These days, the phone is very important. We use our phone as camera, map, notepad, and so on.... not just as a phone. But when your phone is getting out of battery, don't get panic because there are easy ways that you can charge your phone.

• Find convenience store: if your phone battery is getting low, try to find convenience store as soon as possible. "Mini stop","seven eleven","C&U".. any convenience store would be fine. Just enter the store and ask to charge your phone. It will take approximately 30 min to charge your phone and cost only $1 or $2. 
• Why don't have have some meal? Almost all restaurant in Korea will let you to charge your phone. Some might ask you if you have cable but to be honest, no one asked for cable recently. 
• Try to find USB port. If you are in the bus, try to find USB port. Because some buses has it!!! I believe most Mbus (which is blue colour) has one!! Unfortunately, I haven't seen any from subway :( 
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Korean Frozen Desert Pat-Bing-Soo

The weather is extremely hot in Korea these days. How hot is it? I thought that I would melt down on the street today LOL... So I decided to post something can make the hotness go away!

Few days ago, I read an article, 10 Brain-Freezing Treats From Around the World, and Pat-Bing-Soo was introduced in the article as well! So, I decided to post something about Pat-Bing-Soo to let the hotness go away!!

As it is described in the article, Pat-Bing-Soo means"red beans with ice" in Korean. The dessert consists of shaved ice, bean paste, fruit, condensed milk and fruit syrup. But!!! We do have more kinds of Bing-Soo!!

The original version of Pat-Bing-Soo that my mom and I tried last summer! It contains a lot of red beans and tastes so good for me even who does not like red-beans that much. Red-bean as a desert might sounds weird to you, I understand this because one of my best friend who is came from columbia (good job on the world cup by the way!) told me that it is weird for her to eat red-bean as sweet for her. If you feel the same way, don't worry, we have plenty kinds of Bing-soo.

These are Bing-Soo from Paris Baguette (which is one of most famous bakery franchise in Korea). As you can see above, Paris Baguette serves fruit Bing-Soo, Mango Bing-Soo, Blueberry Bing-Soo, Rice cake with been Bing-Soo, and rice cake Bing-soo... I know.. there are too many right? but this is not all!

Sing almost of cafe and fusion restaurant has their own Bing-Soo menu, it may take more than a year for you try all of them!! haha

This one is one of special Bing-Soo which is called Melon Bing-soo. They made bowl with melon and put crushed ice in it and decorated with scooped melon on top. Even thought the visual is so pretty, it was too sweet for me. Yet, if you love sweet desert you can try.

I was about to give you the address of this restaurant since it was so new in 2013 and you had to make reservation to have this special Bing-Soo. But it is so popular in Korea so that you can find this Bing-Soo so easily!! So just search for Melon Bing-soo or 메론빙수!!!

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Beef- Tripe and pork-tripe

Beef-tripe and pork-tripe are one of my favourite foods in the world! and yes, I am talking about beef tripe!!! Some restaurant cook it without sources and some restaurant make. No matter how it cooked, I love it!! Maybe you think this is too much for you to try because how it looks. Yet, please don't say anything but try it first! You will love it!!

This restaurant is one in the Il-sal which is near Seoul. I could not find any better restaurant in Il-san than here!! they even set fire on your dish. I don't know why they do it, but it is fun to watch it!! haha. when I found this restaurant first, I went there almost every other week!! :*(

Unfortunately, beef-tripe is a bit expensive. It will cost about $20-40 for two people. Usually Korean eat this with Soju

So, if you want to try it as Korean does, you can order soju as well!! But be careful because most of my foreign friends does not like it!

I found this restaurant just few weeks ago then addicted to it! This is pork-tribe. It is a bit spicy but not too much. There are dozen of pork-tripe store in An-yang. Those stores are along the alley so people calls that alley as Gopchang alley (Gopchang means tripe in Korean). My aunt told me that gopchang alley has been more then 30 years! It is even cheat as well! It is only $7 for one person.

You can find beef-tripe restaurant easily in seoul but if you want to try some pork-tripe restaurant in Gopchang Alley, you can follow the map below! Hope you enjoy it <3

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Best summer food = Nang-myeon!

Nang-myeon is one of the best summer food!! There is a song for Nang-myeon called by Girls Generation. This noodle is sweet and a bit sour but in one sentence, it is extremely delicious!! But Nang-myeon tastes better when you eat it with meet (it doesn't matter whether it is pork or beef!! :p)

http://cfile2.uf.tistory.com/image/204A830F4A84D58D2C3123

So, this restaurant, GoSsam Nang-myeon, serves nang-myeon with pork only at 6000Won (which is almost $6!!) The restaurant is franchise so you can find this restaurant in many places. If you are planning to stay in Seoul, you can visit restaurant in Shinchon.

You will have three choices when you go to the restaurant. Pork + water nang-myeon, pork + bibim nang-myeon, and pork + hot noodle. Water nang-myeon will be served with cold soup while bibm nang-meyon is spicy noodle without soup. Personally I suggest you to try water nang-myeon with pork!! :)

 

How to Eat

Wrap piece of meat with your noodle and eat it! and enjoy it!

 

Music below is the song about nang-myeon ^^

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMvMarhwpJs]

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How to ride subway in Korea 2

Last time I introduced subway line in Korea. That we have 10 lines near Seoul and you can use card to travel. Few days ago, when I went to ShinGill to meet my friend, I saw six white men were stuck on station since they the machine did not let them go outside of the station lol.

It happened because they did not know where to put the card. So I will talk about 'how to use your transportation card!' today.

When you get on the bus or go to subway station, you will find little machines which are look like below.

Once you find this machine, don't get panic, and just put your transportation card on top of 'T money' sign. Then you will hear little 'beep' sound and the screen will show you some number. The number is how much you got charged, or sometimes it will show you how much money you spent cumulatively if your card is not prepaid card.

As long as you heard 'beep' sound, you are free to go and find your seat!!! Also, as I discussed last time, you should put your card once again before you get off from the bus or leave the station. (don't stuck in the subway station like those six white men in ShinGill station loll)

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