The Banquet House, Insadong, Seoul

One of the nights we went to Insadong area for dinner.
This is the BEST DINNER that we had in Seoul, which was like The feast of the Kings and Queens.
So be ready for tones of pictures coz we had sooooo much food!!!

 There are many very cultural and traditional buildings at insadong Area, you can also find many different types of souvenirs, or any art related items here..

This is the little building-The banquet House, where we had our abundant feast like Queens and kings!!

 All the floors are customized at the minimum height which is enough for you to sit, that's why they manage to have 4 floors in such a small building.

Going up to the 2nd floor...

The full horizontal view..

All of us were provided with aprons so that we won't dirty our clothes while eating.

The very first dish they serve you is the sweetened porridge, als as an appetizer.

This is the traditional type of Korean Rice wine,very thick and also strong.

Side Dish No:1 Mixture of Beansprouts, carrots, and cabbages

Side Dish No:2 Donno what vege but a little bit sour and very appetizing

Side Dish No:3 also donno what vege but i almost puke eating this!!yakss

Side Dish No:4 Some kind of preserved fish, they warned us about the odour but to their surprise,I love it!!!!!

Oh! Pork! my favourite! This is BBQ style, we finished the pork but nobody touched the kimchi.

Fried prawn, fish, meat and vege platter!!

Some kind of cold tofu platter

By looking at this picture, you can see how big is the serving...

Vegetables egg pancake..

Beef with Vermicile Noodles

Spicy fish

Bugalgi beef soup, this is scrumptious!!

Sashimi Fish..

Special Marinated Beef with Sunflower seed. Very expensive but i didn't like it..

look at the table, this is not the only food we had, we had  

3 rounds of this much of food!!!

 Fried Fish, very fresh...

i love this pumpkin as well but was too full to eat it...

Mixed grain Rice.

After we thought we finished up everything, the Koreans took out this rice pot..

Oh, after they scoop out the rice for us, they actually pour hot water into the rice pot, soaking the leftover rice throughout the meal time, then those dry rice were soft enough to be consumed.
It is a Korea tradition that we must not waste a single bit "RICE".

So full yet so satisfied.....

 And the amount for 5 persons..... worth it!!!

The cute waiter!!

Anyone of you guys who plan to visit Seoul, Korea since Airasia has direct flights to Seoul...

You must visit this place:

The Banquet House, Insadong.

p/s: Will try to update the full address when i get home coz i have the name card!! :)

Ice Gallery, Seoul

I had done my research on where to visit in Seoul, one of the place that i was so tempted to go is the Ice Gallery.

However, many Koreans do not even know that this place exists!!

So, we had a hard time searching for this place.

We could not even find it in the map. We just had lunch nearby and were walking around in Insadong area. We thought it was nearby..

According to the Tourist Information Centre and the GPS, we must walk pass this Girls' School..

We had to walk through this long road to another end.

 

 Follow the sign to the Art Centre/ Library..

 

Then, it is the Art Sonje Center on your left. So turn right at the junction.

 

This is the Jung Dok Public Libraryon you left side.

The Ice gallery is just located across the road on your right side.

 

Look across the road, it is just located next to this Cafe, look at the Blue signage...

 

 

Argghhh... It's so hot and we had been walking for so long trying to search for this place..

Ice Gallery is gonna be the best place for such hot weather..

We need to walk down to the basement..

"Finally!!Here i am!"

This is the ticketing counter...

You need to pay 7,000Won per pax to enter the ice sculpture exhibition Hall.

Before we enter the "Freezer" @ Exhibition Hall, we need to wear the jacket, coz it is -18C inside here...

Don't worry, they have more than enough for you to choose, so don't bother to bring any jacket.

Eskimo at the igloo....

There is an ice glide.

An Ice Castle....

Ice Computer, monitor, keyboard..

Toilet....

Fire Place....

A Palace.....

Villagers at the village..

Another shot at the palace...

At Paris?

A group picture...

This is the stage for the ice sculpture winners..

Everyone is working so hard to carve a glass.

The fruits in the ice bowl is a complimentary, but only 1 bowl for 4 of us??

Anyway, it was a fun and exciting experience. 

Some people might think 7000 won for such a short 5 minutes tour is not worth it, anyway it all depends whether how strong you are to be able to withstand such freezing temperature... 

You might freeze to death if you stay more than 10 minutes i think.

You could not feel all your fingers, nose and ears after coming out from there.

www.icegallery.co.kr but it is in Korean only

02-737-8830