Ginseng Soup with Rice in the Chicken

"Ginseng Soup with Rice in the Chicken"

When I heard that we were gonna eat Ginseng Soup, i was thinking "nothing special, coz when we were smaller sometimes mom cooked that soup and we didn't really like it"

But i was so shocked when i saw that shop was like full house...
and even more surprised when i got my own bowl of soup..... It was Fantastic!!

The Ginseng Soup was so super boiling hot!!

Finally i could see the chicken in the bowl!

The steam..... When i tried taking a closer shot of the soup

Now, this is a clear shot!

Here comes all our food...

Im having a whole chicken...

Look! There is rice inside the chicken!

Mini size Chicken

It is very very hot, so scoop the chicken and rice out to your plate and eat...

The Koreans love eating with Kimchi...

Wow! There is a Giant Ginseng inside my chicken...

Nom.. nom... nom..

Nice pose! It makes the soup very yummy!!

This Special bowl is for the bones

I drank the whole bowl of soup, except for the spring onions....

Still Super Full House...

There are still many people waiting for their turn to come in

Each bowl of the Ginseng Chicken soup is 12,000 Won, worth it!

Oh, look at them.. so busy preparing food for the lunch crowd.

This shop is located at the Lower Ground Floor
LS Yong San,

Hangang-ro 2ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea.

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

Bong Shu Jjim Dak- Steamed Chicken @ Insadong, Seoul

The similarities of all Korean food are they like to cook everything in one big pot, all in one...
Whether they drink soup, eat chicken, eat Bugalgi, a NORMAL KOREAN would pour the whole bowl of rice in and eat altogether....


Today, we are at Insadong, the cultural street again..

 This is a very special Restaurant- Bong Shu Jjim Dak

Why is it special to me? Coz...it only sells only 1 item>> Steamed or Broiled Spicy Chicken Platter, which is very famous and originated from Andong, Gyuengsangbuk-do province of South Korea.

The only choice is you can choose the size: Small, Medium or Big.

 We chose the biggest pot of boiled chicken coz there are 5 of us...

As for the smallest size, one dish is enough to fill 2 starving tourists.

 

But, i tell you what, this is very delicious...

This platter consists of many ingredients like: chickens, cucumber, carrot, potatoes, onions, chillies, etc all marinated in a very special type of Korean Soy bean paste....

This is some kind of cold sour soup to give you more appetite but i don;t like the taste...

You always need scissors to cut the noodles inside coz it is normally very very long..., or just cut anything else that you think is too big to put in the mouth...

i sure cannot eat without rice.....

hehe... now you know hoe big the platter is...

Very nice interior as well, and the air-con is so super strong to prevent you from sweating since the chicken is very hot and spicy...

Bong-chu Jjim-dak a.k.a. Andong Jjimdak
Phone: (02) 3676-6981 - Address: Seoul-shi, Jong-ro-gu, Dong-soong-dong 1-96, 1 Floor
(in Dae-hak-ro/Daehangno neighborhood, near Marronier Park, "Hyehwa" subway station).