Seoul 2012 DongDaeMun/KangWonJib KamjaTang - Bukchon

Day 5 begins in Jonggak which initially our plan is to visit the tourism office to have free experience on Korean culture. As usual we got lost again and ended walk to DongDaeMun. Since we are there we decided to have KangwonJib Potato Ribs Soup recommended from the tour guide book as our lunch. With the help of ahjussi who can speak mandarin we managed to find the street that sell potato rib soup.

KangWonJib KamjaTang 강원집감자탕 
Opening hours: 24 hours
Address: 서울특별시 종로구장신동 464-30 

medium size for 22,000won 

We learnt the correct way to eat it by mimic the next table. Next we headed to Bukchon since we were watching InHyun's man drama at that time. A beautiful and artistic street which worth visiting.Walking down the street make you think that you are actor/actress in kpop drama.

Bukchon Hanok Village (북촌한옥마을)
Address:서울특별시 종로구 계동길 37 (계동)
How to get there:Anguk Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 2. Go straight for about 300m to arrive at Bukchon Hanok Village.

Bukchon is a residential area in Seoul with countless hanoks (traditional Korean houses). We pays a visit to Bukchon Traditional Culture Center. It is a public information hall which exhibits the materials about the entire history and value of Bukchon. There you can find information on Bukchon tours. (the toilet here is clean too) Bukchon is surrounded by Gyeongbokgung(Palace), Changdeokgung(Palace) and Jongmyo Royal Shrine and we eventually bumped into Changdeokgung when walking around. 

Changdeokgung 창덕궁과 
Opening hours: Closed on Monday
Address:서울특별시 종로구 율곡로 99 (와룡동)
How to get there: Anguk Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 3. Go straight from the exit (east) for about 300 m.

Changdeokgung Palace was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage site by the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Committee in December of 1997. The entrance ticket charged around 3,000 won. Due to budget concerned, we only capture a picture in front of the entrance. (I won't tell you because I spent my money for the IMAX tickets and art exhibition) 

Evening was another fangirl YOLO project again where we attended the blue carpet of Mnet event. We saw alot of Kpop idols from here including SISTAR, fx, SNSD TTS, Mighty Mouth and of course Super Junior. 

We have our dinner settle down opposite Chungmuro hostel since being a fangirl is a very tiring job. Our dinner was pork with beansprout served with cold noodles and seaweed soup. Very tasty in the mean time extremely spicy too. The waitress only ask us whether we can take spicy food or not after she served us. Way too late to regret. T_T Luckily there's naengmyeon and seaweed soup to neutralise the spice and Coca Cola too. (Coca cola actually save my life in Korea by prevent sore throat from all the spicy food)

That's the end of Day 5 where half of our day actually spent camping at Mnet blue carpet.