Hadongkwan’s gomtang (traditional Korean beef soup with rice) is famous in Seoul. It is very simple food – beef broth poured over a bowl of rice topped with slices of boiled beef slices and spring onions. The restaurant has been
Seoul: Myeongdong Cathedral
I think this may just be my last post for the April 2012 trip to Seoul. Then I am going to do some housekeeping on this blog, starting with indexing all my travel posts on a separate page. 🙂 I
Seoul: Floating Island on Hangang
On one very cold evening, we visited the nearly completed Floating Island complex on Hangang River. It is located on the southern end of the Banpo Bridge, that is, the side that is closer to Gangnam. The Floating Island complex
Seoul: Andong Jjimdak
We ate this famous and very delicious chicken dish from Andong called Andong Jjimdak during our last trip to Seoul. It is chicken braised in soy sauce, together with vegetables and Korean vermicelli (which is very chewy, and you might
Seoul: Haneul Sky Park
Since reading about and seeing photos of the Haneul Sky Park in Korean travel blogs some time back, I have always wanted to visit the park. The first time I tried to visit the park was a couple of years
Seoul: Haemul Jeongol
It has been a busy, busy three weeks for me. When I reach home from work, I head for the shower and then my bed! I kinda miss blogging 🙂 I managed to flee from the office at 5.30pm, went
Seoul: Bukchon Walk With Robert Koehler (Part II)
I liked the second half of the walk best because we visited a gorgeous hanok in the neighbourhood, saw some paranomic views of the hanok rooftops and walked around a very school called the Joongang High School which was used as
Seoul: Bukchon Walk With Robert Koehler (Part I)
I have been facing some difficulties with this blog for the last month or two. Â I am getting my host provider and ISP provider to to do some troubleshooting for me. Â The preliminary assessment is that a trojan horse or
Seoul: To-Die-For Tosokchon Samgyetang
I never pass up an opportunity to eat a bowl of samgyetang from Tosokchon whenever I am in Seoul. Before Tosokchon, I was never a big fan of samgyetang. I find the broth in most of the samgyetang that I
Seoul: Seodaemun Prison Museum
We visited the Seodaemun Prison Museum one cold, drizzling morning. This was my second visit to the museum – the first trip was in 2007, also on a cold, drizzling morning – which was established to remember the Korean patriots
Seoul: Easter Egg From Myeongdong Cathedral
I bought this Easter egg at a fair held in Myeongdong Cathedral on Easter Sunday, and gave it to a friend who is Catholic. This sounds silly. But I wasn’t sure whether the pouch held a real egg when I bought
Seoul: Ewha Womans University
I visited Ewha Womans University (I know the spelling ‘Womans’ is an odd one because there isn’t such a word in English, is there…?) for the first time during autumn in 2010, and was bowled over by the beauty of
Peekture: Spring Blooms
Spotted these  growing along the roadside outside the Haneul Sky park.  They remind me of jasmine.