Daily Life In Korea

Why Korean wear hiking clothes?(With Korean hiking pictures)

I received the question “Why so many Korean wear hiking clothes when hiking? from my foreign friend and I realized it could be weird as so many people are wearing hiking clothes in a mountain. After that when I hiked the mountain I also got surprised at I could see a lot of people were wearing the hiking fashion clothes than I expected! Today I write about my thought why so many people are…

How to buy a subway ticket and how to take subway in Korea(with Pictures)

Recently I forgot to bring my credit card from home to go to work that I had to buy the subway ticket for taking a subway. Fyi, most of the credit card in Korea has the IC chip inside that it is possible to pay the transportation fee just placing the credit card in the machine. So on that day, I had an idea for taking all the pictures while I’m using the subway ticket and posting about how to buy…

6 Types of Korean Popular Bibimbap

As you might already know the Bibimbap is one of the popular Korean dish and Korean eat the Bibimbap often. But did you know there are diverse types of Bibimbap that Korean commonly eat in daily life? In fact, there are so many types of Bibimbap depends on the ingredients inside but today I will introduce the most popular 5 types of Korean Bibimbap. The Bibimbap word could be divided to Bibim(비빔)…

Gwangjang Market-Explore the Korean food and Clothes-Part 2

In Gwangjang Market-Explore the Korean food-Part 1 I wrote about the most famous food type, but in part 2 I will write more about my experience with the food I ate and also the clothes shopping tips. In Gwangjang market there are lots of the food markets and also the other types of the market which are selling the fabric, Korean traditional clothes…etc. When I went to the Gywnagjang market, I…

Gwangjang Market-Explore the Korean food-Part 1

My home is quite far from the Gwangjang market, but I had a chance to visit the north part of the Seoul to buy clothes, and on a way home I visited the Gwangjang Market. This is the Seoul map and the Gwangjang market is in the red part. The arrow in the picture says Gwangjang market Korean pancake, raw beef, drug Kimbab(광장시장 전&육회&마약김밥). After I entered the market I could see lots of people are in…

Is there Kimchi Refregirator in each Korea home?

The answer is YES. Kimchi is traditional Korean side dish made of vegetables with a variety of seasonings and eats Kimchi all the year. Until the mid-1990’s when the Gimjang(김장: making Kimchi) is done, each Korean home put the Kimchi in a crock pot and buried underground as the picture you can see in below. Korean take out the Kimchi little by little when want to eat. Now, most of the Korean live…

4 unusual things about Korean culture

Each country has a different culture and the people habits are also different. Some of the Korea life cultures might be surprised to you. Today I will introduce 5 Korean common habits which I’ve heard it is wired from foreigners. 1. Leave the laptop on the table and go washroom If you are in Korea, you might see many people leave the laptop when they go the washroom. I was in a coffee shop in…

4 Korean habits only in Korea

I’ve selected Korean habits what my foreign friends said it is weird. 1. Friends holding hands Not common among adult female friends, but quite many Korean teenage girls hold hands. Maybe you could find some girls hold hands or crossed arms in a street. 2. Go bathroom together Some elementary girl students go together the bathroom and even some of them use same toilet. For some girls it is their…

How Korean make Kimchi in home?-Part 1 Shopping

Kimchi is one of the essential food for Korean and people eat it at nearly every meal. Now many Korean buy the packed Kimchi product but still lots of Korean families make Kimchi in a home. Today I will introduce about what I went shopping today for buying Kimchi making ingredients. This is the packed Kimchi. Making Kimchi is a hard work that many people buy packed Kimchi instead making it.…

Korean Street Food eating Habit-Bunsik part 2

I introduced in Bunsik part 1, how much Korean love eating street food with dipping the food in the sauce. Today I will introduce another Korean eating habit and good combination menu to order in Bunsik restaurant. 1. Crush a boiled egg in Ttobokki(떡볶이) Normally one or two boiled eggs are in Ttobokki. Some Korean like to crush a egg in Ttobokki and eat with the sauce. 2. Frying powder in…

Korean Street Food eating Habit-Bunsik part 1

Bunsik(분식) literally means “food made from flour” like Ramyeon, noodles, bread, but currently all the cheap food which sells in Bunsik restaurant are all include, such as Tteok-Bokki(떡볶이), Gimbap(김밥), Sundae(순대), Fish cake(어묵). “Dip the food into the Sauce” is a typical Korean eating habit which you could easily see in Korea. This picture eating cucumber and pepper with red pepper…

Cheong-gye-san mountain hiking story

Cheong-gye-san(청계산) mountain is extended from Seoul to Gyeonggi-do(경기도), and it is one of the popular mountains which many Korean visit. After the Cheonggyesan station opened on 2011, going to the Cheong-gye-san got more convenient. I hiked the Cheong-gye-san(청계산) mountains in weekend as it is easy to go the mountain if I take new Shinbundang Line. Take the gate 3 exit and walk through the road,…

Why Korean put cash into the pig mouth?

Last winter, I went to a Han River, riding a bicycle and saw the new opened water skiing shop. The first thing I saw in the shop was a pork head with cash in its mouth. In Korea, many people do the ritual blessing ceremony called Gosa when they are launching its own business, starting a business-related project and moving a new house. It contains many of the typical shamanist features, such as…

What does the North Korea leader drinks for a Hangover

You might have heard Kim il-song is the North Korea’s first supreme leader. Current North Korea’s leader is Kim jung-un, and his grandfather is Kim il-song. Today I will introduce about North Korea’s ‘Kim il-song hangover drink’ which leaders drank. After many North Korean defectors came to South Korea, we could have more info. about North Korea and some TV programs started broadcasting the North…

What does the North Korea leader drinks for a Hangover

You might have heard Kim il-song who was the first supreme leader of the North Korea. Current North Korea’s leader is Kim jung-un(김정은), and his grandfather is Kim il-song. Today I will introduce about North Korea’s hangover drink called “Kim il-song hangover drink”. After many North Korean defectors came to South Korea, we could have more info. about North Korea and some TV programs started…

5 Homemade Korean Dishes with Cheese

Cheese is not traditional Korean food ingredient and came in after the Korean war(1950-1953). Currently many people are eating cheese in Korean dishes. Today I will introduce 5 Korean foods which people usually adding cheese. 1. Cheese Ramen 2. Korean Rolled Cheese Egg Omelette(Gyeran Mari in Korean) You can check original Korean rolled omelette recipe in here. 3. Cheese Kimchi Fried Rice 4.…

7 Types of Korean Jjamppong

Jjamppong is popular Korean spicy noodle soup with all kinds of ingredients mixed in. There are many Korean Chinese restaurant in Korea sell both Jjamppong and Jajangmyeon. Did you know that there are 6 different types of Jjamppong as there are 7 types of Korean Jajangmyeon? Today I will introduce 6 types of Jjamppong. 1. Original Jjamppong(짬뽕) General Jjamppong uses seasonal vegetables and…