The Foret means a forest in French. As the name means, the Foret 52 makes you feel warm and comfort. First, when you enter the Foret, you will see the wooden floor, wooden tables and chairs, which give you a feeling as if you are in a small forest full of trees and leaves. In Foret you can also listen to soft and light music like soft jazz. People talk pleasantly with their friends hearing peaceful music. Due to the friendly atmosphere, many girls love to go there. But the Foret is also desirable for the man who wants to spend pleasant time with his girl friends. The Foret is a proper place for refreshment. You can go there from 10am to 9pm on weekdays and from 10am to 5pm on weekend. The Foret closes on Sunday, holidays and every fourth saturday.

The Foret has excellent food and drinks. There are many restaurants around Hankuk University of Foreign Languages. Most of them are kim-chi stew, doen-jang stew or boo-dae stew with cooked rice. But people sometimes want something different. Unlike any other rice restaurants, you can choose sandwich or rice roll. You select the type of food you want, for example big or small size, that is very reasonalble. There are also various choices in tasty. If you prefer a vegetable diet to a meat diet, you can eat ’sweet pumpkin and potato’. If you are on a diet, you can eat ‘chicken theriyaki and sweet pumpkin’ that is made of chicken breast and song-i mushroom with chili sauce. ‘Tuna cheese corn salsa’ is one of the most popular menus. The fruit juice like kiwi or strawberry is also good for your health. There are not only fruit juice but coffee and fruit smoothie. In addition, it is also a strong point that you can buy a unique cake by only order production. There are many cake figures like house or man and woman. When you are looking for a special present, the cake will give you satisfaction. Rice rolls and sandwiches range from 3300won to 5100won and cakes range from 15000 to 30000won according to size and design. The healthy drinks cost from 2000 to 4500won.

The Foret is not only a restaurant but also a accessory shop. That is somewhat odd but very interesting. Suppose that you ate delicious foods, talked with your friends and also bought pretty earings and hair bands. That sounds very pleasant. The Foret has earings made of precious stone, necklaces and hair bands. The price of an attractive hairband is 5000won. To get there, take subway #1 to the Hankuk university of foreign languages station. Go along the street and turn right at the corner of ‘Camore’. Go straight and turn left. You can see the Foret 52 on your left side that is on the second floor of the second building.

The name of 52 means the story of the bible that Jesus gave hungry crowd enough foods with five loaves of barely bread and two fish. Like the name the Foret 52 always tries to provide delicious food and drinks. And you will be also restful with sweet scent of fruits and wooden interior. Accessory shopping at a restaurant is also unique experience. Although the Foret is a small place of 6 tables, the restaurant gives you much more pleasant food time.

허명례 (Betty)

Nashville serves delicious food. Most of the items on the menu are steaks. T-bone steak, New York strips, “Nashville Special” are all big, chewy, juicy steaks served with fries or mashed potatoes covered with gravy. Vegetarians or those who worry about high calories can also have vegetable “Nashville Special” served with bread. The good thing about Nashville is that they have an open kitchen and you can really smell and see the meat being roasted. If you are not into steaks, they also serve a variety of other menus such as home made burgers, lasagna, spaghetti etc. Nashville’s chilli burgers and it’s fries are famous for thick and rich chilli sauce. Personally, it’s the second best chilli I have tasted since I came back from Nevada. It might not be as spicy as in America, but tabasco sauce is in the sauce basket where you will also find ketchup, steak sauce, mustard etc. Unlike usual family restaurants or fast food restaurants, they serve alcoholic beverages to go with your meal. Nashville is the best place for meat lovers craving for steaks and burgers served with side dishes and beer.

Nashville’s atmosphere is pretty lively and free. It has an extension on the third floor of the building and the basement is the steakhouse. The extension is furnished with pool tables and a bar. People can enjoy music varying from rock to hip hop, play pool and have a drink. The food from the steakhouse can also be delivered. At the steakhouse, which is less lively than the extension, you can also enjoy dart games and DVD movies on a big screen projector. If you find the extension a little too noisy with all the people talking, drinking and listening to music, take a rest at the steakhouse. The smoking section is separated from the non-smoking area but I suggest the non smokers also to dine at the smoking section for the movies. The place is pretty large and I don’t think you will be disturbed by the smokers. One more thing to mention about Nashville is that all waitresses speak fluent english. You do not have to explain or learn about every single thing about your dish and they are kind enough to inform you about travel tips in Korea. The owner is American and most customers are foreign businessmen and GIs. Nashville’s atmosphere is pretty free. You can drink, talk, play pool and darts, enjoy music from your home country.

Nashville is located in the middle of Itaewon shopping district which is the mecca of shopping in Korea. From leather apparels, to sports goods (one of the biggest Nike retailers is situated in Itaewon), knock offs, jewelry stores, tailor shops and costumes shops, antique shops are all at a 10 minute walk from Nashville. Leather apparels, jewelries and suits from shops are all sold at a very low price comparatively to the department stores. Sports brands like Nike, Adidas, North Face are all retail shops having more diverse and cheap products than usual shops and as most of their customers are foreigners, they have more X-Large sizes than any other shops in Korea. About the knock offs, many people say that Korean made knock offs are unrecognizable and even a department sales clerk won’t be able to recognize them. One thing that might catch your attention is the way merchants try to drag people into their shops, but you do not have to worry about it because they would not do this to foreigners. At night, if you are worried about drunk GIs or other accidents, the Military Police patrols the vicinity on foot along with Korean policemen. Itaewon is a safe, one stop shopping district where you will find everything you need at one place.

Nashville Steakhouse is a delicious, free and lively atmosphere and relaxing place to stop by while travelling in Korea. Not only do they serve great food but inform you about travel tips about Itaewon and of Korea. To get to Nashville take the subway line number 6, get off at Itaewon station exit number 4. Walk down the road toward Nok Sah Pyeung station for about 20 to 25 meters. Nashville is located on your left down the stairs. You can’t miss it. But in case you see Outback Steakhouse, then turn around and go back about 5 meters. The best hours are after 9 for the extension and after 6 for the steakhouse. They always open for lunch and the prices vary from around 10 thousand won to 30 thousand won. Bon appetit.

Jung Jae Chang

Yoo myung kuk’s Yang-pyung Hae jang kuk is famous for it’s rich spicy stew named Hae jang kuk. The soup is red and hot and smells like spicy beef stew, but it isn’t too spicy or heavy to eat. There are also many ingredients such as cow and sheep intestines, beef, sunji, bean sprouts. They are put into a bowl with other kinds of vegetables such as ginger, garlic, cabbage and radish, powdered red pepper and red pepper oil and boiled until all of it sinks into the soup. The best way to eat the chewy intestines is to dip it in soy sauce or red pepper oil. Sunji is clotted cattle blood and it is put in Hae jang kuk to make the texture more thick. It is very soft, so you should eat it with a spoon. After eating the solid ingredients, put rice into the soup and eat it together. There is no place like Yoo myung kuk’s Yang-pyung Hae jang kuk where they put in so many tasty ingredients, and combine them so well.

Hae jang kuk is also good for your health, and especially good for hangovers. The word Hae jang kuk means ’soothing stomach stew’. It is natural for Koreans to eat Hae jang kuk the day after they have had a lot of alcohol. The rich soup soothes the stomach and the hot taste awakens the tired mind. But it isn’t only about hangovers, it is also nutritious. The cow and sheep intestines and sunji all contain many vitiamins, iron and protein. Bean sprouts contain aspartic acid, which helps the liver dissolve the alcohol in your blood. By eating a bowl of Hae jang kuk, you can get all the nutritions you need for one meal.

Hae jang kuk is also a traditional Korean food. Koreans have been eating Hae jang kuk for more than a thousand years. It is served in a traditional bowl called Duke-bae-gi that is known to preserve the hot temperature for a long time so the food won’t get cold while eating. The soup inside the Duke-bae-gi would still boil after it is taken of fire, so you can see the hot soup still boiling when it is served on your table. Eating cow and sheep intestines is also something that isn’t common in other countries but possible in Korea. By eating Hae jang kuk, you can get a chance to feel more of Korean’s culture.

So if you want to have a tasty nutritious meal and experience Korean culture at the same time, go to Yoo myung kuk’s Yang-pyung Hae jang kuk. It’s open 24 hours a day, so you can go there anytime you wish. One Hae jang kuk costs \6,000. To go there, take subway #3 to Shinsa station, go out exit #5 and go into the ally next to the gas station. If you go in 20 meters, and you will see it on your left. You can see the sign before you enter the ally. Eat a bowl of Yoo myung kuk’s Yang-pyung Hae jang kuk and get ready for another day of fun.

Jinhwan Lee

To start, when you put one step into the shop, you will take one step back by reflection due to the passion and the activeness of the shop. While the “auntie” of the front makes the actual ddeok-bok-ggi and fries with big motions and shouts, her way of attracting people, the rest of the helpers are anything but tranquil. They are running here and there to take orders and deliver the dishes as quickly as they could, one of the typical traits we have. The crowdedly seated customers on the other hand, without distinction of age and sex, are eating voraciously and chatting excitedly waiting for their ddeok-bok-ggi to arrive. To get things more jumbled up, water and pickled radish are self-brought. Thus, with so many people and so many things to do, Smile ddeok-bok-ggi is full of spirit and enthusiasm.

Next, when you have adjusted to this atmosphere, then you are ready to get dazzled by the taste. So what is ddeok-bok-ggi? It is a pan-fried dish of sliced rice cake with minced meats, vegetables and various seasonings. Even though the quality of the rice cake is important, the seasoning controls everything. It has to be hot but somewhat sweetish, stimulating but not too much and not least, addictive. On top of it, the smell of ddeok-bok-ggi is very crucial, too. The spiciness stirs up people’s noses and waters their mouths. Also, the smoothness of the rice cake, ddeok in Korean, and the sauce’s redness seduce their eyes. In these aspects, Smile ddeok-bok-ggi is really beyond our control. It has this kind of magnetic forces which makes you to think back. That is why most of the customers are regulars.

Lastly, the home likeness is magical. It pulls more people in, off the street and as incredible as it may sound, makes the ddeok-bok-ggi taste even better. Even though the shop was extended and renovated last year, it is still very small and narrow. So it can only hold about 20 people but one side of the shop has sofa-like seats which are very comfortable. Also, unlike any other Korean snack shop, it is clean. There are dustbins for each table, so no dirty tissues can be seen on the table and the wall is made of white tiles which brighten the shop. The “auntie’ is also very kind and caring, treating each of the customers as if they were her children, always giving more than we actually paid for. Where in the world can one find a shop that is like one’s bedroom, a bit messy but cozy, and an owner who is like one’s mom, generous and loving? Nowhere but here.

In conclusion, when you come to Smile ddeok-bok-ggi, you will be taken aback by the passion, mesmerized by the taste and relaxed by the comfort. So for those who wish to try Korean snack, this is very good news as it is very easy to find. Take the no.4 subway line and get off at Ichon station. When you come out from the no.4 exit, turn left and the shop is only 100 meters away on the right side, next to the public bath ‘Su-Jeong’. It opens at about 11 and closes at about 8. Ddeok-bok-ggi per serving is only 1000 won and other junk food range from 300 won to 3000 won. For further information call 02-749-5507.

Annie(임나현)

First, this restaurant has great and thick taste of Kalguksu. Of course, taste is one of the important points to make good restaurant but some people choose restaurant because of price or location. In this restaurant, they are serving 4 kinds of meals; Kalguksu, Bibimguksu, Kongguksu and Mandu. All those are really good but Kalguksu is the most popular meal. Guksu means noodles in Korean and Kalguksu is noodle with hot soup. When they are making Kalguksu, most important thing is noodles. At noodle restaurants, making noodle is the basic work for them. Myungdong Kyoja use machine for making noodles. Next important thing for Kalguksu is soup of noodle. They use vegetables and special recipe which has included chicken. Those are making soft and rich taste. After they made noodles and soup, they consider decoration of the top of the Kalguksu. They use sliced cucumber, minced meats and small pieces of Mandu. Those garnish look more delicious than before. Sound of eating noodles makes people hungrier. Usually you have to wait quite long time and at that time you can hear sound of eating. You may come up the sounds like slurping spaghetti. Thus, many people endure long line because of Myungdong Kyoja’s unique taste.

Second, atmosphere of restaurant is one of the big reasons. Actually, this restaurant is not a quiet place to make conversation each other. However, you can recharge your energy after finish your meal at this restaurant. It looks like Korean traditional market which is vigor. In the restaurant, you can smell full of the soup which is similar as chicken soup. All waiters and waitresses are very kind and they try to give the best service to customers. Especially there is lots of tourist from other countries, so they endeavor to make good impression of Korea. This restaurant is always crowded so noisy can make liveliness. Also, waiters and waitresses are working very hard without hesitation so it feels busier than other restaurant. Even restaurant is crowded, they try to make good service, which is providing extra Kimchi, noodles, soup and rice as a free, among customers. That’s why many people recommend here.

Third, in Myungdong Kyoja, you can enjoy their special side dish. Actually, they provide only one side dish-Kimchi. Kimchi is the most famous and basic side dish in every house in Korea but Myungdong Kyoja makes their Kimchi by themselves. Everyday, they make new Kimchi so you can eat fresh Kimchi. In this Kimchi, they use lots of garlics and red pepper so it supplies better taste of Kalguksu. If you eat Kimchi before you eat Kalguksu, you may need Kalguksu as soon as possible, because Kalguksu has soft taste but Kimchi has little bit strong taste than noodles. Red color makes Kimchi more delicious. Color of Kimchi is same as other restaurant Kimchi but, taste is different. Many people think Kimchi is too spicy but Kimchi at Myungdong Kyoja is not too spicy. On the contrary, it has bit sweet flavor so this makes water in your mouths. Smell of Kimchi is stimulated your appetite. As you know, garlic is making strong smell but in this restaurant, garlic smell helps your eating. The texture of Kimchi is fresh and soft ,so even old people can enjoy the Kimchi of this restaurant. That’s’ why many people like their Kimchi as much as their main dish.

In conclusion, Myungdong Kyoja’s Kalguksu will give you good feeling and satisfaction of your appetite. Their excellent taste rather than other restaurant, animated air and special side dish make this restaurant. Myungdong Kyoja is in Myungdong which is one of the famous street in Seoul so after finish sightseeing at Myungdong, you can have lunch at here. If you want to go there, you have to take subway line number 4, which is blue color line, and then get off at Myungdong station. Go out through exit number 8, after that, turn left and go straight along this road. After pass one and half block, you can find Myungdong Kyoja on your right. If there are too many people, go one more block. You can see another Myungdong Kyoja on your left. Every item on the menu cost is 6,000 Korean won. If you want to know more information, you can call 02-776-5348 or 02-776-3424. You can take-out the food from the restaurant. It opens at from 10:30 am to 9:30 pm.

김성미 Sungmi

First, Hwaroyeon welcomes you with a modern impression and neatness from the entrance to your seat. Customers will first meet the simple but clean entrance. While other barbecue restaurants are littered by customers’ shoes, it doesn’t require the customers to take off their shoes, which makes it look orderly. The inside is decorated by subtle lightning and woods, and walls are covered by light-reddish bricks. Furthermore the inside is well ventilated so that the air inside is quite fresh. Those factors make the atmosphere cozy and comfortable, while other randomly-decorated and unclean restaurants can disturb you to enjoy a meal. The cleanness makes customers feel easy and eager to eat. This is the reason why young Koreans like there. Therefore, at Hwaroyeon, you can have a dinner in a clean and modern environment.

The second reason I recommend Hwaroyeon is that it provides with combinations of various meats. In usual barbecue restaurants, you have to order certain part of meat at least for two people. That means you would meet a very limited choice unless you bring many friends together. However, Hwaroyeon will solve the problem because it serves combinations of different parts of meat, such as ribs, Samgyupsal(pork meat with much lard), Galmeagisal(skirtmeat of pork), and so on. For instance, a couple can order a combination of fillet, ribs, Samgyupsal and jowl meat of pork. Are they delicious? Of course, they are very soft and have delicate favor. They serve also a salad of fresh vegetables with chilly sauce which removes the fatty taste of meats. So you can enjoy various kinds of meat of good quality at Hwaroyeon.

Finally, the location is really nice for foreign tourists because it is located in the center of the city. For tourists, location is critical because they should save time to move. Therefore, any restaurant which is far away from other tourist attractions is not desirable for them even though the place is famous for local people. In this view, Hwaroyeon at Jong-gak is a perfect choice. You do not need to waste your time on buss or subway to get there. You can visit the restaurant after touring The Happy Palace or Insadong, or conversely. Furthermore, if you want to take a walk after eating much, you can find out Cheongyecheon, a walk favored by both citizens and tourist, nearby. Along Cheongyecheon, you will feel refreshed enjoying clear water, smell of various plants, sound of singing insects and beautiful works of art. Hence, no place can compete with Hwaroyeon in location.

In conclusion, Hwaroyeon is definitely recommendable for tourists in light of atmosphere, variety of menu, and location. It opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 11 p.m. Price of combination menu including wine for two people starts with 25,000 won. To get there, take subway line no.1, get off at Jong-gak station, and go out to way out no.4. Then turn to right, go straight along the side of Boshingak, and find the restaurant on the left. I hope you enjoy Korean barbecue at Hwaroyeon.

Park Hyo-In

To begin with, Cafe ZIBE has variety of dishes and drinks that you are able to enjoy with reasonable price. As main dishes, they offer 4 kinds of spaghetti, fried rice and soups with prices ranging from 5000 Won to 12000 Won. Sweet flavored Oyster sauce fried rice is particularly exceptional because when it is presented to a customer, they are impressed with the sweet smell from oyster sauce, and each the rice is coated with delicious sauce and combining ingredients makes a perfect harmony. Beside main dishes they also offer beer, cocktail, whiskey, soft drink and tea. One of the most popular drink in this place is called pink ring, brewed from tropical fruit seed. Therefore if you like to enjoy distinct dishes and drinks at reasonable price, Cafe ZIBE is the place to go.

In addition, as the name “ZIBE” which means “get home” in Korean, they offer comfortable but gorgeous space called “bed room”. Each bed room is privately divided by fancy curtains, and has its own TV which was installed for the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup but now you can enjoy different channels and DVDs. When you get in the room, cushy cushions welcome your touch. Due to comfortable and cozy space, Lovers and friends can spend 2 hours without sense of time at no additional fee. To use this place, it is recommended that you call and make a reservation in advance because it is very popular and can only be used for two hours to accommodate. For many customers who want to relax and have good time, cafe ZIBE’s bed room has what you desire.

Finally, there is the pool in the middle where customer can dip their feet in the water. Clean water almost pulls people to plunge their feet like a child, and wash away daily stress and relax tired feet with cold water for summer and hot water for winter. As you walk in the restaurant, you will find that there are bunch of towels near the pool. You will wonder why there are towels in the restaurant but soon you will find out that it is used to dry your feet after dipping your feet in the pool. As you are relaxing in the pool, the kind staff brings cool wet towels to wash hands for little something for your tired hands too. This pool can be used as a waiting place for customers trying to get in the bed room. To get away from daily stress and to fill your soul, the pool is the perfect space for you.

In conclusion, if you are looking for a nice restaurant, I recommend Cafe ZIBE which is the best place to go; they offer variable dishes and beverages that will satisfy any palate, a bedroom that you are able to have peaceful time with friends or family, and the recreational pool that blow away your stress. Cafe ZIBE is open from 1 p.m to 3 a.m on weekdays and from 12 p.m to 5 a.m on weekends. No admission fee is needed for using a bedroom or the pool. Meals and beverages range from 5,000 won for tea or a light meal to 250,000 won for alcohol. To get there, take subway line number 2 to Hong-ik University station. Go to the exit to Hong-ik University, and go straight. In front of the University, you can find the big playground. Then follow the map below. To get more information, visit the web-site, zibe.cyworld.com or call 02-3141-1357. When you visit there, I hope you have a wonderful time in Cafe ZIBE.

Min-dle-le-young-to has romantic and pretty charming decorations which can make you pleased. when you first see the Min-.dle-le-young-to building, you must think it is just like a small cozy palace, especially the Min-dle-le-young-to in Dae-hak-lo. It will be fascinating enough for you to go in. And if you go in, you will see handsome or pretty workers wearing cute clothes which have red and white dots and welcoming you with a big smile in their face. The inside interior of Min-dle-le-young-to is also very beautiful; a wooden table with a flowerly table clothes, soft comfortable sofa, art work frames hanged on the wall and shining round stone floor, etc. And even with a quiet classic music they put on you might enjoy the romantic atmosphere in the restaurant.

There is special system which is different with all of other restaurants for using snack corner in Min-dle-le-young-to. At first, when you choose the menu, you will find out the dishes are a little bit expensive. That’s because they include the ‘cultural fee’; which they call, in the prices of the dishes. Once you pay the ‘cultural fee’ which is included in your dishes’ price, you can freely use the beverage corner three times, and choose one desert. It just look like a small bar. They offer you various kinds of teas and beverages in the beverage corner. For instance, they have green tea, ice tea, cherry coke, soda, cocoa tea and so on, which we are already accustomed to, and some special teas which are only in Min-dle-le-young-to, like Min-dle-le-young-to tea. The Min-dle-le-young-to tea tastes very special, little similar with Korean traditional tea; a bit bitter. And there are three options you can select from the snack corner; Korean instant noodles, ice bars, and grain breads. When I went to Min-dle-le-young-to, I was always too full to eat noodle or bread so I chose ice bar. You may feel the freshness of fruits if you try their ice bars. This unique system of Min-dle-le-young-to will offer you a satisfying and full meal.

Min-dle-le-young-to also has space for cultural activities. It has a small library where you can freely borrow books inside. And it has seminar rooms which you can use for a seminar or a discussion when you have reserved it. Moreover it has a music shop, where you can buy music tapes or CDs. You probably also can listen to music which you are interesting in and it will please your ears. In other words, you can spend all the time to enjoy these cultural things in Min-dle-le-young-to.

As you can see, people go to Min-dle-le-young-to because of beautiful decorations for enjoying romantic atmosphere, special use of the snack cornerand the space you can freely use for cultural activities. I think it will be a special experience in Korea, if you go there. Min-dle-le-young-to opens at 10:00 am and closes at 9:00 pm. Meals range from 4,000\ for Espresso Solo to 70,000\ for Gung-jung-chuk-je; for four people. To get to Min-dle-le-young-to, take the subway’s light blue line, line number four to He-hwa. Then get out to exit 2 and walk through the big street and you will find KFC. After you walk in the small street between KFC and Sam-teo-pa-lang-sae theater around 150m, then you’ll find it on the left.

Jin-Yeoung Park

To begin with, The tastes of traditional Korean noodles in Samsung-guksu will fascinate you. The restaurant was renovated, so it is new, but the main chef of that restaurant keeps the place and the noodle’s taste for more than 30 years. In Samsung-guksu, the chefs make noodles and dumplings by hand every morning, and they know the best ratio of flour to water when they knead , so the noodles and dumplings are really soft and smooth. When you bite them, you may be stunned by the their tenderness. And to make the soup they boil chicken bones for a long time; it makes the taste of soup very rich. This milk-white colored soup will give you much more plentiful taste than light soup made of anchovies. This Korean traditional noodle is much less salty than Japanese noodle, and has more delicate flavor. The noodles are served in ceramic bowls and these bowls can keep the warmth of soup very well, so they can keep the best taste of noodle until when you finish the meal. I believe that this noodle’s deep taste will be great impact to you who are familiar with that of Italian noodles or Japanese noodles.

Next, if you like to drink alcohol, you should not miss the chance that you can meet the traditional Korean alcohols sold by Samsung-guksu. The Samsung-guksu has several traditional Korean alcohols that tourists must experience. Especially, the Ginseng alcohol and Bokbunja, a kind of mountain berries alcohol, are what I want to recommend you to drink. These drinks are made by the owner of Samsung-guksu, and take about 1 year to make. The bright yellow color of Ginseng alcohol and dark purple color of Bokbunja alcohol are enough to enchant people. These are as strong as a wine, but the tastes are totally different. Ginseng alcohol is a little more bitter than white wine, but I am sure that you can enjoy its bitter taste, and Bokbunja alcohol is a little sweeter than red wine, but not as sweet as ice-wine. So, you may drink these drinks during your meal, as you drink wine, and Both have sweet smell, so this will give you the appetite. Having experience of these two drinks will be the finishing stroke of Korean food travel, and I assure you that you will find those drinks some time again.

Finally, you can meet a beautiful, and modern night view of Samsung-Dong there. The restaurant is located on 3rd floor, but the building is on a hill, so I think its height is as high as 5th or 6th floor. And one side wall of the restaurant is made of glass, so people can enjoy the view of Samsung-Dong very well. You can see the Youngdong way that is the biggest road in Samsung-Dong, and many buildings around the way. Because of the streetlights, you can see the people walking the streets or taking buses, and you can see the light from buildings is decorating the dark sky of Samsung-Dong lovely. Many people and cars are moving vigorously on the street, but the street is rather quite than crowded. This view gives me a peaceful feeling even though we are living in a very busy and crowded society. It is not a traditional or sightseeing place, but the clean, wide way, a lot of cars, energetic people and the lights from up-to-date buildings will change you the shabby and poor image of Seoul that you have seen at an old films of 1950s to the very modern and prosperous image.

In conclusion, you should not miss the chance to visit Samsung-guksu for having an excellent traditional Korean noodle and Korean alcohols. Moreover, you can enjoy a wonderful night view that shows you the remarkable development of Korea there. Samsung-guksu opens daily at 11:00 AM and closes at 11:30 PM, but you can only order meals until 10:30. Meals range from 5,000 won for Cal-guksu to 20,000 won for Su-yuk which is sliced steamed pork meat. Drinks range from 3000 won for Soju to 12,000 for Bokbunja or Ginseng alcohol. To get to Samsung-guksu, take subway line 2 and get off at Samsung subway station. Then come out of the subway station through gate 5 and walk along Youngdong way to the north, the direction of Bongeun Temple. You can find Samsung-guksu about two hundred meters away from the Samsung subway station.

이재호 (Lee, Jaeho)