Monday, July 26, 2010

The Tale of the Ginseng Chicken and the Legend of a Flower

The famous ginseng chicken house. Perfect on a rainy day.



I think this one says the best ginseng chicken in town!
The samgyetang is a Korean chicken broth stuffed with ginseng and sticky rice. It is traditionally believed to cure ailments (Chicken Soup for the Soul maybe).
That's the magic of ginseng! It was quite yummy, pretty much tasting like, uhm, tinola. Actually, mas masarap ang tinola ni mama.

Afterwards, a yoghurt dessert at Red Mango, where the craze all started, was not to be missed!

We had a walk around the market place even if it was pouring!
And dropped by a ginseng shop to load up on ginseng teas!

Walked down the Korean streets!

And spotted Samsung everywhere. Gadgets, museum, apartment buildings, tea (!) and even fashion!

We later on went to see Legend of a Flower, a traditional Korean musical, it was a bigger production (and more expensive too!) compared to the one we saw yesterday.


It came with a nice Korean dinner!
What I would give to find these yummy, crispy seaweed chips again!

Had some bibimbap, a korean mixed rice dish with vegetables and chili paste. It was pretty good I should say! And hot!

We're not allowed to take photos but I took some anyway :)



We planned on hitting the clubs and headed to a place called the "Social Club". It was recommended by Markus' colleague. Was expecting a big, wild clubbing experience! It was more, uhm, underground.
Great music, but it was too early to be happening. The rain dampened our club hopping and we just ended up at JJ Mahoney's (as usual), only this time, a much better experience.

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