Of all of the museums we visited in Korea, this was one of the best. If you are not familiar with Korean history and culture, this museum will provide you with an excellent overview of the history of the Korean people and their religious, political, and cultural practices. The Korean couple we were traveling with also enjoyed their visit. The museum is quite modern and they provide a good English-language audio guide. We also enjoyed a free musical performance the day we visited. The auditorium was standing room only and one of the performers was apparently nationally renown in her field. We spent several hours here and only explored about half the museum. Depending on how much you like museums, you could easily spend an entire day visiting this museum and the surrounding historical palaces.
The museum was well set out on 3 floors and two wings. The gift shop is excellent, and carries many titles on Korean history, culture, etc (can even find academic publications from Ewha University Press and others) in English. Also has a large collection of CDs. The grounds were also marvelous; the Reflecting Pond and the Pagoda Garden make for wonderful spots for picknicking!
135 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-026, South Korea
02-2077-9000
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Guesthouse Korea Review
I stayed at this guesthouse for two weeks with my mother. We both had private rooms for about $37 US a night.
When we first arrived at Guesthouse Korea we had the strange sensation of gate-crashing a private home. Personal clutter spread about, friends' of the manager hanging out in the living room, etc. However, once we checked in and got used to the non-hotel-like atmosphere we actually felt very much at home.
The management is very friendly and helpful. They stored our luggage for us for ten days while we traveled around Korea. The rooms are worn yet clean. It has laundry, big bonus in Korea!. You can use the kitchen to cook/heat meals. Wifi available in the rooms. Very quiet yet extremely convenient location. Etc, etc.
My advice is, if you stay here just have realistic expectations of what $37 a night in a great location will get you. This place is actually a pretty good deal.
155-1 Gwonnong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
When we first arrived at Guesthouse Korea we had the strange sensation of gate-crashing a private home. Personal clutter spread about, friends' of the manager hanging out in the living room, etc. However, once we checked in and got used to the non-hotel-like atmosphere we actually felt very much at home.
The management is very friendly and helpful. They stored our luggage for us for ten days while we traveled around Korea. The rooms are worn yet clean. It has laundry, big bonus in Korea!. You can use the kitchen to cook/heat meals. Wifi available in the rooms. Very quiet yet extremely convenient location. Etc, etc.
My advice is, if you stay here just have realistic expectations of what $37 a night in a great location will get you. This place is actually a pretty good deal.
155-1 Gwonnong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Stay Korea Hostel Review
We stayed 3 nights at Stay Korea II during our one week trip to Korea. The house is very nice and the facilities are good (computers, wifi, TV, kitchen, washing machine). The owner speaks English, French and Korean and is very helpful. She gave us a good introduction to Seoul, what to see, where to go and what to do. She also helped us to buy bus tickets when we were i China and had to buy them in advance. A light breakfast is included in the price. If you put your dirty clothes in the laundry basket in the evening they get washed and hung up the following morning. Very good service!
The room was clean, but I don't think that the bathroom was cleaned during our stay. The house is situated in a very quiet area, but it's impossible not to be woken up when someone enters or uses the kitchen in the middle of the night even though people tried to be very quiet. The room was heated by floor heating and was almost too warm. We had to sleep with the window open. You can feel the springs in the beds, but overall we slept ok. The guesthouse is located very close to the university area and there are lots of restaurants, cafés etc in the neighbourhood. The metro and the airport bus stops about 10 min walk from the guesthouse.
The guesthouse is very good value for money.
566-4 Yeonnam-Dong Mapo-Gu, Seoul 121-869, South Korea
The room was clean, but I don't think that the bathroom was cleaned during our stay. The house is situated in a very quiet area, but it's impossible not to be woken up when someone enters or uses the kitchen in the middle of the night even though people tried to be very quiet. The room was heated by floor heating and was almost too warm. We had to sleep with the window open. You can feel the springs in the beds, but overall we slept ok. The guesthouse is located very close to the university area and there are lots of restaurants, cafés etc in the neighbourhood. The metro and the airport bus stops about 10 min walk from the guesthouse.
The guesthouse is very good value for money.
566-4 Yeonnam-Dong Mapo-Gu, Seoul 121-869, South Korea
Miss Korea BBQ Review
There's no shortage of Korean BBQ places in Ktown but miss Korea really stands as the best in class. Pork belly is the staple of all good KBBQ and they do it perfectly at miss Korea - thick cut with a generous helping of aged white kimchi. The key here is the waiters cut the pork belly into appropriately small slices and cook it on high heat, giving it a perfectly crispy golden outside and juicy tender inside. Delicious.
To complement the pork belly, miss Korea has the best banchan I've seen at a KBBQ place. It also has your standard fare of other meat selections - bulgogi, galbi, marinated cuts - as well as bibimbap and tofu soups. The price here is standard for KBBQ in Ktown, the ambiance is mellow and pleasant, and the service is courteous (even to non-Koreans). Overall miss Korea serves up the best KBBQ in NYC.
I love Korean BBQ. I think they are such a fun experience - not only that, you get so much for what you pay for! I love that they give you like 8 dishes of interesting Korean apps before you eat your meat. We ordered the Bulgolgi and the Tofu Stew with Dumpling. Highly recommended! The stew was my personal favorite, it had kimchi, soft tofu, soft dumplings, I ate it with my white rice. The meat was good, it was seasoned well and it came with some glass noodles cooking around the barbeque grill in some sort of broth. The service was great
10 W 32nd St
(between Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
Neighborhoods: Midtown West, Koreatown
(212) 594-4963
To complement the pork belly, miss Korea has the best banchan I've seen at a KBBQ place. It also has your standard fare of other meat selections - bulgogi, galbi, marinated cuts - as well as bibimbap and tofu soups. The price here is standard for KBBQ in Ktown, the ambiance is mellow and pleasant, and the service is courteous (even to non-Koreans). Overall miss Korea serves up the best KBBQ in NYC.
I love Korean BBQ. I think they are such a fun experience - not only that, you get so much for what you pay for! I love that they give you like 8 dishes of interesting Korean apps before you eat your meat. We ordered the Bulgolgi and the Tofu Stew with Dumpling. Highly recommended! The stew was my personal favorite, it had kimchi, soft tofu, soft dumplings, I ate it with my white rice. The meat was good, it was seasoned well and it came with some glass noodles cooking around the barbeque grill in some sort of broth. The service was great
10 W 32nd St
(between Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
Neighborhoods: Midtown West, Koreatown
(212) 594-4963
Korea Palace Review
I found out the answer to this and many other questions in a night at Korea Palace. We were in a private room and you don't feel that special as there are many private rooms which are set apart from the main room.
A group of 20 mostly corporately dressed, mixed crowd we laid implicit trust in our only Korean colleague, listened attentively as he explained customs, the consistency of each dish and toasts... oh so many toasts of Shoju... And my shot glass was always magically filled by Casper because I was heeding my lesson that it was impolite for me to pour my own drink. It was all around deliciousness - the jap chae which was like a beef stir fry, pork and beef fried dumplings, the fried fish with the head still attached (none of that fillet crap) and that spicy-miso-soup-like meal that came bubbling in a mini cauldron. And the Ob - that golden lager Korean beer was a delightful complement.
127 E 54th St
(between Park Ave & Lexington Ave)
New York, NY 10022
Neighborhood: Midtown East
(212) 832-2350
A group of 20 mostly corporately dressed, mixed crowd we laid implicit trust in our only Korean colleague, listened attentively as he explained customs, the consistency of each dish and toasts... oh so many toasts of Shoju... And my shot glass was always magically filled by Casper because I was heeding my lesson that it was impolite for me to pour my own drink. It was all around deliciousness - the jap chae which was like a beef stir fry, pork and beef fried dumplings, the fried fish with the head still attached (none of that fillet crap) and that spicy-miso-soup-like meal that came bubbling in a mini cauldron. And the Ob - that golden lager Korean beer was a delightful complement.
127 E 54th St
(between Park Ave & Lexington Ave)
New York, NY 10022
Neighborhood: Midtown East
(212) 832-2350
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