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Favorite thing: One of the most delicious Korean dishes (in my opinion) is bibimbap. "Bap" means rice. Sometimes the rice portion of the meal is served separately in a small bowl (as seen in photo) or already in the larger bowl with the rest of the ingredients - usually vegetables, egg, soybean sprouts, tofu, spinach, mushrooms, zucchini and other vegetables. Occasionally, bibimbap can be made with pork too - the ingredients vary. The vegetables are usually placed in the bowl in a way that their contrasting colours compliment eachother. I've seen at times instead of the egg being fried, they just poured in a raw one so the yoke was lying in the middle (this is also common) and if it happens to you, just stir around the yoke and egg white until it is completely mixed with the rest of the meal. Its still very healthy and good like that.
Bibimbap is usually eaten with a spoon (most rice is) and very common to find in any typical Korean restaurant. It can be found in the very cheap Korean fastfood places, in which case it only costs 3,500 won (roughly $3 US) for the bowl, and it comes with side dishes of kimchi and other veggies. Or you can go to some professional bibimbap places or nicer restaurants that make it even better - ask your favourite Korean friend about that. It is a lot more expensive to buy in Korean restaurants outside Korea, so take advantage and eat as much as you can while you're here. Its healthy, rich in protein and vitamin C. Plus so cheap.. very good deal all around. Enjoy :)

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Up to this moment, I have been visited Seoul 8 times.
I have some friends from South Korea, they are my local guides.
I like a lot Korean food, hot and spicy.

This sommer I try traditional Korean medical doctor.
I also visite southern cities Pusan and Inje. Very cheap and good seafood.

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Favorite thing: My favorite things in South Korea is hanbok.
Hanbok is traditional apparel in Korea.

I think it introduced to foreigner officially from fashion show infamous fashion city NewYork first.

It have beutiful color and unique design.
If you wear hanbok, you can feel superiority in sense of fashion.

Also, it is good for party or meeting, wedding.
New style that combine Asian and Westerner is going to invent continuously now.
Find your hanbok style and be a hotty!!

Fondest memory: I lived in southkorea.
I think everyday in Southkorea is best memory to me.

Favorite thing: Seoul has an excellent range of beauty products that use natural ingredients like Brown Rice, Olive Oil and Jojoba Oil. Reasonble price. Ladies here have such nice skin too!

Fondest memory: Food! Kimchi voted one of healthiest food in the world. The enzymes in the kimchi help with digestion. very good fo health.

You must try the Cold Noodles in Spicy red sauce. Excellent.They put in some seafood, octopus tenticles and some pork. very delicious...

Favorite thing: S Korea uses 220V, 60Hz

Typical outlet will be the 2-pin outlet with side grounding:
http://electricaloutlet.org/type-f

This will universally accept the European 2-pin plug:
http://electricaloutlet.org/type-c

Nice hotels may have a universal outlet that allows for 110/220V and USA/Japan 2-pin, or British 3-pin rectangular blade plugs:
http://electricaloutlet.org/type-a
http://electricaloutlet.org/type-b
http://electricaloutlet.org/type-g

Favorite thing: Here is the best interactive map in English that I have found. For some reason, it always opens to a location in Seoul:
http://emap.visitkorea.or.kr/Scripts/EngMap.aspx

--> If you know an address, you can change the option to "Address", then select the district, city and areas. Example: " Ulsan / Nam-gu / ... "
It requires you to know the exact address before it will search. But for example, if you go to Ulsan / Nam-gu / Mugeo-dong, then type in address of "123 - 1", you will now see DaeHekYo...

--> But you can also select "Landmarks". For example, you can then select " Daegu / Buk-gu / .. ". If you type "Lotte", you can then find Lotte Castle Apartments, Lotte Cinema, Lotte Department Store, etc...

Favorite thing: Foreign cards are taken at ~half of ATM's in the city. And I guarantee there will be machines at the airport that will accept your card. But just be forewarned that it may not be the first machine, so try again and don't give up hope.

Honestly speaking, if you go into a convenience store and it has a "Cash Zone" ATM, you card should work just fine.

Of the banks, the bigger the branch the better as some small branches do not have "global services" ATM's. Best shot for always getting cash is for going to a KEB (Korean Exchange Bank), and looking in the row of machines for the ones labeled "global ATM".

At other ATM's your card may or may not work. I have yet to find any real rhyme or reason to it.

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