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Hello I am Hanboknam!  I have talked about the Korean Local Market on my previous post.  Today I want to talk about a night market of the Philippines.  Mercato Centrale's Midnight Mercato at BGC!  This night market is located at Bonifacio Global City (BGC) which is one of the business districts in the Philippines.  Mercato Centrale's Midnight market opens Wednesday to Saturday at 6PM-3AM. Until 3AM!! Surprising right? It is truly a night market!  The night market was not that messy and was well organized.  The food were not too expensive so what I did was to give myself a limit of 200 pesos which is about 4 dollars.  What I bought were different kinds of skewers because when I entered the market, I smelled the meat grilling on charcoal!  These were the skewers I selected.  Chicken Intestines, Pork Barbeque, and Pig ears.  I bought these so that I can bully my employees, but actually, it was really yummy!  It was savory, chewy, and was great

Hello everyone! Today I want to share with you guys on different food that a lot of Koreans enjoy at the local markets! One of the famous local market that is located in Seoul is call GwangJang Market. From JongRo 5 station, go to exit 11 and walk straight. You will be able to see it because of the big sign and there are more than one entrance!  Credits: traveli.co.kr Let me introduce to you people's favorites here at this market!  1. BinDaeDduk I'm sure you guys have heard of Korean Pancake.  BinDaeDduk is a kind of Korean Pancake. The main ingredient is the mung beans. We grind them firmly and mix it with flour and other vegetables and fry them.  People eat this with MagGulLi, Korean rice wine.  One of the really famous store for this dish is  "SunHee's BinDaeDduk"  Credits: 경향신문 2. YukHwe/NakJi TangTangYi YukHwe is Raw Beef. We cut the raw beef into small strips and put sesame oil with egg and mix it well. In GwangJang Market, there is a diff

Hello everyone! Hanboknam is back! Do you know what is so special about this coming January 25, 2020? It's our New Year's day. Yes, some of you may be confused on what I am talking about! You might think why there are 2 New Year's day? Korea follows the Regular calendar as well as the Lunar calendar. January 1st in the Regular calendar is what we all know, and for this year, in the Lunar calendar date, the first day of the year is on January 25th! Interesting right? Also a lot of people get confused on Korean age and International age, because in Korea we count our age differently. Internationally, people get older on the day of their birthdays. But in Korea, we get older on the first day of the year. So whenever others ask Koreans on how old we are, we ask them back "Do you want to know my Korean Age or my International Age?" Fuuny isn't it? What we do during the New year's day is the same as the first day of the regular calendar day.

Hello everyone, Today I would like to recommend some Korean Traditional clothing, Hanbok, that matches best during the Winter Season! Many people may think, "Isn't Hanbok too cold to be worn during winter days?" The answer is NO !! Hanbok can be enjoyed each season and of course, during winter season because you can wear layers inside to keep yourself warm!! No worries! So let's see what designs of Hanbok Hanboknam recommend for you! If we think of Winter, we think of warm colors like pastel toned colors! The Hanbok you see on top are Traditional styled Hanbok. Because of the fact that there are a lot of people who are wearing the Themed Hanbok these days we rarely see people wearing the Traditional styled Hanbok. It shows off purity and freshness. Next Hanbok will be white toned Themed Hanbok. Seeing these kinds of Hanbok makes me think of snow that falls during a cold winter day. These kinds of Hanbok are one of the most looked for by our customers the

Hello everyone,  Hanboknam is back!  Today I would like to talk about Hanbok that BTOB, a Korean KPOP Idol members wore in a YouTube video.  Credits: SBS 연애 뉴스 BTOB stands for Born to Beat and this group is comprised of 7 talented members!  We call them talented because all members are great at singing and rapping their songs! Their humors are hilarious and we can really see that the members are really close with one another.  Some of their famous songs are: (based from the biasedlist.com) 1. Remember That  2. 2nd Confession 3. You're so Fly  4. Pray 5. Beep Beep 6. Missing You 7. Beautiful Pain Hanboknam had a pleasure to lend our Hanbok to them for a video they had to shoot for their comeback song Beautiful Pain in the year of 2018.  The name of the Youtube Channel is Pikicast with a series, "While mom is asleep."  It is a ASMR kind of show where your voice shouldn't go beyond decibel 70.  If so, you have to get a pun

Hello everyone! Hanboknam is back! Today's topic is probably everyone's favorite! It's all about your favorite Korean Food! We see all the food in K-dramas and in entertainment shows. What were the dish that you really craved for when watching those shows? Some of you might not be familiar with the names so let me introduce to you some of everyone's favorites! #1. SamGyupSal (삼겹살) I have never seen people who did not like this food, SamGyupSal. SamGyupSal by itself is a 3 layered pork meat. We usually cook this by grilling on charcoal with garlic and onion. My foreign friends even wondered why their country never thought to do this!  It is juicy and savory, not too oily, but just right. Koreans eat this with lettuce and we call this Ssam. We grab a lettuce, put a bit of rice, a piece of meat, put a bit of Korean sauce called Ssam Jang, fold the lettuce and put the whole thing in your mouth! You shouldn't bite it in half because its goi

Good day everyone! Hanboknam is back! Today I want to tell you about one of the most influential people TIMES recorded last 2019, which everyone may already know. BTS!! Credits: Hypebeast BTS is a KPOP idol group who recorded the 1st rank in the Billboard 200 chart in the year of 2018 and got into different rankings with their songs. Their concerts were always sold out by thousands and thousands of people. They are the ones who currently made Korea more known by foreigners and also activated tourism in Korea.  Before them, whenever Koreans go to a foreign country, they would ask if you are from South or North Korea.  But because of BTS the very first question others would ask is  "Do you know BTS?" There are so much things to be impressed by them but there are 2 things I want to talk about. First is their fashion. The members, especially Jeongguk/Jungkook. Wherever he goes, he wears the modernized and simplified version of Hanbok, the

Hello everyone, I am Hanboknam. Today I want to introduce to you about different Palaces you can visit when you are in Korea and when you wear your Hanbok, the Korean traditional clothing. If you want to know more about what Hanbok is and the different types of it, go through my Blog! Going back to the writing, One of the most famous Palace will be the GyeongBuk Palace. It has been mentions a lot from our blog, and even has details about it on our first blog! But let me say more about it. GyeongBuk Palace is located in the middle of Seoul and it is built proportionally based on geometrical order/pattern. It is so beautiful and I personally cannot believe that these architectures were made in the year of 1395. But this was burnt once because of the war between Korea and Japan in the year of 1592 but was rebuilt 1867. Credits: 경복궁 관리소  When you go out from GyeongBuk Palace you will be able to see the statue of King SeJong, who invented Hangeul. Hangeu

Hello everyone, this is Hanboknam. Today I want to introduce to you "Klook." Klook is a site that allows us to travel around different places by allowing us to book activities or destinations in the easiest way possible. https://www.klook.com/ Let us go through what activities we can do in Seoul Korea through Klook.  The first best seller of this site is Lotte World One Day Pass.  Lotte World is an amusement park where you will be able to enjoy all the fun rides and shows that happen at day and night.  From MyeongDong station ride the light blue line and get off at DongDaeMun History and Culture park station. From there ride the green line that goes to JamShil Station.  You will be able to find Lotte World inside the station after you beep your card.  These 2 places are the most known photo zone when you are in Lotte World!!  Credits: Pintrest: Nesie's Nest Credits:중앙일보 The next best seller is N Seoul Tower Ticket.  Namsa