Let's go dive into Cherry Blossoms!(Travelers Planet Guesthouse, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea)

Spring  comes just around the corner.
Every year around this time, Korean  get ready to see Cherry Blossom.

Of course Travelers Planet  as well.
Here’s the list of Cherry Blossom Festivals  of Korea.
No worry. You don’t have to find a girl of boyfriend.
Anybody should be O.K
Just hurry up! We don’t have much time. Less than two weeks!

Jeju Cherry Blossom Festival 3.27-3.29
Jinhae Gunhangje Festival 4.1-4.10
Hwagae Cherry Blossoms Festival 4.3-4.5
Gimje Moaksan Festival 4.10-4.12
Cheongpunghoban Cherry Blossom Festival 4.11-4.13
Gyeongpo Cherry Blossom Festival 4.5-4.13
Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival 4.4-4.6

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20150328 weekend cooking 71st Travelers Planet Hostel.[Hostel in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea]

Hello, everyone!

Today, weekend cooking menu is Ham&Potato fry :)

It is also one of common side dishes in Korea. 

Especially, if add some ketchup, it will be the best menu for little kids <3

and actually I also love it so much as my taste is still childish. XD 

but it means everyone could enjoy this easily. 

Who can hate Ham&Potato combination though? hahaha

also it doesn't require many ingredients and the recipe is very simple.

Ok, Here we go!

*Ingredient

Ham

Potato

oil or sesame oil(optional)

salt

*Direction

Shred potatos and ham nicely. 

Preheat a frying pan on medium heat.

Fry shredded potatos first with oil. 

Add ham in to frying pan and fry with potatos evenly.

Put some salt and pepper.

When the potatos and ham gets golden brown serve the ham&potato fry and enjoy!

NOTICE!

Next weekend, ‪Spicy Noodles‬ is coming to Travelers Planet Hostel kitchen.

Please look forward to it!

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Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea

Best for families and friends

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that'll make you miss Hongdae! (Travelers Planet Hostel Guesthouse, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea)

Hey what's up people! 

Do you all like Kpops? Gangnam Styles and all that~

but I think Kpop is just a tiny bit of Korean music as all we know!

Today I'll be introducing to you ‪#‎LiveClubDay‬ in Hongdae,

Every Last Friday of end of the month!

all of the hot Hongdae bands will performing an club all around hongdae. SUPER AWESOME LINEUPS!!

Where ‪#‎travelesplanet‬ is located is the near ‪#‎Hongdae‬, one of the hot spots in Seoul, famous for its underground music culture. From indie rock clubs, hip hop clubs, etc. I'd say this place is the root of where that all started spreading,

and this Live Club Day proves that it is.

but it's not all about Live Club Day, every weekends you can meet up gigs all around Hongdae!

It'll be a shame if you visit Travelers Planet and miss all this music! Join up!

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Kimchi-Jjigae for all of you out there! Try this next time! (Travelers Planet Hostel Guesthouse, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea)

Hello this is ‪#‎TravelersPlanet‬ ‪#‎Hostel‬ !

I've recommended lot of #koreanfoods to guests in the past 4months and now I think I'm getting the hang of what would people want to taste or like! :) So I'm makiing one now!!

Have you ever heard of #김치찌개(#Kimchi_Jji_gae)?? you all know kimchi but kimchi-jjigae must be new!

It is unpopular for tourists, I'd say it's very local. not much introduced to foreigners so to speak.

It's kind of a '#Kimchi Stew with Pork', and as you can see in the photo, it can be quite hot but if you have tried kimchi and was well, Kimchi Jjigae won't be a problem at all. you can enjoy this as much as any other koreans! :)

I know you guys mostly want to figure out what that famous fried chickens and korean barbecues taste like~or more fancy looking foods for instagram! XD

but I also know you would also want to try this #local_korean_food we koreans dig!!!

and one more tip for lovers of alcohol, it goes great with #soju~!

if you taste this once, you'll literally drool over this pics for the rest of your life! haha >_<

So why not give it a shot! 

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Take a peaceful rest in CAFE LA VIDA.(Travelers Planet Hostel Guesthouse, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea)

An awesome #cafe  just opened near #Travelers_Planet !

The name is #CAFE_LA_VIDA .

Not really big but very #cozy  and #comfy .

Of course, every menu is so good.

While you #travel , you feel tired to go far outside sometimes.

In that time, you can take a peaceful rest in CAFE LA VIDA.

#LA_VIDA  means 'the rest of someone's life'

It's totally suitable for this beautiful cafe's #atmosphere .

If you take out your beverage, you can get 1,000KRW #discount  for#coffee  also 500KRW except coffee.

Moreover, they got also some nice dishes which is so tasty.

The food in the picture is 'LA VIDA's meal'.

Which gives you high nutrition with awesome taste.

How about a short #healing  time with some coffee in the middle of traveling?

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Real Korea! "Korean sentiments" Episode 3.‪한恨(Han‬-Resentment) [Hostel in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea]

Hello, guys!

A few days ago I read an article about '‪#‎Hwa_byung‬' which is a Korean mental illness which arises when people are unable to confront their anger as a result of conditions. 

The word hwa-byung is composed of "hwa" meaning "fire", "angry", 

and "byung" meaning "syndrome" or "illness". 

You might wonder why I'm talking about this depressed thing!

I'm telling you now why I did that shortly and the main topic "Han" right after.

Interestingly, Hwa-byung is known as a culture-bound syndrome.

The bound culture is "Han" what I'm going to tell you now.

‪Han‬ is a concept in ‪‎Koren culture‬ attributed as a unique Korean cultural trait.

Originally Korean is very cheerful and delightful people 

you could know through last week topic 'Heung'.

This pain sentiment has resulted from Korean long history of outside invasions and wars.

So if you want to know more about Korean Han trait, 

you need to learn Korean history properly.

I would recommend you "‪DMZ tour‬".

It will help well to show and understand you the most hurtful and recent history of Korea, the problems between North Korea and South Korea.

If you want to know the detail about tour, leave comment or message us.

I have written total 3 big Korean sentiments so far. 

They are the most fundamental and crucial parts to learn about Korea.

I hope I helped you some :)

Thank you for reading my stories of ‪‎Real Korea‬! 

I will come back with more interesting topic next week.

Keep well! See you soon <3

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20150314 weekend cooking 70th Travelers Planet Hostel.[Hostel in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea]

Hello, everyone <3

Today Weekend cooking is Rolled omelet!

Rolled omelet is one of common side dishes in Korea.

It's not really difficult to cook but require some skill to make the shape nicely. 

but Travelers planet official chef "Effy" made it perfectly! Coooool.

Look at this video and try it yourself ;)

*Ingredient

eggs

some salt

oil

*Direction

Mix eggs in a bowl with some salt.

Heat a pan at medium high temperature and add oil.

Pour a thin layer of egg mixture in the pan, tilting to cover the bottom of the pan. 

After the thin egg has set a little, gently roll into a log.

Repeat adding egg to the pan and rolling back and forth until the egg is used up.

Remove from the pan and cool for 3-4 minutes.

Slice the ends of the log off and then slice the log into a bite-sized. 

and enjoy!

NOTICE!

Next weekend, ‪Ham&Potato fry‬ is coming to ‪‎Travelers Planet‬ ‪‎Hostel‬ kitchen.

Please look forward to it!

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Residence ‪‎Guesthouse‬ in ‪Hongdae‬, ‪Seoul‬, ‪Korea‬

Best for families and friends

Phone : +82) 2-335-0063/0064

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Thanks for the special gift!(Travelers Planet Hostel Guesthouse, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea)

Hi guys~ This is EVY from #Studio_41st .

Do you recognize me?

Sometimes, guests gave us some presents like#traditional   #snack , #tea , something like those.

Usually it would be a kind of food.

But today, I got a beautiful #gift  from a guest who is from #Singapore .

She went to #Myeong_dong  today. She's shopped a lot of items.

Also she bought something for me!

That is the #bracelet  in the picture. I wore it as soon as she gave me.

I really appreciate for this little bling bling #accessory .

I won't be able to see that she check out cause my day off.

But I'm going to wear it very usefully.

Thank a lot! And take care!

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Joomak Boribop?(Travelers Planet Hostel Guesthouse, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea)

Hey guys,

Did you have lunch or dinner somewhere?

I will recommend you a ‪#‎Korean‬ ‪#‎restaurant‬ near ‪#‎Studio_41st‬ .

Lots of guest ask us where a nice restaurant is around the ‪#‎guesthouse‬ .

There are a lot of restaurants. But not many restaurants so ‪#‎traditional‬ or is generally chosen by most guest. Guests are from everywhere in the world. Tastes are different every each person.

That's why we have to‪#‎recommend‬ a restaurant which is very popular for international people.

‪#‎Joomak_Boribop‬ is frequently recommended. ‪#‎Boribop‬ means barley rice. Set menu with barley rice is their signature menu.

There are also a lot of nice dishes. ‪#‎Stir_fried_spicy_pork‬ ,‪#‎Noodles_with_spicy_fish_stew‬ and so on. And you should order‪#‎Makgeolli‬ or ‪#‎Dongdongju‬ which are Korean traditional drinks.

How about Joomak Boribop for tomorrow dinner?

  

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Real Korea! "Korean sentiments" Episode 2.‪흥興‬(Heung-joy) [Hostel in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea]

Originally Korean called ourself we are a race 

having ‪Han‬(Resentment) and Heung cultural traits.

A Interesting point is they two traits are completely opposite conceptions. 

But they are innerly related to each other. 

I'm going to tell you more about Han next weekend.

Korean's Heung is shown well in people's daily life and culture.

Basically, korean people love to eat, drink, sing and dance 

all together at the same time so much!

Some Korean speak in game we could share proper Jeong 

to exchange glasses each other and hang out singing and dancing.

This sentiment has come down to us from our ancestors.

We can find it in Korean traditional play, music and performance.

The most outstanding example is ‪Sa-mul-no-ri‬.

It is a genre of traditional percussion music.

Several people play four different traditional Korean musical instruments 

upon special Sa-mul-no-ri rhythms all musician and audience dancing and moving free.

Also the musicians consider communication and harmony 

with audiences a significant part.

If you see the performance I'm sure you cannot stop dancing and feeling free! 

I personally think sometimes we know traditional things are certainly important 

but also cannot deny some of them is quite boring.

But this one is not, it is still fairly exciting 

but unfortunately its fame has been losing out to new things like always.

In the sense, I recommend a performance "‪Nanta‬".

It a comedy performance, a story in kitchen based on Sa-mul-no-ri rhythms.

Knives and other kitchen utensils make sound, 

as those stuff are transformed into musical instruments!

I hope more people know more about Korean Heung 

and its culture not onl ‪Kang-nam Style‬ and hope it did work! haha

Keep cool! guys, let's see next week! 

Notice! Next real Korea is "‪한恨‬(Resentment)" 

Please look forward to it!

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Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea

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