Wednesday Food Talk Ep.3 Fried Chicken: Yeongyang Center, Banpo Chicken, and Hanchu

Yeongyang Center Myeongdong Main

Fried chicken is one of Koreans' favorite for a late-night snack because of a reasonable price as well as its delicious taste. When I was in college, I used to go Yeongyang Center in Myeongdong whenever I have a fat purse. 

Funny thing is I don't even remember when was the last time the price was raised. Now the price isn't seemingly a bitter pill to swallow and I'd like to go to the old-aged restaurant which brings back memories of the past.

Address: 25-32, Chungmuro 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

Phone: +822-776-2015

Samgyetang, chicken soup with ginseng roots, jujubes, and other ingredients, (left) is its signature menu.

Rotisserie Chicken (right) of light taste was first introduced by Yeongyang Center in Korea. 

Banpo Chicken

Address:  1050, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

Phone: +822-599-2825

Seasoned Chicken with Garlic (maneul yangnyeom chicken) has become popular over recent years in Korea and Banpo Chicken is the most famous place for it.

You can add further piquancy or spiciness with free garlic sauce (right).

 Hamburger Steak here is good.

It is might be rather called sesame burger. :D

  

Hanchu

  

Address: 549-9, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Phone: +822-3446-5778

Hanchu is best known for its seasoned chicken with chili.

Deep-fried Chili Pepper (left) & Stir-fried Rice Cake (Tteok-bokki, right)

Many regular customers go to the restaurant to eat one of them.

Ep.1 Roasted Beef Sirloin: Daedo Restaurant & Saebyukjib
Ep.2 Kalguksu(Noodle Soup): Myeongdong Gyoja & Guksijib
Ep.3 Fried Chicken: Yeongyang Center, Banpo Chicken, and Hanchu

Lucid Fall sells his new CD on home shopping network

Have you ever feel an uncontrollable impulse to buy something from the home shopping network?

How about a CD? 

Can you imagine? :D

Lucid Fall whose agency is Antenna sold his new CD on CJ O Shopping last week. I could not help but laugh when he showed up wearing a tangerine-shaped big hat with his CEO You Hee-yeol, one of a member of the judging panel for K-Pop Star.

They sold out 1,000 packages of limited edition including a fairy tale book, a box of tangerines, and postcards with his photos in ten minutes. :D

The singer-songwriter who seems so innocent is also a book writer, a photographer, and a farmer.

While the two-man and a show host explaining about the taste of the fruits from Lucid Fall's own farm in Jeju Island, his colleagues peel mandarins and constantly eat them to promote not the songs but the fruit.

Shin JaePyung (left) and Lee JangWon (right), members of Peppertones, seriously talk to viewers about the product for 40 minutes. :D

He looks like a middle-aged woman. lol

The show was really fun and it was like a concert at the dawn.

I am extremely impressed by their new approach.

I send out loud applause for artists about the courage to try new things and thank them for the beautiful songs.

Watching the Video Clip

I am fascinated by Lee Jin-A's voice. It's lovely!

Wednesday Food Talk Ep.2 Kalguksu(Noodle Soup): Myeongdong Gyoja & Guksijib

I'd never enjoyed eating Kalguksu before I came to Seoul for university. During my first year at the school, I luckily had a chance to visit Myeongdong Gyoja and gastronomically I had an exciting experience. The fifty-year-old restaurant is still the best for me.

Myeongdong Gyoja (명동교자)

Address: 25-2, Myeong-dong 2-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

Website: http://www.mdkj.co.kr/en/

Tips! Your lips feel like they are burning and your breath smells of garlic when you eat spicy Kimchi too much.

I usually ask the waitress a small bowl of rice and mix it with soup and eat them with rinsed garlic Kimchi in cold water. It tastes heavenly.

  

Dumplings stuffed with seasoned meat and vegetables.

The food melts in a person's mouth.

This is a former president Kim Young-sam's favorite noodle restaurant. The politician is well known as a big fan of Guksu(noodles).   

 Guksijib (국시집)

Address: 9, Seongbuk-dong 1-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea

Telephone: +822-762-1924

Business Hours: 12:00~21:00 (Break 14:30~17:30)

  

It's a very clean taste unlike thick liquid of Myedong Gyoja.

 

Muneo Sukhoe (Parboiled Octopus, left) and Suyuk (Boiled Beef Slices, right)

A small serving :(
But there's not a lot to say.


Ep.1 Roasted Beef Sirloin: Daedo Restaurant & Saebyukjib
Ep.2 Kalguksu(Noodle Soup): Myeongdong Gyoja & Guksijib
Ep.3 Fried Chicken: Yeongyang Center, Banpo Chicken, and Hanchu

Wednesday Food Talk Ep.1 Roasted Beef Sirloin: Daedo Restaurant & Saebyukjib

Let me introduce two tasty restaurants I've ever tasted.
I don't think they are low-priced but they are sooooo delicious.

Daedo Restaurant

대도식당 (the main store in Wangsimni)

Address: 431, Hongik-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea

Telephone: +822-2292-9772

Website: 대도식당

Business Hours: 11:00~22:00

They only carry fresh meat at a reasonable price.

I highly recommend any visitor to Seoul to try this fried rice with kkakdugi (Diced Radish Kimchi) after you're done eating roasted beef.  It's a special taste!

It makes my mouth water all the time.

Saebyukjib

새벽집, true to its name - "House of Dawn"

Address: 129-10, Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Telephone: +822-546-5739

Business Hours: 24/7 (Open year-round)

About 50 dollars for a portion but you may eat another serving of rib-eye due to a small serving.

Ganjang gejang (Soy Sauce Marinated Crab) is another delicacy of Saebyukjib.

It's also not cheap, however, you can easily see celebrities if you luck out. lol


Ep.1 Roasted Beef Sirloin: Daedo Restaurant & Saebyukjib
Ep.2 Kalguksu(Noodle Soup): Myeongdong Gyoja & Guksijib
Ep.3 Fried Chicken: Yeongyang Center, Banpo Chicken, and Hanchu