Hanwoori , Ampang Korean Village Village

This was my first time visiting the Korean Village in Ampang, KL. Thanks to Lu, i get to drop by there. 

After scrolling through the awesome google, we decided to give Hanwoori 한우리 a try! 

Hanwoori was packed with locals and koreans, so we assumed that it won't let us down.

Sorry. i am such a failed blogger. i forget to snap some pictures of the menu.

As i was busy observing peoples around us, i felt like i am in Korea that time lol.

Anyway, both of us ordered Kimchi Chigae and Spicy cold Buckwheat noodles (Bibim Naengmyeon)

This is the Spicy cold Buckwheat noodle (actually we planned to order Naengmyeon but they don't have it today, so we ordered this)

It comes with a wasabi watery kind of sauce, sesame oil (i assume)while the bowl of soup i have no idea what it is. we actually asked the korean girl who worked there how shall we eat this. She told us that the way she ate is to add some sesame oil in and mixed it well (she mixed for us). For me, i think that it taste good, not spicy. I tried to add in the wasabi sauce, it taste good with it too! Overall this dish is good, i will order it again in the future! I regretted it so much that i did not try it in Korea even it was in my things to eat list =(

Kimchi Chigae which comes with a rice

 For me, the kimchi chigae taste good, because it wasn't too spicy. However, it depends on each individual, as different people have different taste buds. Some prefer spicy, some prefer mild spicy. This kimchi chigae comes with tofu, pork, kimchi, glass noodles.

These are the banchan from Hanwoori! taste good! i love their kimchi, noms

Rate:

Food: 4/5

Service: 4/5

Ambiance: 4/5

Bill ended up with : RM42.95

Seoul Tower Ville

It's time to blog about my accommodation i choose for my Seoul Trip,

i have been hesitating either to choose Zaza Backpackers, Namsan Guets House or Seoul Tower Ville

 

Yea. ended up with Seoul Tower Ville, why?

• STV accept booking at anytime (Namsan, Zaza only permit booking 3 months before your traveling period)
• STV accepts payment by card (Zaza and Namsan prefer cash)
• STV provide transportation to and from Sejong Hotel (Myeongdong) on the day you arrive and depart
• STV's room are more home like, which includes washing machine, fridge, water dispenser (cold &hot), gas stove (but i did not use it), microwave, Wifi
• They provide toiletries like shampoo, toothpaste, new toothbrush (but we did not use it, cse we bought our own lol, so must use la, if not whn we weigh our luggage overweight thn faint)

 I made my reservation through email, as Mr.Ko replies to email efficiently, you can choose to converse with him in English, Mandarin, Japanese

After our stay in STV, these are our reviews

Good Point

• The room overall are comfy enough for us, their bed are comfy also, they provide blankets
• They provide many hangers, which is a good thing, cse some travelers don't bring hangers right (i do bring lol)
• Their room heather works well, which is an really important thing to look into when u travel on winter
• Mr.Ko looks fierce and strict, but he is really kind, they do remind you a night before u depart on what time you have to gather at their office so he can fetch you or your luggage to Sejong Hotel (Mr.Ko's partner send our luggage to Sejong Hotel on the time we both set, so that we can make our last minute shopping without carrying heavy luggage around)
• Having a water dispenser and fridge in your own room is really a plus point to STV, cse if i'm not mistaken, zaza and namsan don't provide these in ur room, but at the common area
• Water heather works well too

Bad Point

• It's too tiring for us to climb up back to STV, you know la... after a whole day of shopping and sight seeing, it's soo tiring to climb up the stairs and slope.
• It's not advisable for people who elderly people, couples with children/babies (if your kids are big enough to climb the stairs carefully thn it's ok la)
• If you don't mind to climb up the slope and stairs every night, STV can be a good option for you =)     *you can see how is the slope and stairs are like on the below pictures i took*

However, overall we have a pleasant experience in STV =))

Seoul Tower Ville Website

STV's use this van to pick us up

 STV's building, looks exactly same with the pictures they show on their site

Outside

Interior

 Do you see those red stickers on the door? whn you don't feel like having room service, just stick it on your door before you leave your room =)

 

 

Bathroom

Snow on the path near STV

 I was like so 38, stepping on the snow happily and snap a pic =.= cse kampung girl from Msia, haven't see snow before, pity me

 YOU SEE

 

Directions to Seoul Tower Ville↓

From Myeongdong Sation (Line 4), Exit 3 take the escalator up, and you will see 7-11 on your left once you are up. 

 

Continue walking straight until you see GS25 on your right, Hotel Pacific on the center, and there are two path one on your left and right, follow the path on your left

 

Walking straight again until you see Mini Stop on your right, then there's a path beside Mini Stop , follow that path and walk straight again, and you will spot this sign on your left. Then it's time for you to climb up the stairs lol

 

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