From my point of view, Itaewon in which a local landmark Hamilton Hotel can be found is the most non-Korean area in Seoul for tourists. Slightly similar with "Khao San Road" in Bangkok & "Pham Ngu Lao" in Ho Chi Minh, there are lots of stores, bars & restaurants earning money from foreigners. If you don't have much budget for sleeping, I recommend a sauna in the basement of Hamilton Hotel because it's cheap and near by the subway station. But the ceiling of sleeping area is so low that you have to watch your head, and you may lie next to a guy snoring loudly. In Taiwan, anyway, dolsot bibimbap is my favorite Korean cuisine. It is served in a very hot stone bowl in which a raw egg & seasoned vegetables with chili pepper paste is cooked against the sides of the bowl, and the layer of the rice touching the bowl is golden brown & crispy. I ordered this in Itaewon which is a colorful one but the most distasteful dish during this travel time.
Jeonju bibimbap is well-known across South Korea, and Gogung is one of the best restaurants specializing in this traditional food. This set appeared in Myeongdong. Before 7 delicate side dishes, including a few kinds of Kimchi and fried laver which is flavorful and crispy, served as accompanists, the soloist, Jeonju bibimbap, was sent in a brass bowl wearing a gorgeous dress, various unknown nuts & vegetables. One Japanese-speaking waitress helped me stir it professionally. Overall, a complicated concerto, a harmonic masterpiece, bravo!全州憑藉甘美無比的水質，孕育著最優良的農產品，一直享有著韓國美食之都的稱號；其中又以古宮這間餐廳最負盛名。在首爾A-Mao造訪了位在「明洞」的古宮分店，這也有石鍋拌飯啦！但為了犒賞自己，跟一個通日語的小姐點了比較昂貴的全州拌飯。除了黃豆芽湯，先上了七碟樣樣都精緻的小菜（2007年此行最多小菜的一頓）：辣的與不辣的泡菜不用說，名店做的還會普通嗎？最讓人激賞的是沾點粉去炸的海苔片，又馨香、又爽脆、又有揚物的飽足感，因此硬是多嗑了它一盤。伴奏的小菜很盡責地撩撥起食慾，主奏的全州拌飯被盛在熱熱的金屬碗、穿著五彩繽紛的晚禮服亮像了！美的實在讓人拍完照片後，不忍動手去攪和它；這時，那個幫我點菜的小姐卍佛心來的卍走過來，拉著我的手就拌起飯來（好害羞）、還邊驕傲地說只有真正的當地人，才能拌出最地道的拌飯。這許多陌生不知名、卻又口感多元的美味食材，譜成了一首繁複悅耳的協奏曲。食畢心得：「最忙的是眼睛、最累的是嘴巴、最快樂的是我」！
Hamilton Hotel—漢彌頓飯店
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