Hey! We're here at Hahoe Folk Village near Andong
Yeah, this is one of our favourite places in Korea, so even though this is like a 4 hour drive from our hometown
we've come here again for the fourth time, it is that beautiful.
We're gonna stay in a hanok tonight, which is a traditional Korean house
and, yeah, just chill out in the village for the weekend, it's very very nice here.
One of the famous dishes to eat in Andong and around this area is Andong Mackerel
so, it's not close to the sea so they prepare it in a special way, like salting it to preserve it
and yeah, it's one of the two best things to eat when you're here
Oh yeah. Mmm. It's really good.
So this is basically the equivalent of a bed and breakfast back home
A Korean style bed and breakfast
We're in a traditional Hanok house
it's like owned by this granny and grandpa. How old did they say the house was? 200 years old?
Over 200 years old. Yeah, this house has been here for over 200 years and they do the best Andong Jjimdak in....Andong...
So Jjimdak basically means steamed chicken, so we've got chicken on the bone
massive chunks of potato, we've got carrots in there, glass noodles
these are made from sweet potato, they're quite kind of firm and chewy
good texture, I like them, very slippery, easier with wooden chopsticks than metal ones
Onions in there, spring onions, carrots, ginger, sesame seeds, a little bit of chilli - dried chillies
(Del) I can really taste the ginger actually
(Kim) Oh, when you get a hit of it it's great
It's really really good. Served with rice. Bit of makgeolli on the side. It's perfect.
We spent last night staying in a traditional Korean home called a Hanok
and this is the room that we were sleeping in
we've got a couple of nice little windows looking outside
underfloor heating called Ondol
and this is your bed when you stay in a traditional home
so you sleep on a kind of thick padded quilt called a Yo
this thing here. A little blanket over it, you've got a cosy blanket to keep you warm
and a traditional Korean pillow, which is essentially like a giant bean bag.
I wasn't really a huge fan of that pillow to be honest. Del thought it was quite good though. (Del) I like the pillow.
[ Dog singing along to the church bells ]
So we're gonna take this wee boat over the river and you can then hike up the cliff over there and you get an amazing view over the village, it's really really beautiful
We really love this village compared to other folk villages in Korea
because people still actually live here, it's like an authentic real life place
it's not just put on for tourists and like fake houses and stuff
yeah, it's very different to anywhere else we've been in Korea
being able to see the straw roofs and the tiled Hanok roofs side by side
It's a beautiful spot and it's just really nice to chill out for even like two or three days
I'm always so sad when we leave this place it's just so peaceful
and so, like, chilled out here, I totally love it
But, we've done everything we wanted to do
We ate Jjimdak, the best jjimdak we've ever had
It was the best Jjimdak we've ever had
We had salted mackerel, we rode the wee ferry boat
and we saw the mask dance, which was amazing
This is our fourth time being here, and, yeah, it never disappoints, we really really love it
It's been nice seeing it in a different season as well, although we missed the cherry blossom by about four days
so that was...really irritating...
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