COEX Mall - Kimchi Museum and Aquarium

     Today I went to the COEX Mall which is a giant megamall in the Gangnam district of Seoul which is home to more than 250 stores and hundreds of eating places. It also includes the Megabox movie theater with 17 screens, a night club, banks, a post office, a huge bookstore and music stores. It also contains a small Kimchi museum and the COEX Aquarium.

     The Kimchi Museum is located in the basement of the COEX Mall and provides information about the Korean staple food of kimchi and how it was made and stored both in the past and present day. There are multiple different kinds of kimchi as you can see from the above pictures. There are upwards of 80 different kinds of kimchi. Traditionally kimchi was buried in pots in the ground which would keep the kimchi at the proper temperature for long fermentation. In this way no heat was gained or lost and the kimchi could be kept a long time without losing its taste or healthful benefits. The rest of the pictures of the Kimchi Museum can be found on Facebook.

     Also at one end of the COEX Mall there is also the COEX Aquarium. The COEX Aquarium has over 650 different kinds of animals including both land and water animals. Everything from bats and spider monkeys to penguins and sharks. The above pictures are from the Aquarium and the rest can be found on Facebook. The weather is finally starting to warm up some so hopefully it will be a chance to venture outside next weekend instead of looking at indoor options.


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