18 Korean Dishes You Must Try When You Visit South Korea

18 Korean Dishes You Must Try When You Visit South Korea

And this is what we’re here for no spicy  no spicy no spicy a shame I like spicy   you like spicy I like spicy it’s spicy can I  have uh can I have one order please look at   that thank you look at the color of that  deep deep red you have these white rice  

Cakes underneath which are then cut  into little pieces of rice dumpling   essentially is what they are the’re rice  cake dumpling and then covered in that sauce wow incredibly chewy I mean you  have to chew and chew and chew to get   through it such a nice flavor  combination thank you thank

You she’s just started preparing the fried rice look at the color of that there’s a lot of gochujang in there also got  onions a lot of onions and more oful I think   at least I saw her chopping some so I presume  that’s gone in there we’ve got the rice so already  

Cooked ah the old bits of garlic not Ginger the  old bits of garlic going as well why waste it we’re ready to go you take a little  bit of your Nori paper ah okay so   she’s showing us roll it up and  then and then dip it and then for  

You and a little bit of garlic and  ginger put it inside and then eat it she’s telling me it’s hot that again is special the rice has a crispy  on the bottom kind of like a Paella it’s what  

I like in it too and but the rice itself is  soft when you get into it and then you have   the chew from the offal the crunch from the  onion and then the spice coming through from   the gochujang and then that toasted Nori paper  she toasted it on the on the charcoal before  

She gave it to me that toasted Nori paper  add such a vibrant Seafood flavor I mean   you all know what Nori paper tastes like but I  cannot tell you really and work how good this

Is even when it’s ready as I’m eating it she lets  it sit there buffered from the proper Heap she’s   got another pound underneath but you can see  it’s still just crisps up on that bottom and  

Then every now and then she stirs it just to mix  through those gnarly bits into the rice oh guys   it’s so good anyway I did say the prices have  obviously changed just a little bit since the   fisherman came here it is 50,000KRW but for  the amount of food for the atmosphere for the  

Friendliness I would say it’s worth the experience  they’re so friendly here we were just having a   chat via Google translate she doesn’t speak any  English but uh still trying to talk to me with   Google translate having a two-way conversation  and uh she was telling me not many foreigners  

Come here well Japanese people come here but not  many Western tourists come here because she told   me that she thought Western foreigners don’t eat  off so guys there’s your challenge come here and   prove to them stall number eight if you really  want prove to them that you guys do eat awful like  

Me cuz we don’t want a bad reputation do we can’t  miss those final crispy bits she knows she knows what a meal time to try the bindaetteok or the mung bean  pancake I found one which looks super good  

She’s frying them so crispy exactly how I  like things like this so this is going to   be the one I said before the process starts  off by grounding the mung beans into a paste   and then mixing it into the batter which is  then scooped into the oil where it fries and  

Just look how crisp and golden she’s getting  them thank you so much I’ve got it bindaetteok   the mung bean pancake how crispy does this look  just look at that fried to absolute perfection   the important thing the thing I was looking  for with that was how hot was the oil because  

If the oil isn’t hot enough and it’s just sat  there sizzling away very gently then that mung   bean pancake is going to suck up all of the  oil so I was looking for one where the oil  

Was not super hopped you don’t want it to burn  but it was sizzling away quite frantically and   then you know it’s not going to be so greasy and  so oily when you eat it cost me 5,000KRW for one  

Whole one this is just half I have here so two  pieces here have another two pieces as well to   snack on later so 5,000 for one I don’t know if  you can buy them individually they were already  

Cut up but I think you have to buy them as a whole  anyway let’s stop talking about it let’s try it it is so so crispy on the outside maybe  you could hear it as I bite into it

Can you hear that so crispy on the outside and  although it is ground up I think there’s still   little bits of the mung bean in there as well  so they go super crispy can taste them as you   as you crunch into it but on the inside  it’s light it’s fluffy it’s creamy it’s  

Rich there’s onions in there too so you get  a nice onion flavor coming through you don’t   taste mung bean it just tastes like a nice  soft fluffy crispy in the outside pancake   super tasty not greasy at all not oily as  I expected that is a seriously good snack

She let me to come into the kitchen it’s  just hand rolling out the noodles a huge   huge rolling pin little bit of flour how cool is that and then here you can hit a blender  this is the soybean soup being blended now hand cut

They go into a huge pot of water and look you’ve   got the dough proving or resting  on the Shelf absolutely love it all right food has arrived and it’s quite  a feast have you ever seen a soup like  

That before soybeans and yeah it is ice cold ice  cold so in the bowl we have of course those hand   cut handmade noodles we have cucumber fresh cut  cucumber there’s a little tomato in there which  

Pops with the color and then you have that soybean  sauce it’s thick much thicker than I expected but   it is probably just purely made out of soybeans  or soy milk let’s say water and Blended soybeans   I presume is How It’s Made Super interesting  just clings to the noodles look at that

I love the noodles like that look  how long they are because they’re   hand cut she told me that I need to  put these greens in these little bowl   of green here that goes in to the Bowl  we’ll give it a mix right let’s taste

Mmm oh wow it’s much more delicate than I expected  it’s super Savory super beanie you can tell it’s   soybeans or white bean in there the texture  thought it was going to be quite grainy because   beans can be quite grainy but they’ve clearly been  cooked down they’re soft and then they’re Blended  

Absolutely delicious never had anything like it  with noodles but how does it go with the noodles the metal Chopsticks are like the end of me right super tasty bowl of noodles  very for me very unique I   don’t think I’ve seen it let alone tried it before

We should try some of the blood sausage and  you can get it all throughout the market here   but this little Auntie I’m thinking of the right  word but this auntie seems to have a little buzz  

Around her it’s quieten down now but constantly  there is a big cure around her serving it so I   think we’re going to get some from her here it  is the blood sausage and you can see inside it   that looks like rice but it’s actually I think  vermicelli noodles you obviously have the blood  

Which has been steamed as well as it cooks and  see on the inside just look at the structure   let’s say of that inside it is vermicelli  noodles as I said sometimes you also have   barley in there you have other things in there  maybe some fermented soybean paste but really  

That depends on the region and who’s making it  it doesn’t look like there’s any barley in this   one um no I don’t think it looks like there’s  any barley in this one but it’s encased in the   intestine as a normal sausage is obviously the  pig’s blood and then it’s steamed to be cooked  

It also comes with I’m not entirely sure what  this is but it might be a bag of chili salt so   we’ll try it with that too but I think for  the first bite let’s just try it as it is

It’s chewy I didn’t expect it to be chewy but  then you get the nice flavor meaty flavor and   some spice in there which I’m not entirely sure  what it is but maybe that is the the bean paste  

Coming through you don’t get that as a hit but  there’s something in the background there working   in the background very nice texture I really  like it actually let’s sprinkle a little bit   of that well mystery salt on it that’s  heavy so maybe we’ll take another piece  

And dip it on top there we go all right with  the salt it is chili salt and it’s damn tasty okay um can I buy two yes please so individually  they are 1000KRW each so I’m going to buy two  

Just in case I like them right always good to  have one extra thank you so much and it comes   in a little bag thank you oh look at that very  little dainty thing and it looks like there’s an  

Imprint of a Little Flower on top very pretty I’m  actually going to try it in here I I think this   is actually just a waiting seat rather than  an eating seat but it’s so cold that I want  

To eat it in here just to get some rest bite  from the bitterly cold wind anyway the first   thing that you notice when you get in here is the  smell the smell of it baking it smells so good I  

Love walking into bakeries and getting that  smell they are still warm let’s bite into it just look at that paste the puree of red bean  paste on the inside the first flavor or the   first taste that hits you is not sweet it’s  Savory and to be honest I probably wouldn’t  

Even call it a bread I’d call it more of  a pastry because the outside is so thin   as you can see super thin just a few millim  and then you’re straight into that red bean   paste but it is Savory and then you start  chewing and then the sweetness comes out

So good I’m eating the second one I’ve got it and I can already tell from  looking at it it’s going to be a little   sweet the bread looks like a sweeter kind of  bread but inside you have shaved raw cabbage

An omelette egg omelette and then I guess  this like shrimp Fritter all inside this   toasty buttery can just it’s not greasy  but you can fill the butter the outside   little sandwich so let’s dig in first  food of the day here in Myeongdong as  

We seek to find out if you can get good food  in Myeongdong so fingers crossed let’s try it just look at that inside it is sweet but it’s not  too sweet there’s obviously a sweetness to the   shrimp as well but that shrimp fruit is absolutely  packed with ground shrimp really strong punch of  

Shrimpy flavor the egg is nice is Rich kind of  rounds out the sandwich and then you get the   crunch from the Cabbage as well there is a Mayo  in there as well which just brings it all together it’s super tasty it’s pure comfort food especially  

On a cooler day like today it’s warming  it’s comforting it’s pretty delicious I am going to get on to the straight away  dumplings you have to eat when they’re hot so   I’m not even going to wait for the noodles to  come the noodles will take care of themselves  

But you can see how thin and perfect these  dumplings are you can see the filling inside   them the noodle breath has come but that will  definitely keep so we’ll move that out of the   way as I was saying you can see the filling  inside them the filling is actually minced  

Pork with leaks spring onions some herbs  in there obviously it’s been seasoned too   you take it with a little bit of black vinegar  so I poured a little bit of black vinegar and   soy sauce into the little tray that they give  you and then we dip that dumpling into there  

Let it soak a little second it’s not like a soup  dumpling it’s not going to be super juicy on the   inside well it’s not going to be soupy on the  inside hopefully it will be juicy let’s try it

Wow it is dripping because it is so juicy on the  inside but look you can see coarsely chopped mints   you can see the greens in there the spring onions  and the leaks gives a nice onion gives a nice  

Oniony flavor it’s such high quality very Porky  fatty that’s why it’s so moist on the inside and   there’s so much flavor because it’s fatty very  very tasty dumplings I absolutely love dumplings   and for 11,000KRW you get 10 dumplings and they  are much bigger than expected I mean they are  

Proper mouthfuls you’re definitely not going  to leave this place hungry that is for sure in   fact you could just have these on their own  as a as a the m in themselves I really like   of course that’s why you do it I really like  dipping it into the black vinegar because they  

Are so rich they are so not heavy in the mouth  but the flavor is heavy because it’s so strong   and so powerful the black vinegar Cuts straight  through it with its acidity and actually black   vinegar has a more rounded taste than normal white  vinegar too so actually has a combination spot on

One dish that you probably have heard of is  Bibimbap and actually it originated in Jeonju   at this restaurant Hanookjib was one of the first  restaurants to serve Bibimbap in both hot stone   and in normal style so if you’re going to try  Bibimbap and Jeojnu this is obviously the place  

To come let’s go check it out all right guys food  has landed at the table and there’s a lot of it   as you can see with all the sides and the Bibimbap  now let’s take a look at the Bibimbap first that’s  

A pretty good portion I must admit you can see  the raw beef in the Middle with a few little   pine nuts I didn’t expect to see pine nuts maybe  ginko nuts not entirely sure but you got a little  

Bit of egg some sliced radish mushrooms some I’m  not entirely sure what that is actually but sliced   courgette some chili sauce and other types of  Greens in there as well I mean it’s absolutely  

Packed full of veg but that veg is one of bed of  rice if I can get in there and see is on a bed   of rice that you can see so it is a substantial  dish it’s not just veg and meat the idea is that  

You get it all stirred in and mixed in and then  you eat it like that and you’re meant to mix it   I believe mix it with the Chopsticks and then eat  it with the spoon so let’s give that a good old  

Mix because you want everything mixed through and  there’s bean sprouts in there as well my favorite   like I say everything has to be mixed through  and if you do it perfectly you get everything   in there in equal proportion all right all mixed  in perfectly as you can see let’s get a well maybe  

A bit too much there but let’s get a big mouthful  with a little bit of everything in there look at   that I mean it’s absolutely packed with veg and  we’ve got some of that raw beef in there too the flavor is good the spiciness comes  straight through that meat it’s soft it  

Sweet it just melts in your mouth you get  the mushroomy flavor coming through because   all of those flavors individually are quite  strong I think that jumps out most is the   texture because some of the veg is steamed  and boiled some of the Vegetables stir fried  

Off and then some of it is just essentially  Raw it’s just been cooked so fast you get a   crunch crunch crunch crunch and then it’s just  held together with that rice super delicious 70 years of flavor and tradition in  a bowl of boob and bat how cool is

That this is the gomtang you have  this amazing thinly sliced pork   you can just see the fattiness on the  outside also have some stewed shredded   pork this actually comes with rice and  spring onion this is a clear meat broth  

Just look at the clarity of that broth  there first of all let’s try this broth really meaty but it’s light I’m going to  add a little bit of pepper just to give   it a little bit of a pepper hit let me show  you guys can you believe 16,000KRW 15,000KRW  

Sorry 15,000KRW for all of that meat plus  the shredded pork as well ridiculous value   it’s exactly the type of food that you want to be  eating on a cold day like today it’s warming it’s comforting it’s seasoned really  nicely actually it doesn’t really  

Need anything doing to it but what I  am looking forward to is that thinly   sliced just look how thin that is you can  almost see me through it like a stained   glass of pork and that is just going  to taste so good with all of that fat

The shredded pork is good but the flavor  of the fat on the outside of that thinly   sliced one that that is what this broth is  all about you’re Korean comfort food for me I think we’re ready to grill and it’s her  who is going to be grilling rather than me  

Thank god well not thank God I’d like to do  it but it’s going to be done well may as well   let the expert do it oh you can see the smoke  coming off as it goes over onto that Grill plate

In goes a little bit of the fat moisten the bottom  of the pan ah no she’s cooking more of the offal   oh that went straight up my nose smell of that  garlic you can see it’s got crushed garlic all  

Over it and obviously the vinegar as well or the  acid oh wow look at that look at that but that   little bit of rubbing around the fat to moisten it  will mean it doesn’t stick to the plate and then  

Whole garlic cloves go in there and then on this  one we’ve got more delicate pieces of off burning   over the fire smells though guys the smells  coming off obviously the smell of charcoal or meat   cooking over charcoal is good but that garlic the  garlic over the charcoal so so good with the beefy  

Aroma coming off it you can see how it’s starting  to char up already that’s where the flavor is   going to really take off okay so she’s moving the  cook pieces onto the sides it looks like liver and  

She’s telling me eat now eat now hurry up little  bit Ah okay into this dipping sauce so she’s   telling me to put the liver you can see charred on  the outside I’m going to give it a little dip into  

That dipping sauce looks like there’s ginger and  garlic in there with soy sauce and oh acidic sweet   salty perfect combination very moist very delicate  actually beef liver there’s a little bit of Kidney   because it looks like there’s quite a lot of  black pepper in that dipping sauce as well it’s  

That good but it is Rich and that dipping sauce  is perfect to cut through it awful is best eaten   straight away because it will keep cooking once  it comes off the hot plate and it will overcook

Wow this I think is the stomach look at that  you can see the chart from the grill you can   see how delicious and succulent it is tastes  so good ah I see I see teaching me how to eat  

So dip it take your offal dip it into the sauce  put it into the salad pick it up and then eat   I’m so happy oh happy she understood that word  I’m so happy who needs fish in a fish market  

Right this one starts cooking away you can see  the caramelization on the outside because that   is fat actually it’s the intestines with the sew  stuffed into it even better now it’s really cooked   out all of that fat is rendered out leaving that  crispy golden little pieces of fat of course but  

Look how much has come out of it I hope I hope  she cooks the rice in there look at that look at   that fat is flavor and because fat is Flavor  she’s literally giving me the pieces of fat  

To eat putting it in the dipping Bowl love this  no confusion here of how to eat it so let’s try it oh man that is special actually I think it  is the intestine you can see on the outside you  

Have a little bit of the intestine skin but  on the inside if I can get it back to me on   the inside theyve rolled in that Su they kind  it in on itself but that fat is not fatty as  

You would think as soon as you put it in your  mouth and bite into it it just disappears and   you get a little chew from the crispy skin  on the outside that is special no oh good so I got told off because I  dipped it into this and she  

Told me off you’re not meant to eat it like that so delicious but I’ve got to admit guys that fat  is where it’s at that fat is special fat has so   I don’t joke when I say fat is Flavor fat has so  much flavor fishermen aren’t stupid if the first  

Thing they did was come to this once they hit land  again you know they’re smart people they know food the bone broth looks amazing well first let me  show you the broth look how creamy and milky  

It looks look at that and you know that has been  cooked for hours and hours with those bones you   also have some of the thinly sliced beef in there  as well you’ve got scallions or spring onions and  

Then some little or a little bit of white rice  noodle in there as well I’m expecting that to   be absolutely packed with flavor it’s meant  to be super healthy something that you eat  

When you need a bit of a lift a bit of a per cup  which okay let’s say I need a bit of a per cup   so let’s try it it’s the colder weather outside  it’s also going to be good for that it came in  

This black pot which was absolutely scorching  hot it’s cooled down a little bit now because   we started with the beef but they pointed at the  salt which well let’s try the broth and see why okay beefy and delicious 100% you can tell that  it’s been cooked for hours and hours and hours  

With those bones because you have that Rich beef  flavor but they’ve added very very little salt   which is strange because the beef plate had been  cooked in broth for sure that was salty because  

I didn’t fill the need to add salt to it and I  like salty stuff this There is almost no salt in   there at all which is why they have a large pot  of salt on the table and a spoon for you to add  

Into it so essentially you season it to your  own taste which actually I quite like because   different people are going to have different  tastes I like things quite salty but someone   else might not and if there’s one criticism of  broths and soups in Asia sometimes they can come  

Too salty so maybe they’re being smart I think  it’s going to need a good spoon of salt called   the salt please let’s give that let’s give that  a stir get that mixed in and I’m pretty sure it  

Has almost zero salt in there which is why I’m  adding so much let hope I haven’t ruined it oh   yeah much much better and it just comes alive  once you add that salt into it I’m going to  

Add a little bit of pepper as well not too much  but I think a little bit of pepper will give it   a nice kick a the smells coming off now with  that pepper absolutely perfect for my palette that is incredible the flavor the beefy flavor  actually the beefy flavor that’s coming from  

That meat and it is the same meat as the thinly  sliced brisket the the lean one touches of fat   around it actually I saw this piece is very fatty  so there is fat in there as well definitely you  

Can get the flavor from that that’s definitely  helping but there is so much flavor in there   it’s actually sliced more thin ly in this broth  so they are tailoring it it’s probably about half   the thickness of the meat plate but wow is that  packed with flavor packed with beefy beefy flavour

Thank thank you it’s arrived guys look at the  color of that jet black the beautifully yellow   golden noodles and an egg I didn’t expect the  egg to come you do have a few condiments on   the side you have this vibrant red chili powder  looks amazing just look at the color of it she’s  

Also gives me this dipping paste jet black almost  looks like charcoal but it’s probably that black   bean paste or something charred maybe maybe  charred onions or charred leaves along with   some raw onion hopefully those sweet ones like  we’ve had in the others and I initially when I  

Looked at this I thought that it was going to  be yellow beetroot but actually I think it’s   probably pickled daikon or radish how beautiful  does that look freshly cooked egg noodles and   then this dark dark sauce to go with it and  in there I can see an absolute tan of onions  

Along with some minced meat I’m guessing pork  it smells like pork the color comes from the   black fermented bean paste but there’s only  one thing to do guys that’s to let the sauce  

Meet the noodles to be honest I don’t I don’t  know a better way to do I could spoon it on but   actually I want all of it on there so I’m  just going to pour it on top look at that  

Cannot wait to get stuck into this 10,000KRW  for a bowl of this pretty good portion it’s   meant to be a breakfast snack and look at the  size of it let’s try it and see what it needs wow depth of flavor right up there it’s  salty it’s sweet it’s Savory very intense  

I love the crunch of those onions and  add a little bit of vinegar just to   cut through that sweetness it doesn’t  need any soy sauce because it’s salty   enough but what I am going to add is  some of this bright red chili powder

That could be a mistake and because that sauce  is thick it just coats those noodles look at   that ribbon look at the length of them that is  ridiculous it’s like nearly as tall as me anyway wow it’s so rich it’s so meaty like I said  there’s a sweetness that comes through but  

It’s almost like a caramelized bitterness and I  think it is probably from that bean paste it’s   really nice because of that balance because of  the sweetness because of the salty because of the   bitterness because of the caramelized flavor  it looks super simple it’s just noodles with  

Black Sauce right but there’s so much going on  there complimenting each other and working well   in balance here we have her rolling out the  hand cut noodles she’s already made the dough   you can see you have the big chunks of dough  here little bit of rice flour and then she’s  

Rolling it out on the stainless steel top  with a large here we go little bit of rice   flour on top just to stop it sticking and she  rolls it around that rolling pin skills again it’s landed at the table looks super tasty  very big actually in this large metal Bowl  

On top you have dried seaweed sesame seeds you  put a little bit of white pepper in like some   little shredded scallions but underneath this is  what it’s all about it’s all about those hand cut   hand rolled noodles and you can see because  they’re hand cut they’re not uniform they’re  

All different lengths slightly different shapes a  little bit Wiggly thicker than you’d expect then   on the side some of the pickles a little plate  of pickled greens with a little bit of pickled   cabbage in there as well looks pretty good and  then of course we’re in career After all you’ve  

Got the pickled cabbage or kimchi it’s actually  warming up a little at least warm enough to take   the jacket off in here because everything is  steaming and cooking the inside of the market   is quite warm actually still I think a perfect  day to have a warming bowl of noodles so let’s  

Try it first of all let’s just try the broth and  see what that tastes like if it needs anything very interesting actually very well different to  what I expected it’s incredibly meaty there’s so   much Savory flavor in that seaweed as well that  it completely rounds out the dish then you get  

The spiciness of the pepper and it’s white pepper  it’s not black pepper it’s white pepper so there   is a spice and a kick to it it’s salty it’s hot  and it’s very very Savory what more do you want  

Apart from a touch of vinegar you are Vietnamese?  Vietnam food? sorry I had to stop filming just to   have a laugh with her she looked at me like I was  a crazy person for putting vinegar in there so you  

Are from Vietnam they put vinegar in their noodles  but well you guys know if you’re watching me I   love putting vinegar in my noodles because I love  the salty and the sour I asked her if she wanted  

To try to convince herself but she said no walked  off laughing anyway let’s try it it’s rumbled me   now maybe I’ve made a mistake so much better guys  if you do not put a little bit of vinegar in your  

Noodles especially when it’s a more salty broth  put a little bit and that balance is so so good   she should try it I just want to show you how  silky soft these noodles are I mean look at that   let’s try these noodles with chopsticks these  are maybe the hardest chopstick sticks I’ve had  

They’re flat they’re metal and nothing is sticking  to them anyway let’s try it steaming steaming hot so so good she’s cooked them she cook them  for a few minutes but because they’re thick   the chew on the inside they are wheat noodles  if you didn’t know this dish actually I think  

It originated from the Chinese in the  19th century came over from there but   then it was really pushed with the wheat  noodles when the Americans came here and   they were pushing wheat to be used within  the country now it’s obviously a staple

The pepperiness I didn’t expect it to have so much  pepperiness she put a good portion of pepperiness   in that the broth is powerful because of that  and again with the richness of the meaty flavor all right we have choco pie which well apparently  originally in Jeonju so obviously we have to have  

It I got it from a bakery called PNB there’s  actually a few of them located around the   Hanok Village so I just went to the closest one  they have a whole variety from white chocolate   to Strawberry to match a but of course if  you’re going to have it the first time you  

Have to have the original and essentially it  looks like a dense cake and in the middle I   know there’s like a a cream and some jam  and then it’s dipped on the outside with   some chocolate but they’ve conveniently left  a little place in the middle so you don’t get  

The melted chocolate on your fingers as it  starts to melt as you hold it but just look   at that looks pretty good doesn’t it let’s try  it well let me break it in for you guys to see  

There you go so you can see on the inside it  is dense it’s definitely not a cake but it’s   also not a biscuit either but you can see  that that jam and that cream on the inside very chocolatey it’s is cakey I think  for me it’s the jam that I really like  

In there but there’s also a crunch and I  think that crunch is coming from Chopped   walnuts there’s some chopped walnuts in  there as well I like that and just 2300KRW not a bad snack

Here it is arriving at the table thank you you  got the the soup itself and then all of oh as   it steams up gobat look how good that looks  milky milky broth you also have this richer  

Spicier chili paste as well that is to go into  the broth definitely needs some salt so let’s   hit it with a little bit of salt what I’m also  going to do because it is salty I’m going to  

Add a little bit of those brown shrimps to add  a little more saltiness and a little more not   seafood flavor but that freshness from the sea  and then it’s not spicy at all I’m going to add  

I don’t know how spicy it is but I’m going to  add some of that chili paste how good does that   look insanely good right chili paste you know  that’s going to taste good in there so a whole  

Dollar maybe a touch more two dollops of the  chili paste in there and we’ll give that The   Stir It needs watch the color change look at  that as we steam up once again when it came  

To the table it was fizzing bubbling away it  was so hot just look at the color change now   deep red still cloudy of course but look at the  color an orange deep orange color oh yes that is  

Exactly how I want it let’s taste it oh yes the  saltiness brings out all of those flavors all of   those meaty flavors and then you get the spicy  kick from the chili paste on the side it’s not  

Too spicy but just rich and bold and comforting  warming I would say I mean not just from the heat   but warming from the flavors as well man it’s good  I told you what the game changer is in this broth  

Obviously the salt but the real game Cher is  this chili paste it’s absolutely insanely good   and it just it take it doesn’t just take it up  one notch it takes it up three or four notches  

I mean it was a good soup it was a good base to  start with that’s important but after that wow I’m going to start with the beef first off it’s  warm so I want to get it whilst it’s warm and the  

Soup because it’s hot it will well it’s very very  hot so it will sit there and wait so definitely   we’re going to start on this premium beef and to  be honest I don’t even know where to begin on the  

Plate it is the small portion but there is a lot  of meat on there it is a sharing platter look I’m   ordering it for myself I’m going to try and eat  it all obviously at 35,000KRW one but if you’re  

In a group if you have two three four people this  is a nice thing just to get on the table and order   to go along with it I think I’m just going to  try some of that Lena meat first off there is  

Actually some nice fat on there but it’s probably  the leanest cut probably is the BR actually I’m   going to try it in this dipping sauce that I  didn’t know what it was so let’s give that a go

Beefy beefy flavor straight away and because there  was a little bit of fat in there the fat melts on   your tongue it is warm it’s like room temperature  which is nice that dipping sauce is quite   interesting there’s an acidity in there it’s also  mustardy I think there may be some mustard powder  

In I’m not entirely sure something that’s giving  that flavor and then yeah a touch of saltiness   as well maybe from some soy I’m not entirely  sure what it is so if you know what that sauce  

Is please let me know let’s try a little bit with  this it’s called Ssamjang it is made with the red   fermented bean paste I think you’re meant to dip a  little bit of the vegetable into that Ssamjang and  

Then pick up a piece of meat so we’re going to do  that so dipped it in let’s get that in the mouth   raw onion hopefully they’re sweet and not really  really powerful and then a little bit of that beef

Wow the onion it’s super sweet I did not expect  that but the samjang is very very Savory very   Savory in the mouth very funky because it’s  been fermented with that soybean paste that   has been fermented it works so nicely as a group  and then the green chili just to finish not too  

Spicy very peppery but what I’ve just noticed as  I pulled off that Ling meat on top what I thought   was a fatty meat is actually fat look at that  you can almost see me through it that is going  

To be amazing in fact I’m just going to eat it  as it is maybe with just a sprinkling of salt the fat just melts in your mouth and just releases  all of it flavor that actually does need a little  

Bit of salt but the meat itself the meat itself  because it’s been cooked in a broth look at that   piece glistening with its moisture but because  because the meat has been boiled in a broth which   is very salty obviously is all flavorful and salty  the meat itself doesn’t actually need the salt

Really nicely seasoned there’s a nice chew to it  the meat itself doesn’t melt in the mouth the fat   does but the meat has a nice chew to that I like  that because the more you chew the more the flavor  

That gets released the more beefiness that comes  into your mouth it’s seriously seriously good the   fatty bits the fatty bits almost remind me of  you know when you have like a cured ham like  

Um oh now my mind has gone blank the like pata  negra ham or Jamon iberico in Spain the fat has   this like this hasn’t been cured but the fat  there has like cured flavor which just leaves  

An oily richness on the top of your palette this  fat also has the same not from the cured but it   leaves that like film of fat and just richness on  the top of your palette I absolutely love it I’m  

In beef Heaven all right one more piece of beef I  really couldn’t resist I think there are actually   more than six Cuts now I’ve uncovered more but  let me tell you it is expensive for maybe well  

For me on a budget not on a budget but who’s been  cost conscious on long-term travel is definitely   more than I would normally spend but let me  tell you every one or dollar or pound that   you spend on this beef is worth it the quality is  fantastic the flavor is delicious really really  

Oh well and when the police come in to eat in  here you know you know it’s a good place to   eat so yeah I recommend it as I struggle with  my metal Chopsticks metal Chopsticks and these  

Actually they’re flat it’s even worse not only are  they metal look I show you that but they’re flat   things just fall off it why why would you make  chopsticks so difficult to use anyway last piece

There’s only one thing to do on a day like  this where the sun is out and I’m starting   to burn up and that is get ice cream but I can’t  decide which you have the standard ice cream or  

Premium ice cream anyway which is from the local  Farm it claims but you know these tall Peak ones   or this one with honeycomb which looks pretty  spectacular see the honeycomb real honeycomb I   think we’re going to have to order that aren’t  we can I have one honeycomb ice cream please

Thank you so much 5000KRW oh my God look at that that is ridiculous look  at the honey I mean the ice cream looks good for   sure soft serve ice cream but that honey on  top glistening glistening on top let’s find  

Somewhere to eat it all right found a little  spot just on a step uh up a little side alley   to try this it looks so damn good and where the  honey has hit the ice cream it freezes a little  

And goes even thicker like a thick honey syrup  oh man the ice cream in itself is good vanilla   style ice cream nice and sweet nice and creamy  very soft very smooth but that honey that honey   is pretty damn good sweet floral really  interesting actually I love a good honey  

Because each honey is different has a slightly  different flavor depends on where the Beehive is   and the flowers in the area but you cannot beat  an ice cream on a hot day you cannot beat ice  

Cream when you have honeycomb and there’s real  honeycomb as I said on top you can eat that so   let’s try a little bit of that honeycomb I know  it’s going to be a little bit waxy and a little  

Bit sticky but I do love it so good 5000KRW of  course we’re in a touristy place right so it’s   going to cost more anyway and honeycomb isn’t  cheap absolutely delicious and exactly what   I need on this hot day ice cream always sorts  the problem out right that was so good I could  

Almost well I could have another one right now  but I’m not going to but do not do not miss that   honey ice cream when you come to the Gamcheon  Village wow what a dessert or what a snack

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00:00 Tteokbokki
00:44 Korean Fried Rice
03:58 Bindaetteok
05:56 Kongguksu
08:43 Sundae
10:34 Gyeongju Bread
11:58 Korean Toast
13:24 Mandu
15:25 Bibimbap
17:54 Gomtang
19:25 Korean BBQ
24:04 Seolleongtang
27:14 Jjajangmyeon
29:58 Kalguksu
33:49 Jeonju Choco Pie
35:16 Dwaeji Gukbap
37:40 Korean Beef
42:41 Honeycomb Ice Cream

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