Annyeonghasaeyo~!
We are here, right outside of Hongdae Ipgu Yeok
In English, it's called "Hongik University Station"
And this general area, I think many people already know, is called Hongdae
And... Exit number?
Yeah, sorry... Exit 8
Yeah, so we came out Exit 8 to eat because we were actually in Japan for one week
And we had an amazing time, we ate a lot of delicious food, but now that we're back in Korea
We really wanted to eat... Kimchi Jjigae or Mugeunji Jjim
Yeah, essentially like some really delicious Korean, spicy, traditional Spicy... yum yum yum
Like.. UGGHH... just satisfy our Korean food craving!
So we heard there was this really good Korean restaurant like very close to Exit 8
like within walking distance
and we're going to go check it out
Here we are... we have Kimchi Jjim, it's kind of like a kimchi stew, similar to kimchi jjigae
but a little less water, it's more concentrated
You can see, there's like basically one whole... they call this "pogi"
One whole thing of cabbage here, maybe it's a half... I don't know
But anyway
This is kind of the shape it's in when they make kimchi, so it's not even cut up yet
And... we also have...
some tofu
and some pork, it's really soft Mmmm hmmm
I like how simple it is, yet it's really delicious... it's going to be delicious
Sorry, I said it's delicious, but we haven't even eaten it yet, but the smell is awesome!
Well, we already have an idea that it's going to be pretty awesome
In Korea, you probably may have seen in other food videos, that they use scissors a lot in the kitchen to cut things
So...
I'm going to grab one here
So we cut this up to make it easier to eat
Wow!
That kimchi looks awesome!
Yeah... this is aged kimchi, so you can think about it like wine, or... what other things are good aged? I can't think of anything... Cheese...
Yeah, wine and cheese
So.. fermented, so it's like Mugeunji?
Yeah, it's called Mugeunji, it's a special kind of aged kimchi Aged, fermented kimchi
I wonder how old it is...
I have no idea
Sometimes there like 2 to 5 years old, or even older than that
But the flavor is great It may look a little awkward with the scissors here...
cause I don't have a Korean mom, so I didn't watch this be done, like while I was growing up
I started learning from the time I was, you know, in my mid-20's, so...
...everything related to Korean food is slightly awkward
hehehehe
So in it Korea, it's polite to serve whoever you're with
instead of serving yourself, it's kind of rude
so I'm going to go ahead and serve Marie here
And he might just do that for me anyway, because he loves me, not just because of Korean culture
Yes... you are right
Let's get some dubu (tofu) in there
some nice pieces of mugeunji
some soup
Yeah... That looks great
Here you go! Mmmmmmmm
Yummy yummy yummmmm
I'm going to lower this heat a little bit
Yeah, we don't want all the broth to boil out
Alright, so we have our bowl of rice here
Marie, what do they call this in Korean?
"Gonggi bap" yes
and... ah, what was nice is that they gave us this "service"
it kind of deflated now
but earlier you can see the amazing footage of it boiling
and this is gyeran jjim, and it's steamed egg... anyway, it's deflated now
It's kind of like an omelette with nothing in it It's like scrambled eggs, but not scrambled
Mmmmm
The thing about mugeunji is that it's spicy, but it's so much more full of flavor like you can get some kind of
sort of vinegary, sort of sour, sort of sweet I love that.
This is really good
And I think I can taste a little bit of ginger in there too
It's really yummy!
And even the texture, is different from kimchi that hasn't been aged
It's like the cabbage's cellular structure has broken down so it kind of like almost melts in your mouth, right? Yeah, exactly.
I'm going to go ahead and grab a piece of this pork
and you can see that it just falls apart so easily
I'm barely touching it, and it's just like crumbling apart. It's like amazing, soft pork
I'm going to get some pork, and put it on my rice. Get some mugeunji, and put it on my rice.
You're making the perfect bite
I'm going to get some dubu, and put it on my rice.
and then I'm going to use my spoon
to get some soup there ...wow
put it on top
collect it all
that's pretty big
Yes, alright Wow
Is your mouth big enough for that?
This is baby bite size...anyways...yummy! Let's do it!
Wow
I'm so glad we came here, like, instead of somewhere else
perfect spice
perfect sourness of the mugeunji
that pork...Mmmm
it's like dissolving in my mouth
I'm happy!
I'm going to drink some of this broth
Oh god, that's so good
I could like drink this if they sold it in a store
Like a beverage....
I'd be like "Give me some of that broth."
Mmmm me too
"Give me some of that kimchi jjim broth."
And one thing you can never really neglect with Korean food is the side dishes
"Banchan"... so what we have here
we have 4 dishes yeah
this is regular kimchi, not aged kimchi
and then we have a, it's like, sliced up radish I guess
and with some spicy gochu karu (red pepper flakes), kind of like kimchi
and this one is kongnamul, so it's bean sprouts
bean sprouts, I love that
and some seaweed as well
Yeah, so, always gotta have the banchan
Wow, we are stuffed!
I think I need a nap
I feel like my body is balanced again
Yeah... yeah! That's actually very good, my body does feels balanced
Japan has such great food, we had really, really delicious lunches and dinners and stuff
but we just NEEDED to fulfill that sour, spicy, Korean food, kimchi addition
and... 김장독 (Kimjang Dok) definitely delivered
One thing I'd like to say is like
this is just a very normal, local place
we were one of the first people in it, before the lunch rush yeah
so at first, I was kind of like "Oh hey, where is everybody?"
but the place because very full once we were in there
It's just a kind of place that normal everyday Koreans eat at for lunch
when they're, you know, out during the work day
There were 4 office guys that came in, and they sat down after us, and they powered through their lunch in like 5 minutes
and then they left. I was like Wow! That was super fast!
True Korean style
Fast lunch
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