(upbeat trumpet music)
- Hello you guys!
Today we are Myeongdong here in Seoul, Korea.
Now this area is poppin'.
There's lights everywhere.
There's shopping everywhere.
There's street food everywhere.
And this is the perfect place
to get trendy Korean street food
because here in Korea, a lotta street food vendors
have really began to kinda evolve and change up
their recipe to make it very trendy, Instagram-worthy,
and so those are the type of food we are gonna try today
and there's no better area than right here.
This is also a super great place to go shopping
but FYI, this is probably one of the most touristy area
here in Seoul but for good reasons
and you guys will see.
It's just so lively here.
There's like a crazy energy.
All right, let's go eat, let's go eat.
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So we have tried this little cheese dog thing before
in one of our Taiwan videos
but that was not legit enough.
I didn't get that big cheese pull
so we are here for the ultimate redemption.
If you are in Korea, oh, oh my gosh,
it's sliding down.
You should definitely get one of these corn dogs.
Now, this is an upgraded corn dog
'cause they have potato pieces outside.
I mean, it looks crazy.
So, I've drizzled ketchup and cheese sauce on it.
Let's just go ahead and take a bite, ready?
(satisfied moans)
The outer layer is incredibly, incredibly crispy
and these potato pieces just adds so much.
It's so delicious.
It's like a, you throw a bunch of fries
and then you fry it again.
It's so good.
And look at the amount of cheese inside, you guys.
Oh, they seriously just put a whole stick
of cheese in there.
Yeah, let's take more bites, yum!
(satisfied moans)
So yummy.
I was really hoping to get that epic cheese pulls
you guys see in photos, but you know, we tried.
Either way, this is absolutely delicious.
It's about 4000 won.
By the way you guys, here I was tryin'
to get the matcha cheese hot dog but they ran out, what?
So we had to go with this one
but this one tastes just as good.
I think the shop is particularly famous
and I can see why.
This is delicious, oh my gosh.
All my fried dreams are coming true in one stick.
(smooth upbeat music)
Somehow we found an empty street
in all of Myeongdong, how is this possible?
Also I know I'm saying it wrong,
I'm saying it kinda like meow-dong or meyung dung.
Okay, I'm trying but look at this empty street.
So I walked down the aisle
and I was like, "Wow, I have never seen this one before."
So this is fried shrimp and fried tempura
but they cover it in this sweet chili sauce
so you can see it on top, it's like a glaze
and then on the side its ddeokbokki
and I kinda like that it's in a little platter
so you get a sample size of everything.
We're gonna try the shrimp.
I'm really hoping it's not all batter
because, you know, the outer layer
looks super battered up.
All right, let's take a bite.
(crunching)
Mm, crunchy.
(wet chewing)
I think this would taste really, really good
if it was fresh out but I think it's been sitting
there for a little bit
because it's definitely cold.
I really like the glaze on top.
It's kind of a sad piece of shrimp inside.
The outer layer is nice and crunchy
which I always appreciate.
We're gonna try the tempura
and it definitely doesn't look crispy.
It looks kinda soggy.
Look at it flop, flop.
Sorry, I'll stop playin' with my food.
Okay, lets try this.
Ready, oh, I can't even pick it up.
Here we go.
(satisfied humming)
This dough is super soft.
It's got like a mashed potato kinda texture inside.
Weirdly enough, I like that it's not crispy
and that it's just kinda soft.
Yeah, nice contrast between this one and the crispy shrimp.
And of course as always there is ddeokbokki here.
I wonder if it's in gochujang sauce
or that sweet chili sauce.
Oh, it's in the sweet chili sauce.
Rice cake is always so filling and so heavy.
That one's a little bit tough.
So this one is just okay.
I do appreciate the creativity.
I appreciate the spicy sweet chili sauce
but other than that, you know,
I think it's just been sitting out a little bit too long.
I know why vendors do that, because it just looks more,
like, enticing when all the food is laid out
but you definitely wanna find a vendor
that's making everything fresh.
All right, so let's go find one like that.
Here we go.
(gasps)
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So right in front of me we have an egg bread
and I've seen this in a lot of places.
It's so cute.
It's like a little egg coffin.
A little egg pillow.
It's like Gudetama's tomb.
What else does it look like?
Like an alien baby.
Okay that's it, that's all I got so far.
Okay, let's take a bite into it, ready?
I'm hoping the yolk starts running, we'll see.
Oh.
So at first, looking at it,
I thought it was just bread with an egg on top.
You know how you guys eat egg waffle?
It's got like a sweetness to it.
That's what it tastes like, almost tastes like,
like a condensed milk type of sweet.
It's very sweet, very floury,
and so it's like a sweet and savory snack.
(chatter)
Oh.
It's so strange because on top,
I thought the egg was like right on top
but the inside is like a hard-boiled egg.
What, what, what, what?
So is there two eggs?
What, what, what, what, what?
What, what, what, what, what, what, what, what?
You know what, for 2000 I think it's a interesting snack
to try, I wouldn't say no to it.
But at least this one it's super fresh.
You get it piping hot so that's always nice.
(satisfied humming)
Okay.
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Introducing the trendiest trend
of all trends, frozen s'mores.
Look at this brick!
Okay, by the way guys, it was really hard
to find, like, the right background
so we kept walking around.
Thank goodness this thing is frozen.
It is not melting 'cause if you get, like, ice cream,
ooh, we are screwed.
But here you guys go.
This is a brick it cost 8000 won
which is $6.80, right?
Whew, are in New York or are we in Seoul?
I'm not sure.
But let's give it a try, hopefully it's delicious.
Can I even bite into this?
All right, here we go.
(gasps)
Oh my god!
What?
Oh my god.
Oh, look inside you guys,
there's ice cream inside this cube.
No wonder it wasn't melting because the marshmallow's
just encoating everything.
Oh my gosh!
(satisfied humming)
Ooh, oh, this is very exciting.
So the ice cream inside is actually kinda flaky,
almost like shaved ice texture
and there's some chocolate crumbles in there.
Now, overall, this a brick of cavities.
On a creativity level, this is pretty high up there.
I've never seen anything like this before.
A s'more outer layer and ice cream on the inside?
Okay, I'm pretty sure in like a couple of months,
someone in California or New York
is gonna open up a cafe that serves frozen s'mores.
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Okay you guys, so I'm noticing a pattern here.
A lot of the street food stalls
all sell the same things, so you're seeing,
like, cheesy lobster tail, baked scallops,
you're seeing like potato wedges.
It's all the same stalls in each of the street
so very few stalls actually sell something different
but I guess that is just like,
they find something that works
and then other's carts just copy it, right?
So, right in front of me, I have one of the seafood items.
A lot of the seafood items here
are really pricey, like the baked scallop
is 10,000 won.
Why?
And I don't even wanna know how much the lobster tail is.
Probably like seven or eight.
I should probably ask.
Okay, let's try this.
So this is the octopus skewer.
This is a skewer with octopus pieces
and they put some sauce on it and some flakes.
Here we go.
Oh.
The octopus is a little bit tough
and I mean, usually they're really chewy
but this is a little bit tough
and I think it's because it's kinda been out.
I kinda wish he grilled it a little bit more.
The sauce is, like, a sweet teriyaki sauce.
Oh my god, I can't even hold on.
It won't even come off the stick.
That's how stuck and burnt to the stick it is.
For 4000, I'm gonna have to say
this was not worth it, unfortunately.
Boo!
Eh.
Oh, did I drop something?
(chill electronic music)
Okay everybody, I know this video's supposed
to be on trendy food but here's the thing about trendy food,
trendy food are not actually good.
They're really sugary, really salty,
really expensive, and you know, they just look really good
on Instagram and on video
but not so much in your mouth.
So, when I walked by this jajangmyeon shop,
I really, really just had to get it.
It looked so good.
I mean, look at these chewy, gooey, springy noodles.
Wow!
Finally something solid to slurp on.
Here we go, let's take a bite of this.
You guys, the noodles, very bouncy, very soft.
And so, so good.
Oh my gosh.
Finally, something that I can say is very, very yummy.
Also the shop owner is so cute, so adorable.
I definitely recommend coming here
and getting your noodles on.
You can see that the sauce is really
just clinging onto these noodles
and I think there's, I think there is some meat in there
as well, like minced meat pieces.
And some onions, yes, it looks like it.
It's kinda hard to tell 'cause it's just dark, dark sauce.
Black bean sauce got a very light, savory flavor to it.
It's very, very good.
(chatter) (slurps)
Finally, something ultra-delicious.
I will tell you guys what, a lot of the snacks
like the dumplings, the gimbap, maybe like meat on a,
like meat on a skewer.
These are very basic food that's gonna taste really good
but definitely the trendier items
are very filling and they're quite a lot,
like, saucy, ultra-crispy, ultra-cheesy, so,
just know that when you come here
maybe get a trendy food and then stick
to the more, you know, traditional street food items.
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Okay, you guys, so there you go.
That was trendy Korean street foods here in Myeongdong.
So my verdict on trendy food,
they're really trendy, they're fun,
they're, like, Instagram worthy
but they are not actually tasty.
Some of them is way too sweet, way too salty,
and way too expensive.
But when you guys come here, there a lotta stalls selling
more traditional stuff like mandu, ddeokbokki,
or gimbap, so you can always get those items.
If you wanna try a trendy item,
maybe just try one, you know?
Save your bucks for other food.
Now if you're looking
for more traditional Korean street food,
we do a ton of market tours.
You guys can go here or here
or the description below.
Is it, it's, well just all over you'll see these videos.
So thank you guys so much for watching today's episode.
Lemme know in the comments below
which of these trendy street food would you actually try.
Thank you so much for watching this video,
I will see you guys next time, bye!
(chill electronic music)