- I could stretch this out
and then just start jump roping with it.
- French fries, what?
This is amazing!
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- (PvF) Do you like corn dogs?
- Yes.
- I don't think I do anymore, so this is gonna be real interesting.
- I mean, I like hot dogs,
it would be like the same thing, right?
- Not really.
- Whenever I go to Mexico,
they put a ton of stuff on the hot dogs there.
They put like mayo, mustard, ketchup, onions and tomatoes,
with all of that, it's really good.
- I feel like you're not just gonna bring me
like a real traditional corn dog.
- (PvF) Today, we are going to try some interesting takes
on the hot dog, Korean style.
- Hey, Korean food!
I'm sorry in advance everyone. (laughs)
- Ooh, Korean corn dogs.
- Okay, well, let's give 'em a try.
- (PvF) So are you ready to try?
- Yep!
- (PvF) There you go.
- Thank you, and I think that's cinnamon, or sugar.
They put sugar on a corn dog?
- I'm trying to like figure out what the crunchy outside is.
- Why's this so heavy?
- Here's the big thing.
I despise mustard.
- I feel like I would like this without sauces, so...
- (PvF) You can take a sample, bite from the backside.
- No, no, that's not fair. That's cheating!
- Is the inside just cheese?
God, this stretches so far!
I could stretch this out
and then just start jump roping with it, my God.
- (PvF) This is a classic Korean hot dog.
It has a thick, chewy dough
that is made with rice flour instead of corn.
The outside is also sprinkled with sugar.
- That does not sound like a good combo,
but it's actually quite good.
- I mean, it tastes good, but it's like really sugary.
- It's not horrible, I think it gives it more flavor in a way.
- With like the sugar on the outside,
that goes well with the ketchup and mustard, and like the cheese.
- (PvF) How would you describe this to your friends?
- One word, delicious.
- If the mustard wasn't there, it would be a solid five.
- (PvF) Alright, you ready to try a new one?
- Yes.
- Oh wow, alrighty.
So this looks similar to the last one.
Not sure about the inside, but...
- (PvF) Well, this is a vegetarian option.
- Ooh, okay.
- (PvF) It's filled with a Korean rice cake.
- Rice! Okay, okay, okay.
There's hope, I actually might really like this, I love rice.
- I remember my school,
and they sometimes served rice pudding, I think it was,
and it was really good.
- I'm just gonna take like a bite in the middle,
so I can...
- Okay. (laughs)
- Mm, there's no flavor to the rice cake.
- It's like, it seems more like a treat, like a sweet,
more than something that you would eat,
but that could also be different in Korea.
- I'm not one for many sweets,
but for it being like a vegetarian option,
it's really good for a sweet. (laughs)
- The outside is like,
really good on this one.
But the inside just tastes bland.
- I don't know how anyone could eat this whole thing.
One more bite and I wouldn't be able to eat anything else
for like the rest of the week.
- I would just grab the inside, like a plain pudding.
- But the outside, it's kind of like eating a churro, in a way.
- Yum.
- (PvF) Do you like it?
- I love it, it's really good.
It's really good.
- (PvF) Do you like it?
- Yeah, it's really good.
- (PvF) Okay, let's try our next one.
- Alrighty.
- Oh wow.
I see hot Cheeto dust, which I personally love hot Cheetos.
So I know, that's not hot Cheeto dust.
- But this, I'm not sure what this is.
Seems like a potato.
- (PvF) So you're right.
This is the most famous type of Korean hot dog called the potato.
It's the classic covered in a layer of crispy French fries
before being deep fried and sprinkled again with sugar.
- French fries, what?
Oh, we're gonna give this a try now.
Okay, here we go.
- I'll try it now.
Gonna dip it into this.
- I'm gonna go right in the middle. You got this, Emma.
- Alright, it's good.
It's actually quite good.
- This looks like the most American food.
French fry hot dog.
If I told you this was at like Denny's,
you'd probably believe me.
- The sugar, it goes well,
again, it's one of those strange things
where you don't expect it to go well together, but it does.
- I'm gonna, oh my God!
That's a lot of cheese!
- Honestly, for people like me who don't like many cheese things,
the cheese in all of this is like really...
I don't know how to explain this, plain, but I like plain things.
- Ah, oh!
This is the best hot dog I've ever had.
- The cheese is aww.
- Yet again, the cheese dog strikes!
- And I'm glad I didn't take a giant bite,
because my body probably couldn't handle that much cheese.
- This is amazing.
- (PvF) How would you describe this experience to a friend?
- Heaven.
Mm-hmm, yeah, now I get why this one's so popular, yeah.
- (PvF) You ready for our last one? - Yeah.
Whoa.
What's this?
- I'm very interested as to what these are?
- It kinda looks like shrimp tails at the bottom.
- It could be a tree.
- Is this squid ink?
I'd like to apologize in advance.
I think it's gonna taste horrible. (laughs)
- That's not meant to happen.
- I got this. Three, two, one.
- Another one that just tastes like a churro.
- The color is very interesting.
I'm still kinda confused as to what caused the color?
- (PvF) What do you think of the fact that it's black on the inside?
- Makes me wanna eat it for Halloween.
- (PvF) You were right, it is made with squid ink.
That's what dyes it black.
However, the rest of it is basically just like
the regular hot dog that you had before.
The sausage is cut into little curls at the end to resemble a squid.
- Yeah, okay, aye!
- (PvF) So they've cut the hot dog at the bottom
to look kind of like a little squid.
- Oh wow, yeah.
- I don't, it doesn't taste horrible,
but just the fact that it's made with what squids poop out of.
- They taste like, it doesn't taste any different.
- Okay, what did I think about this?
Okay, well all jokes aside, it's not as horrible
as I make it out to believe.
I just really hate sweets, and that's what this is.
- (PvF) Would you have your friends try this one?
- I don't know probably,
just to tell them that it's made out of squid ink.
- I don't think it beats the potato French fry.
- But I recommend it to anyone who wants to try something cool, so...
- The one word I have, that's a lot of cheese.
- Like don't get me wrong, I love entertaining you all,
but I don't like eating. (laughs)
So this is just like happiness and torture.
- For me, it wasn't what I expected, like trying any of these,
they were all really good.
- They're fine, I just wouldn't eat them myself personally.
- Loved them.
I feel like Korean hot dogs are a lot better than our hot dogs.
- I'm not even gonna lie, it's just like all cheese.
And then one was all rice.
- Honestly, it was really good, minus the cheese part.
- I think these are very interesting.
It's cool to see how other countries are able to think of these things.
- The sugar, you might expect
it tastes like really weird and gross, but it doesn't.
- I'm really glad I got to try all this,
and even though, again, not the biggest fan,
I know there's people out there who totally like this stuff,
and to bring me into that culture of Korean food,
I'm truly grateful for that,
'cause it's cool to learn something new.
- I liked it, now I'm full though, for real, I'm really full now.
- Thanks for watching!
- What was your favorite hot dog?
- Let us know in the comments below!
- Let us know in the comments below.
- What else do you wanna see us try?
- Bye! - Bye guys!
- Bye! - Bye!
- Bye everyone, and make sure to always try food,
even if you know you're gonna hate it, like I did.
(laughs)