Woah - its getting cold in Korea!
So we're gonna go for one of our favorite comfort foods of all time -
Gamjatang!
Never heard of it?
We're gonna show you what it is. Let's go
One thing I will say about Gamjatang is
its not very, like, an advertised meal
When you hear about coming to Korea you're about
bulgogi, and bibimbap
But, like, Gamjatang's a normal thing to eat
This is very intimidating, so hopefully we can make you
more comfortable with it
Because you're missing out if you don't try this stuff.
Get some shots of this before I eat it all
Now the pork does come out slightly precooked,
so you don't have to worry about cooking pork for hours.
Its almost like the Korean answer to pulled pork
Like, you know when you go for a pulled pork sandwich in North America
it should be tender and soft
This is that equivalent.
and if it's not, then you're going to a really crappy place
But we love this place because everything is amazing
Are you ready for this?
Look at that!
Look at the kimchi
That doesn't look as sexy as it actually is
Okay, 'cause this is GORGEOUS.
That is... the PERFECT piece.
Don't you dare ruin it, okay?
Look at that, you can see all-
all you gotta do is just, like, drag your chopstick down there.
-And I will. -That's it. Okay?
Make sure you do this right
Girl, don't you dare ruin this piece
-I won't ruin it -This is sacred
Five minutes later: "I'm bored, do it for me."
Oh my god
So you take the bone, you put on your plate
and then you, kinda like-
I have a technique of holding it with my spoon
and then scraping it with chopsticks
and then you can kinda, like, break it in the center
after it gets cold enough to handle
Just pull the little meats off! Like that!
And then you get to dip it in this kind of, like, um-
mustard-y wasabi
Vinegar mustard-
Soy sauce deliciousness
Oh man-
I LOVE this meal
I will say,
this meal does require
a high degree of chopstick skills
If you suck at chopsticks,
you might have difficulty with this
Oh yeah
Seeing these crevices right here
You can get lots of good stuff
Give up your bounty!
Okay, this is definitely
the suckiest bone I have ever grabbed in my life
The suckiest
There's barely any meat on that
Okay, I'm grabbing another bone
This is bullsh**
This is bullsh**, okay?
This is the granddaddy right here
Look at that!
That's sexy
Oh no, don't pick that one
I want that one
I just nailed a GREAT piece
I had a little baby piece
it doesn't have that much meat on there
Life is so hard when Simon's not good at picking meat
I picked the first one on top!
Oh my gosh, look at that
Ooh, let me just breathe in the fumes for a second
What's great about this is its so scalding hot,
Simon can't even steal it from me
It should've been "Hot Tea"
-No, I can't grab it, I'll burn myself -Because he'd just burn himself
The funny part about it is that Gamjatang literally means
"Potato Soup"
But, ready for the potato in the soup here?
Let me see if I can get one out
-You got like...two potatoes -Oh, wait, no....
-Do you see it? -That's kimchi
Where's the potato?
Nope, that's cabbage
Oh! I found it. There's the potato
There we go
-That's the Gamja in Gamjatang -I feel like, maybe back in the day
This had a lot more potatoes in it
'Cause, since this is a bone soup,
Because every culture has, like, THAT bone soup,
Using the scrap bits
It one of those things that really helps you appreciate
The whole animal
Yes.
Yeah, rip it apart.
The thing is, this isn't just a meat dish
Its also a soup dish
Spoon in some broth,
Just when you thought your meal was cold enough to eat
You know what's a sign of a good soup?
When there's more meat than broth
See that spoonful?
That's, like, 80% meat and a little bit of broth
I just swallowed a molten lava piece of kimchi
That had a secret pocket of lava soup on the inside
and I can feel it moving down my esophagus
burning a path
f(x)'s song shouldn't have been "Hot Summer"
It should have been "Hot Jjigae"
You know, sometimes you're really cool and sometimes...
I forget about those days
Like the kimchi jjigae part
No?
Oh but technically this is a Tang
-Okay, we got the point. The song- -Are you sure?
Understood.
What if I wanna sing a Will Smith song?
So I hope you've changed your minds about Gamjatang
It might be a little intimidating at first,
But the rewards from eating this are so wonderful,
so delicious-
Don't pass this up
Give Gamjatang a try.
Come to Korea,
Give Gamjatang a try
Hooligans
-We are surrounded by 24 hour hooligans -So many hooligans
Its actually after midnight right now,
And it's totally bumpin' in this place
What does your 24 hour restaurant serve?
Is it just, like, doughnuts and french fries?
Our's serves f**kin' spine soup
You make it sound so evil