What’s up, everybody?
PHILCAELA here :) And we are in Seoul, Korea! Korea has so much amazing food so we’re
gonna bring you with us as we show you our 10 Favorite Eats in Korea, let’s go!!!
So obviously when you come to Seoul or anywhere in Korea, Korean barbecue is gonna be very
high on the list on places you should eat, so we came here and got a bunch of different
pork belly.
And it was great because we had someone cooking it for us so they knew what they were doing
and you had all the different sides and things that you can put with it.
You have the crunch from the lettuce and the delicious pork meat in it.
The kimchi just adds another crunch, a little bit of sourness to it.
Ssamjang is amazing, this stuff right here is a game-changer if you don’t already use
it in your Korean barbecue.
And then a little bit of salt and sesame oil, just gives it a really kind of nice complex
flavor.
Take everything that you’ve put together in this lettuce wrap with everything in it.
Take it and eat the whole thing!
This is why I love Korean barbecue, because being able to eat all these different flavors
together, it’s so good.I’m really glad we’re here, it’s making me feel like quarantining
was totally worth it.
And honestly, there are so many options for good Korean barbecue in Seoul and Korea, in
general, so just get out there and try new meats and try all the different toppings and
sides that they have, and really just enjoy it!
Next on the list is black bean noodle, also known as jjajangmyeon.
Chapaghett is really good, but this hits different.
There’s more texture to it, there’s more onions and meat to it, whereas Chapaghetti
is just like sauce and ramen, it just feels more fresh and satisfying to eat.
So the second noodle we ordered is the spicy seafood noodles, so it’s called jjamppong
and yeah it’s just spicy seafood, there are mussels in here, there’s quail eggs,
there’s octopus.
Oh, so good!
Oh my god it’s spicy!
This is the same noodles as the jjajangmyeon, but the noodles are made really fresh here
so it’s just extra delicious and it just goes really well with the broth.
This is so good, oh my gosh!
And next we’re eating one of my absolute favorite Korean dishes, this is tteokbokki!
The version we got here is actually soup tteokbokki so the sauce is not as saucy, it’s more
soupy but I love this because I love the spice, I love the texture of the little rice cakes
in it.
I love the fish cakes, I really just love everything about this dish and it’s a lot
of fun to eat.
And, honestly, tteokbokki is one of the foods that’s really popular to eat when you’re
drinking.
We’re not drinking right now, but it’s really cold outside, it’s really hitting
the spot right now.
Getting a spoonful here right now with the rice cake and some fish cake on it.
So good, I love how soft the rice cake it, it’s just fun to bite into.
I can tell you about how spicy and how delicious it is, but it’s really just fun to eat and
I just love biting into it, so tteokbokki, absolute must-eat when you’re in Korea!
One of my absolute favorite Korean fishes is braised short ribs, this is kalbijjim!
So we ordered a small serving of kalbijjim to share and it’s huge!
The bones are literally massive, these have so much meat.
This is a small, I can’t imagine what a large is.
And literally the meat falls right off the bone, so good.
There are a lot of different ways that places will cook kalbijjim, this place for example
did it very soy sauce-based, it has a much smokier flavor.
My favorite thing about eating kalbijjim is the texture, with how soft and how fall-off-the-bone
it is, so no matter if you have it in a soy sauce smoky flavor like this one or if you
have it really spicy lots of vegetables and tteokbokki in it, it’s gonna be delicious
every time and you’ve gotta try it when you come to Korea.
So it’s cold, so it’s obviously sundubu jjigae weather, so we got some beef sundubu
jjigae.
I love tofu soup!
Usually in the US when you order tofu soup, they ask you what spice level you want, but
here, they just give it to you!
So it’s pretty spicy after you keep eating it more and more.
Sundubu jjigae is a staple so it’s a must-eat while you’re here in Korea.
So this is Egg Drop.
As a disclaimer, this is not a traditional Korean breakfast or Korean food at all, honestly,
it’s still a popular chain in Korea, it’s really well known.
It’s known for their amazing fluffy bread with fluffy eggs.
It’s like our 6th or 7th time here because the food is so good, it comes out so fast,
it’s so convenient and it’s always open early in the morning so it’s very reliable.
Doesn’t it look so good?!
My go-to order is the garlic ham and cheese.
I get no cheese with it, actually, but I love this one since the bread is really garlicky
and really buttery.
Mmm!
And honestly it’s a great spot if you wake up early and you just want food and you’re
hungry and nothing is open yet, so definitely come here!
And another really popular food in Korea that you’ve gotta try when you’re here is Chicken
and Beer.
So fried chicken is really popular all over the world, but it’s also super popular in
Korea and they have their own spin and style on it, where it’s fried differently, they
have different sauces and flavors and in general, if you’re looking for a fun night out, why
not have some chicken and beer?
Or as Koreans call it: Chimaek.
Back in the US, chicken and beer it’s more like Wing Stop, it’s very casual, people
don’t really eat it for dinner, but here it’s like a dinner spot where people socialize
and hang out, people get pitchers of beer and get lots of chicken, so it’s a little
different.
In the US, I think we celebrate it more with Super Bowl or it has a celebration connotation,
but here, definitely it’s more socializing and hanging out with your friends.
So, different, and I think the chicken is way better here, honestly.
There are so many places to get Chimaek in Korea, so they’re not hard to find, and
we’d definitely say it’s a must-do while you’re here.
Pick a sauce or flavor that looks good to you, get some beer, and have a good dinner!
So in summary, fried chicken in Korea is delicious and even though you can get it in the US,
it’s a little different here, so it’s definitely something you’ve gotta try!
How malatang works here is that once you sit down, you go over to this self-bar, you grab
a big bowl and you put whatever veggies, toppings, ingredients, anything you want.
You can get more veggies if you want, you can get more meat, you can put noodles and
it’s just a lot of toppings that you can customize to your own liking, and I usually
just go with standard veggies, fish balls, veggies, tempura, fungus, and then noodles.
And then they weigh it and then they cook it for you and they put it with soup, so you
can do the soup version, which is what we got, and then there’s also the dry version
that is really spicy, that I didn’t get but honestly soup right now sounds much better
on a super cold day.
Both options are really good, but the soup one is actually half the price, so these two
bowls were about $10 each, which is a really good deal, honestly.
I love soup and this one just hits the spot, it’s an ox bone soup.
It’s actually not seasoned when it arrives, that’s why there is sea salt on the table
and you adjust salt as much as you like.
If you want it more salty, you can add more, you can add pepper, it’s just so simple,
it’s just ox bone soup with noodles and beef brisket and once you just drink the broth
it just like warms your soul and you feel really good.
It’s technically a hangover soup, that’s why it’s really popular in the mornings
here, but honestly, you can have it whenever and it’ll just be amazing as well.
Korean actually do, I don’t like to do it this way, but they literally would dump this
bowl of rice in here and mix it around to eat.
But I don’t like doing that because it just turns into a porridge, I like my soup and
my rice separate.
Phil likes to add it in, so he just dumps it in, but I don’t do it that way.
It’s technically like bone broth filled with lots of collagen and all the good stuff
and just a little bit of meat and noodles, so I’d say it’s pretty healthy!
Honestly, Korea has such amazing food at such an amazing price.
There’s food literally everywhere, you cannot get a bad meal here, everything is so good,
yeah Korea’s food is awesome, so we really encourage you guys to get out and eat as much
as you can, those are our favorites, but again, there’s so much good food here.
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