good afternoon good afternoon guys greetings from Daegu South Korea got an
exciting episode today because we're gonna be feasting on Korean Street food
at Seomun market (서문시장) before we do that we have to take a cable car back down into
the city we were just visiting Daegu tower it was fantastic we got some
amazing views but now we're gonna be taking the cable car down back into town
and then it's all going to be about street food some tasty Korean Street
food here in Daegu so before we get to the cable car there's a little theme
park out here called e world and there are some very interesting displays there
is a double-decker bus there's some vintage cars there's a lady with a giant
dress and there's a heart as well the coolest surprise what's that it's free it's free
pretty incredible I can't remember the last time I got something free that's
cool actually I do we got the free sports jerseys it was on Oh David's
doing a time-lapse
this is awesome it's a lush green area and the part that
we're going over right now is is basically the theme park I think that's
at you world right like an amusement park an amusement park
now we're got some views in front of me I'm gonna flip the camera over check
that out guys that is pretty amazing we're going over some trees and as we
get over we should probably have some event better views of the city man that
was an awesome free attraction here in daegu I had no idea that the cable car
was free David had the first hunch of it how did you realize it was free you get
people getting on and getting off and no one was there hardly anyone's going up
to that Tower I mean it is a Tuesday but still
Daegu is prime for exploring man just hardly anyone here hardly any tourists
come today go and check it out I am you like amusement parks there's one rider
hey now we got street food on our mind we're gonna grab something
and now we're heading to Seomun market (서문시장) which is a very traditional market that
dates back to the Chosun period probably the oldest market in Daegu yes I drum
Street food there's like textile yeah and what else is there they have over
four thousand shops four thousand well if you wanted to go to each one yeah we
have to spend like one second just be scratching the surface obviously keying
in on street food yeah and yeah now we've kind of ventured off into a bit of
a back alley and we're on the way there I think I might buy something for it's
awesome sure I'll find something I'll find some souvenirs for your kids and
families I hope so I really want to buy like a beet or oh that they character
Korean character is a little bird okay goes just arrived in Seomun market (서문시장)
and it is massive right now we're kind of in the the pottery section there's
lots of stone pots there's cooking ware and these are used by Koreans to
basically store different kinds of paste with like pepper paste to go to Jong
slowly being pasted doenjang so I mean here we have a few different sizes this
one six thousand four thousand five thousand so long everything here is like
under five bucks that's crazy and their heavy duty of seven oh wow right look at
that when I saw somebody walking with food so
over there if somewhere down there and that's what we're gonna head
so over here guys we have various kinds of roasted knots
almond pumpkin seeds pretty impressive so we just walked by a stall that was
selling dried nuts and they were spinning around and around I've never
seen anything quite like it and just behind it there was a whole section
where they were selling dried kinds of fish various kinds of dried fish so some
very fascinating things at the market so jeon massisseoyo Baechu-jeon (배추전) far massive sale there are pages on how
not to say oh Buchu-jeon (부추전) that's amazing huh look at that look at all the
veg in there
we are trying to different kinds of Korean pancakes which I've never had
before we have Baechu-jeon (배추전) and Buchu-jeon (부추전) over two thousand five hundred one each on
all day long and we have some people watching us which is kind of funny and
so I'm gonna grab a piece this is the light one I'm honestly not sure what
they are I'm guessing this one might be cabbage
or potato jeon okay let's try that like cabbage oh yeah mmm you know what that's
one of the juiciest kinds of Jeon you can have because the cabbage retains its
juices its flavors and obviously when you fry it up with the batter like this
he's so good so tasty you're gonna go in for another one this is like up a soy
sauce with onions to believe it's called Tong Joe was blowing me away about this
it's just a size of the jeon for the price so basically you're talking like
just over two US dollars to get a huge pancake with vegetables so what's really
interesting guys is the two most typical kinds of Jeon I've had are kimchi jeon
and haemul pajeon but these are jeon's I don't think I've ever tried before and I
think we're moving along to either a green onion or a leek (Korean chives) one with driver oh
yeah this one tastes really healthy we're
doing the - I like the cabbage one a little bit more and for this price point
guys this is a lot of food like you could come here and order a pancake that
could be like a meal in and of itself and yeah we have our work cut out for us
to try to finish both of them that food was unreal I mean I haven't had those
pancakes yeah I've had like one pinking so far in Korea yeah but that was so
good the leek with the chili just gave me like a delicious flavor with spice
and the cabbage very moist and you know crunchy and I want to try at least four
or five more things and the cool thing is that most things were going to try
here are unique to here and what do we got behind you
we just bought something we have dried seaweed the more I walk through this
market the more impressed I am I feel like this is kind of like an old-world
kind of Korean market it's just such a classic traditional experience here
there's just local shopping here they're buying all kinds of different things and
I mean I can't believe like this like look at this the seaweed unreal man
unreal I know that's a Hodu-gwaja (호두과자) you don't get ah
something on we are moving on to sweets this is one of my favorite Korean
desserts you associate this with transportation either by taking the boss
of the train these are called Hodu-gwaja (호두과자) and basically what they are
they're walnut cookies but they more so have a waffle batter so before I eat one
I'm just gonna break it apart so look at that you have a giant walnut in there
you have red bean paste and then you have like a kind of a waffle batter on
the outside there's soul delicious whenever I think of like taking a bus or
a train in Korea I'm like where's my Hodu-gwaja (호두과자) right slice not mmm I love
that red bean paste crunch of the walnut there's not too much batter either which
is good this is a contrast between those three different things you have kind of
them you have the outer layer of the pancake batter the smoothness of the red
bean paste and the crunch of the walnut makes for a fantastic snack pleasure I
mention you get ten of these for 3000 Won with resolve the one really good value guys
if you're traveling in Korea pick up your Hodu-gwaja (호두과자)
so we've explored the one side of the street fairly well there is a bit more
street food options but we're gonna cross but there's so much more street
food on the other side and yeah the Korean Street food adventures continue
we are starting off I'm gonna get three of these things this is amazing these
are basically various skewered objects what I have right here is the skewered
sauce is skewered tteok (떡) Korean rice cake with a gochujang sauce try that guys ooh
oh yeah giant rice cake I'd say two to three times bigger than the kind of rice
culture that in tteokbokki game hence it only being one only Oh big one 500 140
something US cents hmm oh yeah that's the real deal
I love the chapter it's ready to eat but also very smooth there's a really nice
spicy chili face like that red pepper face and that's just one of three guys
I'm going for more the next two items are gonna be 1,000 won each I'm gonna go
place the order right now odeng (오뎅) a sale so we're at the 1001 menu items these
are the bigger items this is a giant fish cake again coated in the gochujang
sauce it's gonna be super spicy because it's a fish cake it should be absorbing
the spices even more so than the rice let's try that
mmm all right guys remember the rice it's got such a spongy texture and a
fishy taste oh and it just soaks the gochujang
macho soil so delicious as really spicy meiyoyo Wow Wow I love this guy's mmm did
Sundae (순대) you say Oh next up we have this Sundae (순대) another
1,000 Won item and what's different is that instead of transferring it for one
big skewer to a smaller skewer what she's done and she's taking it off of
this skewer and put it into a cup my mother's on fire man that second Odeng (오뎅)
who is some spicy gochujang sauce guys serious fire at the moment then the
Sundae (순대) is a Korean blood pork sausage so what you've got here we've got
intestines a little bit of rice I think a little bit of noodles in there too and
this is it this is a really delicious sausage but for some foreigners this is
something that's a bit too exotic for me I love it super spongy texture rich
rich flavors chewiness of the organs come to Korean you want to get away from
the typical street foods try the soondae guy it's delicious other than three
things my favorite was the odeng it just had the nicest flavor it absorbed
the gochujang sauce the most but it was also the spiciest to fight all that fire
we've been consuming with the gochujang sauce we've got ourselves my favorite
Korean traditional drink sweet it's refreshing it has a rice base it is
called Sikhye (식혜) when you've been eating spicy food it's an absolute must you got
to do it this was Tom one 1000 won about 85 90 US cents great deal and you can't
get a drink more refreshing than this oh oh
served ice cold too and look guys the coolest thing is that you've got rice in
the bottom it's a bit clumpy at the bottom line it's gonna be part loaded on
the hatchet yeah
we are finishing off the street food tour but not the end of the market or
the end of the street food with Hotteok (호떡) my favorite Korean dessert it is amazing it
is like Korean donut sweet Korean donut that's been deep-fried
inside you have a mixture of like sugary goodness
often it's syrupy and they usually add some nuts for a little bit of crunch and
texture as well now I was warned this is super hot so I'm gonna be very careful
because it's like when you bite into it it's too hot it's like it burns your
mouth the liquid sugar just burns your gums like crazy so I'm gonna be really
careful here mmm nice and crispy I haven't quite got to the syrup yup so
I'm tasting right now outer batter oh look boo boy you got my syrup
I'm the pine nuts amazing super syrupy goodness super sweet I'm not just your
player now one delicious bite after another hands down my favorite Korean
Street food dessert Hotteok (호떡)you can almost find Hotteok (호떡) everywhere Korean
Street Food is being sold across is pretty amazing and basically the lady
right here is grabbing all the dough like whoa so she's grabbing the dough
after the dough cheese like Rosetta's ball with a pocket and in the pocket she
throws in seeds and sugar throws it on to the fryer and you have this guy with
like this uh this presser right he put down the down so he sees that it's
golden brown then flips it over does it over and over again the lady at the end
she's finishing it off at the very end then it take it out let it sit there for
a bit let the grease fall and then he puts it into a cup and you eat it so you
gotta be really careful cuz if you get one of those that hasn't been sitting
too long you're gonna burn your mouth I burn my mouth a little bit it's super
delicious super sweet delicious donut
we've been walking through the market for a long time and it's about time that
I grab something I got this for Audrey this is a red ginseng ultra hydrating
essence mask Samton one three thousand one about two dollars fifty cents
instructions on the back hopefully she likes it I have no idea but guys red
ginseng hydrating mask in South Korea dude we found an amazing place tables
bowls I think we're gonna buy some of it maybe how do you like the most
I mean I like the tables and it's cheap like this is like 15 bucks dude
Wow oh my gosh look at that man it folds out how much oh my oh man Paul someone
that's 18,000 what do you think it's a collapsible table 18,000 you can get
everywh in your bag no no no way this is a bit but think about it like if you
might love it job not know you're looking you're not like carry today wrap
it up for you
I'm Familia guys these films plots were just too tempting I had to get them
remind me of all the cool slippy bebop I've had super high quality very heavy
I've already got them both wrapped up there are 7000 won each Chilton 1/6
something US Dollars and we will put them to good use back in Canada for sure
I'm gonna eat noodles out of there I'm gonna try cooking rice on it gonna be
awesome guys our experience here at Seomun market (서문시장 - 西門市場)) in Daegu was just
honestly unbelievable I've been to a lot of Korean markets and this is my new
favorite market in South Korea what I love about it is there's two things does
firstly just the sheer size of it over 4,000 stalls it sprawls out in all
directions it's not just one Street one alleyway
you have to go through a number of different circuits to even cover we
barely scratched the surface the other thing I love about it is that it's a
super local market a very unique experience overall I was super happy
with my purchase of the stone pots which I'm going to take home and utilize back
in Canada and yeah this was just a fantastic outing this market far
exceeded my expectations I absolutely love that come here for Street food to
people watch and to buy stuff and guys if you enjoyed this video give it a
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