good afternoon and good afternoon guys greetings from Seoul South Korea we've
got a couple of cool things to be doing this afternoon first we're going to the
War Memorial of Korea (전쟁기념관) Museum we're gonna learn about the history of the Korean
War along with some other exhibits related to Korean military technology
and then we're going to have korean buddhist temple food and that's gonna be
quite an experience i think it's gonna be mostly vegetarian should be really
fun we'll be hungry by the time we finished exploring this museum but first
let's go check it out so over here this is my favorite section of the museum you
have vintage cars you have old military technology that dates back to various
wars there's some USSR equipment for me the most impressive feature of this
exhibit is just how close you can get up to the different items that they have
here on display for instance the old planes the old tanks especially the old
tank is just gigantic i can't believe how big it is here are some of the
weapons and artillery used during the korean war so in terms of participants
from the US there was one million seven hundred and eighty nine thousand 36,000
were killed in action and 92 thousand wounded
there's also mention of the korean peacekeeping operations that the
Republic of Korea is actively participating in these days so David
what do you think of this so far I love it it's really cool and besides showing
you the uniforms it also tells you you know how many people participated from
each country yeah as he said before almost 1.8 million from the US and
besides that it also shows you you know the uniforms the shoes some of the
weaponry they used over there we have some huge machine guns we have
rocket launchers yeah it's really cool what I can say this museum is try thing
like we literally have just a couple more minutes before it closes but I
could easily spend like half a day here yeah I mean this define this nation so
guys we're going to a place called Balwoo Gongyang (발우공양) and in his Korean monastic
food and it's inside here at the fifth floor so let's go check it out all right
so the appetizer course has arrived here at the restaurant we're starting off
with three different dishes of various sizes over on the left it appears we
have a rice porridge there may be some seaweed over here we have something that
looks a bit like a kimchi soup and then we think this could you thought beetroot
yeah I'm thinking it's either a beetroot or a date kind of like both kind of a
rice to a giant cherry yeah it'll be interesting because there was no
explanation and I just finished doing an interview so I have no idea what I'm
having here so I'm just gonna try a bit of this hmm
that is actually cold I thought it was gonna be warm porridge it tastes like
eating this rice and seaweed it's tastings all right moving on let's
try the cabbage soup yeah that's definitely given to say a strong kimchi
taste let's try this over them oh wow that is has a nice soft texture actually
it has more of a plum lik consistency it's not yeah this is not what we
thought it was it's not be root and it's not thought it's a taste a bit like a
lychee that's very good so all of these are really interesting
I believe visitors appetizer course if you come Oh cucumber kimchi and
me that we have it's a mungbean jelly made of wheat starch and finally
the spring green salad soy sauce and vinegar so the next course
has survived and I'm gonna start off with the bean curd porridge and it has a
very liquidy consistency try that birth eve ground sesame turn it a little bit I
actually really like this once more again yeah mom now let's use the next
board I really like that one it's really creamy now I'm gonna move on other
dishes here so we have pickled cucumber over here and then we have mung bean
jelly with lotus root and a solid with I think it's sesame seed dressing leafy
greens guy is that really more earthy than I was expecting
very strong flavor a little bit minty - yeah I'm not my favorite so far I'm
liking the porridge the most and last but not least let's grab the mung bean
jelly like it just jiggles in those chopsticks Wow has a really soft texture
it's almost flavorless does it really taste like much
so we're moving on yet another course that is very exciting so over here both
have a suit it has fermented soybeans smells so much like a strong potency so
and then here we have also mushrooms as well here we've got sticky rice wrapped
inside and then we have five different bond chives five different side dishes
including two different kinds of kimchi some greens I'm going to start the
overall dish meal was a real experience many different courses so many different
kinds of vegetables some more bland than others overall limited spices limited
salt there's also no onion or garlic used so overall the I would describe the
meal is is simple but also very elegant a lot of detail in terms of the
presentation and appearance and so yeah if you're in Seoul and you're looking
for a unique kind of dining experience you consider this for sure
all right what an afternoon man whoa it's been an action-packed day we went
to the Korean War Museum which was fascinating well threadable
lots of really interesting exhibits I mean wish I had a little bit more time
to explore there but yeah it was still very much worth it then we had a
fantastic meal in terms of Korean food it wasn't the most labor flavorful or
you know when you think of Korean food I think of like intense spices yeah wasn't
spicy at all but so much attention to detail in the presentation and we are
ending off things here in Seoul tomorrow we're going to Busan Busan so the
adventure continues in Korea we'll see you guys there and if you enjoyed the
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