My oh my!
This morning we came to building 63 with the intention of going up to the top for city
views and it was insane.
Yeah.
Okay, first off guys thirty five degrees outside and we had to walk a kilometer from the station
to Building 63.
So we're like dripping sweat.
You can imagine two waegooks just pouring sweat.
And then we go here and there is about a thirty to one hour wait time.
Just to get the elevator.
So we needed to cool down so we're going with something authentic Korean.
We're getting Bibim Naengmyeon (비빔 냉면) which is going to be mine and Mul Naengmyeon
(물 냉면) for yours.
So basically these are buckwheat noodles, they're served cold.
Yours comes in a cold broth with vegetables and egg and bunch of other ingredients.
And the difference between yours and mine is that mine doesn't come with a cold broth.
Mine comes with Gochujang (고추장) sauce and basically the rest is very similar.
So our food is finally here.
I am starving because I skipped breakfast today.
So let's have a look at this perfect summer dish.
I'm having Mul Naengmyeon (물 냉면) and this is basically a bowl of buckwheat noodles.
They are handmade and they're in a bowl of chilled icy broth.
So I don't know if you can see it on the camera but it is like slushy.
My broth actually has chunks of ice in it.
Super refreshing.
Huh?
Yeah.
And this is like the quintessential Korean summer dish.
Yeah.
Exactly.
And you'll also notice that the vegetables are raw.
So I have some cucumbers here, some radish and of course it is topped off with a hard
boiled egg and some sesame seeds.
Yeah and as a side dish you got some Bulgogi (불고기).
I got Pulgogi (불고기) which is the marinated sweet beef.
I'm going to start with this actually.
And mushrooms too.
How is that?
This is good.
But let's move on to the main dish.
So normally in restaurants they actually give you scissors to cut into the noodles but they
haven't done that here.
So it is going to be a little messy to eat.
hahaha.
So excuse that.
You're going to have to break it off with your teeth.
Mmmhmmm.
Go for it.
Exactly.
Mmmmmm.
Oh my gosh.
Super chewy, huh?
There you go.
You cannot break them off with your teeth.
Super super chewy noodles.
How do they taste?
Good.
I need to chew.
Give me a second.
So that was good.
It kind of tastes like cold spaghetti.
Which sounds a bit nasty plain cold spaghetti.
But because it is made out of buckwheat it has a very distinct flavor so it is really
nice.
And it is also taken on the flavor from the broth so it is a little bit tangy and savory.
So I quite like it.
I'm enjoying it.
I was super hot before sitting down at the table so this is going to be a really refreshing
meal.
So yeah, good stuff.
And you know what later on you can drink the soup with a spoon.
There you go.
So Sam's meal is kind of similar to mine but slightly different.
Slightly different.
Mine is called Bibim Naengmyeon (비빔 냉면) and the biggest difference between this and
the Mul Naengmyeon (물 냉면) is of course that I have Gochujang (고추장) the red
pepper paste instead of the broth.
So that is really the main difference.
The buckwheat noodles are the same, the vegetables are the same although I think I may have slightly
different veggies.
You have more vegetables than yours.
And you know what.
You have Kimchi (김치).
I have an egg.
I have Kimchi (김치) and an egg on top.
So my goal here is basically to mix it all around a bit.
So I'm going to mix that around.
Try to disperse that sauce a little.
You know what?
I'm kind of jealous of yours.
Hahaha.
I really like that sauce.
I think I got the best one.
Oh, and the coolest thing is they did give me some of the cool broth on the side.
Basically, I think as a way to cool down this summer because otherwise I'm guessing this
is probably not served with it normally.
Hahahaha.
Alright, let's try that.
So I'm just going to go in for some noodles here.
This is going to be messy.
It is so chewy.
Wait and see.
Oh you took a baby bite.
That is cheating.
I cheated.
Mmmm.
Wow.
So yeah, the noodles are really good.
But the overwhelming taste here is of the Gochujang (고추장) sauce.
Man it hits you hard.
It is very spicy but man I love Gochujang (고추장) so this is like.
This is like I definitely ordered the right one.
Hahahaha.
I'm not going to share.
So we finally found the scissors halfway through the meal.
We finally smartened up a little bit here.
Yeah.
So this is how you do it.
Just put it in and slice it up.
The noodles are so long and chewy that we were struggling.
Like it is so easy to choke on them.
So yeah, you just take the scissors, snip snip.
And now mine.
I'll get my chopsticks out of here.
Now this is probably not the official way to do it here in Korea.
I'm sure there is a really good technique that normal Koreans would use but this is
Waegook style.
Alright.
There we go.
I think we can go back to eating.
Hahaha.
Are your lips burning Sam?
You're looking a little red over there.
Tongue is on fire.
That Gochujang (고추장) was like really potent.
Man, wow.
It was spicy.
Super spicy.
Okay, so we finished our meal.
We're going to be heading up to the viewing deck on Building 63 soon.
Yeah.
But let's talk about the price first.
So it was eight thousand each.
So it came to sixteen thousand Won.
W16,000.
And that is roughly like about fourteen US dollars.
So really good value.
I mean this is kind of a fancy building in here.
But I will say that I have seen the Naengmyun (냉면) and the Mul Naengmyeon (물 냉면)
for about six thousand Won elsewhere.
But this still was a really good price and the quality was excellent.
So yeah, if you happen to visit Korea during the summer months these are two dishes you
absolutely must try.
Absolutely.