you gotta love when your bowl of noodles
comes with scissors on the side there
are sesame seeds there's some red chili
paste there's half an egg good morning
everyone its mark Wiens with migration
ology calm in Seoul South Korea we are
walking to Seoul station gig 12 where
are we going
before we go to gimbap boom we are
stopping off at City Hall subway station
and we're going to see another palace
first
what's interesting about this palace is
that it is located right in the middle
of Seoul there are skyrise modern
skyscrapers all around but in here it is
calm there cherry blossoms we are just
going to walk around for a little while
and explore this palace most of the
buildings within this palace are Korean
style architecture but right behind me
is a building that was completed in 1910
and it is a western-style building built
by Orkin designed by a British architect
back when it was built it was used as a
residence and a place to entertain
guests but now part of the palace it is
the National Art Museum that was a nice
place to walk around we are now heading
to Guillaume Baku
you
take exit number five from the subway
station and you emerge right into the
middle of the palace young and I came to
young buck going on our first visit to
Seoul which I think was about four years
ago we're gonna walk to the front first
and take a look at the guards the famous
guards this is probably one of the most
visited things to do attractions in all
of Seoul so it is busy today but I think
just like every single day that you come
to visit and standing at the front of
the gate are the famous palace guards
lawyer gala entrance is 3001 gonna have
a quick walk through that I am getting
really hungry this was built in the
Joseon dynasty and built in the year
1395 it is a huge huge complex you can
walk around this entire area and there
are gardens there are squares and this
is definitely seoul's biggest and most
major maybe most famous landmark and
site in seoul
you could definitely spend a couple of
hours here walking around because this
whole complex is huge we are walking
through the neighborhood now across the
street on the maybe east side of the
palace and we are approaching the area
of book Shan hanok village and hopefully
around here we are going to find some
lunch
we just walked down the road came off on
a little small side walking alley and
there's this restaurant that specializes
in mon Dieu and also all sorts of
different types of noodles it is
impossible to resist side alley with
this much steam pouring down it
wanyan for this one one can we have this
one for or okay this one
it is a very tight cozy restaurant in
here mostly with counter seating but
they have a couple tables in the middle
all shared tables so you grab a stool
this is my kind of dining we got a whole
mixed combination platter of different
mondo dumplings there's some shrimp ones
and pork ones these are fried ones and
then also meatballs I'm gonna have to
begin with that shrimp mondo well these
are beautiful just big pockets full of
delicious things that is amazing there's
a shrimp in there an entire trip and
then it's surrounded by seasoned minced
pork oh that is delicious and so hot and
fresh there are many things that I love
about Korean food one of them is that a
lot of dishes that are meant to be
served hot the soups are served
extremely hot boiling hot in earthenware
dishes but they also have cold noodles
which are also excellent and when they
mean cool noodles they do not joke
around there is actually ice within the
noodles these are buckwheat noodles and
you can see over here there is an entire
frozen chunk of soup crock in the soup
there are sesame seeds there's some red
chili paste there's half an egg and you
gotta love when your bowl of noodles
comes with scissors on the side I'm
going to take this and I think what
you're supposed to do is just chop up
the entire thing
chop up these noodles I definitely need
to work on my my food cutting skills
with a scissors though but I'm just
going to chop it all up okay that should
be good and chop up that piece of ice
just for fun okay I'm going to stir this
around now oh yeah let me just taste
that broth real fast yeah that is icy
cold and it has a sour chili and kind of
sweet taste to it
those noodles have an unbelievable
wonderful chewy texture to them yeah
they're really chewy and they're really
ice-cold I'm going to go in for one of
the deep-fried mandu is now oh it's so
deep fried it it has like little little
bubbles of pastry
that is fantastically tasty so crispy
and then minced pork in there
I think mung bean noodles I put up maybe
some scallions and onions and garlic
I added some soy sauce and some vinegar
to this bowl for my next bike yes that
is the dipping sauce
that crispy rapper makes it incredibly
good so I see refreshing we must have
gotten lucky though because when we we
came here there was no line but now when
we're walking out it is packed there's a
queue and lots of people are waiting for
some delicious food
thank you
well I'm seeing they do thank you know
what I think for our next stop we came
to this grilled chicken skewer place
young and I came here a couple years ago
and it is one of our fondest girl'd
chicken skewer memory really really good
we got that spicy sauce and I couldn't
help but order two skewers
oh yeah
that is amazing oh that's like a
slightly spicy and sweet barbecue sauce
but what's really good is just how the
chicken is so tender so juicy that is a
treat on a stick
I'm annoyed
the reason you have to have two Spears
is because you'll finish that per skewer
without even thinking about it it's so
good oh and I am dripping barbecue sauce
all over my bag I think we're just going
to walk around maybe go to see similar
of this heritage area but I'm at that
stage right now where I'm so happy full
of food that I can just walk around
smiling for a while now once I be honest
so nice to meet you man everybody good
to me keep supporting him he deserves it
totally deserves you have no idea how
much it was like we are walking around
and exploring the bukchon hanok village
which is a traditional village in Seoul
a heritage village it's quite touristy
but it is quite pleasant and very
enjoyable to walk around walking on the
hills there are lots of batik little
shops and restaurants and little shops
and snacks but it yeah it's just really
a very pleasant place to walk around and
explore place you have to check out when
you're in Seoul
some of the houses in this neighborhood
have turned it to businesses or into
guests house or even into museums but a
lot of them still remain quiet normal
residential areas that are homes that
have been part of the family for many
generations we're at um gugak subway
station we're going to take the subway
station back to Seoul station and rest
for a little while back at our apartment
it's 6:00 p.m. we are on our way to dong
Dae moon market
you know that
Oh
before we have a more substantial meal
we just decided to stop by at a street
food stall for some snacks some pre
dinner snacks these are the famous rice
rolls in chili gravy and then he scooped
it into a bowl and then topped it with
perilla leaves and cabbage and I will
take one of these compressed rice cakes
with some of that vegetable as well
they're very sticky sticky and gooey and
that's like a sweet chili sauce what I
really like is the addition of the
perilla leaves which have a wonderful
minty licorice taste to them that gives
it the refreshing touch and then we also
got some gimbap some little rice rolls
those are wonderful wrapped in seaweed
it's a little bit sour from the pickled
vegetables in there and also you get the
crispness of the pickled vegetables as
well and then finally I think this is
some kind of fish tofu and it is kind of
crumpled up onto a giant skewer this is
like a huge skewer for this amount
because it's it's boiled in water oh
yeah it has a bit of a fishy aroma to it
Wow it's kind of like fish baloney no
one is actually really really good
yeah I like that they also have some
pretty awesome Street food cup
dispensers here press the big yellow
button hidden cup comes right out
Oh after those salty snacks you gotta
wash it down with a little bit of water
okay myself
- oh thank you we decided to go for the
grilled fish restaurant kind of pointed
to a number of pictures and different
types of weirdo but this is an
awesome little place it is really small
and cozy and you can just smell the
grilled fish ro9 here the fish are
already partly grilled but as soon as
you order them them Dave she puts them
back onto the grill and gives them that
final char we got four different types
of fish some of which I don't know what
they are but I know one of them is a
mackerel and one of them is a Spanish
mackerel then well it's a bigger fish
some fish fillets and then a smaller
dish let's check it out I'm gonna try
this fish first well that's just solid
solid meat other bones I don't think
there's even bones in here we haven't
come yet
it's just very very lightly seasoned I
think just was just with salt but you
can really taste that smoky grilled
flavor to it all grilled fish is one of
my absolute favorite things I think this
is wasabi I'm not totally sure and then
maybe soy sauce I'm not sure not totally
sure what you're supposed to do here but
maybe I will just mix in a little bit
I'm gonna try some of this fish oh yeah
there are some bones in this one and
I'll try it with some of that wasabi
and with some rice this time
well that fish has such a like buttery
creamy texture to it
hmm and then yeah I think that is it's a
very very light Mesabi it's like a sour
light wasabi with some I think soy sauce
oh oh yeah I love little fish and oh I
can feel that kind of like buttery
texture in my chopsticks from this fish
I'm gonna get some of that less sabi
it's very very light so you can eat
quite a bit of it and put that onto my
rice
that is so good the fish is so
unbelievably smoky flavor and then they
know how to grill it so well so it's not
overdone but you know juicy available a
key not dried out at all your body
composed you know I love mackerel too
this one is maybe the driest of all the
fishes but at the same time you can
actually taste those Omega fats kind of
coming out as you take a bite I don't
know if I can choose a favorite fish
they're all delicious but they all have
a slightly different texture and and
feel to them
along in and
we couldn't resist ordering some kimchi
jjigae which is kimchi stew got some
kimchi there's some pork in here and
some tofu
we can taste that pickled flavor on them
kimchi jig is up a wondrous dish oh yeah
and it's just a little bit spicy and
then the kimchi and there might be some
onions and some green onions and maybe
some leek in there but they're so soft
and just sort of disintegrates in your
mouth yeah that's wonderful
as is the fish fish in all forms is
something I love
but grilled fish plus off the kimchi's
and the different sides that was just an
absolute winner of a meal
this entire alley is filled with grilled
fish restaurants and looks like chicken
hot pot restaurants and I had we I had
no idea which restaurant to choose so we
just chose that one and that was an
incredible meal
you
I am still dreaming about how good that
fish meal was that we just ate but we
are now in the heart of dumb Des Moines
shopping district there is both street
shopping and there's a lot of malls
around this area as well
this entire shopping district is known
for its very long hours some of the
shops in the malls are open until 5:00
a.m. or 4 a.m. and some are even open 24
hours so if you ever have a craving to
go shopping at 2:00 a.m. or 3 a.m. and
buy some new clothes dongdaemoon is the
spot
it's been a long but wonderful day and
at the beginning of the day I actually
had no idea what we were doing but it
sort of turned into a one day soul
travel and food guide all in one if you
had one day in Seoul today was a pretty
good day I would say I'm going to end
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