now let's go eat let's do it dipping it in the spicy sauce just the way we like it
this is somewhere in between a korean pancake or korean pizza
good to go portable you can eat it anywhere
and i'm feeling the burn and now it's just a matter of mixing it up huh that is so good hits
the spot well good afternoon and greetings from koreatown here in toronto today we're going to
be taking you on a little food adventure yeah it's our first time in toronto in over half a year yes
we've been spending a lot of time at home like the rest of the world has it was chilly the last time
we came here so it's just a beautiful summer's day i mean the temperature couldn't be better
and gosh am i hungry yes we've arrived here right at lunchtime so we're gonna go show you
around some different restaurants and also we're filming this video in collaboration with the korea
tourism organization so stay tuned until later in the video because they're giving away numerous
prizes including round-trip flights to korea so we're going to be telling you how you can enter
also i just want to mention that sam is wearing the most appropriate shirt ever tell us a little
bit about this i sure am the last time i was in korea was in 2019 and i picked up this shirt and
it's it's probably my favorite summer t-shirt to be honest it has all of the korean foods that i
love especially the bibimbap the naengmyun the sam capsol i mean it's got it all also
something i'm really excited about is audrey has planned this entire experience this entire menu
and i purposely asked her not to tell me what's going to be going on in terms of the menu
which is awesome so it's going to be a total surprise for me today and i just can't wait to
try everything so i know all the restaurants we're going to and i've picked out the best
dishes from each one so yeah we're both feeling pretty hungry let's go eat big time
so first stop of the day tell us the very first surprise guys we are at hayden jeep also known as
the sunrise house and audrey planned the menu so we are having jan the korean pancake we're
getting the modem kimchi pajam so it's gonna have a little bit of seafood and some rice
cakes and of course kimchi and then we're also going for one of my all-time favorites and you
suggested this this is the sogogi goon mandu which is the deep fried beef korean dumplings
so oh my gosh i'm so excited two of my all-time favorites yeah just can't wait for it to arrive
at the table all right going to pour some water but first a very familiar face mr gangnam style
himself hey it's been a few years since that the cool story behind that is we were actually
in korea and met together during the the opa gangnam style psy year yeah the year of
breaking out internationally basically that song was on everyone's like ringtones it was their
ringtone it was it was inescapable that summer while the food is here and i am starting with the
mandu we got the gogi mandu so they're beef and they're also pan-fried so they're nice and crispy
dipping it in the spicy sauce just the way we like it it's like salty and savory soy sauce
vinegar sesame oil i believe and chili flakes chili flakes don't forget the chili flakes
so good i can't remember the last time i had dumplings i know it's been a long time
it has been ages yeah we don't really get korean food where we live so it's nice to
be in koreatown nice and meaty i guess huh yeah oh look at that dunking it in the jun the pancake
so fluffy so good is it friends this is authentic korean food to the max we've got four different
side dishes four different banchan we've got the mandu and this food right here
pajam is very famous in korea for two two particular scenarios first off when it's rainy
this is typical rainy food and also this is typical hiking food
so when you've climbed a mountain or you've gone trekking or hiking in the mountain
this is these are the kind of restaurants that you'll see at the base of the mountain
exactly and you'll see uh hikers going and having their jun and often have sometimes pairing it with
soju as well and so this is awesome i can't wait to try it i'm dipping it in it's so big
that is so good hits the spot that hits the spot
and guys this is somewhere in between uh korean pancake or korean pizza and
this is just amazing traditional food this is one of the dishes that whenever i go back to korea
i'm craving first so now time to try the the mandu the gum gogi mandu sogogi
juicy beefy this is a great start i mean if if the day keeps going like this i'm gonna be very happy
so what do you got there in your hands all right next stop was chung chun chung hot dog got it
right um it's a korean rice dog yes and i got the one that's like covered in these potatoes so
there's like a hot dog on a stick then it's coated in batter and then we've got these little almost
like little hash browns yeah for the topping i went for the classic which is actually ketchup
mustard and sugar oh wow sprinkled on top they say the sugar gives it a little extra something so
take that first bite wow that thing is a behemoth that's what it looks like oh wow
yeah so basically this is street food galore when you're in korea you can get this at the
food markets like the street food markets you'll have vendors serving these yeah you can get it
covered like in pieces of chicken potato there's a classic here they had some dessert ones where
it's just like chocolate in the middle pure dessert so there would be no hot dog with that
tada so there it is it's it's pretty good actually i i kind of like the batter oh yeah yum
and this restaurant is super popular like we had to get in line and get a ticket and
there's probably like 15 people waiting outside yeah so i mean this is obviously a popular
place to have a tasty bite on the summer's day
mmm what do you think there's something about that batter that's just delicious yeah you're normally
not a big hot dog person are you no this is like way better than an average hot dog a really nice
batter and the potatoes have been fried as if you were making french fries like they're that crispy
wow that's pretty good meal on a stick meal honestly good to go portable you can eat it
anywhere
okay so we are moving on to the desserts and this has to be my all-time favorite korean
street food dessert hotel you'll see korean students eating this in the winter non-stop
this is like the perfect hot street food sweet dish with lots of calories it's got like a syrupy
goodness anyways i'm talking too much let's just try this yeah so this is a nice stuffed
pine cake we got the one with brown sugar look at that all the brown sugar all of the nuts inside
the deeper you bite the sweeter it is we're in the bullseye that's where you get the sweetest bite
and you can get it with a whole bunch of different fillings but the classic is definitely the brown
sugar with nuts so that's what we went for yeah and the second dessert my all-time favorite train
snack in korea the hodu kwaja and i believe this originates from chongan yes we went there before
do you remember that trend i do remember that we went to see a really big buddhist temple i forget
the name but what's interesting is you can reach ton on line number one the blue line as you're
heading away from seoul so let's try this it's going to have walnuts and red bean paste inside
oh that is the real deal guys look how much red bean paste is in them so the coolest thing for me
to see when we went into the shop to pick it up is that they have the authentic authentic hulu quaja
batter cast iron flippers the machinery the machinery machinery it looks just like the stuff
that you would see in children it's amazing okay so i'm gonna try one as well
something for everyone huh what do you think look how much red bean paste there is that is amazing
so good the real deal guys remember having these on our train rides so delicious a bee landed on
it it's like i want some too i'm gonna try the whole talk too okay what does this remind you of
the hotel yeah from your experience in korea well this brings back memories of insadong
yes from kind of like artsy craft quarter in seoul yeah and in the wintertime it's just a
really nice food a really nice dessert to hold in your hands it literally warms up your hands
uh-huh and guys yeah korea has proper winters minus temperature so not as cold as canada but
it gets up there some days and does so what do you think so pretty tasty the lady at the shop did
tell us this was probably going to taste a little bit different from what we're used to in korea
and that's very accurate like the ones that i remember from seoul were a bit more like pancakey
and spongy fluffy this one's a bit heavier a bit more dense yeah but still really tasty so yeah
okay so it is time for our next two food items we went to a place called
the owl or buongi and we got two dishes so first up we have the bibimbap
so basically we have a bed of rice underneath and then a whole bunch of different veggies some
greens carrots mushrooms zucchini some soybeans an egg and some beef don't forget the gochujang sauce
the red pepper shall we add it yes please all of it that is my favorite part and now it's just a
matter of mixing it up huh how excited are you for bibimbap beyond beyond beyond excited oh look at
that nice runny egg that's gonna go really well with the rice i normally don't like runny eggs
but when it comes to mixed rice absolutely do so i'm just breaking the egg up here first and once
that's done i feel like i broke up the egg enough now it's just time for me to mix it and you can
tell this is a really good bibimbap because it's heavy on ingredients not too much on the rice
that's for me is the the sign of a good bibimbap lots of ingredients and this is uh this is the
kind of standard bibimbap you get my favorite of all time of course is the stone pot yes
the key to having a really nice dulce bibimbap is you let the the rice burn a bit on the sides
and on the bottom it creates something called i think noryongji it's a crispy crispy rice
and i think the oil they use is a sesame oil yeah so it just has the most amazing taste
if you let it burn but um yeah this one is it's just a regular bibimbap so we won't be doing
that yeah i have to say i really love the dual stop bibimbap as well but because we can only do
takeaway or dining on the patio um we couldn't do dole salt like this particular restaurant
didn't have a patio so takeout was the only option and they obviously can't give you a
stone pot to take home with you so bibimbap was the alternative i don't think many people
would return the stone pot no it'd be a nice addition to the kitchen and guys we're at
christy pitts park yeah we've got lots of people out here we got live music families dogs couples
people exercising it's a it's a nice scene it just feels like a slice of normality
but yes oh check that out guys nice big bite that is the real deal my friends
it has all the classic bibimbap ingredients super tasty gochujang is a star for me this
is a really nice gateway dish if you haven't tried korean food before i'd recommend this or bulgogi
um just an excellent kind of way to introduce yourself to korean food this is one of my
all-time favorites and i remember when i lived in korea i would have this at least once a week
sometimes twice okay and for our next dish we got some korean spicy rice cakes wow check it
out check it out it looks so good and it comes with onions we have some cabbage sesame seeds
and of course the the spicy gochujang sauce i can see the red flakes yeah we're finishing
off the day with spicy food this is maybe the the most classic korean street food dish wow
it's something that you can get at these little restaurants that are almost like snack bars
or also in the markets you can buy them from the the food vendors yeah that's right you can
even get it in some grocery stores yeah yeah so i'm gonna try one look at that
i'm very chewy it's um a sticky glutinous rice yeah and i'm feeling the burn i feel like yeah
i mean we love our spicy food but i don't think we've been eating uh that much spice lately so
we are we're probably a little our stomachs are a little weak out of practice yeah one
for you guys guys if you want to try i wouldn't call it an advance but a different kind of dog
boogie go to an outdoor street vendor who is also cooking up the two weekend which are the battered
fried various objects or sometimes some some mandu and different kinds of seafood and also
sweet potato which is one of my favorites i think it's the gamja and get them to cut it up
and then dunk it into the dakbogi sauce it's absolutely delicious
my favorite way of having dokbokki is with the wii [ __ ] but this will be perfectly fine
that is seriously potent my mouth's on fire but in a good way feel like i'm a fire breathing dragon
a dog boogie dragon couldn't think of a better way to to be spending the the beginning of summer
here in canada eating korean food in the christie area so now let's talk about the giveaway because
as we mentioned at the beginning of this video we are filming in partnership with the korea tourism
organization here in canada and they are running a super cool giveaway featuring all sorts of prizes
but right at the top are two round trip tickets to korea for 2022 so if you want to take part all
you have to do is take a photo of some korean takeaway food and post it on your social media
either instagram or facebook and you'll want to use the hashtags support korean restaurants korean
food travels and kto canada so i'm going to leave a link with the details in the description below
and if you want to take part just click and head on over there alrighty guys so we are going to
wrap things up over here we hope you enjoyed that korean food tour extravaganza here in koreatown
in toronto my gosh that tickled my taste buds all of their fancy yeah we actually have quite a bit
of food left over that we're gonna be taking back home let's review i mean we had sweet we
had spicy we had savory perfect saturday in the city so yeah that concludes our food tour here
in koreatown we hope you guys enjoyed it and we'll be seeing you soon with more videos so stay tuned
you