I can't even stretch my arms
there are a lot of chilies in there
Michelle what's up out there Korea
lovers today we are in one of the
hottest neighborhood in Seoul munle
located at
hey we're Josh and Vicki after traveling
the world and moving back to Korea we're
on a quest to show you the history food
and hidden gems of each of the 25
districts or Goose that when combined
make up the mega city of Seoul hit that
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journey let's go gotcha the neighborhood
of mule was formed around 1930 when
there were many textile factories being
built there are a couple of stories
about how this neighborhood got its name
but many think the story of it came from
the name mule which means spinning
wheels that makes textile is the most
likely one so your starting point for
this tour once you exit the the subway
station is going to be the mole Park and
you're going to want to cross the street
we're gonna head over on this mini tour
over to Steel Street yeah there is a lot
of history here um supposedly they have
a lot of these steel factory that was
once booming but they were also all
closed um I think is around 90s that
when a bunch of like Chinese product
came in so it became all this bacon area
from what I know and around 2000 a lot
of Malika individual artists came in and
they start working on and setting up
their art studio and that empty
factories so they I think they end up
being a really cool trendy street now
there are lots of restaurants and cafes
are using these old buildings which is
you know very historical and very cool
at the same time so we're kind of
walking around to show you guys that
historical pieces
um combined with the new stuff right
let's go take a look all right so we're
getting our first Glimpse here as you
see you have
um
steel mill look at this I mean look at
these These are big Mills here
sheet steel in it right next to
um new trendy restaurants this looks
like it's
giggle don't know what that is and we
have uh looks like a barbecue place
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there's a little wine shop here they
open up at four
wow that's really cool it's like they
have a little tiny super cute outside
seating yeah look at this perfect for a
wine glass
so lots and lots of cafes here that are
really just
quaint and hidden in these little
Alleyways you turn around every corner
of this Narrow Street you never know
what you're gonna find yeah you know
nothing is new as you look around these
buildings they're all like streets so
narrow really narrow old buildings and
you know they've retrofitted them to
make them cool yeah you know
oh look at this street it's like a
I can't even stretch my arms
yeah you want to see a different part of
the Soul besides all these famous spots
that you guys heard of before definitely
definitely come and visit this area
so it looks like there's a sign that
says a Moonlight machinery and the steel
area so we can go check it out I have no
idea where I'm going but we're just
walking
it's like every Narrow Street the last
place that you think there would be
restaurant that you find something it's
like all these little tiny places
they're all hidden gems here it's really
cool
let's go down another dark alleyway
you can't say I would do that in many
countries around the world but in Korea
you can definitely do that I feel
perfectly safe
let's find a place to sit down
yes we're gonna find something to eat
and drink
so this is the mole Machining Valley
foreign
looks like they're all still like a
steel factories oh wow they're from
parts
the Machinery Parts I think
okay so we decided to come in the tong
Tong it's American Chinese Street Food
so we've got a couple things on the menu
and we ordered a Harbin never had this
before never seen it before it says
since 1900 so
you know
pickles are here
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chili pickle
chili cucumber pickles yum
let's give the beer a go
I'm bad
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there are a lot of chilies in there
looks like a smashed cucumber yeah
those are really good
but not Americans
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very good fresh crunchy and it has the
smashed pickle
on top
well we really really like that Chinese
food yeah that's a recommendous so good
it was something different yeah
something different again it wasn't
Americanized Chinese food like it says
it's American Chinese food regardless it
was delicious yeah regardless it was
really good the
um dumplings are really good they have
the pickles on there get that chili oil
pickle that thing is addictive yeah very
good oh yeah I really enjoyed it and now
we're off to continue on with drinking
some beers so let's see what else we can
find here yeah
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hmm
we don't know what it looks like inside
but that's Korean pancakes I love Korean
pancakes let's go see
what happens
it says like five seats
[Laughter]
so you just walk in now whatever you see
it on the door you request for the menu
and she said it's available right now so
so we're lucky that at least so we've
got seats here and then she said there
are a lot of Americans come
on so as soon as we walked in she's like
where in America you come from
so yeah it's really cool actually so
um although
I'm Koreans first time for me please
thank this so it should be pretty good
now she's taking all the green onions
and the Gathering the ingredients to
make the green onions Seafood pancake
should be a good stuff Immokalee time
I put up
yourself
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look at this
so cool
it's delicious all right
loads of uh
green onion
squid oh look at that
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I'm gonna dip it in this little hot
pepper flakes and the soy sauce
take a big bite
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um
[Laughter]
hmm
no butter
it's like a it's like a warm blanket in
this weather I can just sleep on here
so good should the me Google try
we're gonna try oh boy
let's see
[Laughter]
okay
some green onions in there okay there we
go let's try
it
foreign
[Laughter]
[Applause]
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whoa
being approved approved
this is legit
it's like homemade from Mom and you know
a lot of restaurant these pancakes are
like overly like greasy and fried this
one is just white amount of oil it is
just yeah it's just literally like your
mom's cooking it's even better your
grandma's cooking
so delicious then I just eat another
place
wow so that was a unique experience
there's five seats in there guys five
seats and ifajima Harmony is sitting
down there might be four okay but she is
the sweetest lady who just wants to talk
and talk and of course I'd understand I
think she's saying but it is a really
really cool spot
um the pancake itself was phenomenal and
you saw her flipping action
that's experience that's professional
yeah out there yeah so um come here
tell her that I sent you okay she'll
remember me it's a it's a whole package
experience we just we just loved it
there oh yeah so good okay
let's move on to our last place that we
want to show you guys yeah keep on
walking
is an original Japanese wooden structure
built during the occupation in the 1930s
it's now a cute Cafe during the day and
a beer Pub after 5 p.m it's a specially
Charming to visit during the holiday
season and enjoy with friends cheers
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