So you plan a trip to Korea and you think to yourself
"I'm gonna swing by a couple of Korean bars, it should be easy,
"..Bars are bars, right?"
Wrong! Bars are very different here in Korea
so today we’re gonna give you our tips for surviving Korean bars
And we’re gonna drink on camera
Cuz what else do we do?
Is that alcohol? Let’s make a video about it!
For Science!
Of course!
Make sure you don’t limit yourself to something that's on the ground floor
A lot of awesome bars in Korea are on the 2nd, 3rd,4th, 9th floor
Korea is very much a vertical society so…
Look up
This little table right here
this is our own little individual booth
There’s no mingling going on here
I can’t just walk around with a drink and pick up fly honeys
ok wait a second
I’m in my own little antisocial booth right here
just my friends
You can be social with each other but not with strangers
You also used the word fly honeys
which is probably gonna prevent you from meeting anybody anyways
It’s a good thing you’re married
Girls like being called Fly honeys, don’t they?
Do they? Cuz I’m a girl
That’s what I learned from rap songs
Uh oh
The point is if you’re coming to a Korean bar to pick up
it’s not the place to pick up
You’re going to have to go
to a different style Korean bar
So if you walk in the door and you see booths
turn around and walk your way out
This is for friends and dates
That’s right, you don’t call the waiter
you don’t try to get his attention or eye contact
or smoke signals
You push a button it ding dongs, he gets a little number on his arm
and he comes over and takes your order
Consequently there’s no tipping in Korea
so you don’t have to pay someone for good service
if they had eye contact with you the whole time
No...you buy food, you pay for food, that’s it!
HIER FIERV
Now when it comes to drinks
which is probably the key part of coming to a bar
if you’re expecting to find something like
a long island iced tea or like a rum and coke
you are not gonna find it
Simon: Nope
A Korean bar is gonna serve things like Makkoli
which is like a rice wine
You’re gonna get Soju
which is basically like the alcohol of choice in Korea
And it’s a one shot kind of beverage
We’ve done a lot of videos on it before
which you can check out if you’re interested in that
And also local beer
That’s about it
And we don’t mean like microbrewery beer
Simon: No
we mean like the local basic Korean beer
Simon: the cheapy cheapies
the cheapy cheapies
So don’t expect rum and cokes
you’re gonna have to go somewhere else for that
♫ Funky Music ♫
Martina: Oh yeah
Simon(off camera): K my turn
Martina: uh-mm(no)
Simon: Share some with me!
Martina: This is my pineapple! I believe I ordered a pineapple for me
Simon: I remember when you used to be nice to me
I’m all for like a really good manhattan
and like a really good old fashioned once in a while
but sometimes I just want a pineapple
hollowed out and blended in front of me with alcohol in it
you know what I’m saying?
Simon: That was delicious Martina: Wasn't it?
Simon: I didn’t taste any, I’m gonna have to taste another
Martina: It’s almost like a pina colada without uh any…
yeah no it’s just straight up like a pina colada
Next time we smuggle in our own coconut cream *gasp*
Now one of the weirdest things about bars in Korea
is that when you come to one of them you can’t just order drinks
Like in North America you can go to a bar and order like a beer?
Or like a rum and coke or something?
In Korea there’s something called “Anju”
which is basically side dishes for drinking
and it’s mandatory that you buy one of them
Simon: Think of the side dish as a main dish
you need to buy a main dish with your drink here
Martina: This might be confusing to some people that are visiting
because they think that they’re being ripped off or
they’re being pressured or they’re being kicked out because they’re foreigners
but that is not the case
Simon: You might be a little weirded out by Anju prices
because like from here we got ‘em from like
15 dollars, 16 dollars
18, 19, 20 dollars
Martina: They have like the 50 dollar set combos for couples and stuff
Simon: Don’t think about these as individual meals that you’re having yourself
you’re ordering Anju that you could share with your crew of people
so bring as many people as you can so you can all chip in
and pay for this gigantic meal
Korea is very much a food sharing society. You don’t just have “a” dish
you have one dish or a couple of dishes and everybody is reaching in
So remember…
“If you’re sick, don’t be a dick!”
and go home
♫ Sexy Food Porn Music ♫
Martina: Ok, you can get a lot of this on the street but this is like an ante up version
Simon: I mean, come on
Martina: So we got uh, deep fried squid
These are fish cakes but don’t think cake as in birthday cake
Simon: Cakey Cakey Cakey
Martina: Think like savory food like pressed fish cake but it’s soaking in ddeokbokki
(Simon drools more)
which is like a spicy sauce
and it’s got little rice noodles in them that are like chewy(?)
Simon: And this thing is my favorite - it's a doshirak
This is just rice with egg and kimchi and...
Martina: Usually spam
Simon: SPAM! Yeah
Simon: And it's pretty much, this is like a Korean lunchbox
Martina: Old-school like 90s
Simon: Old-school! Like these things are so warming to the soul
Now the way you eat one of these doshirak right here
Take your spoon
Chop up the egg like so
Martina: You wanna break it into little pieces so it evenly shakes through
Simon: Now we get to the mixing part!!
Martina: Make sure it's closed properly Simon!
Simon: Ughh yeah you like them doshiraks
Martina (singing): I like do-shi, my doshirak
My doshirak I shake all day~!
Simon: So you can see this. It was supposed to mix up
It really just mushed everything around -_-
So it was almost there
So you got some kimchi. We got some egg. We got some rice right there.
*Martina rapidly hints Simon to feed her*
Simon: We got some deliciousness
Martina (sadly): Ooooohhhhh :(
Simon: Mmmm!
Martina: I trusted you!
Simon (mumbling): I trusted you (?)
Martina: I trusted you!
Simon: Okay!
Martina: Now there are a lot of different choices on Korean bar menus
Usually you have like, fried food that are kinda like finger foods
Simon: Aww f*baas*
I dripped sauce on my pants!!!
Martina: Maybe if you stop shoving food in your mouth for a second
Simon (whiny): Mmmm
Martina: You know there's a plate, right?
Simon is like, "What is plate?" I just eat from bowl! Simon: What is plate??
Martina: Now Korean bar food is usually goes from like ummm...dried squid...
Maybe some finger-food, all the way up to like, soups that you can share
So it's really up to you if you really wanna like, stay and talk and chat over your food and linger
or if you actually just wanna shovel food down your throat, like Simon's doing right now!
Simon: See, you, look.
Martina is gonna keep on talking forever
I'm gonna eat this before it goes cold
Martina: I'm gonna take this giant fish stick
Ooh look! There's steam coming off from it!
Simon: MMMMmmm!
Martina: Can you see that?
Simon: Oooh yeah!
Martina: Mmm...
Simon: Leigh! If you can answer this skill-testing question
*Martina laughs*
Simon: We will give you... all of the food here
Plus, a brand-new car!
Question: What...is my name??
Martina: 10 second limit!
10... 9... 8... No answer!
Simon: I'm sorry! You can't answer that because you're not here!
And not filming with us right now
I'm sorry Leigh!
No free car for you!
Martina: We sent everybody home and we're like
"Oh! We're sooo tired!"
And then we go to a bar!
*Both laughing at their cleverness*
Simon: So that's it for this week's Food Adventure Program For Awesome People!
I hope that you found these tips useful
So you can learn how to navigate through a Korean bar
We got some more top secret tips including...
How to get free birthday cake if you're in a Korean bar!
If you wanna know how to get this free cake
We're gonna tell yeh
Click on the link right here, and read a lot more about it!
Martina: Simon, you're giving away my pro tip secrets!
Simon: This is what we do here
We tell you how to live (Martina: Sharing is caring?) yo lyfe to the fullest!
Gonna drink more of this pineapple!
Martina: Ducky! Hey!
*record scratches* Noooo!
You are so cut off!
Simon: Oh man!
(singing) I love the co-co!
Martina: That's not a co-co, Simon.
Simon (singing): I love the pine...appleeee...
Check out the other bar video and bloopers!
Martina: Nothing!!
Martina (hopeful): Maybe I can just...ehh...
Simon: Hold on! Wait!
I got it!
Martina: *Gasp* Noo!
Sharing is caring!
*Simon smacking lips*
Simon: That was delicious!
*More lip smacking*
Martina: So rude!
*More lip smacking*