Hey what's up guys, it's Cory here. I am in Sapa.
And this is in the northwest region of Vietnam, high in the mountains.
And in the evenings, it gets pretty chilly and so people like to eat really hot, warm foods.
So tonight we're going to have a really famous dish that's well-known from Sapa.
This restaurant here behind me is highly recommended by Vietnamese people when you come to Sapa.
So if you guys want to know where this is, definitely check the description box down below.
Let's go check it out!
We got a giant basket of greens here.
There's some cabbage, and I'm not sure what kind of leaf this is.
It looks like spinach.
This dish that they have here is a giant hot pot.
And it's filled with organs from a horse.
So there's like intestines, there's blood cubes, kidneys, all kinds of different things in there.
It smells really good because of the seasoning for the broth.
And the broth has cardamom, there's star anise, I can smell all kinds of stuff in here.
It's just a sensory overload on my nose, like pungent is the wrong word.
Because pungent sounds terrible, but it's very strong.
And I think part of that smell is the gaminess of the intestines.
And I'm very excited because I do love organs, you guys know me.
If you've seen my previous videos, I eat all kinds of stuff and so this is going to be really, really cool.
It gets very cold in the evenings, so this kind of a hearty hot pot stew definitely
helps warm you from the inside out.
And the thing to do while you're eating this specific dish here in Sapa is to drink
the traditional corn wine. So they gave us this
looks like a sake bottle. But uhmmm
Little sake cups.
This is corn wine. And this is what most of the people drink while eating this dish.
Alright, we've reached boiling point. Look at that, that's so awesome.
Ok so the green leaf that I thought was spinach is actually a star gooseberry leaf,
that's according to Wikipedia, thank you Wikipedia.
I've seen it everywhere, I just didn't know what it was.
But this is like one of the most common green leaf things you can find in southeast Asia.
It's used in so many different dishes.
And it's good, it reminds me of..... spinach. Sort of.
I am never one to turn down blood.
And so we got some of the blood cube here, this is horse blood.
And you guys know me, I love my sauces, my dipping sauces.
And this specific one here that they gave us reminds me of the
one I had in Thailand. It's extremely spicy.
Dip that blood cube in there.
This is really hot.
Mmmmm
Oh yeah.
Hmmm?
There's a bit more of a gaminess to this blood.
I think just because it's horse. It tastes a little bit different
from beef blood or pork blood.
But I can definitely tell that it's a little bit more gamey and
a little bit more kind of like an iron-y taste.
But not bad, I like that.
It's so hot!
Oh my god
Mmmmmm
Check out this piece of horse guys, you can see the skin
and the layer of fat amongst the meat there.
It's like a sandwich of the epidermis.
Mmmmm
First thing I notice right away, it's pretty tough to chew.
But, actually
this one is not bad. I was expecting more of a gamey taste.
I haven't had horse in a very long time.
I have had raw horse in Japan, so this is my first time having cooked horse meat.
Tofu
It's really noisy right now, a lot of people just showed up to the restaurant.
It's like a party of 20.
And there's like a party of 10 outside, and traffic.
There's really hard cartilage on this thing,
but we're going to go ahead and eat it cause cartilage is edible.
Lots of cartilage.
I think what's making all of this like pretty tasty is of course the broth.
It's just infusing everything with that really strong
smell and taste.
I'm shaking. hahahaha Trying to hold this.
Very rubbery, ohhhh yeah.
Yeah, that is very gamey. It tastes like the grass
smell from the farm, like that's how gamey it is.
So you can tell that this horse ate some pretty good stuff up here in the mountains.
There's amazing, lush vegetation up in this whole region, so....
I'm just absorbing Sapa through a horse.
Alright, I'm going to pour my girlfriend some of the rice wine (I meant to say corn wine) here.
Ooooooh
Here you go.
Got it?
Alright.
Gonna do a cheers. Cheers!
Mmmm
Ahhhhhhh Woooooo
Ooohoohoohoo
Oh my god!
--It's very strong. That is very strong!
That's stronger than sake, ooooh man.
The corn alcohol, it's like grain alcohol. You know?
This is like Sapa mountain moonshine, essentially.
I think that's exactly what this is, this is literally like moonshine.
Woooooooo
Do you know moonshine?
--You face is getting red.
Already? Am I already getting pink?
--Yeah
Really? hahaha I only had one sip!
Maybe it's because the steam is blowing right at my face.
Man, we got a whole thing of this. I'm going to get pretty trashed by the end of this video guys.
Let's get lit!
What else can we try in here?
Is that brain? Brain?
Brain. Ooooooohhhh!
Did you here how excited I was when I discovered that it was brain?
I haven't had brain in awhile. I can't remember the last time I had brain.
I've only had sheep's brain.
I don't recall having cow's brain.
And this my friends is horse brain.
Brainnnnnzzzzz yes!!
I'm probably going to do something really stupid.
So brain is soft and it's kind of like tofu, when it's really hot, it retains heat.
So, my dumbass, I'm probably going to stick the whole thing in my mouth
and burn it. But, horse brain.
Yep! Very hot!
Wooooooo
But, wow!
It's like it melts right in your mouth, Mmmmm
Sorry, I'm still recovering from how hot it is.
Ok, there we go. Nice, it went down.
Very creamy, very soft. Like you can probably drink that through a straw.
Easily, very easily. And it tastes like the broth.
Like I said before with the other things, so that really helps you
to be able to consume all of the things in this dish.
Let's go ahead and wash that brain down with some corn alcohol.
Wooooo
Ooohohhohhohhhhhh
oh my gooodddd
It's good. It's good. It's good, I promise you, it's good.
I normally don't drink strong liquor, I'm a beer kind of a guy. Or like a wine kind of a guy.
But liquor, like whiskey, tequila, vodka, I used to drink that stuff
in my teens and early 20's, but after like 22 I was like... no more.
Too much partying, way too much tequila and whiskey, yeah.
So pretty much I've avoided it for at least 16 or 17 years.
Cheers guys!
Ahhhhh
Wooooooo
It's good, I'm just going to drink this. I'm not going to eat anything.
Nah, just kidding. I will. I will eat, I'm hungry.
I can kind of already feel the toastiness, the fire rising from my belly.
And entering my blood stream. Mmmmm
Alright, some more horse meat right here. This is just meat only, with
a little bit of a layer of fat on there.
What's that? Is that liver?
We've got to have the liver!
Mmm, thank you.
If you guys are curious about horse meat itself,
it's very similar to beef. Like, not kidding.
It's very similar to beef. It's a little bit tougher.
Not as tender as beef, but just as good.
Full of flavor, really yummy. Like I would totally eat horse again.
And here's the horse liver, nice and steamy. You can see it's steaming hot.
I'm not really a fan of cooked liver, I love raw liver .
But cooked liver, mmmmm it's okay. But not a big fan.
Ok, just try it all.
Tastes like cooked liver. Actually, though, this is a little bit different.
With other liver that's cooked, like pan-fried and stuff,
when you're eating it, it kind of tastes dry.
This is actually super moist, like every bite is full of juice.
And it's all thanks to that broth.
I need to balance out some of that horse meat and organs with some greens.
And some tofu.
Mmmmm
Alright, we're going to go ahead and put in some of the rice noodle things here.
Look at that, like a pro.
You don't just dunk it in, you put it in the little ladle. you put it in the ladle.
With the soup.
And you let that cook up a little bit.
And my guess is they're going to unravel and become like really flat.
And wide noodles.
Yeah! There we go, that's what I was talking about.They did unravel.
Some of the ingredients in this broth are the exact same ingredients that are used in Pho.
So to have the noodles in here, it's like Pho horse meat.
So I'm going to just let you guys know, it's very hard to film when you're eating in front of
steamy things, uhmmm
the steam always gets right up on the lens. It fogs up.
And then you have to wait for it to cool down .
So that it, you know, clears up.
So actually behind the scenes, you guys probably don't see this, but I'm blowing softly
towards the steam so that it doesn't come towards the lens.
Oh, you're making a little mini bowl of Pho.
Wow! Thank you!
Look at that!
Am I slurring already guys? I don't know. I feel like I'm talking funny. Like I'm saying weird stuff.
But this, this my friends, looks awesome!
And it, *sniffs* it smells sooooo good! Oh my god.
I just want to try the noodles by themselves.
Mmmm, flat rice noodles. That's good.
So my girlfriend and I are going to be brutally honest about this dish. It is gamey.
For me it's not a problem, but maybe for a lot of guys who might be coming to Sapa,
and you want to try this,
but you might be surprised is that it's actually really gamey.
So yeah, just a heads up. We like this dish,
but we don't like it enough to order it like all the time. You know, this is one of those things,
like when you come to Sapa, you gotta try it.
And that's what we're doing. And it's well worth it, but I don't think we'll probably order this
until the next time we're in Sapa, or next time we're in Sapa, who knows, maybe we'll just skip this.
We definitely wanted to eat this for you guys, on film.
And just try it out, you know, you gotta try it out.
Some more blood cubes, Mmmm hmmmm.
i like the blood. Yum yum!
Ooooh
Wooooooooo
Wow!
Cheers guys!
Pinky out.
It's so strong......
Ahhhhhh
Yeah, that's it. I can't eat anymore guys.
I'm stuffed. And I'm slightly drunk. hehehe
Yeahhhh~
Ok, I hope you guys enjoyed this video. I'm a little bit toasty and I'm very full.
It was good, it was good food, definitely worth trying.
I probably wouldn't have it again for a long time. That's just being honest with you guys.
But if you guys want to know anything and everything about this restaurant and the dish, it's going to be
in the description box down below. So check that out.
And so that's it for this video, I hope you guys enjoyed it.
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I hope I'm not slurring. And I will see you guys in the next video, bye!!!