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♪ You've got everything that I want ♪
♪ My sugar and gold ♪
- Welcome to another episode of Market Tours with CupofTJ.
(laughs)
How dramatic was that on a scale of one to 10?
I think that was a six, let me do it again.
Welcome to another episode of Market Tour with CupofTJ.
We're here at Seoul, Korea,
at one of the oldest traditional markets here in the city.
It's the oldest and it's one of the largest.
And, seriously, by the looks of it,
it looks pretty darn big.
Mm-hmm.
In today's video, we're gonna walk around, stroll,
and sample some of the traditional Korean street food
we can find at this market.
I'm pretty excited, I'm pretty hungry, as always.
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Now let's start our food tour.
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Hi, my name is CupofTJ, like and subscribe! (laughs)
On today's episode of food as big as my face,
I present to you, this! (laughs)
I think the correct way to say it is hotteok.
I effed that up, I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, it's gonna pop up right here.
Bing!
Okay so basically it's a giant rice dough.
Inside there are veggies, there are noodles.
It's fried so the outer layer is super crispy and golden.
I mean, I just love that it was laying in that oil.
All right, I'm ready to bite into it 'cause it smells
amazing!
Ready?
Let's do this!
Nom, nom, nom.
Wow.
Oh!
Let me take one more bite.
(mumbles)
Oh!
Hot, hot, hot, hotteok! (laughs)
Inside is packed full of veggies.
And, oh my gosh, do you see that steam coming out?
Oh, baby girl, breathe that fire!
Breathe that fire! (laughs)
There's like thick, thick noodles.
And seriously, the veggies
is just falling out of this thing.
All right, let's take another bite.
Oh!
Oh my goodness!
A lot of these fried battered goods, they are so thick.
When you bite into it, it's just like, heavy, heavy, heavy.
But this feels so light.
You can really taste that scallion.
Oh my gosh, this is the most satisfying feel.
It's like warm, squishy, but also lightly crispy.
Fantastic, this is definitely worth it.
By the way, with these kind of stuff
you usually think it's very touristy,
so it's all tourists lining up.
But when we were in line it was all locals,
that tells you something.
Yes it does, and that's the tea, on to the next!
♪ I can't get enough of this ♪
♪ Never felt or feel it like this ♪
♪ Now you're mine ♪
♪ Give me some more ♪
♪ Of what you got ♪
♪ Give me some more ♪
- Doo, doo, doo.
It is time for some mandu.
Now, it was so epic seeing them just wrap it
and make it fresh downstairs.
They have this whole spread of these wonderful dumplings.
Is it dumplings or is it buns?
Is it both?
It feels like both.
Let's take a bite into it.
This is the kimchi version,
there's one that's just with meat.
Here we go.
(mumbles)
Oh my goodness!
That is delicious.
You guys know it's good when I take a bite
and, I'm like, just let me take another bite
before talking about it.
Holy smokes, guys.
This is absolutely delicious.
The dough-to-filling ratio is very, very, balanced.
You can just see that they packed this little dumpling.
I mean, look at it, all the ingredients
are just falling out.
And that's when you know it's a very good deal,
because they actually pack it, instead of just being
filled with dough.
Let's take another bite.
Yum.
You definitely taste the crunchiness from the kimchi,
but it's not an overwhelming spice.
Because a lot of stuff I've tried in Korea so far
has been so, so, spicy.
But this is pretty good.
Just the right amount.
Oh, my gosh, I take it back, this is pretty darn spicy.
(laughs)
Just slow release kind of spice.
Yes.
Now let me tell you guys something, this market is gigantic.
It's huge, there's so many alleyways and turns,
and most of the market sells goods,
like crafts and clothing, shoes.
These food stalls are kind of tucked away.
There is a place as you exit five.
It's the noodle alley.
It's actually very close to here.
It's really awesome, because you get a set menu.
You can get, like, three, a big noodle,
and then two smaller ones
for about 5,000, 6,000 won.
The problem is, if you go, each person has to order a set.
And so, I have a cameraman, hi, Rishi!
We would've have two sets,
and that's about six bowls of noodles,
that's just too much food.
We didn't wanna waste food.
Right next to it is this spot,
which you can order the noodles individually
and you can get some of the mandus as well.
Hello everybody. (laughs)
How's it going?
Okay, so right in front of me I have Korean cold noodles.
It's naengmyeon.
I probably ain't saying that right.
But it's very similar to Chinese liang mian.
So what we are supposed to do
is cut the noodles beforehand.
Because the noodle strands are really, really long.
Here I go.
Don't trust me with a scissor though.
I'm just gonna cut it.
I'm sorry if I'm doing this wrong.
This looks right.
Oh, (speaking in foreign language).
Oh, okay, there we go.
I have just Edward Scissorhand up my noodles
and it's time to slurp.
So this is bibim naengmyeon, which means there's
the gochujang paste on the side, a chili paste on the side,
and it makes it a little bit more spicy.
Let's take a slurp and see what this tastes like.
Ready?
My initial reaction is to blow on it,
but it's cold noodles, so. (laughs)
Here we go.
Nom, nom, nom.
No wonder you have to cut it, because those noodles
are super springy, very hard to pull apart.
So these are buckwheat noodles.
They're definitely a little bit more gooier and chillier
than most noodles, but the bite is very, very refreshing,
because it's just in this light broth.
With the pairing of the cucumbers and the pickles,
it's just a wonderful springy noodle crunchy bite.
Springy noodle crunchy bite!
Here we go.
- Much, much, much later.
- (laughs) Wow.
I did it.
(applause)
Those were the hardest noodles to slurp ever.
If you guys come here to Korea during the summer,
consider getting one of these.
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Okay, everybody, so I was walking and I saw this stall
with a bunch of display of fried stuff and fish cake,
and I thought, let's get a stick.
So I've got a variety stick, so it has all kinds
of different flavor of fishcake,
and let's just bite into it.
Ready?
Oh.
Oh, yum.
Oh, wow.
(mumbles)
(laughs)
Okay, next!
I'm just kidding, one second
The fishcake's texture's got a bouncy texture to it.
In terms of this, there's not much flavor from the fishcake,
but there is a lot of flavor from the savory hot dog.
I wonder what the other ones will taste like.
How do I do this?
Do I have to finish this and then bite the next one?
I think so.
Okay.
(laughs)
It's so much to chew!
You definitely eat this stuff for the bounciness
and the texture.
It's very greasy, and this is actually just left out
and they microwave it to reheat it.
But it's one of those street food that is fun to chew.
You know?
Weirdly, you'll have random fishcake craving.
So this is pretty good.
And I like that you can get a variety of flavor.
And this is only 2,500.
Pretty cool, right?
On to the next.
(laughs) It's like, we've been walking around so much,
I feel kind of lightheaded.
This whole market, it's really, literally,
so (bleep) huge.
Walking around after eating this, really salty and greasy,
still good though, in a street food sense,
it's time to get a juice.
So this is freshly squeezed juice.
And, to be honest, the reason why I got it,
is because it looks so cute.
Look at his face.
Oh my God.
Look how cute that is.
So we're gonna open it and try it.
How to do this?
Look at this.
I got octopus hands.
This is dangerous, don't do this at home, kids.
(laughs) I might have a heart attack.
Oh!
(mumbles)
I can't. (laughs)
Thank you.
She has to open it for me.
(speaking in foreign language)
Thank you.
(speaking in foreign language)
(laughs)
All right, let's try this.
Oh, so refreshing.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah, tastes like a freshly squeezed orange.
I think that's literally what it says on the sign.
Freshly squeezed orange.
No sugar added.
Come and get your own!
Now that the commercial break is over, on to the next thing.
(laughs)
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Welcome to another episode of TJ
and a lot of food in front of her. (laughs)
Today we have a lot of food in front of me.
I have the hairtail soup, and it looks spicy AF.
It looks very much like kimchi jjigae,
which is just, like, spicy kimchi sauce.
It is just red, red, red.
It is covered redness.
And inside is hairtail fish.
Hairtail fish is like, if you've ever seen it,
it's very long and silver,
it looks like a belt.
So like a tail, I guess.
And you can see it here.
It's cooked in several ways.
You can fry it, you can put it in stew like they do here.
And they, actually, with the meal,
they give you the fried version here as well.
So we're going to try some of the soup
and then try to dig into the fish.
Ready?
- It was at this moment he knew he (bleep) up.
- Oh, fuck.
So spicy.
This feels like they just put in a ton of spicy sauce.
They're like, suffer, girl!
(laughs)
Let's take another spicy sip.
Oh!
After a few more sip,
the spiciness starts to numb your tongue,
and it's all gonna be okay.
Okay guys, so if you've ever had kimchi soup
or kimchi chicken, it tastes like that,
but you get a lot of savoriness from the fish
boiled in there.
This soup is so so spicy.
I'm sweating through my pores.
Check that out you guys.
Oh, the fish is just falling apart,
it's been boiling in there for a while, I assume.
Look at that.
I wonder if there's gonna be a lot of bones.
Oh my gosh.
Look at, oh wow, that just fell apart on its own.
It just melted apart.
So I'm gonna bite into this, but being very careful,
because I'm not sure if there are little bones.
(mumbles)
There are definitely little bones.
So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put it on my plate.
Besides there being bones, the meat really just falls apart.
Look at that.
Just fell apart.
Oh, it's coming out!
Oh!
That nice split.
Split, yes!
Look at that!
Oh, that's awesome.
Oh, this piece right here,
I'm gonna dip it in some of this spicy soup,
so that it's nicely coated.
Say goodbye!
Oh yeah.
Wow.
I'm very surprised at how tender this fish is.
It's not the most tender.
It's definitely got a chew to it,
but it's quite nice, quite fresh.
Put it in some of this soup.
This soup is really what makes it,
because it gives it so much flavor.
Okay!
I see.
So I just wanna let you guys see
what the fried one looks like.
Oh.
Yum.
So there's definitely meat on here,
but because it's such a thin fish,
you definitely have to flake it apart and peel it
and get the meat out there.
I don't recommend just biting into it.
At least for me because I'm really scared of little bones.
Okay, you can see from there
that there's so much little bones.
So you've just gotta be careful,
you've gotta like break it off cautiously.
Also, FYI, you can't go wrong with fried fish.
Fried fish is always good. (laughs)
Also so sorry for the rustling sound,
they're just cleaning utensils in the back.
That's what it's like to eat in the alleyways.
You can get this entire set for 9,000,
which I think is a pretty good deal,
especially since it's fish, it's seafood.
And the amount of fish you get here is ridiculous.
What is this?
(laughs) Sorry.
I was, like, flipping, and I was, like, what is this?
What's this?
Let me take a bite.
Oh.
I think it's turnip.
No, turnip's one of my favorite things.
I do love fish, I do enjoy it.
But bony fish is such a hard eating experience, you know?
It's very unpleasant in some ways.
So as delicious as this is, if you hate bones like me,
you're gonna have a problem eating this.
They tried to make us order two sets as well,
because we have two people.
Luckily this lady is a lot nicer, so she didn't.
But just know that when you guys come to the market,
if you have two people, it's harder to do food tours,
because they're gonna want you to order a whole set,
and it's gonna be a lot of food.
And there you guys go, that was the tour
of one of the largest and the oldest traditional market
here in Seoul, Korea.
What did you guys think?
Oh my gosh.
I thought there was a huge amount.
I'm stuffed, it literally is so big.
They were not lying about it being one of the largest.
I think it's the largest as well,
and it's still so functional.
A lot of things do repeat in terms of food,
but you definitely get more traditional foods here
instead of the trendy street foods we get in Myeongdong.
I definitely think this is a good place to walk,
eat, explore and shop on your travels here to Seoul.
Now, it's that part of the video
where I turn it back to you, and I ask,
which of the items that we tried today
would you love to try?
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Bye!
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