24 HOURS Eating Only 7-ELEVEN & CU FOOD! Korean CONVENIENCE STORE FOOD HACKS in Seoul South Korea

Hey guys, it's Mike Chen here in Seoul, South Korea. Just checked into my Airbnb earlier this morning. It's pretty cold outside, don't really want to venture out too much today, but luckily I am in the land of amazing convenience store food, so gonna see if I can find something good to eat. Actually, it's not really a question, I'm gonna go find something good to eat. And before heading out, a big thank you and shout out to Athletic Rings for sponsoring this video and continuing to support this channel. I've been taking this for several months now, I bring it with me every single time I travel. It's such a convenient way to get all my vitamins and minerals. Like I mentioned before, every time I travel, I used to bring about 7 to 10 bottles of vitamins. It was super inconvenient, really annoying to lug around. And this is a travel pack right here. Take a pack, put it inside your bottle, add about 8 to 12 ounces of water, shake it up, and drink. 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This looks good too. This looks awesome. Ssaolongtang? Yes, please. I've been looking for this. Grilled intestines. Shredded pizza cheese. String cheese. Woah, I have never seen this before. Roast noodles from Samyang. Cheddar cheese. Woah, so many different Samyang flavors. Cheese. 7-Eleven select spicy noodle. Gonna be doing something special with this. Oh, this looks intense. Let's try it. Alright, I think that might be enough. Drink in a bag though. One of these. I really didn't think I was going to get all this on my first trip to the 7-Eleven. I was just going to stop by a bunch of convenience stores, but that's the problem when you go to convenience stores in Asia. Everything looks good and you're going to lose a little self-control. I need one more thing though. Let's see if the CU has it. Seriously, the 7-Eleven and the CU are within one block of each other. Alright, just got back and there is just so much food. I definitely did not have any self-control at the 7-Eleven, so I think for the next 24 hours, it's just going to be 7-Eleven food. And I couldn't find this, so I had to go to a GS25 and find this. Fuck. I'm going to tell you guys what I'm going to do with this. This and intestines. I don't know if this is going to be good. I read about this somewhere. We're going to try this out. You'll see in a little bit. But first, a cup of ice and juice in a bag. I'm a huge fan of 7-Select. This was like pineapple, grape, orange juice. A drink in a bag. They have coffee as well. I don't know if it tastes better, or I just really like eating a drink in a bag. Maybe it's because when I was younger and going to school, all my friends had their Capri Sun or Hi-C, and they all came in a bag like this with a straw. I was so jealous of that. We couldn't really afford that, but now as an adult, I just love drinks in a bag. Fits perfectly in an ice cup. This is so good, by the way. Wow. This pineapple, grape, orange drink. This is just uber yummy. Not overly sweet either. Oh, that's so good. Highly, highly, highly recommend this. One thing about this, I feel like the sun is shining outside. I am really, really excited about this beef noodle soup. This reminds me of that really good beef noodle soup I had in Taiwan. This smells really, really good. Now my expectations are kind of raised. I'm not really a fan of noodles that's already cooked inside the vacuum sealed package. Those usually will come out not as al dente as the dry ones. So inside, little pieces of beef, not as big as the giant ones you find in the Taiwan instant noodles. This is awesome. Wow. I wish I had some Chinese vinegar to put in here. It needs a little bit of acid, a little bit of sourness, but wow, that broth is delicious. I mean, really, really, really spicy. Little numbing as well. You can taste the peppercorn. Not a fan of the little bits of dehydrated beef, but the broth is amazing. You know what? Noodles are not bad either. Man, why did I not go buy some kimchi? Oh, man. Did I really just go to a Korean 7-Eleven and didn't buy kimchi? I'm going to remedy that later. But oh my goodness. I mean, huge beefy flavor. The broth is so rich. Every slurp brings you this giant umami hit. The noodles are chewy. The texture is way better than I expected. I mean, just a slurp of this and a sip of the broth, oh, such a good combo. That's just going to make you feel so warm and happy inside. I wish they gave us this during quarantine and wouldn't complain at all eating this every single day. I'd be very happy. I didn't really buy any side dishes. I should have bought some extra meat to put into the noodle soup. I'm going to go take care of this right now. Got some kimchi, spicy meat on a stick, and a plate of pork. Some kimchi would be so good in this noodle soup. I know I'm spending a lot of time on this noodle soup, but it really is that good. Tastes kind of like spam. I was gone maybe for five minutes. Still so good. Even better now with the kimchi and the meat. I think this is a jjajangmyeon rice cake combo. The tteokbokki is really, really soft. I was concerned that thing was still hard. So there's good and bad. The good is that the texture is amazing. Tteokbokki is super chewy. The noodles are beautifully al dente. Texture is fantastic. Chase it with a little kimchi. The sauce is super thick and rich. Only problem, the flavor is really sweet. I think if they dialed back the sugar, this is an amazing instant noodle. As it stands though, super, super sweet. Chase it with my spam. All right, I'm going to take a little break from instant noodles. First of all, this thing is only about $3.54, and just presentation-wise, looks so good already. Sesame oil on top. Oh, there's an egg in here. This thing, just throw all the ingredients in here. Soy sauce, sesame oil. Surprised they didn't give you any gochujang. It's my fault, really. Who doesn't have just a bottle of gochujang sitting around? This is delicious for $3.50. Oh my goodness, so flavorful. It does 100% need the gochujang, it needs some spice, but flavor-wise, this is on point. The sauce flavored the rice and veggies remarkably well. Every bite, you get a nice crunch from the veg, the meat is yummy. Drop some kimchi juice in here. Yeah, even better. I actually had a bottle of gochujang when I was at the last hotel, finishing in like two days. I knew I should have bought another bottle. Next up, I am so excited for this. Roast-sauced flavored samyang. Ooh, look at this. Never seen these noodles before. These are thick noodles. Three sauce packs, samyang, at least in my experience, never disappoints. I think this is going to be awesome. This is really interesting. Nice thick noodles covered in this roast sauce. Delicious. Just like other samyang noodles, this thing is lighting a fire on my tongue. Roast sauce is typically vodka sauce, and this thing, the flavor is deep, it's creamy, the noodle texture is fantastic. This thing is so chewy. This is one of the best noodle textures you'll find anywhere in instant noodles. This is so good, I need to heat up some meat to go with it. Oh, this looks delicious. Chunks of pig trotter, bunch of fat tendon soaked in this spicy sauce, little cheese dipping sauce, then wrap it up in a radish. That's so good. Take a bite of that, chase it with the instant noodles. I mean, seriously, this is stuff I'm picking up at a convenience store. I'd be happy if this is the kind of stuff I eat every single day. Pig trotter, dunk it into that spicy sauce. You should 100% try that. That is a good way to eat pig trotters and your instant noodles. Next dish I'm trying, this is a bit of a food hack. I mean, this food hack shows up everywhere. So what they say is to get a pack of intestines, so I got this, and to get a bowl of instant pho, this is gonna be a surprise. Potato chips. And somehow, these three ingredients combined together, supposed to make a couple delicious dishes. Let me show you. Oh my goodness, there's big chunks of beef in here. And this is the real deal. I mean, it said it came with real stewed beef, but I thought it was gonna be kind of like the last instant noodle we had. So while the pho is cooking, throw this into the microwave. Time is up. Pho is cooked. So apparently what you do now is you take the rice noodles, take it out of the broth, and you put it into the sauce in the intestines, and just mix it up. So this has basically become a dry pho with pig intestines. First of all, let me try this broth. I mean, honestly, for instant pho, that's not too shabby at all. This thing, first of all, smells a little funky. Wow, that is an amazing food hack. What a great way to eat this. First of all, the rice noodles' texture is fantastic. It's dry, so there's a lot more chew. It's not soggy at all. The sauce is delicious. A little spicy, super rich, with a hint of sweetness. Oh, the intestines are so good, too. Nice hint of smoke. It's fatty, it's chewy. I know the flavors of this food hack will change based on what type of flavor of intestines you get, but this is so good. I think the noodle is much better eating it dry here with this sauce. It just goes with it perfectly. Of course, it smells a bit funky. Ain't nothing funky about the taste, though. Taste that, of course, some kimchi. This is a must-try food hack. And also, the noodles are so flavorful, because they were cooked in that nice beef broth already before I even hit the sauce. That flavor is just all sorts of deep. You gotta try this food hack. I mean, it might take a little guts at first, but you'll love it. You really will. The second part of this recipe, if you think the large intestines are funky, this is gonna be even funkier. Of course, now, we got a ton of pho broth left over. So what you do, apparently, is this. I'm just gonna go ahead and use this tray. Take your chips. Again, you don't have to get this flavor. You can get whatever flavor you want. Dump it into your container. Toss in some of that leftover pho, and just start crunching the chips. And just mash it all up until you get a creamy consistency. If you haven't guessed it by now, we're making mashed potatoes from chips. And of course, if it's a little too wet, add some more chips. Little too dry, add some more broth. I think it's ready. Wow. Oh my goodness. I think I really did just make mashed potatoes from potato chips. I feel very doubtful, yet optimistic. This really actually is not bad. I feel like the flavor I got maybe isn't the best flavor for this. I think this is cheese gratin flavor. It's sweet. If it wasn't sweet, this should be pretty darn good. I wonder who in the world first thought of this. Like, when do you ever hold chips in your hand and think, you know what? Let's dunk it in some pho broth and just mash it until it's pulp. Food innovation happens every single day. I mean, you guys should try it. Again, do it with a different flavor of this. But it is surprisingly tasty. Time for my second bag of juice. Peach. I think that's enough food for today. Got the pig trotters to finish up. My mashed potatoes. But pretty much finished everything else. I'll see you for breakfast. Good morning. About 7.30, 8 o'clock in the morning. Woke up last night around 3 a.m., starving. So ate a bunch of the food. That's why I gotta resupply. See you. All right. I'm gonna see if the 7-Eleven has anything to do. Just got back. Found some pretty good stuff. I'm starving. First of all, a couple sandwiches from yesterday. One of them is a matcha strawberry sandwich with, it looks like, ooh, there's chocolate chips in here. This is a bloody 10 out of 10. This might be the best sandwich I had in Korea in 7-Eleven. I don't know if that's the hunger talking, but this is crazy good. I mean, the bread, first of all, super soft, no crust. Very nice. Matcha cream is delicious. The strawberry is so juicy and fresh. This is something you gotta buy the same day they make it, otherwise it's not gonna be as good. Wow. What a game-changer of a sandwich. Every bite is delicate, it's tender, it's creamy, it's juicy, it's sweet, it's crunchy and chocolatey. If you're ever at a 7-Eleven in South Korea, look out for this sandwich. That sandwich was a good stopgap to get to the hot foods, so I found kimchi fried rice, what looks like some kind of abalone mapo tofu. I don't know what this is, but it felt hefty and there's like slices of beef on it. Also this. This is what I love. Grilled pork skin. This is awesome. Let's do this mapo tofu. Just gonna see what it says via Google Translate. Enriched soybean paste rice bowl. A proper Korean dish that satisfies both taste and quality at the same time with a generous amount of rice and tofu toppings and deep experience and supervision. That sounds delicious. Inside you get a rice pack, spoon, and a sauce pack. Also there's sesame oil. By the way, if you're ever in South Korea, you rarely ever need to cook rice. They sell these awesome individual portions of microwave rice everywhere. My problem making rice is always make too much. Put the top back, put it in the microwave. You definitely smell the soybean paste for sure. This is awesome. Add some sesame oil. Oh, as soon as that oil went in, that fragrance just pounded me. Mmm. Oh, it actually went better. This is so good. First of all, I love the soybean paste. It's such an aggressive, earthy flavor. Tofu is tender, the meat is good, and it's super spicy too. The flavoring is great. Only thing that could make this better, what I would recommend everybody to get grocery-wise if you're in South Korea, make sure to get a bunch of cheese. Just you don't know when they make common handy like here. I think a little cheesy tofu could be delicious. Open the cheese up, dump it over the tofu dish. I mean pretty much any stew, any instant noodle, any rice dish, it's just gonna be better when it's cheesier. Oh yeah, there's potato in here too. Oh, and little bits of abalone. I didn't even taste that before. All that with the added cheese, that's so awesome right now. I'm gonna add in some of this ultra spicy kimchi as well. Do not take this lightly. If you're not expecting it, it might look like just any other kimchi. I'm telling you, it is not. Huh. I remember this being spicier. Nevermind, I withdraw my warning. It's just a little spicier. Mmm. It's good. It's so amazingly good though. This next one, I'm really excited about. Spam fried rice. Oh, they have a handle here, so when it gets too hot in the microwave, you can just use the handle. Oh, look at this. You got your rice, you got your pack of spam, and sauce. So this one, rice goes in, sauce goes in, mix it up, and you can heat this up on the stove. Kind of messed this up a little bit, didn't rectify it. I didn't know what the pans were in this Airbnb, finally found some. So by that time, I already put the spam in the rice, so I took the spam out of the rice, covered it in sugar, a really good spam hack that I always use, and then you sear it until the spam's got this really nice brown caramelized shell on the outside. Put it back into the rice, again, mozzarella cheese inside. Also I dropped some kimchi inside. This should be a pretty fulfilling kimchi fried rice. This is awesome. First of all, the cheese is so nice. The added additional kimchi brings such a nice crunch in the spam. I'm telling you guys, anytime you eat spam, try this hack. Cover it in sugar, drop it into the pan, you are gonna fall in love with that sweet and savory flavor. What I love also is that when you're eating food from a Korean convenience store, it never has to be boring. There's so many different ingredients in there to make any dish, as good as it is, even better. There's still a few food items left I'm gonna save for dinner. I just wanna try one more thing. This might kill me, I'm not sure. Look how intimidating this bowl of noodles look. Looks like simple instant noodles, couple packs of sauce. That's a lot of red. I'm gonna chase that with some of the pork skin. This is what I absolutely love. I mean, I know this is microwaved, but make no mistake, this skin is thick, it's gelatinous, it's covered in chilies, and it is so amazingly delicious. When I was staying here in South Korea, last time for a couple months, sometimes I just get some of this, some rice, instant noodles covered in cheese, and I call that a pretty good night. This is definitely the spiciest instant noodle I've had in a while. Pretty good though, nice and beefy too. The flavor is not bad either, goes pretty well with the pork skin. I am definitely gonna feel it after this meal. Oh, I forgot about the sandwich. This is an interesting combination. Tuna salad and egg salad. That on its own might not be too strange, but check out what they also did to the sandwich. By the way, Korean sandwiches are giant. There's four slices of bread on each half, so each half is a full sandwich on its own. Egg salad, tuna salad, and guess what ties it together in the middle, holding these two sandwiches together? A layer of strawberry jam, sweet and savory. This is actually pretty good. I mean seriously, sweet and savory. Tuna salad I love, egg salad I love. It's an egg and potato salad. If you just kind of get past how strange this combination is, honestly it really works. There's nice crunchy carrots in the middle, I mean it's creamy, it's soft, it's crunchy, it's jammy. Your taste buds are telling you it's delicious, your brain is still screaming at you, this is a bit weird. Oh, also I do want to say, if you cannot find the packages of mozzarella, string cheese does the trick really, really, really well. I usually keep a bunch of string cheese at home, so either when I'm hungry for a snack, or I want to cook a bowl of noodles, peel this apart, tossing it with my ramen. Microwave for about 30 seconds, and what I like to do sometimes is a double cheese combo. Little mozzarella, and throw some cheddar in there as well. Two kinds of cheese mixed in with this bowl of instant noodles. Oh, that is spicy, that is cheesy, and that is yummy. Bite of the noodles, bite of the pork skin. The cheese works so well, especially if your noodles are extremely spicy, like the one I have here. That was a fun couple days, just chilling at home, eating at a convenience store. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this video, as always, thank you all so much for watching, until we eat again, see you later.