The ONLY Michelin Star NOODLES in America! KOREAN RAMEN

Good morning. I told you guys in one of the previous videos that on the days I don't go out and eat a lot of food. I'm usually home just uh working out and eating Sort of relatively healthy. So last few days a lot of salads a lot of grilled chicken I feel pretty good. I feel like i've done i've done good things to my body So today i'm gonna go reward myself with some japanese hot pot katsu And finally I heard about this michelin star korean Ramen restaurant that serves a wagyu ramen just like what we're gonna do at our ramen place So this is this is more this is more for research, but I think I will enjoy it just just a little bit And this is the last week i'm gonna be in new york in a few days I'm flying to seattle packing up all my stuff then driving to texas So won't be back here for a while So this would be kind of like a new york send-off meal for me Anyway, before we go gotta get some food for the road. 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I saw a dumpling shop across the street, but not the dumplings. I typically eat Hey, you guys got pierogies here Well, which one's the best? Can I get some good ones? Short rib for sure. Yeah, i've been meaning to go to the brighton beach section Which is area in brooklyn just full of eastern european russian food. I heard good things about this place So get some pierogies and then we'll go get some hot pot. Thank you This is cozy I really like this. I wish all businesses had something like this I know indoor dining is opening now, but for me i'm still nervous as heck to go anywhere This just makes me feel so much better. This place is known for their nabe set and i'm Definitely here for the matsunabe the intestines the beef intestines hot pot I know some of you guys don't eat innards. You don't eat intestines, but I encourage you to give this a try This is one of the best things I had in japan, but hopefully it's just as good here They also have a gyodo. There's certain things my body just craves like dumplings hot pot noodles, but korean barbecue and gyodo I Can't pass that up Got my matsunabe pot So what's inside is delicious broth with a layer of chives chilies garlic sesame on top tofu and the white stuff That's the beef intestines and this is what I see in my dreams I just when I first was in that fukuoka and it's the specialty of fukuoka japan I didn't know it was a specialty and I was like well beef intestines How good could that be so good? And of course this is gonna cook down because all the chives are in here Oh also can't forget about the nabe. This is why this is called matsunabe. So you got a ton of that Sitting on the bottom as well I'm gonna put the pork belly in here as well to get that boiling It's always nice to have some of that fat from the pork belly in your broth as well This is the pierogies. So pierogies aren't cheap like chinese dumplings. These things are like two dollars a piece Anyway, this is the short rib pierogi And that is tender with the caramelized onions And they also give you sour cream and applesauce to dip it in now just to pause on the dumpling thing because the soup just Finished and I need to take a sip right away Oh, it's so good Well, you can take a bite of food and it just makes you beam like you just saw the love of your life You know, that's something good Light but Magnificent beefy flavor and chive is so great because it gives you that great garlicky taste. This is the intestines And beef intestines is really fatty, but it's also got a nice chew to it So on one side really fatty melts in your mouth the other side Nice chew kind of like a tripe texture flavor And the flavor if they cook it well, there's nothing zero gaminess to it. There's nothing kind of smelly You know, sometimes intestines could come off a little smelly. There's nothing smelly about it. It's just good And I really love it because of its fatty texture so this thing whether it's in the hot pot or grilled It's just the ultimate ingredient in places like this. They're gonna refill your soup for sure So make sure to drink a lot of this because that is such good stuff There's also some dipping sauce that comes with it So these are some chilies with cilantro, but then you have garlic and this should be some sort of yuzu paste Yep. Oh, that's great. I'm gonna ask for extra ones of these So yuzu chilies are so good when you combine it with this hot pot so you can eat it with the meat Or what I like to do I like to kind of put it in my broth a little bit You can also dip this this chilies here This is the best. They put yuzu in here as well. Oh, here we go. My gildong's here Yeah, there's there's a poached egg and I gotta poke it right now Thin slices of fatty beef and this one I can tell already. Oh, look at this I've never seen gildong like this before. Look how soupy it is. Usually it's not soupy at all Usually it's just a sauce that'll cover the rice. This is like almost congee. Never seen anything like that before I'm getting a little distracted from my dumplings my hot pot and the uh in the gildong So take another pierogi. I'm gonna do this one with some applesauce And sour cream It definitely tastes like fancier I've got regular chinese dumpling because of that short rib. They do actually put a lot of short rib in here This is delicious. If you're used to the chinese dumplings where you can get like three four dollar or four four dollar This is a bit more expensive than that Delicious though, so I got the potato one. This is a very classic flavor traditional pierogi Tastes like mashed potatoes in some sort of herb in here. Like I think it's dill Who knew dumplings would be so good with applesauce. Let's try this soupy gildong This place is something special I mean price-wise the gildong cost the same as the hot pot I would definitely recommend going for the hot pot if you come here, but this is delicious It is sort of like beef congee And it's pretty good with the hot pot seasoning too The broth flavor of course seeped into all the vegetables all the meat And because this is relatively fatty the yuzu just does so much to keep this whole thing refreshingly interesting Also besides the beef flavor the broth you can definitely tell it's pork broth. It's so creamy and smooth There's so much flavor in here because you're getting beef you get that great flavor from the pork bump garlic yuzu There's so much going on here flavor is so deep, but it's not overly rich or thick Also, you can make this into a ramen and put a dumpling in here. Why not? It's a hot pot. It needs a dumpling Every great hot pot with good broth deserves some noodles to just soak it all up So good You could dip freddy krueger in this thing. It'll come out as snow white anything that goes in here Automatically gets better. It's like 40 degrees outside. I'm gonna light jack. I'm sweating. All right. I'll see you after breakfast Oh, I guess predator's planet also has covid This place on that is called suki apparently The katsu here is supposed to be amazing and i've been looking for like a really good katsu place for a long long time So I think a pork katsu curry sounds just tremendous pork katsu and a matcha tea Uh, yes Five is the spiciest give me five also this place decor is really nice simple But also traditional and all the seats kind of separated by these screens. I like sitting here plus I appreciate it keeping the door open. So there's nice airflow as well. So Feel pretty good about it. My food is here along with the warning that level five is indeed really spicy. Let's see Spicy yet satisfying Beautiful fried golden crispy shell nice and juicy glistening meat on the inside First of all Love everything on my plate level five spice. I think for me it's pretty perfect I think the best thing about this is how well fried the outside of the katsu is listen to this I don't have a mic on right now So maybe you can't hear that subtle crunch when I bit through this cutlet, but it is subtle and it is wonderful It's the lightest crispy shell on the outside covering that deliciously juicy bouncy cut of pork And even the burn burns in such a nice way and the sauce is a nice tomato based curry sauce Which highlights but doesn't overpower a nice flavor of the pork and honestly cabbage is something that's really necessary When you're eating katsu because it just completely refreshes your palate And I like the sesame dressing on this as well, this is the best piece listen to this Also, don't be afraid of level five I mean, it's it's pretty spicy like most people will probably not be able to handle this but if you really like your spice You'll love this All right, just as well as finishing the other amazing katsu I was just doing what I typically do during a meal, you know searching for what I want to eat next I found this other katsu place as a pop-up and they're doing a katsu sandwich I would like a katsu sandwich. Oh, here it is. The name kind of caught my attention because evil katsu Howdy, the entrance views is on the side here. Are you the evil? I'm part of it. All right, you guys are evil. Uh in some regards. I hope you are see many katsu sandwiches in my day of course, but like Look at this behemoth What i'm kind of confused like it's big. It's just you know monstrous and one aspect of its beauty. What? That I love but but also there's there's like delicate care where the crust is cut off it seems both Aggressive and very gentle at the same time. Oh That Is a hefty sandwich different colors. You got beautiful orange carrots golden brown fried to perfection Katsu and purple cabbage on the bottom. Let's give it a try I love everything there is to love about this I've been watching a lot of food wars So i've had like half expecting my jacket to just like fly off somewhere and just my shirt to shatter Pickled veggies good bread is good Juicy pork with a perfect crunchy outer shell use of veggies are fantastic as well to bring that kind of refreshing Flavor, oh dill on the pickled vegetables is actually really nice this whole thing Like I just said it's aggressive and gentle at the same time There's so many textures so much flavors the light crunchy outer shell in the katsu with the delicious juicy meat in the middle There's so much of it. I'm seeing that in the best way possible. I love it when I can get so much of it Also, what's great about this is i'm eating a big piece of fried pork. It's not overly greasy It's not overly anything immensely satisfying I mean it just took like a traditional katsu sandwich and it got zillion iced it if that's a word come try this That's not exaggeration. That was a great sandwich. So good job guys They're here for two more weeks, uh, and then they can check out where you guys are on instagram or something Okay, all right follow them get a sandwich i'm actually a little worried right now I didn't expect that sandwich to be so big and I can't believe I ate all that I mean, I believe it but for some reason I just don't really feel it in my stomach like i'm good Anyway, i'm gonna go take a break and then uh meeting my friend ben for dinner I haven't seen him in uh, I think a year I think the last time I saw him covid hasn't happened yet one last place for food today and that brings me back to the West village here in new york city one of my favorite places to eat and walk around I mean, there's so many little boutique shops and also tons of great food places when I used to live in a city I used to come here about once or twice a week. There's amazing pizza. There's great indian food There's some good vietnamese places this cookie place found this little enclosure to meet my cookies Look at this big old thick cookie warm and toasty So soft Inside is the cheesecake. Oh and the blueberry Do yourselves a favor And get yourself one of these cookies blueberries with just a load of sweet cheesecake filling. I do like these buttered down levines And I love levines so the next place i'm going to Um, the reason i'm not there yet is because it opens at like five o'clock So in about 45 minutes, so i'm just walking around eating random stuff until that happens and it's a noodle shop And it's the first and only one michelin star noodle shop in the country I'm, of course hoping that after our noodle shop opens We'll be the second one to get a michelin star. But uh, i've never been there before. I really want to try it out It's called jeju noodle bar. So it's a korean ramen shop Her really really really good things and you know how I showed you guys like our ramen tasting menu There was a wagyu smoked wagyu chashu ramen. Well, they got a wagyu ramen as well So we'll see how it stacks up against ours. Oh that cookie is so good I'm gonna go grab one for ben I'm gonna be a little evil because I know ben's weakness is cookie. So i'm gonna see if he can resist this one You ready for some food I know so this is a pretty fancy Uh ramen place obviously because it has a michelin star. So definitely getting the wagyu ramen. So it's a rich veal bone broth Raw miyazaki wagyu brisket. Okay. I brought you a cookie Yo, you need to try this cookie right now. Oh, really? Yeah I know you have a weakness for cookies. Oh, man You know, I love cooking, you know, I got a stash of cookies. I know you do costco stash. Try try this cookie Oh god, it's got it's got cheesecake inside. Oh my god. All right, i'm gonna have to break it open That's good cookie, right So we got three noodles to share, uh between me and ben and this one that just came is the family ramen This is the one that I got beside the wagyu jalapeno some peanuts looks like some chilies shrimp Squid and chashu on the bottom of that and they said to mix the chilies Well, and this is sitting on a look at this beautifully creamy pork broth. Whoa. Whoa, this is not chashu. This is porchetta Look at this and the noodles. Oh curly medium-sized yellow noodles All those are good, oh that is creamy I love it. This is my favorite. This is your favorite Good recommend this is the broth is so creamy and nice and smooth silk, man. It's like tasting broadway. It's silky smooth Three days Oh that is just Silky smooth that tastes like how brad pitt hits on women pure smooth I don't know Noodles are perfect Perfect shoe the chilies is magical because it's super rich So it needs some of that acid to cut through that richness and about a hundred percent did it? I mean, it's definitely not the cheapest bowl of ramen. You'll you'll find but That's delicious. Let's see what ben thinks What do you think buddy? Good stuff, man. Yeah Delicious very smooth and rich. It's smooth, right? Yeah. Is that one of the better bowls of ramen you've had? Oh, absolutely No doubt about it. That's ben's feedback. We're gonna call that Ben's segment They're definitely tasty, uh Michelin quality in this bowl of ramen quality What'd you say dimensions dimensions? That's good ben dimensions. Yeah, a lot of taste dimensions. Yeah, there you go Ben ben's uh complimenting the the ramen is it has got many dimensions. He says this is the wagyu ramen This looks tremendous so veal broth with thin layer of miyazaki wagyu on top Okay, some cabbage and sesame Medium-sized noodles on the bottom just like the last time What do you think buddy? Yeah It's good. Yeah, there's many dimensions last time was dimension last time. This is plural dimensions multiple dimensions multiple dimensions in this one You know the first thing that Pop into my mouth or to my head when I tasted this aged beef Yeah, it tastes like aged beef. I think so. Yeah, maybe it's the broth Wow, it's really beefy like extra beefy I feel like this is richer than our last bowl. I mean this thing you can almost chew the broth. That's so thick I mean this thing is all really so beef focused like it's just so incredibly beefy almost to the point where Um, I feel like right now I need some pickled vegetables or something, you know what I mean? Yeah, you need some sort of acid it's getting a really really rich like the wagyu itself, it just Melts when it touches your tongue and that's of course fantastic and the whole bowl just gives off this kind of like buttery presence What is kind of interesting I think the veggies are pickled taste that bad. Yeah, it's pickled vegetables. Oh, yeah. Yeah So that's what they're using to kind of Counteract. Yeah I wouldn't even call this a broth. I was I was I would almost call this sauce. It's so thick Every time I taste a sip of broth, like I feel like I put on a new layer of chapstick No, I mean like it's thick It's just like you can taste the gelatinous and also it gives off a really nice scallion flavor because I think that's what the drops of oil is Overall I feel like this is a really good bowl of ramen to like eat every once in a while I don't think I could have this like every week. I think honestly I prefer the last one better What do you think? I like this one. This is good, but maybe not as much You know, this is like very rich like butter. This is just me. I mean, I don't i'm just saying I think the last one exemplifies like the michelin star quality More this one. It's you know, the price it's justifying the price. I get it. There's a lot of wagyu in here Yeah, yeah um, but the last one it was just like very I feel like there was a lot of thought that went to it had to Get some tea because even after eating it it goes like five minutes ten minutes after I still feel how gelatinous it is Do not drink cold if you come here and get something like this where at any point you're eating something really greasy do not Drink cold water. All right, it's going to be really bad for your stomach drink hot tea This is a zhajiang rack of lamb So zhajiang is fermented bean sauce that usually you make noodles with and they put it onto this lamb I'm kind of conflicted The fatty part is really good. You like that buddy? I like that. How many dimensions do you get this? I like that That's a bunch of dimensions right there. That's a bunch of dimensions a bunch of dimensions actually just one really good dimension Oh gosh The zhajiang sauce give it a nice earthy flavor i'm kind of hesitant because I took a bite of like this part And it was kind of not as juicy as obviously the fatty parts Oh the sesame sauce is great Little char and just pure juicy meat no gaminess to this either summary Definitely would recommend the family noodles if you really want to try the wagyu one go for it I think the family noodles can be the best one, but overall pretty solid congratulations on your one star Hopefully when our ramen shops open up so we can have like two one michelin star noodle restaurants in new york city That's my dream. Anyway, i'm gonna get back to my rack of lamb. Thank you guys so much for watching Benny want to say goodbye to everybody later. Thanks for uh eating with us. There you go. You heard it from the man Thanks for eating with us just got home I get a lot of comments and messages asking me because I do tend to eat a lot What do I do to to you know offset the the food day? So I don't do this every single day. I don't go out every single day and eat like five Meals like I did today right away when i'm home I have to work out and today is my cardio day. So i'm about to go do an hour of cardio So what I would typically do is I have a roll machine Which i'll do 30 minutes and I like doing this because then I can watch kdramas as i'm doing it after that I'll do a half an hour run and then my favorite workout I have the quest and there's a game called thrill of the fight if you know, you know, like it's A boxing game if you play about two to three minutes you start sweating already So I fight like maybe six seven opponents and i'm like just covered in sweat So after that i'll feel pretty good about everything. I just say well, I never really feel good about that. But you know able to burn Some off so what I do eat on days when i'm not filming i'll do a light salad With carrots and I made my own tea egg. So if you guys want a great tea egg recipe, I have one it's fantastic Tea eggs and for some of the meals, I will do almond milk or almond and coconut milk And i'll have some magic spoon cereal and when i'm eating the salad i'll pair that up with You know a piece of steak some protein and for some good fat. I'll get some almonds or cashews I lay off the carbs. Also I do I do uh intermittent fasting. So I usually eat Twice a day and I won't eat past six. So usually my first meal is around 11 and my second meal is around five So those are the things that's worked pretty well for me to keep me relatively Non-sumo and then on my non-cardio days. I do pull-ups push-ups. I gotta bench with some free weights so I I really do enjoy working out as you can see I I'm, okay, even though I I do binge like this Uh, maybe a couple times a week i'm able to keep it off with what I do Of course what I do may not be what you need to do. So everyone is different So don't just control see whatever it is. I do and i've showed you guys how I do workouts before I just never told you guys a lot in detail about I guess my my eating habits outside of when i'm filming And of course, that's just when i'm in new york So when i'm in seattle is different when i'm gonna be in texas gonna be different i'm sure and when i'm traveling to other countries It's completely different because then I may not have access to gyms or weights or whatever So the key for me is always just don't go hard all the time I'll have really awesome eating days, but i'm not always eating like that So I know there's a lot of concern from you guys every time make sure you're watching your health and I appreciate that and I am doing As much as I can to kind of be as healthy as I can So I do eat a lot of spinach and I feel like my arms are kind of Popeye ish Honestly, I gotta get a workout and go to bed. Thank you guys so much for watching. See you later