These two places I found are AMAZING restaurants in Seoul, the seafood place I would especially recommend to seafood lovers! They put a ton of seafood into a giant boiler and turn the whole thing into delicious hotpot with noodles at the end.
Restaurants: Jjimagi 53-3, Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 경기도 성남시 분당구 내정로119번길 9
Wonjo Bunajib 228-1 Dangsandong 3(sam)-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Good morning, basically anything with indoor activity has closed across South Korea restaurants have to close by 9 p.m
And they're all at reduced capacity. Um, I go to eat at really random times
Anyway, just to avoid the crowd but since my gym closed i'm gonna have to
Explore a new option. It's cold outside. Let's go work out
I was thinking this stuff would be open because it's all outdoors
But even the outdoor gym equipment is closed
Even the gazebo is closed
This would have been considered outdoor dining back in the u.s
Definitely a lot of stuff to see on this run
This is kind of like a mini central park little oasis in this bustling
Skyscraper filled area. That is the great king. Sujan or shizong. He created the korean alphabet and instituted confucianism
And in south korea learned that last time I was here in seoul. See I don't just fill this
I also fill this oh a sundial according to this and my phone
It's 11 30 a.m
Now i'm looking for a place that serves barbecue pork in the shape of a pizza
Well, that is the place what's up krista
Again, you come here at like just random time
Not many people gonna be here and it's nice that they have partition setup. Oh, this is a good seat too partition setup everywhere
This looks and smells incredible so this place has been around for
Like 60 years, I know it's just like, you know a pork cut into the shape of a pizza, but that's cool
I like it. Each piece is so smoky and juicy
glistening
That's amazing
What's genius about cutting pork into these like long strips is that you get the best of the whole pork belly you get the skin
The best parts of the fat and the lean meats as well. I'm gonna try this with a tiny bit of salt
That's the best way to eat it just a tiny bit of salt
And taste just how clean
That meat is. Oh, I love this so much. I like the burnt parts
I like a little char on my fat that seals the juice in and each bite
You just get a burst of juice and a nice light gelatinous texture from the skin
The burst of smoke flavor from the charcoal
Just
It's what makes me really happy in this country
Add a little punch on
Refresh your taste buds
Then go in for another bite. This is something that's seen in a couple korean barbecue places
This is fish roll and you add this onto your barbecue
Little poppin fish shakes
Brings a tiny bit of seafood flavor ultimate surf and turf combo
And again, like some people don't like pork maybe a little smelly or a little bit of gaminess to it
Not here. Not even one little bit this pork tastes so amazingly clean
So all you're getting is really just an amazing pork flavor
This is for four people yeah, so the whole wheel of pizza is actually for portions, but look at us killing it already
We're almost done
I love eating with krista because not only is she my neighbor
So it's really easy to meet up with her, but she can't eat you can put it down
You want to be my friend in real life? You want to be my friend? Have a big appetite
That's all I ask well
So you got you gotta love to eat like a ton of meat still pretty low requirements
And the soup is a kimchi stew with pork belly
I'm, sorry, did I just make a cow sound in a pork restaurant?
Wow, this is amazing
Kimchi stew first of all, it is so spicy
It's so spicy this tastes like aged kimchi and also pork belly the fatty part
Completely just touches your tongue and just melts right away
I'd be so happy
Just with this kimchi stew if I came here as a musket
So here's how barbecue works in in south korea in the u.s
Is really you go to a korean barbecue place?
You just get a bunch of everything like pork beef skin intestine, whatever
But in south korea you go to the specialized barbecue restaurant like this one
All they do is pork you can go to other ones where all they do is intestine where all they do is beef
But if you go to one of these all they do is pork places. You're gonna find the best cuts of meat
No gaminess. Oh you like the stew?
Is it too spicy for you?
I feel like your spice tolerance is is is going up. I thought you were gonna die from that. Good job
See we're all leveling up here
Krista's spice tolerance is every passing day when you come to one of these specialized pork places. You got to get the neck meat
That's the juiciest part besides the uh, the pork belly, which is the pizza. We got the neck meat as well
You don't remember daniel it's from the boat barbecue. He also looks like david so
Oh, you came for the best part the pig neck
Yeah. All right. So the pork neck what they do is they grill it in big chunks. So the juice traps inside
Oh, it looks so juicy and you have to eat it right away
That's the most tender juicy cut in a pig, how was that?
You think it's better than the boat? Yeah
It's thicker, right? It's thicker. The cut is thicker here so you can dip it in the salt where the what they said the chili sauce
It's like biting biting into like little gushers
Okay
So the best way is they grill it really thick and right before we eat it we cut it open ourselves creating the most optimal
Porky condition
I could eat a place like this almost every day. Maybe not every day
That'll probably make me live 10 years less maybe every day if I ran 10 miles a day, but once in a while
It'll make your day so much better. I wish someone would invent an alarm clock where like 8 in the morning
Pork would just automatically grill beside your head
And some robot would just shove a piece in your mouth
And that's where you wake up to one day technology
So this looks really really cool, it's just a mix of seafood with cheese
That's the dream and then this one is just pure oysters
It's gonna have a ton of seafood with cheese
I don't know what's better after having like a ton of pork than cheesy seafood just the size of this heating mechanism
Look at how big this is almost our entire table
This gives me great hope of what is to come basically brought like what looks like the ark of the covenant here
Onto this table you see the seafood from the little holes on top. It's packed full of seafood
This is the big leafs of seafood this is about as intense as seafood
Feast is gonna get right here
Literally the entire rectangle is filled with just the delights of the sea that will make poseidon jealous. There's scallops
muscles
Clams of different sizes and half of it. It's just pure
oysters that you
Shucked yourself. Also, there's fish cake
There's a random egg in there almost looks like a chicken ran through and just dropped one
It's so random random egg. Look at the size of this clam. This this looks like it belongs to a ocean angel
That's okay, it's still good still good still good and then down below you have the healthy side of this pot cabbage lettuce
sprouts
Chilies as well just for some extra heat. I'm telling you right now. This broth is gonna be amazing
So many delightful treasures. Oh, look at this a sea snail. Oh, it's a conch
Scallions some seaweed in here as well. Look at this powder
This is something you just want to take home to to your significant other and just keep as a memento
I don't even know where to start right now. Let me just start with the broth
Oh my gosh
The chilies might be few but they are mighty not only does it taste like the ocean in a good way
It's spicy. It's like spicy ocean happy
I feel so happy now
It's really refreshing this gives me happiness
This is so amazing. I feel like i'm at a beach and someone just like boil the ocean in chilies. Look at this
This is what makes it distinctively korean a bowl of melty cheese
To wrap your seafood in in case it gets cold at night
This will be here. Oh my god guys
We have struck dumpling. There's dumpling in there. It was just dumped in you can eat the seafood as is
That is so fresh or take it up a notch wrap it in some cheese
You know what's better than a clam
a cheesy clam
All right, so we just learned how to do how to shuck a oyster without stabbing ourselves to death so daniel's gonna try
Good job, buddy
Oh
There's a little crab in this oyster. Look at this little crab in here
I guess now we know what the oysters last meal was and since it was caught
Before it finished his last meal
I guess he was having a crabby day
Oh, that's good
That is so fresh I ate that crab too, you know food inception does your oyster have a last meal
No, okay
Good this place is exceptional. It'll restore your faith in the food gods
This tastes really good too dumplings. All right. Oh actually dumpling is pretty good but a cheesy dumpling
Definitely approve of a cheesy dumpling
Yeah, she's a dumpling
That was my nickname back in high school
I think oyster is the best. I think next time we can just order just just order oysters. Yeah, that's so good
Hmm that's so tender and sweet. Yeah, my favorite are definitely the oysters and then these
Bigger clams take them with a little bit of broth. I really haven't used any dipping sauce yet
It's just the freshness of the seafood just kept me going
So wonderful
So wonderful time to learn how to shuck an oyster never done it before trim this thing a little bit and then you shank the oyster
Oh, they did it that's easy in case this youtube thing doesn't work out just do this for a living
Cheers
Anyway, i'm gonna tell you guys how we found this place
So kristo was taking me to this barbecue pork place and we sit down and they walk up to us and they're like
We're not serving barbecue until two hours later
So we had nothing to eat and i'm just looking around google maps
And I saw the picture of this place love at first sight
I knew it was gonna be amazing and today came here tastes just as good as it looks
Like I keep telling you guys your heart is pure. Your stomach is hungry
The food gods will provide guidance finish all the seafood can't let the broth go to waste. So
One more one more thing to kind of tie this all together
Thin slices of beef
boiled and pure
seafood broth
That even on its own was amazing, but they give us some different sauce to dip with the meats
Oh
That's spicy. Yeah spicy. Yeah. Wow. I like it. This is like pure gochujang paste or something
I never had like a tub of broth
That was so concentrated and just pure delicious seafood flavor and then just cook fatty beef into that
Combining like two of my favorite things into one might be one of the best days i've had since coming to south korea
Final step in the hot pot process is always some noodles to tie everything together because you know
You can tie things with needles and also all that great broth should not be wasted
It should be soaked into something and then be put into your tummy
Wow, perfect al dente texture. Oh all that great seafood stuff in the dinner. Yo, how is it?
No words. No words
Krista can't eat it because she's gluten intolerant
Wait, you risked your life to eat pasta the other night. Yeah, what happened here?
Did you suffer after after you ate the pasta
Was it worth it though?
This is actually really perfect. Wow, the noodles are really good, too
It's getting really packed in here. We got to get out of here. We came here. This place was empty now. It's just busy
That was amazing. It was everything you wanted like seafood fresh hot pot noodles
Everything hey, thanks for joining for dinner guys
Awesome hanging out with you all
You're gonna feel warm on the way home though
See you later. Bye
I don't know what it is. I was pretty full after eating the seafood, but now on the way home
Once I saw the 7-eleven had to get some stuff. I love all the samyang noodles. This is the spicy carbonara something
A little too sweet for me nice and spicy though. I think this sandwich is pretty sad
This is a tuna salad and ham sandwich. Look at this
a lot of bread
The bread is really hard. Also, I can't really taste the tuna
It's more like a ham and pickle sandwich, but I don't know what it is
I mean, I took a scooter home. It's not like I ran home. Why am I hungry after all that?
Need some entertainment, you know, her name is actually suzy bae. So if I call her bae just wouldn't be incorrect
Anyway today I said the day of when i'm going home
So i'm gonna fly home on my birthday, which is on the 22nd last year
I spent my birthday on the plane like this so much i'm gonna do it again this year
No, it wasn't fun at all, but it's a tuesday and flights are cheap on tuesdays
Anyway last couple weeks in seoul gonna make the best of it
So here's what happened after eating that I went to watch modern family fell asleep woke up got hungry again. So
7-eleven round two
Tonight first of all 7-eleven select tonkatsu ramen steak and
mushroom
Doritos corn stuff banana chocolate stuff and a minion donut thingy
Smells good. This is incredible broth tastes like morgan freeman's voice
So rich and smooth and creamy, okay, his voice is not creamy but this broth sure is
Wow
7-eleven select you have done it again
You know what does need though?
My hot oil is officially being released and these actually came with a hot pot kit just a little bit just a little bit
You've been better it was better than the other bowl ramen I had let's check this out
dorito
This is the smallest bag of doritos i've ever seen. Oh, look at it. It's like mini doritos
Looks like someone shrunk the doritos
These are so good
First of all, they're thicker than regular dorito chips
I think I still like the thinner version better
The flavor is remarkable. It actually tastes like a rosemary steak with a hint of tomatoes. Even though it's a small bag
There's actually a lot in the bag
This thing the flavor is really good, it's like sweet little popcorn kernels, but
The texture is really dense like some of them are really light and airy
Like that one, but some of these
Yeah, it's like I let this bag sit out too long and it became really stiff mixed reviews on this one
Whoa, as soon as I opened this I just smelled bananas not like craziness actually smell bananas. You kind of look like bananas
If you love bananas and chocolate you gotta try this it tastes like a chocolate covered banana puff
That's delicious
Oh, this just tastes like a lemony sugary mess
I guess the minions are just as good as making pastries as they are serving their evil lords basically not that good these two
I love though
And this
I really love this is one of the best pork instant ramens i've had outside of japan
I don't know if you can buy this outside of korea, but
That's what you look for. All right, i'm gonna finish my second late night meal
The noodles has been sitting in this broth as I was talking. They didn't get soggier. They got delicious sir, sir more
They're yummier the broth soaked in without actually making the noodles soft
What kind of wizardry is this
Anyway, my new k drama i'm gonna start watching itaewon class because I heard startup progressively gets worse
Someone told me that is that is is that true? I don't want to watch things that's just gonna get worse
Like I need more positivity in my life. That's why I watch k dramas. I want to feel better afterwards not worse
So let me know if I should keep watching startup or not, but otherwise i'm gonna start itaewon class
All right, guys, as always thank you all so much for watching. See you later