Korean TRADITIONAL Market Street Food Tour in Seoul

Welcome to Tongyan market where you can find everything from shoes to clothing and of course delicious food But what makes this place really unique is that most of the food stalls here instead of accepting this they accept well these tokens And how it works is that you come here to buy your tokens in batches of 10 They give you a little lunchbox tray and whenever you walk up to a food vendor with this sign you can use your tokens now Normally 10 tokens is more than enough to fill up this lunchbox, but it's me. Come on I want to try everything. So, you know, I got a little more like 40 this the bookie stall has been around since 1956 it's even certified by the Korean government. This is the original grandmother for two coins I'm gonna try the spicy the bookie and I'm really in the mood for some fried chicken and some blood sausages Apparently this place is so good John Kerry came here, but unfortunately, I already have the bookie on my plate So I'm gonna get this fried leaf looking thing These are Korean fried pancakes called hotteok and it looks like dough and he's putting inside some sort of nuts and sesame filling Round one for my 10 coins. I got pretty much a full plate of food first thing I want to try these rice cakes the bulky. This is from the really famous stall. It's been around for over 60 years That's awesome the rice cake has really nice chewy texture and oh my goodness is a spicy Feel like it's punched me in the throat. Only thing better is if they just poured cheese all over this Can't stop eating it. I might have to go back for seconds next try a piece of this fried chicken That was surprisingly good because I saw that the chicken has been sitting there for a while Also after I bought it, I walked around for a long time still retains a nice punch Delicious whenever I feel kind of vampire is like I do today I really want some blood sausage, but this was just simmering in a huge pot looking all beautiful. I mean, how can you resist that? I'm not an expert on a what a good blood sausage should taste like the sauce here is insane. It's so So spicy also should cut fresh herbs on this and that gets the sausage a really nice natural early flavor. This is delicious I'm not exactly sure what this is I'm guessing if I had to guess this is sesame leaves wrapped around something and then deep-fried only one way to find out Mmm, it's sesame leaves with some sort of flavored dough on the inside and it's really delicious. I Love the flavor of sesame leaves in this filling. It tastes like dough also tastes a little like like potatoes chased out with a piece of chicken That's how you make fireworks in your mouth finally, this is the Korean pancake I expect this to be sweet because I think the feeling is made out of sesame and nuts Awesome I could feel my arteries clogging as we speak but holy cow is this good I taste sesame peanuts sunflower seeds and a lot of honey That's just a beautiful crispy fried donut. This thing might be my favorite thing on the plate. I know it's not spicy It doesn't have any meat inside But just the fact that I'm about finished with this whole thing under 10 seconds is a testament to how good this is All right round number two. I give them tokens and they give me delicious food. This is like the best arcade ever Korean dumplings, I actually love I love this rice drink. Yeah Got a grilled octopus and this will cost me three tokens Thank you on to a little rice drink kimchi noodle soup grilled octopus and some dumplings I need to act fast on this octopus before it dies on me Look I have two types of dumpling here. One I think is with chives and the other with kimchi. Let's try the chive dumpling There's no meat inside. It's just eggs glass noodles and chives This is the kimchi one again, no meat next up is some kind of rice noodles and a kimchi soup All right, the noodles may soak in the soup a little too long That's probably my fault. I was walking around with this for a long time What I also like about that one was that it got a nice crunch from the kimchi So for future reference if you guys get this eat it right away. All right round three Not that I trust John's taste in Korean food, but we'll see Round three got some japchae had to go back for some ddeokbokki But this time from a different place and I got some kimbap. All right, let's try John Currie's ddeokbokki Really good, really spicy. I feel like the texture is better than the first place Maybe that's because this thing just came out of the wok This is really good. Flavor-wise, I think the first place wins out. This is the kimbap and there's some kind of sauce at the bottom of this It's like kimbap is excellent. Nice and refreshing. The veggies are so crunchy and sweet If I had some rice, I think it might be a little better All right, guys, I think I'm done I managed to go through three rolls of these tokens and I've tried just about every item down at the food arcade So I think I'm gonna keep these for next time and believe me there will be a next time I think for future reference One roll of tokens if you're hungry two rolls of tokens if you're really hungry and three rolls of tokens If you want to look like me afterwards, but for ten tokens or five US dollars You're gonna be able to get a lot of varieties of food and that is a great deal So definitely check it out next time you're in Seoul Hey guys today I am in the famous historic Gwangjang market here in Seoul one of the largest markets in South Korea and it's renowned for its quality silk products linens In fact a lot of these stores here They have their own factories that even supply goods to markets and department stores all across Korea this market. It's massive It's over a hundred years old And as you can see it has withstood this test of time and remains popular to this day And if I'm here that means this market is not just known for its great silk and linen It's also known for its wide variety of traditional street food I was just walking along and I smell something really really good this chili pepper store I don't know. It just makes my mouth water is looking at all this. I think whatever that is. I need it I can tell right away This would make some great hot oil As I'm walking in from the textile section in the market I see a ton of just banchan stalls and just everything looks so Incredibly do I wish I can't take this stuff back with me on the plane This nice lady here just just give me a piece of octopus. Thank you auntie. Oh That's awesome Spicy crunchy so friendly here as I kept walking I came to this intersection and this is all Street food vendors right now. I'm standing in the middle of the food market in Korea and everything. It just looks so good I'm experiencing some sort of food deliria right now because they're just so many things. I want to eat and it's everywhere I'm just surrounded by it. I just I don't know. I don't know what to do It's like you walked into a cave full of hidden treasures And you just don't know what a grab because there's only a limited supply you can carry out I mean do you grab the brick of gold or the crown of jewels? Ah, it's just So overwhelmed right now, I here's what I'm gonna do I'm gonna start at the end of the market which is right there and then I'm gonna just work my way back in the plan Is I'm gonna eat everything you guys think that's a good plan. I think it's a good plan. So here it is I'm at one end of the market Let's go first place. I came across they serve Pingchang noodles Pingchang so got me this place been around for over 40 years It's the most famous noodle stall here and they look like they make their noodles fresh She also asked me if I wanted some dumplings in my noodle soup and she said it was really good So I say yes, and there's two dumplings in the soup pork and then kimchi I didn't want to start off with something as heavy as noodles, but they convinced me This does look really good seaweed on top dumplings. I think there's potatoes in here. Oh put that This auntie's like I need to I need to add spice. I think she already knows me so well I'm gonna mix the pepper sauce in That's where it's at hmm they have some vinegar add that a little bit Man I taste like a beautiful bowl of one song's noodle soup. So excited to try these noodles. Look at this These are really bouncy fresh noodles That's a good noodle, they're not the same consistency in terms of thickness and length But in this case different is unique and unique is delicious I'm actually really looking forward to this pork dumpling here and looking inside. There's some chives in here pork leeks Looks like some tofu in there Nice dumpling I'm trying to pace myself because there's just so much food here But it is really delicious. Oh, I sort of can't stop eating right now Was actually so wonderful But after eating this I think I'm have to switch to a stomach too because that definitely filled up one stomach 550 for this bowl of delicious noodle soup. This is a really great deal That was really good, but that took up a lot of stomach space and I'm still sweating It's already hot and I'm just sweating from the noodles. I feel good about it. Ooh What is this? Look at this beautiful? Beautiful cut of bacon and this crazy-looking thing. This is not a creature. This is sundae or Korean blood sausage I didn't know they were so massive. They look like giant snakes. This is probably the most famous food item here It literally means drug gimbap not because there's drug in there at least I don't think there is it's just because it's so Freaking addictive that if you eat it, you just can't stop. It's like Girl Scouts cookies or Doritos my yuck gimbap She seems really nice. I'm gonna eat some gimbap from her I'll take Different The concept of a gimbap is really simple just seaweed wrapped around sliced carrots and pickled veggies sesame leaf sesame This is also coated with a little bit of sesame oil and of course sesame on the outside the dipping sauce here It's a little bit of wasabi sauce they're sort of right to call this a drug because I'm sitting here Just keep shoving these things in my mouth I don't feel too bad about it because it's not like I'm popping Doritos or chicken nuggets Every bite you get that beautiful crunch from the carrots and the pickled veggies And I think the addictive quality has a lot to do with not only the crunch but also the sesame element to this It's almost like a like a sesame trifecta. I bet you guys can't have just one so you've been warned if you eat this Prepare to be addicted This is something a lot of stalls here are selling mumbing pancakes What's really interesting is that some of the stalls they grind their own beans. This looks like Looks like an egg foo young. These are thick. Holy cow. I got their dents and heavy I mean, I'm working on my biceps right now eating this pancakes are crispy on the outside Oh bean sprouts a lot of bean sprouts on the inside. Can you give it a little dip? We're gonna grab a pickled onion and put it on top That is surprisingly delightful and I'll be honest with you guys it didn't look delightful It looks like something that was just so greasy and heavy and by no means is it not greasy and heavy because yeah It is it's also got a subtle nice flavor You're gonna have to rely on your onions a lot If you want to make it through this pancake, the onions are pickled in a lot of vinegar So this is very very very vinegary with vinegar is gonna help you a lot On its own the pancake doesn't have a lot of flavor. Like I said, it's very subtle flavor It's more like it has a strong strong bean sprouts flavor That makes sense because it's made with beans with a bunch of bean sprouts on the inside This is also something I had at the Toei market. It's a hot tech if I'm saying it correctly, maybe not It's basically a honey fried pancake and it is delicious and I love it It's definitely something you don't want to eat if you're trying to fit into a smaller pair of jeans Where are you getting ready to show off that beach body? I mean you can show off a honey pancake body But for me, my philosophy is when I'm in a different country calories don't really count I wanna hug it. Like I said last time this is like eating a fried donut fried mochi donut There's a texture. It's gelatinous. It's crispy on the outside. It's stuffed with honey and nuts on the inside It's my workout for today. That's it. I can't bear to let you guys see me like this So I'm gonna go walk away in shame and eat my fried donut mochi I think today is one of those days where I ate so much I managed to somehow bypass the food coma zone into food Oblivion or the great food abyss and that's a place where I just feel like I'm in a dreamlike state Am I even awake right now? I'm not even sure everything here is relatively inexpensive You're gonna find yourself some really traditional Korean eats and guys all the information for this market is listed for you in my description box below until we eat again I'll see you later