Korean Street Food at Gwangjang Market

Hi friends! Hi! I'm Chaekwondo. And I'm Yuna. We're in the best Korean street food to get had at Gwangjang Market. First off, we're going to start with Maya Kimbap. Literal translation is Drug Kimbap. The lady's giving us some fish cake soup as a drink. Dang! Boom, boom, boom! Ooh, that's real hot. What an interesting moment. I've never had anyone but my mama put food in my mouth. Not even my girlfriend Billie Jean does this for me. No, okay, no, no. So what's in this Drug Kimbap? We got some carrots going in, pickled radish. She's making music with her fingers right now. And after she rolls the kimbap up, she puts sesame oil all over them. Make it real nice and glossy. And sprinkle sesame seeds. This lady just keeps feeding us. You gotta get high off kimbap. Would you say it's addicting? Is it like drug? I don't know about that. It's just good. Cheers. And then we go on to round two. So you know where we ate the kimbap? Well, the workers there brought us to another food shack. I think they're friends. They want to give each other profit. Here, they serve octopus leg. They cut it up in pieces and then they just grill it. And they say that this is the only stall that sells octopus leg. When you come to this shack, they make it fresh for you. So it's going to take a little bit of time. But it's going to be for you. Octopus, cheers. A little sweet. Buttery. It's a little buttery. Oh, and then the spice kicks in at the end. It's like watching an Indian movie. It starts off with one genre, like comedy. And then it goes into love. And then it goes into tragedy. Each one of these sticks costs 2,000 won, which is about $2 USD. Why not pay $2 USD for a Bollywood film in your mouth? Alright, they just gave us a drink. It has lemon and Sprite in it. Freshly squeezed lemon, by the way. When you come to Gwangjang Market, make sure you walk through the whole aisles. There are places where they just set up chairs and not the full-on stalls. And they sell fresh kimchi as well as produce and seafood. On to round three. We're going to eat some bindaetteok. Alright, we took a seat and they brought our bindaetteok. It's made of mung beans. Dip it in the sauce with onions. It's like a jacuzzi. Jin, I said that. Just hear that. Did you hear that crunch? Orchestra. I wish you were in my mouth right now, sitting in the audience. The crunch is just... The fire foodies are coming out to play. Done. Round four. I don't know. Unlimited. I'm looking for some jokbal. Where's my jokbal? Jokbal, jokbal. This aisle is super small. Found a place to sit. They got the pancakes, some pig skin, pig feet, sausage, more mayak gimbap, odeng. Ooh, and they also have red bean porridge, patjuk. I'm going to try it plain first. I'm going to try it with the shrimp sauce. The texture, it's like acorn jelly but a little bit tougher. Pig's feet and pig skin has a lot of collagen. So if you eat a lot of this collagen, they say it's good for your skin. It makes your skin more youthful. Do you believe in that? Nope. But I'm still going to eat it. We're going to balance out our meal with some kimchi. Jonggak kimchi. Round five. What are we going to have next? I'm really craving... You're craving something? I'm craving soondae. Ooh, I found my soondae. Ooh, soondae time. Right now it's just a long sausage, but she's going to cut it up. This lady here, she gave us so much food. I ordered just soondae, but we got some other stuff. We also got liver and other intestines, yo. This is the biggest soondae I've ever seen. The typical soondae I eat is like this big in circumference. This soondae is double that size. Alright, now let's try some intestines and liver. As for me, I'm going to stick with my soondae. Cheers to round five. Whoa, I just burned my insides. If you want napkins, use toilet paper here. That was a lot of food. I think I'm 99% full. Cousin, round six? I'm going to conquer some dumplings though. It's cool to see how the food is made right in front of you. Open kitchen. If you think you missed out on life by not seeing how your Korean mama cooks, think again. Come to Gwangjang Market. Later that week, we went back to Gwangjang Market and ate a rainbow of jeon. If you're new to Korean food, jeon are savory Korean pancakes. Street food stalls love to let people know they've been on TV. Hungry for tteokbokki? Korean rice cakes? Enjoy them for only 3,000 won. Or maybe you're craving chicken feet. How about some oden? Fish cakes? Here's another classic Korean dish. Bibimbap. All this food talk is making me hungry again. Taekwondo oppa, peacing out. Boom.