Eating at KPOT in Charlotte for the FIRST time!

Today is my first time trying Korean hot pot in Charlotte, North Carolina. I'm low-key scared. I'm gonna be honest. It's just a little bit. It's just... Oh my gosh, okay. Bro, look at this restaurant. Thank you. Josie, what is this contraption? Look how fancy this setup is. What are we talking about? We have these plates. I don't even know what that thing is. This is so much. Oh my gosh. Have you ever eaten at a K-pop before? You haven't? I'm a little worried for Josie because I can't exactly tell her how to do it. Look, here goes the menu. These are all the other items they have. Our server's on the way, but dude, I'm low-key and like so excited for this. Dude, how are you? Once or twice? Yeah, but I am very new to it all. And she's never been here before, so she needs all of it right now. Can we do both and just mess around and just see? Okay, we'll do both. It's a lot. So many things, dude. Oh, yeah, the grill guy. That's pretty cool. Yo, is that bacon? No, that's pork. Reading was never my strong suit. Look, they have crab meat. They have Spam. I love Spam. I like Spam. Spam is Spam. They have fish cakes. Do you know what you want to drink? Could I start off with just a Sprite, please? We can look at that for a little bit if you want to figure out. Oh my gosh, dude. What did you end up getting? The soju? What is that? All right, and then here goes the drink menu if you want to check that out. Josie went ahead and got the soju. I'm pretty sure that's what it's called, but we're getting that. We're gonna try it out. You want to do that? Are you getting? So you're gonna do that, and then we got to grill up some meat. So if you can choose any of these meats that you want, we're gonna be able to grill up some of those. There's so many things here. It's so great. Okay, and I figured out what drink I'm gonna get. I'm gonna get the Macaulay. I don't know how to pronounce that, but it's strawberry, banana, and peach. That sounds awesome. I'm gonna try that guy. And wait, what meat did you say you're gonna get? The ribeye? Okay, that's gonna be good. I want, there's one that's like really sweet bulgogi or something. Yes, the spicy beef bulgogi. That is literally my favorite. We have no idea what we're really supposed to be ordering, but so I guess you just put that same meat into your soup. Oh my god. I don't know what soup I'm gonna get. They got mini sausages! Look at this. They got mini sausages. There's the spam. They got K-Pot pork belly, smoked garlic, spicy pork chicken bulgogi, spicy chicken bulgogi, chicken garlic, spicy chicken bulgogi, pork bulgabelly. They got a lot of things. Then they got pineapples, veggies. They also got some seafood. We're just gonna try a bunch of different items. It's gonna be great. I love this. I'm excited for this, man. Did you say you're getting ramen noodles? They sell noodles here, too? I don't really know what the limitations are. I think you just get whatever you want. Josie's getting a baby octopus, and I gotta figure out what soup I'm getting. I kind of want to get the Korean seafood tofu, or I'm just gonna get the spicy the same as Josie. Yeah, you'll like it. It's fatty, I think. You like that kind of stuff, you know? They got crawfish, too? Yeah, I might go with the Japanese miso. Like, the Japanese miso might be good. What is that, like, chicken broth? Quail eggs? They got quail eggs! Bean curd? What is a bean curd? I know for this, I really just want the beef, the spicy beef bulgogi. It's, like, sweet. It's just amazing. That's my favorite thing, and you said you wanted the beef belly? Pork belly. Do you know what those are? Okay, Miami Vice. Can I get the mock jelly? Yep, that's what I said. And then What flavor? Oh, I thought it just came with all of it. Banana. Banana. I thought it was mixed in. What is the Japanese miso? Is that, like, a chicken broth type thing? I'm gonna do the Saskatchewan spicy. These words are hard. Do you know what you want? Go for it. She said, load me up. Oh, no. Straight for the crawfish. You're doing the ribeye? Oh, that's good. Okay. Do you want any veggies or anything? What is bok choy? I want to do the the brisket, and then sliced chicken, and then the jumbo shrimp. And then can I also get the crab meat? The barbecue side now. Not the baby octopus. And then I just want, like, two servings of the spicy beef bulgogi. I love that stuff. I'll just... Yep. Awesome. Thank you so much. This is awesome. Are you excited? There's so many things. Okay, here's some of the drinks they brought out. It's like a Lunar Lovers deal they're doing. The Red Lantern. They brought this thing out to us. It looks pretty nice. I'll be honest. This is their special that they're running right now, which is pretty cool. Look at this. They got the grapes. Do you want a grape? They got good quality cherries here, I will admit. All right, let's try the drink. Oh, that's amazing. That was so fast. I don't know what it is. It looks like a chicken wing. She's like, it looks like a chicken wing? Okay. All right, some of the meats are starting to come out, dude. I also want to show you all this little thing that they brought out. This is one of their non-alcoholic beverages. Oh my god, Josie, have you tried that? Yeah, it's virgin. So no alcohol. It doesn't need it. That is so good. I have never loved an alcoholic drink so much in my life. What is that? What is that bottle? That is the best tasting drink I've ever had in my life. Sorry. All right, we got blueberry. Josie said it's berry strong. Pour a little shot. Oh, just a little? Oh, okay. Dude, it can't be that strong. It's in like a beer bottle. What are you talking about? That's not that much. Okay, here you go. Cheers. Oh my god. Is that all us? Yes, I think we both have the same thing, right? Yeah, okay. Thank you. All right, they went ahead and brought out our soup base. That looks so flavorful. And then here's Josie's octopus. I believe that's the brisket. There's the crawfish and shrimp. There's Josie's soup. I don't know what that is, to be honest. And then here's Josie's noodles and stuff. I think we still have stuff on the way, but dude, I am excited to get to cooking with this crowd. More? Oh, the sauce bar? Okay, so he's definitely looking at me and just shaking his head at me at disappointment for me filming this. Hey, buddy, this pays the bills, okay? I'm just having a good time. I'm sorry. All right, let's grab our tongs. The soup's already boiling. I'm gonna grab some of this. I think that's my brisket. Put that in. I'm gonna grab one of these guys. Again, I have no idea what that is. Looks good. We'll grab the shrimp over here. Put that in. I'm actually going all of my shrimp. Yeah, baby. Grab whatever this is. Put that in as well. This is legit the most amazing thing ever. I love this. Go ahead and grab another one. Oh yeah, there we go. There we go. Josie's is going over there. Go ahead and start putting stuff in Josie's, but I don't want to mess up that experience, dude. How many of y'all have ever been to a K-Pot? I'm gonna put the address to this one below, but dude, this is so cool. I love it. Look at this, dude. It's already cooked. Oh my gosh, and it like auto stopped boiling. That's pretty cool. Wow. They have chicken nuggets at the sauce bar? All right, Josie brought me a chicken nugget. It's boiling. Yo, those are good chicken nuggets. Yeah, put it all. Wait, you got jalapenos? Oh my god. All right, Josie's messing with hers. I got to go ahead and start trying some of this, but bro, that looked like some fully cooked shrimp, if you don't ask me, man. Look at that. Looking like a pillow and stuff. All right, dude, we're about to go ahead and cook that meat over there, but look at this. Oh my gosh. I'm just assuming you eat it with the same tongs you put the food in, right? No, that's not what I'm thinking. Oh, not the chopsticks, Josie. Not the chopsticks. Let me figure out how to use these. Oh, thank you. That's what I ordered? Yeah. This is interesting. Okay, thank you. That sounds really good. Look at this thing. This is so crazy. I didn't know that's, huh? It came in a milk jug, bro. What? All right, here we go. First bite of K-Pot. Mmm. Have you tried anything yet? Wow. Oh my god, props to the chef. Yep. Man, I cooked that perfectly, Josie. It is spicy. It lives up to the name. Yours looks so good. I should have got noodles. I don't know why. Oh my god, that's so good. I need more meat. Oh, yeah, I got to remove this shrimp. Look at me using chopsticks like a professional, like. Let's focus it. Yeah, bro. I think, I think my shrimp's a good medium-rare. I'm gonna be honest. Tastes good, don't it? The sauce is like crazy. Josie, everything is just so good. Oh, what is that, Josie? I'm pretty sure you ordered that. This? Oh, it's chicken. Why is the chicken so thin? Oh, man. I had no idea that was chicken, I'm gonna be honest. It's definitely chicken. All right, we're getting ready to grill. Just one more. Yeah, I gotta drink my banana Laffy Taffy now. That's really good, actually. This thing is smoking a lot, I'm gonna be honest. All right, you gonna throw it on? All right, Josie's throwing it on. Okay. Dude, that low-key looks like bacon. Yeah, this is the bulgogi. Look at that. Oh, yeah. Flatten that out. Yo, this one's like a really good pot. It's like super seasoned too and everything. Call me Chef Boyardee, baby. Also, dude, let's go ahead and try the crab out. It looks nice. Babe, that is not a carrot. All right, I think this is ready to flip. Oh my god, dude, it's got a sear on it. Look at that. Professional chef level, son. All right. All right, cooking Josie's bacon. Pretty sure my bulgogi is about done. I'm about to remove that. It doesn't take long to cook. All right, I'm removing the meat. All right, I'm gonna go and cook the rest of the bulgogi. Dude, I didn't know there was oil, Josie. Don't cook your octopus yet, don't worry. I'm not. Oh man, she's char-grilled right now. Bro, I didn't know there was oil right here that we could have used, but she's cooking up properly. All right, let's go ahead and try the bulgogi out. Oh my god. Try this. That's the bulgogi. Good, I love it. It's sweet and savory. Once again, props to the chef. Perfectly cooked. All right, let's go ahead and see how the seafood tastes in that spicy soup stuff. Dude, that spicy soup stuff is amazing. This is probably my funnest experience ever coming and doing one of these K-Pot things. I don't know why it feels way more simpler today than it did the last time I did it. Sheesh, if I could pat myself on the back, I would. Look at that. Perfectly cooked. Mmm, that's good. Oh, my bulgogi. It's okay. Char-grilled, baby. I'm gonna give it one more second. Shrimp's a little hard to gauge. I'm glad I removed it when I did, though. Look at that, bro. Proper shrimp cocktail. Oh, that came off like a glove. I hope it's okay, but I went ahead and made the educated decision to turn that guy off. Yeah, I turned it off. We don't have any more meat. Well, we do have one burnt, no? Sorry, I pressed the button. I didn't know if that was a bad thing to do. Are we supposed to, is that because we didn't oil it? No? We're good. All right. Yeah. Well, I feel better about it. What does the kitchen look like with all those things? There's someone back there. Yeah, for five seconds. Thank you. Bro, shout out to our server. She's literally so nice. She's made this experience just a lot of, just very awesome. And the people in the kitchen. Listen, darling, I'm the one cooking up back here. I'm the chef. Okay. Are you ready? Did you want to order more meat or no? Look at that. We got a new grill just like that. I want more chicken. I just want more of that chicken meat. Want to try chicken bulgogi? I'm down. Anything bulgogi, It's bulgogi. Okay, actually, I'm gonna go ahead and try this thing. Oh my god, Josie. It smells amazing. Oh, we got to order our meat first. Can I add chicken? And then more brisket and then just any other little flat piece of meat. So I'm about to just load up the soup. That was so good. I can handle the soup, okay? Good. It's a, it's a good spice. If it was more, I'd probably be crying. Are you about, oh, you're about to grill the octopus? Oh gosh. Do it again? Okay, Josie did it four times. I just missed it. So she's liquefied it. She's throwing down her octopus. Look at that. It tells you over here. Seafood, three to five minutes. You know what you're doing over here, Josie? Nope. All right, look at this bulgogi, dude. This is gonna add flavor, bro. I need that in there. Oh, yeah. Hold on, I'll eat this one. It's like heaven, bro. Are you googling how long it takes to do seafood? It says it right there, darling. All right, let's go ahead and try this banana thing. Do you think it's gonna be good? Oh, Josie, try it. I feel like it should be a little thicker, but it's good. You don't like it? Oh, that's so good. I don't think you're supposed to drink it like that, though. Oh, dude, that tastes like banana. Nah, you better cook that a lot longer if I'm eating it. Because it's not all the way cooked. Dude, the way she just like pulled on that octopus and it stretched like this far. If that would have snapped, it would have popped you in the mouth. There goes Josie's octopus. This is Josie's octopus platter of three. If you come to like a K-Pot spot, K-Pot place, or a hot pot place like this, you got to get the soup. Oh, dude, you have to add the soup. It is so good. Oh my goodness, look at this. I'm gonna add some raw chicken. I'm literally using the chopstick. It's okay. The water's gonna cook it. Gotta drop in some bean sprouts. Oh, yeah. Broccoli. Now I'm gonna go in with this steak. Oh, yeah. There we go, bro. It cooks so fast, bro. I love this. This is so cool. All right, we got our other proteins over here that are gonna go on the grill. I think that's bulgogi chicken, which I'm excited to try. And then we got a bunch of different other options for this that I'm gonna throw right into this pot. All right, I'm gonna grab some of this. Throw it in. I'm gonna grab some of this. Toss it in. I'm gonna grab a couple of these guys. Toss it in. I'm gonna grab some of the chicken. Toss that in. And then I'm gonna grab one of these guys. Toss it in. Ooh, can I have a corn? All right, Josie's chuffing up some chicken over here, and then I got our soup and corn mixed up over here. I need to get some rice, but dude, look at that. All right, I feel like it's cooked. I think we're just supposed to turn it off, let it cool down, and then you get to eat your soup. You know what I'm saying? Look at that. Cool. Oh, yeah. I don't know. I think the corn's done. I guess it's done. I don't know. We're gonna go check out the little bar that they got up here, dude. This is so cool. And then here's this little bar over here. Look at this. That is actually crazy. They have so many items here. Look at all this. And there goes Iris' chicken nuggets. All right, dude, I'm gonna go sit down and enjoy our food, but dude, I am loving this visit coming here so much. Dude, again, I'll put the address below and just shout out to this place for just being so freaking awesome. Oh, I love it. How's the chicken bulgogi? Is it good? Can I try it? All right, Josie chuffed up the chicken bulgogi. Try it out. Mmm, no. It's good, but I prefer the beef bulgogi better. And then, I don't know what this is. I don't know, but it's good. Bro, everything here has so much flavor. I have rice now, yes. All right, let's eat some soup. Also, dude, look, I got my bowl of rice, so yay. Oh, yeah, that's some good rice. Our server keeps coming over here and changing the hot plate, bro. She is on it, and she's just awesome. All right, more meat, baby. Oh my god, that was so hot. Oh, man, they should call this the hot pot. That's a good one. That's a good one. Bro, look at this. They even got some corn. Hey, that's some good corn. I think one of my favorite meats in the soup is the chicken. We're gonna finish eating this food. Once again, 10 out of 10 experience coming to this place. I definitely recommend coming here. I'm gonna put the address below. Good video buy. Thank you so much for all the support. What was your favorite thing here, Josie? Josie's is the pork belly. Mine is the bulgogi. Let me know what your favorite is.