Hi. We are now in Myeong-dong. We'll be staying in this area for this trip because of the convenience. The subway is near. There are eateries around, and all kinds of shops. It's right in the city center. If you want to do some activities, like skiing or taking a shuttle bus there, there is a major station here in Myeong-dong. Based on my experience, living in Myeong-dong is convenient and it has food. We came to South Korea for the food. I usually come here to ski and to enjoy the food. This time, we'll eat to our heart's content. We want to make up for the lost time. I also noticed there are a lot of new restaurants. I'll try out some of the old restaurants. Trust me, you need to watch this episode. Mark all of them down. My itinerary is jam-packed. In just five days, you can have great food from all of them. It's going to be very fulfilling. Watch this episode, OK? Let's go. (Sinseon Seolleongtang (Myeongdong Branch)) Are you grabbing everything? Yeah, all you can it. You can get more later. Every restaurant does this? Basically, yes. But I remember the kimchi was a whole stalk. We had to cut it ourselves. You can eat until you're bloated. It's all right. Let me cut it into smaller pieces. I feel a lot of pressure coming from my left. Alright, what did you prepare this time? I prepared gastric medicine, medicine for stomachache, some cold pills, painkillers, anti-inflammatories, medicine for muscle pain, and fever medicine. And cough medicine. All sorts of bandages and skin balms. I have a huge pack full of medicine. You prayed to Tudigong before we departed. Yeah, I did that too. I asked Tudigong to keep us safe and well throughout the trip. She sacrificed sleep for Tudigong so she could eat. Yum-yum! Yay! All-you-can-eat carrot kimchi. Let me try Mom's soup. It has beef entrails. I ordered the signature seolleongtang. Mom and Mr. Dayou each ordered beef entrails soup and a rib-eye soup. Their soup is thicker. If you want a lighter soup, order the signature soup. The aroma is superb. You have to pair the soup with rice. Mr. Dayou's rib-eye steak has glass noodles in it. Oh my. I'll order this next time. The soup is thicker. This is... This is a great bowl of soup. Look, we also ordered the dumplings. Let's try them out. The dumplings taste like dalongbao. I wanted to say xiaolongbao, but this is like a huge xiaolongbao. This is so tasty. It has chives in it. You should order the dumplings too. OK, this is our first meal in Seoul. I exchanged some money for the Korean won. I want to try the street food here. You can basically pay with cards at any eateries here. However, some merchants don't accept card payments. So, I exchanged some money. You can exchange your NTD, USD, or yen into won. The exchange rate here is pretty good. It's very convenient. There are many money changers here. Yeah. I usually go to the one at the corner. You can pick anyone. Each has a different rate. You can make your own comparisons. Yeah. So cute. That was pretty fun. Yeah. It's horizontal. All five people can fit in here. This is so cute. See? You get two copies. You can do several takes. I think it was 8 to 10 takes. Yeah. We were surprised. We ran out of expressions to make. But it looks great. We picked the one with black and white interlaced. Very fashionable. Yeah. In recent years, I've traveled to some very cold countries. Some viewers asked where I bought my winter coat. Some of them were our brand's previous designs. Some were bought in Korea. We bought them in Myeong-dong. You can get all kinds of stuff here. From cosmetics to skincare products, and clothing stores too. I think it's nice living here. I bought some of the clothes in Dongdaemun. I think these are great places to stay in. More importantly, there is food everywhere in Myeong-dong. The convenience stores are open until late at night. If you like shopping and hope to get all the options there are, and you like food hunting, this is a great place to visit. We are traveling from Myeong-dong to Gyeongbokgung. We're getting chicken meat. You look excited. Yeah. I am excited about every meal here. (Tosokchon Samgyetang) You came for the tonic soups and the fan? It's so hot in here. It's like you're having a fever. I tied my hair up. My entire armpits are sweating. Our breakfast today is the tonic ginseng chicken soup. I always come here whenever I visit Korea. I've wanted to revisit this place for a few years now. I think many of you have been here before. This is a popular shop. They even have a branch now. There is a main shop and a branch. We got assigned the branch. The food here is tasty. I heard there are other ginseng chicken soup shops that are great. But, I think you should come to this shop if you've only been to Korea once or twice. This is the bar for great chicken soup. There are unique ways to dine. Let's wait for the food. Let's see how amazing the chicken soup really is. There are two types of soups. One uses cultivated ginseng, the other is the normal version. We ordered the one with cultivated ginseng. You get this if you order that variant. Put this in your soup. Or, you can take it home as a souvenir. Each person will get the ginseng wine to pair with the soup. On the table are the usual items. Cabbage and carrot kimchi. You can choose either Silkie chicken or normal chicken. I ordered the one with Silkie chicken. What makes the ginseng chicken soup special is that the chicken is stuffed with herbs and sticky rice. See? It's sticky rice. We just dig the rice out and dunk it in some soup. Yummy. I should eat this for breakfast every day. I've craved this for so long. You talked about it many times. Yeah. I've craved it for too long. It's been years. I'll add this to the soup when I'm halfway through. I can take a sip of this and carry on with the soup. That allows the aroma to linger a little. You can use this method when you're eating the chicken. Some salt and pepper. And then, dip the chicken in some salt. The meal is served with kimchi, garlic, and soybean paste. You may use anything you want. There is a whole stalk of ginseng in this chicken. Wow, you're right. It adds a rich aroma to the dish. There is also a red date. Perfect. I was digging through the rice. This is blissful. There is a chestnut too. Oh, I see it. -This feels like a treasure hunt. -Yeah. They stuffed all that into this tiny chicken. Your sister is eating that ginseng. I didn't know you could eat it this way. Is it bitter? Is it bitter? It's a bit bittersweet. Your life just turned wholesome. Your life is bittersweet. Yeah. Your life just turned bittersweet. That was perfect. Now, some of this. Like so. Wonderful. My running nose. Should we be doing this? It's so hot in here. You lift the shirt too high. Her chubby waist is showing. Your waist muscle. It should taste good if you saute it. We are now on the street of Samcheong-dong. What makes this place special is the variety of houses with Korean architecture. Like this building. The dessert shops and coffee shops all have Korean architecture. It's the atmosphere. There are many coffee shops. The Koreans really love coffee. They also sell cakes. A shop like this can be so lovely. There is a lot of great food here. But we are stuffed now. So, we are taking a walk. We'll see if there is a shop worth checking out. Let's keep walking. They also offer the Hanbok experience. You can book a slot. While you walk on the street, you'll see people wearing Hanbok. You can walk around in Hanbok as well. This place is not far from Gyeongbokgung
and Bukchon Hanok Village. You can check out all the places in one day. But, we are doing it on different days. We are spending the day visiting Samcheong-dong. Is it good? Yeah. It's soybean milk. From the shop behind me. Hi. This is Yuna. Where are we now? We are now in Samcheong-dong. We are still in Samcheong-dong. What is the next stop? We are getting some beef. But we're not done checking out Samcheong-dong. The wall and the small houses are so cute. Super cute. This is Samcheong-dong. It has a bit of a hipster vibe and an artistic vibe. On top of that, there is the Korean culture. Not bad. Cute. We finished the food just now. We tried Mukshidonna in the past. They use iron pots. The perfect pot to make scorched rice. But the pot is thinner now. It's different. The food has a different flavor too. So, we finished the food quickly. We didn't get the scorched rice. We decided to head for the next stop. So, think of it as a snack stop. We'll keep walking around Samcheong-dong. Enjoy the view at night. This is the night trip. You have to walk around in Seoul until late at night. OK. Go. Hi, everyone. Do you think I'm at the terminal? No, I am inside a shop. Check out who's behind me. Hi, Yilun. Hi. This is the door. Very cute. What do people get here? Shrimp crackers and turtle chips. And cake-like desserts. And potato chips. There are so many flavors of Pocky. See? Blueberry Pocky. A variety of flavors. And this thing too. This pie is very famous. It's a whole series. All from the same company. And this thing. I bought this in the past. Was it good? It's like your average small cake. It's a small supermarket. But, it's designed like a train station. See? The shopkeeper. Welcome aboard. The next station is Gyeongbokgung Station. Remember to get off at your station. Thank you. We've arrived at Gyeongbokgung Station. Do not leave your belongings behind. Mind the gap. OK, time to get off. (Yeongsin Chugsan) This is Yeongsin Chugsan. And it is a wholesaler that provides meat to many BBQ restaurants in Seoul. The meat is very good and fresh. It means we are having meat at the source. It's like having meat at the butcher stall. He sprinkled some truffle salt for us. Whoa. What is the meat we're eating? No idea. We ordered meat from many parts. This is really good. As expected from a meat seller. A meat seller indeed. It sounds weird when you say it like that. -I mean it. -Weird. It sounds weird. This is really good. And some salt. It's a shame we didn't get the beef skin. It's said that it is a must-try here. We just mix them together? Yeah. Mix them up. Done. What I stirred just now was raw beef. I think it looks very wild visually. The white strips you see here are pear slices. This is so tasty. Try it. It smells good. This is so good. It doesn't feel like meat at all. Very refreshing. Many cold dishes will be paired with pears. They even have pear slices in cold noodles. The food here doesn't disappoint. We highly recommend it. It's so tasty, you all. This is awesome. It's a meat seller that also sells BBQ. I highly recommend it. The food is really top-notch. More importantly, the owner is very nice. There are also some special cuts. Like the beef skin. Have you tried that before? I haven't. More importantly, we didn't get it. So, you should come here as early as you can. You can just walk in and see if there is a table. Or, you can make an appointment via their Instagram. They will reserve a table for you. It's in the area of Dongdaemun. If you are checking out Dongdaemun, give this shop a try. Then, go back to your shopping. Or try the sauna near Dongdaemun. Everything is convenient from this location. Yeah. It's a fulfilling trip. Yeah. I think you should try the raw beef if you have the courage. The texture is superb when it's paired with the pear. The pears from Korea are famous, right? The pears are very sweet. If you eat raw beef, you should order that. Ask them for recommendations. They will tell you that one of the items is beef skin. OK, onto the next stop. It's almost midnight now. Go. When you visit Korea, you have to play from morning until late night. Dongdaemun is just as we mentioned. It's a great choice. It's a city that never sleeps. There are stalls even late at night. There are clothing stalls and food stalls. There will be food even late at night. We walked all the way to Dongdaemun Design Plaza. We shopped around. The fashion week of Seoul is held here every year. It will be lively if you visit here then. You get to see all kinds of artists and bloggers with styles. Their outfits will be dazzling. If you want to come here and check out their fashion week, come here and check the place out. It should be very nice. We came to Dongdaemun mostly for the sauna. We are now at the sauna. It's located in Dongdaemun. This is my favorite sauna. There are many different sauna rooms. There are different temperature levels. The shop has been around for ages. So, I really like it. It has all the things you need. Food and beverages. Lockers. There is also a bathhouse. The staff can even scrub your back for you. The back-scrubbing is awesome. You should give it a try. I highly recommend this. But after the pandemic, a lot of the saunas in Seoul closed down. There are some new saunas, but this remains open. It's open 24/7. I really recommend it. The new ones look like a department store. I like it here. Time to enjoy the sauna. What you're seeing now is sticky rice wine. I'd longed for it before we came here. It's one of the reasons I came to the sauna. Even if we were only there for 30 minutes, I had to get a cup of that. So, you should too. It's good. It's so hot in here. Oh no, I need to get out. Let's try 37℃. 70℃ is simply too hot for me. We just sit here. It's so cute. I really like this. It has sauna rooms of different temperature levels. It even has a room that is only 15℃. It's a cold room. It's a sauna. It's called "Jjimjilbang" in Korean. You should try this if you ever visit Seoul or Korea. It's easy to get here. If you can't get a hotel room or you find that too troublesome, you can spend the night here. It's free if you stay less than 24 hours. If it's over 24 hours, they will charge you. You can't leave. You have to stay here. So, eat and drink, and get some sleep. It's a great substitute for accommodation if you don't mind having people around. You can take a bath here. Then, get yourself some food. OK. I recommend this. Delicious. It's been ages. It's still just as good. The chicken chop from Shilin is on the same level as this.
