14 Day SOUTH KOREA Quarantine FOOD REVIEW & FIRST MEAL in Seoul

[Music] oh that's nice didn't see that i was right by a river yesterday day one of quarantine officially begins then i got my first meal so welcome to my 14 day quarantine food review i'm on other stuff that i do again you cannot order takeout or delivery from any restaurant so you can only eat whatever they send you this is breakfast so this got to my door about seven a.m basically last night tried going to bed couldn't sleep so i was up working on a couple of videos i finally fell asleep around 4 am and then this came around 7am breakfast actually it doesn't look halfway bad and this review is gonna be a little biased because i've been starving this is basically a lunchbox that i guess you heat in the microwave a little bit some of the foods in here i wouldn't want to heat because it's punch on okay so i can take out the radish i don't want to heat this take this out i don't know what that is definitely have no idea what this is and i really have no idea what that is i think i know what that is maybe like a fried chicken cutlet some sausage maybe like a croquette or something this is the mystery part like i have no idea what in the heck that is it says do not microwave an egg um on the microwave warning panel so i guess this is a no-go so the microwave is basically calibrated for these food containers it doesn't go past five minutes and the heat setting is taped up it's fixed so you can't change that i'm beginning to feel like i i wish i had more of these first let's find out what some of these mystery items are okay interesting that looks really strange this is actually really good uh beef bulgogi with squid it was really spicy it doesn't look good at all very tasty so there's bulgogi in here there's squid there's onions and this chili sauce if you can't handle your heat you won't be able to tolerate this one what's this little potatoes turnips really nice i don't think i was supposed to microwave that little thing this thing looks like a zucchini sneezing here it tastes like a zucchini sneeze in there i have no idea what this is it's just slimy a slightly garlicky puss don't love that oh so i get it so this is the regular bulgogi it was the spicy bugogi i like a spicy one much better much better mmm that little fried meat pie i can't tell which meat it is i'm sure it's one of the animals actually i got bright korean dumpling got vermicelli noodles in here a little bit of chives little tiny shrimp i mean don't expect the outside to be crunchy or anything but flavor is not bad my favorite still this really spicy bulgogi slash squid concoction forget the rest of this stuff just give me more of this i'll eat this and rice i need that and there's this is breakfast the food portion is uh there's not a lot i mean this is typically what i eat for like first breakfast but i figure these two weeks i'll be able to kind of balance and plan out my my calorie intake my food intake i'll be able to work out a lot because well what else am i gonna do so maybe have a little quarantine slash make body better time here it is kind of nice though at least get a view of something outside well here's a problem with trying to watch korean dramas in korea [Music] no english subtitles see that's why you have a vpn all right two weeks here obviously you got to do a lot of work out inside the room now a couple things didn't really go my way i bought these i spent about 100 on these these are pull-up bars that attaches to the door frame problem is of course i don't have a door frame look at this little door frame here so i can't attach it so i think it was supposed to be like it grabs on to the door frame like this and you can pull up like that but you can also use this for push-ups so i guess that's what i'm gonna do the other thing i have that is really helpful i brought all these resistant bands with this bar so i can do a bunch of exercises and then i can do burpees sit-ups i'm gonna do on the bed obviously i would recommend bringing a yoga mat this will be my space this little corridor not a lot to work with but do the best you can all right let's get a good workout in [Music] i feel like i need a sports bra time for some burpees you gotta protect [Music] yourself [Music] lunch is here i could see it after my work has done [Music] all right so we got for lunch instant coffee three hard-boiled eggs potato chips one orange apple juice fresh berry choco pie actual choco pie another one of these lunch boxes and custard so a lot more stuff than this morning let's heat this up [Music] the eggs go weirder than i thought it was gonna be little sausages and sesame sauce no idea what this is imitation crab looks like some bulgogi again and a little bit of cabbage that's really warm [Music] but goku's not bad if you order the um normal menu items it's going to be a lot of spicy foods that's how they do it in this country these meals are really simple but they're delicious definitely better than like a ham cheese sandwich or whatever you would have gotten if i was quarantined and saved the u.s i wish these were salted duck cakes though but tons of proteins that brought protein powder just in case i needed extra protein but i don't i kind of wish they would give you some milk or something like that just so you get a nice source of calcium i also would recommend if you're coming here and pack enough vitamins for yourself definitely get some vitamin d some calcium i brought vitamin c packs as well oh this is not bad no complaints from me so it's about one o'clock right now and i feel sleep just gnawing at me i'm gonna try to push through today so after this and get some work done maybe workout number two and i'll see you at dinner actually check this out the hard boiled eggs i think it's like a soy sauce egg it's less tasty than a tea egg but more tasty than a typical boiled egg [Music] i really try to stay awake but about 3 p.m crashed it's about seven o'clock now just brought my dinner don't feel good about myself i was i was really trying to make it through today without without falling asleep so i guess they bring the snacks during lunch just another rice box beginning to see the pattern now so i'm thinking every day this is gonna be one of these at least these change up today we have rice and spam to be honest this is probably the least advertising one i've gotten so far it's just like three pieces of spam and some kimchi and three pieces of what looks like fried chicken [Music] something else i wish i would have brought some condiments some soy sauce maybe some chili oil i'll tell you what though that's pretty good spam well first date's basically over went by pretty quick honestly i'll probably stay up and work out again and then do some work because my sleep schedule for the first week i know it's gonna be really really out of sync these two weeks it's gonna fly by again probably gonna be the most relaxing couple of weeks i've had all right i'll see you tomorrow good morning day two two and a half my second full day of quarantine i was hoping for a little variety when it comes to food and this this showed up it's like an um rice dealy oh yeah it is almond rice okay it's kind of like omurice where omelette over rice didn't expect to see the cheese pull around here today i've got no plans again in the u.s time i am doing my prep for the first speech i'm giving to to a university so that's exciting seriously stretchy cheese hmm not bad i think they they buy these at the local market no they're not they're not bad food this particular one i wish it came with a set of spam or something i did find myself to to be pretty hungry throughout the day i am really feeling like i'm dieting here did i get skinnier good my cheekbones showing a little bit i ate my only instant noodle um like 1am last night i was so hungry my advice for this quarantine bring food bring instant noodles i don't feel like that food they give you is enough to make you actually feel full throughout the day at least not for me so bring us the noodles bring snacks you will find the food variety to be lacking this is all i do now i eat and i look forward to when the door bangs again and i get my next meal like i'm most excited about the lunch package because it's got the most stuff honey apple chips oh some nuts and fruits two bananas that's a welcome change bottled water saint nuts and fruits nuts and fruits why is this different color chickpea almond okay so it's different nuts and fruits that's nice oh bread cider this is one of my favorite drinks in south korea a lunch box pretty similar to the lunch box i had yesterday this is not a bad haul hey so i think my first bout of quarantine confusions just set in like just now by the way i just woke up it's about 9 30 p.m local time i've been sleeping all day i've just been basically binge watching modern family and just drifting in and out of consciousness i barely remember getting up for for dinner because they just bang on your door so so i got dinner i was kind of mad because i'm like where's my lunch because i was really excited to eat two meals at once because i don't remember eating lunch so i was looking around for like an hour for my for my lunch then i remembered i think i ate it well i vaguely remember eating it and also i'm starting to see food items repeat itself in these meal boxes and typically you know it's dinner time when you see grass in your meals this is the true indicator of dinner time otherwise they they kind of look the same throughout each three meals except for this morning that was good omelette rice just meal little sausages kimchi more sausage a fish cake this is pork and kimchi and a little piece of omelette i wonder if i end up quarantine i would get really sick of this you know what maybe i'll go sleep a little more don't go disappearing on me okay like lunch did day three of quarantine and i got breaking news thank you very much to scott evans on my instagram who stayed in the same facility i did you can actually order stuff off this uh this website called g market which is kind of like uh i guess the amazon or something of uh south korea and you can order it and deliver it to your hotel room and they would actually bring it up for you so thank you scott you are a lifesaver i'm getting some bed sheets i want to get some food and i want to get a really nice bath towel because this is the towels let me show you the bathroom yet these are the towels that i give you so they give you two of these tiny little white towels and that's what you get for your shower let's order some supplies [Music] good thing is i place my water bad thing is i don't think it's gonna ship till monday it's friday now but a couple more days i'm gonna be dining on insta noodles and canned tuna [Music] they brought lunch and this time it's a little different granola bar garlic shrimp chips by the way this this honey and apple crispy thing is amazing an apple anybody want this i don't like apples unless it's in a pie this is a little different looks like beef bulgogi and i'm really excited about this yogurt i love korean yogurt i love korean yogurt i'm more excited about this than this ah show light all right let me see no i was expecting it to float or something still alive this is a great crumb trip [Music] all right i feel like i made a mistake by also microwaving the kimchi i'm actually super excited for something that's that's even a little different which this meal is this is so good this reminds me just like a well done 7-eleven dish meat is tender good fat meat ratio kimchi is nice it's finally not the same chili paste flavor that i've been eating for the last three days it's a relief a change of and i love it dinner time like i said the food portions are not ever that big so it's just a little bit of veggies and meats and one container of rice i'm always hungry after eating this but this time they give me broccoli so i could either feel hungry where i have to eat the broccoli well played broccoli well played this is another reality of being corny i have no idea what day it is it's sunday now i had no clue and i probably got the most depressing breakfast since the beginning of quarantine boiled eggs tomatoes cucumber there's some kimchi i'm putting that on top of my rice some bean jelly radish and plums and bean sprouts i feel like i got the vegetarian option today by mistake or something you know what that might actually happen there's a vegetarian option this is why wow those everything just tastes like nothing and this is why before you do this you got to bring your own food luckily i still have some shrimp chips and a granola bar hopefully lunch is better today going for a run [Music] [Music] lunch time 40 minutes 2.67 miles not about working i see what's for lunch great snack this little little stale and that's a little stale banana bun ooh pepsi them for lunch korean fried chicken this might be the best meal i've got so far korean fried chicken with cheesy corn tomato rice and half a sausage seriously probably the best one i got so far not gonna be crispy like a freshly made korean fried chicken but this is delicious a little kimchi rice to go along with it best meal i had encouraging i will treasure this moment while i'm in quarantine i've been watching a lot of shows this is the one i'm watching right now on korean netflix i don't know if it's on netflix in this us but it's cute little cute little show go go squid it's about the super cold computer hacker guy who who runs a team of hackers and they compete in hacking tournaments and this girl and they met all serendipity serendipity serendipity league they met by chance anyway i really like light-hearted romantic tv shows this is definitely one of them all right my food just came and also uh i got a package i was expecting like three packages but at least at least it works at least i know this this is something i can do i did just get an email from um from the site saying that the best sheet i bought is not gonna make it until the end of the month so i'm gonna have to order some different veg sheets oh so this came need a lot of protein and i don't feel like i was getting enough of it so i got one two three four five twelve cans of tuna like massive cans of tuna they they brought it up with my uh dinner just make sure you ask your quarantine facility if they allow stuff like this but uh gmart they do love her you might not get all your stuff but you'll get some that should be their model and on the site they have like tuna silk and chili sauce adding tunas with with vegetables this is the only thing they had left everything else was sold out i'm gonna just tune out with lime and basil oh this is delicious well this whoops any canned tuna's butt back home those two is so good i could just eat rice then there's tuna that's so good i highly recommend getting this if you're doing a quarantine because they definitely don't give you enough meat it's not enough protein especially if you work out like me you're trying to build muscle this needs protein i also brought my my shaker bottle with the protein powder with me i brought magic spoon cereal with me as well but i don't have a bowl or milk so this is a great way to get my protein and it's just so delicious i'm really happy with this i kind of wish i bought more than 12 cans good morning i'm at the halfway point seven days has passed seven more to go not too bad i'm kind of getting used to my surroundings i have a limited space so i've been running in terms of entertainment i finished go go squid and i'm restarting king's avatar i'm watching this cute food drama show called dating in the kitchen and i swear to goodness this guy looks like the asian joseph gordon levitz that's agent joseph gordon levitz gaming wise i just downloaded and started playing borderlands such a great game otherwise i just been surviving on three of these meals a day plus my canned tuna i ordered four packages online only two has made it i think one of them is lost and one of them is delayed this honestly saved my life right here i i don't know what i would do without extra cans of tuna every day and i learn more about what's allowed here and what's not allowed here so there's two um intercom messages a day that goes through like the entire what you can have in here what you can't have in here all the rules of this place it's really long like every single day it's about maybe 15 20 minutes of like these instruction audio messages that plays in five different languages so what you are allowed is of course whatever you bring in you can order stuff on online sites like the one i did from g market you cannot order food from restaurant delivery you cannot order anything that might smell so no dorian but which is kind of weird because they this meal they brought is very garlicky you're only allowed the three towels that they give you and let me show you the size of the towels they're not big sized house this is the size that's housed they give you to give you three of these and they give you three slightly smaller hand towels but this is it this is all you're getting you cannot ask for new clean towels and if you do want to do laundry the only thing they'll give you is laundry soap which is not bad but luckily i brought at least one extra towel so that has become a lifesaver garbage all goes into this bag here and they pick it up twice a day if you try to open your door any other time besides when they're giving you the meal alarm actually goes off again it's really sad at water bed sheets because you know like i have no bed sheets this is like still the most mind-boggling thing about this whole facility but unfortunately the bed sheets were one of the orders that got delayed and i won't receive it till end of the month so i cancel there they give you a remember the thermometer that they give you in the beginning i thought this was going to be a new thermometer it's not it's it's used so it's kind of gross if you do come here because you got to submit twice a day on the app like your temperature how you're feeling all the symptoms i don't recommend using this so bring your own thermometer i brought luckily i brought one myself so i don't have to ew i thought this was new but it's definitely not very used and they want it back at the end of this whole thing wi-fi this being south korea is pretty good so yeah that's about it seven days flew by um i'm getting a lot of rest i i love working out even though it's in this confined little space i mean that's all i do every day i work out i read i meditate and i eat that's and play some video games it's like i'm on vacation no seriously this is actually like my vacation because i never get a chance to just not film for such an extended amount of time so it's pretty relaxing for me things are going pretty well i thought i'd give you guys a little update several more days to go good morning just finished a live wow thrill's not having it um also bring a lot of cough drops or something that suits your throat when you're here because the air is so stuffy anyway i just finished a live speaking engagement with the university of california river though really nice hanging out with you guys virtually but the day has finally come so i was hoping during one of the the meals that they bring me it's going to stand out like the food is going to look amazing that day is today check it out they brought over look at this oh like it's either a chicken cutlet or a pork cutlet and it's the size of my face let's heat this up this is the sauce on the bottom whoa this is by far the greatest looking thing i've got during quarantine it's just the monstrosity of this thing this might be the first time after a meal that i might actually be full it's a lot of sauce obviously it's not going to be crispy i like them i mean i wish i might air fryer so i could throw those into the airfryer this will come out perfect fried pork cutlet even though the outside is a little soggy the breading tastes good the gravy tastes good meat tastes good 100 the best meal i've had in quarantine so far not even close i wish i get one of these a day i might even find this dish when i get out of quarantine that's how good it is also another update about my quarantine so originally i thought i would get a cover test when i entered the facility which i did also i thought we're all going to get a cover test before we leave that's not the case so apparently for americans this changes according to where you came from americans do not need a second test so once my time is up here i'm out of here all right let me get back to my color my last day of quarantine i it's gone by pretty fast i gotta tell ya and today got a special treat look at this i got a lot of people asking me what my first meals can be when i get out of here my response is anything but bulgogi this is like luxury item this is this is the good stuff that's actually really good i've got a smoky flavor to it you can taste the flame this thing should start in a burger king commercial flame boiled for sure one of my favorite meals so far mainly because it's different so here's how the checkout process is gonna go tomorrow eight o'clock they're gonna come in and can't leave the room until they come in so they're going to come in uh they're going to put me on a bus and take me to seoul station like i mentioned before i'm having a little problem my airbnb right now um can't get in contact with the host so i'm trying to sort out that situation but if all goes well then i'll be dropped off right in front of my airbnb and and that's it my life in korea shall begin i do want to talk a little about um why i came here now i mentioned this in previous videos so back in january and february when i was in asia my plan was to actually stay in asia for entire years long story short cases start going up over there so i came back to the us and then things started to skyrocket in the u.s i don't fear a lot of things in life i i don't i never experienced anxiety before an anxiety attack or like some sort of crazy paranoia this whole situation this whole kova thing gave me just the most anxiety i've ever felt in my life i was and i still am experiencing stress related symptoms i feel like there's a there's a nod in my throat for literally the last eight months and didn't help fact that i was staying in an apartment building and nobody was wearing a mask inside the building just walking around you know people were still cramming on elevators things did get better after they started posting signs everywhere saying don't do that but it's still a lot of people didn't care and that was kind of the general attitude i felt about a lot of um people i encountered was that a lot of people just didn't care about this whole thing so even back then i wanted to go to a place where the whole kova situation is handled much better and the only country i found that still let americans in is south korea and then i thought maybe going back to new york will help because the situation was better over there so i went back and also i had to give the place i got from my parents to them and when i got to new york and yes i was living in the middle of the woods which is fairly safe but i was still being dragged every day to the city because i had restaurants opening i had partnership meetings and i still wanted to keep filming videos and i wanted to go out and keep supporting local businesses so i tried to make that my new normal for a long time but then my anxiety just never went away every time i ate out i went home if i have a sore throat i was freaking out if i was coughing a little bit the next morning i was freaking out and i just felt my mental health just slowly deteriorating i'm not exaggerating a little bit it just i started to become this this super paranoid guy like you guys saw i wear two masks everywhere i wouldn't come in contact with anybody unless they've been tested and that was really hard to do because again i have meetings we have restaurants opening and i know everybody has their own understanding about this whole virus and how seriously i'm gonna take it for me it was like for the first time in a long time it was really affecting me mentally and so when the cases in new york and the whole us kept going up i just decided i had to leave so i'm gonna stay for as long as i can i do have a restaurant opening i think sometime in december we're not 100 sure yet depending on the whole situation but i will stay here until either that happens where they kick me out of the country all right gotta finish lunch and gotta pack up because bright and early tomorrow i'm gonna be homeless [Music] hopefully this will be the first and only time i'm ever in a hotel with no sheets comfortable though all right i'm sure they're not going to want me to film the next part so i'll see you so station [Music] just got dropped off at seoul station so my airbnb is still not even approved yet by the uh by the host i have no money i need a place to store my luggage for a while so first things first gotta find atm [Music] it's so nice to be like you know able to walk around breathe even with the mask it's so nice to have air let's go find some food first [Music] i'm heating towards food and the path um that the gps is taking is pretty cool it's like uh kind of reminds me of the highline park in new york there's a bunch of trees rose gardens really pretty of course all in the middle of the city [Music] this is a famous um handmade noodle alley so every booth here sells handmade noodles i don't know which one to pick i mean they're all pretty much the same but i saw this this is the smallest booth here and this auntie here didn't have anybody sitting here so everybody else has kind of got customers so i'm um i'm gonna eat her keep her company [Music] first buy the noodles in two weeks [Music] that's handmade so much chew and texture great kimchi slices of mushy potatoes this in the alley everyone should come to when you're at this market everything is just so fresh it's so nice she gave me some cold noodles to try as well that is just beyond delicious i love korean cold noodles that is so good i can't even believe i'm sitting here in korea eating fresh noodles in one of my favorite markets [Music] also some of the best cold noodles you'll find anywhere as well as local as you can get oh and there's dumplings here great too i'm probably more familiar with this market than any other market in korea [Music] a sweet bean bun i actually asked for three kimchi buns give me a sweet bean butter i have one of them with a crunchy bum got that sinking feeling i might have not got a kimchi bun three red bean buns go good but i'm a little bummed out i wasn't ready for dessert yet still really good though wow even with just the locals look at the line for this crazy famous hotel stand [Music] i've got a sweet one and a savory one that's so good that's so good chives carrots vermicelli you got to have them add some of that sauce the skin is the magical element to the stem it's so crispy airy and scrumptious oh melts in your mouth the sweet one is my favorite look at that little puffy thing it's like biting into the crispiest the lightest airiest little donut you get into the ingredients you get here with a burst of cinnamon and honey and that great aromatic sesame flavor my god i have this it was one of my all-time favorite street foods in this country plus only a buck hey eat up her back i finally booked a place on airbnb this is the third booking i made hopefully this place is alright let's go take a look [Music] this is my neighborhood for the next month and a half at least welcome to hyundai and this neighborhood is great because it's in the middle of all these great restaurants and street food and all these crazy nightlife like i don't really partake in clubs or bars but i love the food around here [Music] it's not too bad kind of an older house but floors are clean that's with the lack of bed sheets in this country plenty of space i really wanted a table balcony with a washing machine and uh asian dryers stove that i'm actually gonna use this time oh not much of a view not bad though and honestly i'm just happy i have a place i've been homeless for most of today not knowing if i actually find a place tonight all right i'm gonna get settled and go grab some dinner happiness i'm feeling right now is just indescribable there's a bubble tea place cafe right next door look at this bingsu shaved ice street food all this within two walking minutes so i love this neighborhood [Music] so i calculated this 42 meals of rice every meal i need this and honestly this is not too shabby i'm really picky about my pizzas but crush's ten is nice cheese could be better but kind of reminds me of a new york pie i only want to do one thing after this go buy some bed sheets feel like i haven't seen them in a long time and i need them oh fifty dollars i can't find sheets here it's just mattress covers and i'm not spending fifty dollars on the duvet cover next time i come to this country i'm bringing my own sheets i just realized this place by my house it's so big one of the best bingsu places in south korea this is a magical dessert if you ever crave fresh snow lightest powderiest of snow any time of the year let's come to this place and get some beans this is the classic dry green powder a little almond a little mochi i really consider this my first real day back in south korea and looking around um things are pretty normal like people walk around everybody has a mask on everyone wears a mascara and everywhere i went to if i'm eating inside i have to sign in my name i have to put a phone number down and that's for just in case somebody tests positive you can be traced which i think is a great idea people are still taking precaution like there's hand sanitizers everywhere like i said every single person that i ran into has a mask on i mean not when they're eating but when they're walking outside we're walking around indoors even though the whole quarantine thing may seem really strict and you know i did my fair share of whining in the hotel room i'm really glad they have that protocol in place i mean i feel better that people are coming in and going through the same process that i went through oh these couple months i'm gonna just you know take it easy i'm gonna go outside and film what i wanna film otherwise i'm gonna walk around i'm gonna enjoy this country it's fall weather right now i'm gonna go on some hikes i'm gonna not film as much just kind of go on a mental health break i know so many people out there are going through similar mental struggles as myself so wherever you are you know find time to take it easy you know go meditate a bit just take time out just take care of yourself anyway that's a look at what the two week quarantine process is like in south korea thank you guys so much for watching see you later

Channel: Mikey Chen

Views: 2,804,155

Rating: 4.9167099 out of 5

Keywords: south korea quarantine, korea quarantine, 14 day quarantine, quarantine, south korea travel, korea travel, travel south korea, korea tourism, travel korea, korean airline, korea airline, korea, south korea, seoul, seoul hotel, seoul travel, seoul food, food review, hotel, hotel review, korean food, street food, korean eats, korea eats, eating, dining

Id: EsfwidET_xc

Length: 35min 46sec (2146 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 26 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/Odd_Responsibility_5]

That is dedication. 2 weeks of quarantine to film some content.

I visited the Chinatown in Seoul after he featured it in his last visit to Seoul, some good street food there.

국가비 and 영국남자 could learn a thing or two from this chap.

[u/jpark799]

Oh woah, He actually has a microwave in his quarantine hotel room. I would have killed for that, haha.

[u/rvd98072]

lol mikey chen!!! nice to see him back in korea.

[u/taesu99]

Love this guy. I envy him and wonder how he doesn't get fat.

[u/fame_throwa_]

lol Not even a pandemic can stop this guy from traveling. Wow, he is one committed Youtuber.

[u/dokina]

I’ll throw up if I see another 본도시락. One can only eat so much of those.

[u/dokina]

I’ll throw up if I see another 본도시락. One can only eat so much of those.