Trying EVERY DUMPLING at H-MART! KOREAN SUPERMARKET Noodles & Dumplings Taste Test Part 1

[Music] so you just been watching me eat dumplings with a smile on your face kind of sadistic there will be a time when you and me finally can talk [Music] if you speak now yours will only tear us apart [Music] hey guys it's mike chen it's about 8 30 in the morning and today i woke up i think about 6am starving automatically went to my fridge my freezer and i realized something i'm out of dumplings i've eaten every single dumpling that's in my freezer and i don't know about your freezer but when my freezer runs out of dumplings it's not happy and if you remember the last time we went to h-mart there was this ginormous dumpling section that i've always wanted to come back to so today i'm strictly dumpling it's going to be all about the dumpling and maybe some noodles too mainly dumplings [Music] places that makes my heart beat faster when i see it the ocean disneyland h-mart this mountain of instant noodles literal mounds of instant noodles everywhere i think the gates to my heaven will just be lined with instant noodles and dumplings here it is the ginormous dumpling section there's so many it's such an overwhelming feeling right now i i don't know if you can sort of understand what i'm feeling it's just like going into a dumpling buffet if vegas had a dumpling buffet by the way someone should open a dumpling buffet but if there was a dumpling buffet it'd be something like this like i don't even know where to start oh heck yeah baby bulldog dumplings i've had the instant noodles i've had the rice now it's this when feeling overwhelmed at the buffet or h mart the best thing to do like i've always said is to treat it like you would a good story start at the beginning so right here start of the aisle [Music] i know we're here for noodles but look at this mural with spicy sauce lucky number eight pork and cucumber dumplings [Music] kimchi dumpling of course whoa sriracha dumplings i spotted the enemy broccoli those two words should never be put together it's like an oxymoron i'm shook i feel like my beloved dumplings has been contaminated just a tiny bit spicy squid stick dumpling i mean i've eaten dumplings with sticks but i just never had a stick dumpling before sweet veggie dump i mean i don't love veggie dumplings but never had a sweet one oh korean soup dumplings ooh flat dumplings oh no meat nevermind big dumplings that's reason enough for me tapioca pearl pudding red bean taro sweet corn yeah baby i'll take the sweet part coconut oh no this is this is really bad this is really really really bad i've walked into the land of needles and now i want it all korean chewy noodles oh no way i love noodles with black bean sauce and pork i have to leave this too much is there rehab for hmr if not there should be what salt lychee kitkat i am shook once again but this time in a good way follow me on instagram i'm going to do a giveaway i'm going to give some of these away salt leech oh my god so lemon citrus mint oh this is just not good not good welcome to kimchi land enjoy your stay hmart is kind of like disney this is why it's so hard to leave you walk around surrounded by food and snacks and listening to britney spears from the 90s which is like the best britney spears so dangerous this is like h more way more dangerous than target that's a fun shopping experience i think i might have bought too many dumplings if there is such a thing this could be a problem also the first time in my life the love of my life trolled me yeah broccoli dumpling what's up with that like when did this unholy matrimony happen it's like the dumpling gods and the broccoli gods got together and trolled me all right finally let's get to eating this is a problem because i completely just stuck my freezer full of dumplings to the point where some dumplings i'm putting on the top but that's not a long-term solution because they all need to be frozen so my only possible way to handle this would be to eat it all i'm gonna use so much dumplings that i will turn into one starting with this sriracha dumpling actually what i'm gonna do so we can save a little bit on time i'm gonna take out all the dumplings that require frying all right so these are the ones i will try first we have the bulldog dumplings these are the fire noodle dumplings so they have bar noodle noodles obviously they have fire fried rice and fire dumplings the big giant shrimp gyoza that i got mainly because it said big gil's a dumpling mandu spicy pork and vegetable dumpling and the pork and cucumber dumpling i think cucumber dumplings are kind of rare so that's why i got this and instead of frying it in a pan let's use the airfryer mundu pork and vegetable dumpling oh these are big sized ones and as soon as i opened this up i could smell the leeks on these dumplings and this is korea's number one dumpling brand bibigo this is something i've been looking forward to ever since i tried the instant noodle someone posted about these dumplings so i've actually been waiting for the day that i get to try this kind of small little dumplings and you can see if you look closely you can see through the wrapper the red chilies that resides underneath jumbo shrimp dumplings all right i mean when it said jumbo dumplings i was kind of expecting it to be way bigger and these guys didn't claim to be jumble dumplings and they're just as big anything with the worst sriracha i am automatically on board okay sriracha dumplings they have a dipping sauce here for you finally pork and cucumber oh these are tiny this literally looks like a dumpling family we're a dumpling clan you got the big muscular papa dumplings on one side you got the smaller delicate mama dumplings right here got the little kid dumplings right here i gotta say dumplings at hmart might be the best selection of dumplings i've seen in any asian supermarket koreans like they are really serious about their dumplings first off if you've got a chinese supermarket usually the bags are never this massive and 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not true there's a 30 day money back guarantee so if you don't like it take your money back go buy it don't play or like a whole bag this thing's like four bucks oh dumplings ready oh that is toasty all right i think i'm almost ready made my sauce chinese vinegar soy sauce sesame oil really simple stuff again hint of hot oil sometimes people just add more than a hint and it's just it's not good okay keep it two hands one hint all right that's it so this is my first time frying the dumplings and the air fryers hope it worked out these are the shrimp big kills of dumpling oh that's good i understand you now when you say shrimp big dumpling you meant in flavor wow first of all look how thin the wrapper is this thing will get cold walking around in the summer that's just incredibly incredibly thin and stuffed with filling a little vermicelli noodle and look at this that's one chunk of shrimp so all the ingredients are incredibly fresh you taste the leek you taste a seafood nice crunchy outer shell huge shrimp flavor this thing would definitely be bubble approved these dumplings should be another reason that publisher lists out when he's talking about how he wants a shrimp and bolts if you're a fan of shrimp and your friend of dumplings get this these are the spicy pork and vegetable oh this is good too i feel like i still like the shrimp one better because it was so fresh and the shrimp flavor was so pronounced but this if you just want a really hearty meaty satisfying dumpling this is what you should get [Music] just like the last one really thin skin stuffed with filling with just an amazing garlicky leek flavor i feel like these dumplings compared to the chinese ones they're not as juicy as the chinese dumplings and that might be because i cooked in an air fryer i don't know but the flavor is off the charts sriracha dumpling the sriracha dumpling is good i think what's really good about these korean dumplings is that universally the skin is really thin so the skin to filling ratio it's awesome but this one i feel like flavor wise it doesn't match the first two oh this is a chinese product wait trim i actually like this brand oh and they have their own dipping sauce let's try it the dipping sauce could be the game changer [Music] dipping sauce is nice but i stand by my verdict first two much much better that one i i couldn't really differentiate between all the fillings and it didn't have a fresh ingredient kind of vibe to me ah here we go this is the bulldog dumpling and honestly with the vermicelli noodles it tastes almost exactly like someone took a ramen put it into a dumpling wrapper and this is what we got it's got a good amount of kick but i wouldn't say this is a must try dumpling i feel like i like the fried rice and the ramen way more than this this thing kind of tastes like that third spiderman movie where i don't think it knows what it is it's got an identity crisis or something i feel like they made the noodles and they made the fried rice and those were really really good they're like yeah this is wrapping in a dumpling good not great finally it's just a little bite-sized pork and cucumber dumpling they're so tiny i don't know whether i want to hug it or bite it i like it i feel like these dumplings were created so you can taste all the ingredients that are in here and all the ingredients are really fresh and noticeable so when you're biting into the dumpling it doesn't just taste like a hot mess each main ingredient flavor is pronounced you can definitely taste the quality this one nine out of ten this one nine out of ten this one 8.5 this maybe a 7.5 if this was a date i say go out with it once and then next time you see it on tinder swipe left next round we have thin wrapped kimchi dumplings we have kimchi dumpling ballet kimchi i think that's french fork these dumplings are awesome never had this so this is buckwheat skin dumpling and this is rice paper skin dumpling so i think i'm going to cook these two together and these two together oh warmer there i brought something back from h mart that i bet none of you guys thought i would the broccoli dumpling luckily it's in plastic because i feel like if i touch it my skin would just melt superman has this kryptonite i have broccoli and if you're wondering why why would i bring this my enemy my nemesis bruce lee's evil twin broccoli home with me i'm gonna quote you sensu the art of war he says and i quote to know your enemy you must eat your enemy or does it become i'm pretty sure it's eat you must eat your enemy we'll get to this at the end you know what most of these have air fryer instructions to themselves just going to air fryer 356 for 10 minutes as soon as i open this it smells like kimchi just whack me on the nose if you're wondering why i got two kimchi dumplings it's because did you know that kimchi protects you against covet apparently that's true whoa well these things are massive this looks like a hot pocket all right this is what i would think of when someone says paw sticker to me this is what i would think of if someone says brick to me i kind of feel like these didn't really come out as well as they may have on the stove it's not crispy at all soft i think i should have just fried it but let's see how they taste first up kimchi dumplings nice kimchi flavor really don't feel like there's much else in here besides kimchi and some vermicelli no a little bit of pork that's pretty average it's got kind of a funky aftertaste to it i predict this would be a much more superior kimchi dumpling oh hang on a second oh my god were you guys looking were you guys watching this the whole time so you just been watching me eat dumplings with a smile on your face kind of sadistic anyway new plushies dumpling slippers are in link is down below these are so comfortable and this is so soft i'm gonna dip you on hot oil anyway go back to your seats here you don't want to see this trust me kimchi dumpling oh this is the one wow classic super thin skin you get 100 taste of meat crunch from the kimchi very distinct tons of stuff in here way better than just a one-dimensional kimchi flavor this is a complete dumpling no those are delicious seriously you taste the meat the veggies there's some chives in here i'm sure of it and then of course the explosive kimchi flavor as well this is so good it almost made me shed a tear that was definitely a dumb thing to do all right this is the rice skin dumpling it's not very crunchy i think if you can cook this in the air fryer you gotta kind of cover a little bit with oil kind of shock that's tasty though on the packaging it says crispy wrapper it definitely does not achieve that in the airfryer and especially not this look at this this is like a soggy mess right now and that is all my fault let's just try it this is a kimchi dumpling too the outer skin is a mesh i'm going to fry this i i definitely cooked it wrong [Music] oh yeah now it's crispy now it feels more like a pot sticker so marshmallow the skin is like half of what makes this dumpling good texture of course completely different now crunchy skin i can taste the meat and veggies inside this whole lot better now now this this hot pocky looking thing i love the skin so this is rice skim and this is buckwheat skin this is more crisp the texture is better so you got that crunch from the outside before you start getting the crunch from the kimchi usually i love my airfryer but this night and day compared to how it turned out from the airfryer such a light beautiful crunch listen our final dumplings and these three needs to be steamed we have a sticky squid stick dumpling the luscious pork and vegetable dumpling which looks like a soup dumpling and the sweet vegetable dumpling [Music] this is the spicy squid stick dumpling it's not bad i think if you didn't tell me they were squid in here i wouldn't guess squid it tastes like a mochi dumpling there's a little bit of sweet and smoky and the outside is just a mochi wrapper look at that i'll taste the squid now all right it's not bad i give it like a seven out of ten this is the soup dumpling not really a lot of soup it's actually pretty solid soup dumpling i think this is probably better fried because unlike other dumplings the skin is a little thick so i think if you fried it you get that extra crunch that will make it really excellent but the filling is great pork and vegetables fry it up brian tastes even better all right this is the one that i'm really confused about it's a sweet vegetable dumpling i don't know what a sweet veggie is i mean is it corn radish what what in the world is this kind of smells sweet i think that's a sweet potato i don't like this some parts the feeling is really mushy [Music] some part slightly crunchy but overall pretty starchy especially when you got the vermicelli noodles in here this i think with a lot of hot oil is sort of salvageable but overall i give this a five out of ten all right i tried all the dumplings it's time only time a broccoli has made its way through the threshold of my doorway was that time it hit within like some pieces of meat like it was a broccoli ninja first time i actually willingly paid for this it says six in a tray microwave three minutes there we go a broccoli dumpling never thought i'd see the day okay truth is there's not a lot of broccoli in here the inside is like 10 broccoli i would actually just call this a vegetable dumpling look at that you can barely see little pieces of broccoli and it doesn't taste like broccoli it just tastes like a vegetable dumpling i think it's the first time i'm seeing this in my life but it's not bad now don't get too excited i said it's not bad because i really don't taste the broccoli in here overall skin is nice thin mochis i mean it needs some meat but other than that tastes like a decent vegetable dumpling i wouldn't get it again but for you vegans out there not bad since i ate a little bit of my enemy it just tastes a little bit like evil all right i tasted all the dumplings i know which ones i really like dinner time i think the easiest way to do this is to bring out big bertha these for sure i think this is my favorite brand bb gulp really good dumplings all right i told you i really don't have a lot of space in the fridge so cook this up eat what i can i'm gonna put on an episode of love h2o watch some tremendously awkward kissing this should be a good night seriously if you ever seen that show i've been into dumplings with more passion see what i mean hmm i told you more passion and hotter good morning i'm a firm believer that if you eat a lot of dumplings you're gonna sleep like a dumpling and sleeping like a dumpling that's a good thing we have a couple more things to try from hmart the korean noodles three korean noodles to try for breakfast i think we start with this noodle sauce pack fish cakes [Music] the texture of these noodles are excellent little too sweet for me definitely needs a hint of kimchi much better best thing about this is the noodle texture don't love the sauce i like the spiciness of it let me try something chinese hot oil and then some gochujang more [Music] i like how this chili paste makes the soup thicker much better not the best but this did warm me up next korean style chewy noodles hot and sour six cons of fruit i think it was pretty good i wanted to try one of these cold spicy curry noodles because i know i like the spicy soup ones so i want to try the other one it's a little sweet but you can tell the sweetness there's a little more natural flavor like it's not from sugar and i know from reading the packaging there's six kinds of fruits in here so that's where the sweetness is coming from so it's really a fruity kind of sweetness noodles incredibly chewy that's awesome perfect use of sesame add some kimchi this is a great meal anytime when sour meat spicy i'm always up for that so when you're in h mart ignore the pretty blue hair girl go for the handsome guy third bowl of breakfast noodles i saved the best for last well what i think is the best i don't know if this is any good i hope it's good xiaomi one of my favorite things in the world pretty simple black bean sauce noodles this is looking and smelling so good i'm so worried for my fragile heart because my hope is so high for this to be great not bad i give it a solid 7.5 out of 10. not the greatest thing i've had definitely need some kimchi i think the characteristic for all these three korean noodles is that i like the texture for all of them better than the flavor i think out of these three the last one i ate the spicy fruity one probably had the best flavor this one it's good i feel like it's lacking something let's see if my cure-all for noodles works here it was kind of one-dimensional like i like the fermented black bean flavor but it's not wowing me it's missing that michael jordan lebron james wow factor much better this was hot oil this has once again made it to the major leagues it was missing that extra heat a little excitement that really only hot oil can bring and then you add some kimchi to it to kind of give it a little acid a little sourness now this is worthy of all my anticipation all those pieces of pork in here is great too to me because i'm kind of boring person i don't think there's many things better than like going to a supermarket eye door eating a full day of dumplings wake up the next day and eat a full morning of noodles just that satisfied entertained filled with magic feeling i told you it's like disney i know there's so many more dumplings than noodles to try at hmr so this is just the beginning but hopefully you found this noodle and dumpling guide helpful if you tried any of these let me know how you like in the description box below thank you all so much for watching until we eat again see you later you

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Length: 27min 52sec (1672 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 15 2020