this is somewhere in between a  korean pancake or korean pizza

good to go portable you can eat it anywhere

and i'm feeling the burn and now it's just a  matter of mixing it up huh that is so good hits  

the spot well good afternoon and greetings from  koreatown here in toronto today we're going to  

be taking you on a little food adventure yeah it's  our first time in toronto in over half a year yes  

we've been spending a lot of time at home like the  rest of the world has it was chilly the last time  

we came here so it's just a beautiful summer's  day i mean the temperature couldn't be better  

and gosh am i hungry yes we've arrived here  right at lunchtime so we're gonna go show you  

around some different restaurants and also we're  filming this video in collaboration with the korea  

tourism organization so stay tuned until later  in the video because they're giving away numerous  

prizes including round-trip flights to korea so  we're going to be telling you how you can enter  

also i just want to mention that sam is wearing  the most appropriate shirt ever tell us a little  

bit about this i sure am the last time i was in  korea was in 2019 and i picked up this shirt and  

it's it's probably my favorite summer t-shirt to  be honest it has all of the korean foods that i  

love especially the bibimbap the naengmyun  the sam capsol i mean it's got it all also  

something i'm really excited about is audrey has  planned this entire experience this entire menu  

and i purposely asked her not to tell me what's  going to be going on in terms of the menu  

which is awesome so it's going to be a total  surprise for me today and i just can't wait to  

try everything so i know all the restaurants  we're going to and i've picked out the best  

dishes from each one so yeah we're both  feeling pretty hungry let's go eat big time  

so first stop of the day tell us the very first  surprise guys we are at hayden jeep also known as  

the sunrise house and audrey planned the menu  so we are having jan the korean pancake we're  

getting the modem kimchi pajam so it's gonna  have a little bit of seafood and some rice  

cakes and of course kimchi and then we're also  going for one of my all-time favorites and you  

suggested this this is the sogogi goon mandu  which is the deep fried beef korean dumplings  

so oh my gosh i'm so excited two of my all-time  favorites yeah just can't wait for it to arrive  

at the table all right going to pour some water  but first a very familiar face mr gangnam style  

himself hey it's been a few years since that  the cool story behind that is we were actually  

in korea and met together during the the  opa gangnam style psy year yeah the year of  

breaking out internationally basically that song  was on everyone's like ringtones it was their  

ringtone it was it was inescapable that summer  while the food is here and i am starting with the  

mandu we got the gogi mandu so they're beef and  they're also pan-fried so they're nice and crispy  

dipping it in the spicy sauce just the way we  like it it's like salty and savory soy sauce  

vinegar sesame oil i believe and chili flakes  chili flakes don't forget the chili flakes  

so good i can't remember the last time i  had dumplings i know it's been a long time  

it has been ages yeah we don't really get  korean food where we live so it's nice to  

be in koreatown nice and meaty i guess huh yeah  oh look at that dunking it in the jun the pancake

so fluffy so good is it friends this is authentic  korean food to the max we've got four different  

side dishes four different banchan we've  got the mandu and this food right here  

pajam is very famous in korea for two two  particular scenarios first off when it's rainy  

this is typical rainy food and  also this is typical hiking food  

so when you've climbed a mountain or you've  gone trekking or hiking in the mountain  

this is these are the kind of restaurants  that you'll see at the base of the mountain  

exactly and you'll see uh hikers going and having  their jun and often have sometimes pairing it with  

soju as well and so this is awesome i can't  wait to try it i'm dipping it in it's so big

that is so good hits the spot that hits the spot  

and guys this is somewhere in between  uh korean pancake or korean pizza and  

this is just amazing traditional food this is one  of the dishes that whenever i go back to korea  

i'm craving first so now time to try  the the mandu the gum gogi mandu sogogi

juicy beefy this is a great start i mean if if the  day keeps going like this i'm gonna be very happy

so what do you got there in your hands all right  next stop was chung chun chung hot dog got it  

right um it's a korean rice dog yes and i got  the one that's like covered in these potatoes so  

there's like a hot dog on a stick then it's coated  in batter and then we've got these little almost  

like little hash browns yeah for the topping i  went for the classic which is actually ketchup  

mustard and sugar oh wow sprinkled on top they  say the sugar gives it a little extra something so  

take that first bite wow that thing is a  behemoth that's what it looks like oh wow  

yeah so basically this is street food galore  when you're in korea you can get this at the  

food markets like the street food markets you'll  have vendors serving these yeah you can get it  

covered like in pieces of chicken potato there's  a classic here they had some dessert ones where  

it's just like chocolate in the middle pure  dessert so there would be no hot dog with that  

tada so there it is it's it's pretty good  actually i i kind of like the batter oh yeah yum  

and this restaurant is super popular like  we had to get in line and get a ticket and  

there's probably like 15 people waiting outside  yeah so i mean this is obviously a popular  

place to have a tasty bite on the summer's day

mmm what do you think there's something about that  batter that's just delicious yeah you're normally  

not a big hot dog person are you no this is like  way better than an average hot dog a really nice  

batter and the potatoes have been fried as if you  were making french fries like they're that crispy  

wow that's pretty good meal on a stick meal  honestly good to go portable you can eat it

anywhere

okay so we are moving on to the desserts and  this has to be my all-time favorite korean  

street food dessert hotel you'll see korean  students eating this in the winter non-stop  

this is like the perfect hot street food sweet  dish with lots of calories it's got like a syrupy  

goodness anyways i'm talking too much let's  just try this yeah so this is a nice stuffed  

pine cake we got the one with brown sugar look at  that all the brown sugar all of the nuts inside

the deeper you bite the sweeter it is we're in the  bullseye that's where you get the sweetest bite  

and you can get it with a whole bunch of different  fillings but the classic is definitely the brown  

sugar with nuts so that's what we went for yeah  and the second dessert my all-time favorite train  

snack in korea the hodu kwaja and i believe this  originates from chongan yes we went there before  

do you remember that trend i do remember that we  went to see a really big buddhist temple i forget  

the name but what's interesting is you can reach  ton on line number one the blue line as you're  

heading away from seoul so let's try this it's  going to have walnuts and red bean paste inside

oh that is the real deal guys look how much red  bean paste is in them so the coolest thing for me  

to see when we went into the shop to pick it up is  that they have the authentic authentic hulu quaja  

batter cast iron flippers the machinery the  machinery machinery it looks just like the stuff  

that you would see in children it's  amazing okay so i'm gonna try one as well  

something for everyone huh what do you think look  how much red bean paste there is that is amazing  

so good the real deal guys remember having these  on our train rides so delicious a bee landed on  

it it's like i want some too i'm gonna try the  whole talk too okay what does this remind you of  

the hotel yeah from your experience in korea  well this brings back memories of insadong  

yes from kind of like artsy craft quarter in  seoul yeah and in the wintertime it's just a  

really nice food a really nice dessert to hold  in your hands it literally warms up your hands  

uh-huh and guys yeah korea has proper winters  minus temperature so not as cold as canada but  

it gets up there some days and does so what do  you think so pretty tasty the lady at the shop did  

tell us this was probably going to taste a little  bit different from what we're used to in korea  

and that's very accurate like the ones that i  remember from seoul were a bit more like pancakey  

and spongy fluffy this one's a bit heavier a bit  more dense yeah but still really tasty so yeah

okay so it is time for our next two  food items we went to a place called  

the owl or buongi and we got two  dishes so first up we have the bibimbap

so basically we have a bed of rice underneath  and then a whole bunch of different veggies some  

greens carrots mushrooms zucchini some soybeans an  egg and some beef don't forget the gochujang sauce  

the red pepper shall we add it yes please all of  it that is my favorite part and now it's just a  

matter of mixing it up huh how excited are you for  bibimbap beyond beyond beyond excited oh look at  

that nice runny egg that's gonna go really well  with the rice i normally don't like runny eggs  

but when it comes to mixed rice absolutely do so  i'm just breaking the egg up here first and once  

that's done i feel like i broke up the egg enough  now it's just time for me to mix it and you can  

tell this is a really good bibimbap because it's  heavy on ingredients not too much on the rice  

that's for me is the the sign of a good bibimbap  lots of ingredients and this is uh this is the  

kind of standard bibimbap you get my favorite  of all time of course is the stone pot yes  

the key to having a really nice dulce bibimbap  is you let the the rice burn a bit on the sides  

and on the bottom it creates something called  i think noryongji it's a crispy crispy rice  

and i think the oil they use is a sesame oil  yeah so it just has the most amazing taste  

if you let it burn but um yeah this one is it's  just a regular bibimbap so we won't be doing  

that yeah i have to say i really love the dual  stop bibimbap as well but because we can only do  

takeaway or dining on the patio um we couldn't  do dole salt like this particular restaurant  

didn't have a patio so takeout was the only  option and they obviously can't give you a  

stone pot to take home with you so bibimbap  was the alternative i don't think many people  

would return the stone pot no it'd be a nice  addition to the kitchen and guys we're at  

christy pitts park yeah we've got lots of people  out here we got live music families dogs couples  

people exercising it's a it's a nice scene  it just feels like a slice of normality  

but yes oh check that out guys nice big  bite that is the real deal my friends  

it has all the classic bibimbap ingredients  super tasty gochujang is a star for me this  

is a really nice gateway dish if you haven't tried  korean food before i'd recommend this or bulgogi  

um just an excellent kind of way to introduce  yourself to korean food this is one of my  

all-time favorites and i remember when i lived  in korea i would have this at least once a week  

sometimes twice okay and for our next dish we  got some korean spicy rice cakes wow check it  

out check it out it looks so good and it comes  with onions we have some cabbage sesame seeds  

and of course the the spicy gochujang sauce  i can see the red flakes yeah we're finishing  

off the day with spicy food this is maybe the  the most classic korean street food dish wow  

it's something that you can get at these little  restaurants that are almost like snack bars  

or also in the markets you can buy them from  the the food vendors yeah that's right you can  

even get it in some grocery stores yeah  yeah so i'm gonna try one look at that

i'm very chewy it's um a sticky glutinous rice  yeah and i'm feeling the burn i feel like yeah  

i mean we love our spicy food but i don't think  we've been eating uh that much spice lately so  

we are we're probably a little our stomachs  are a little weak out of practice yeah one  

for you guys guys if you want to try i wouldn't  call it an advance but a different kind of dog  

boogie go to an outdoor street vendor who is also  cooking up the two weekend which are the battered  

fried various objects or sometimes some some  mandu and different kinds of seafood and also  

sweet potato which is one of my favorites i  think it's the gamja and get them to cut it up  

and then dunk it into the dakbogi  sauce it's absolutely delicious  

my favorite way of having dokbokki is with  the wii [ __ ] but this will be perfectly fine  

that is seriously potent my mouth's on fire but in  a good way feel like i'm a fire breathing dragon  

a dog boogie dragon couldn't think of a better  way to to be spending the the beginning of summer  

here in canada eating korean food in the christie  area so now let's talk about the giveaway because  

as we mentioned at the beginning of this video we  are filming in partnership with the korea tourism  

organization here in canada and they are running a  super cool giveaway featuring all sorts of prizes  

but right at the top are two round trip tickets  to korea for 2022 so if you want to take part all  

you have to do is take a photo of some korean  takeaway food and post it on your social media  

either instagram or facebook and you'll want to  use the hashtags support korean restaurants korean  

food travels and kto canada so i'm going to leave  a link with the details in the description below  

and if you want to take part just click and head  on over there alrighty guys so we are going to  

wrap things up over here we hope you enjoyed that  korean food tour extravaganza here in koreatown