We have octopus that is still squirming
and then it's been topped with
sliced penis fish.
Penis fish. Penis fish. Ok.
OMG. It's like......
It's a squirter.
What's up, guys?
Welcome back to Vagabrothers.
Right now we are in the GwangJang Market
in Seoul, South Korea,
and it's dinner time.
It's a traditional street food market,
and we're going to be trying everything
from the delicious to the disgusting.
So let's get into it.
I'm hungry. I don't know what to get.
We're going to be meeting up with
the girls from "DoStuff" who are
locals here, and they're going to
show us exactly what to eat.
Hi VagaBuddies and internet fans.
I'm Soo Zee. I'm Leigh.
What are we getting into tonight?
What is on the menu?
I think we're going to start with one of
my favorite street foods ever
Honestly, the smells that are just
taking over my nostrils right now...are
so different...never smelled anything
like it, but it smells good.
My stomach is rumbling,
and I'm ready to eat.
First time you pay money.
First you pay money, dude.
Oh, I see. Sorry, sorry. Duh!
I got that. He's speaking English.
I know. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
We're going to learn how to pour
some rice wine.
We always hold with two hands first.
Also the receiver, also two hands.
Ok. Everyone holds two hands.
It's very polite. Sometimes you can
do this or this, but never go like this.
You do the first one,
and I will....[laughter]
You're like a child holding a cup
My cup is empty.
We're having an impromptu drinking
lesson, a crash course in Korean culture
Kombe
Look at me. I'm speaking Korean.
Wine is good.
Oh gnarly
It's carbonated.
It's carbonated. It's thick.
Thanks for the wine. Bye.
I hope they have some noodles...
you know, like Korean BBQ
Pork, regular piece of pork.
Alex is such a drama queen.
When it comes to eating food,
Alex is always like....
but there is some stuff here that
will push anyone's boundaries.
Marko is brave with tastebuds.
I'll give you that, Bro, honestly.
You are a brave eater.
Right here we have
Beongdegi, which is
fermented silk worm larvae.
This lady's just got it right there
boiling in a big vat.
I have a cup.
It's full of insect larvae,
and here we go...my first big bite.
It's really not that bad.
Insects aren't really that bad.
If you get past the creepy, crawly bit,
although, I'm not going to lie.
When I took that bite,
the left side of my face kind of just
went numb.
What was the name of that movie
from the 90s?
Starship Troopers.
I don't know if you remember
Starship Troopers, but
that one big ol' bug who came out
and slurped that guy's brain.
That's what this is.
These are the baby ones.
It's not that bad.
Interesting thing,though
back in the day, you guys have seen
the Marco Polo series on Netflix?
Silk worms, super protected technology
in China from the silk road, and now
here we are eating them.
Next on our dinner menu tonight is
chicken feet, pig feet, and fermented
shrimp and fish.
Yummy.
This is pig's ear.
This is lung.
This is liver.
Sometimes they give you heart.
I think that's heart down there.
We're going to be going first on
pig trotters, as in pig's feet.
I'm sure the flavor is going to be like pork,
but it does look fairly intimidating.
I'm kind of speechless
This is a lot of food that a lot of people
probably wouldn't want to eat,
and we have all of them at one time.
Let's do it.
It's like a corn on the cob
except it's just a pig on a foot.
When foreigners see food like this in
Korea, what are some of the most
common misconceptions?
Misconceptions?
People actually eat all of these, right?
People do eat all of these.
Yeah, true.
When you're in America, usually the
only time you ever have chicken,
it's a breast, or fish, it's fillet.
Here when you order fish, they give you
the whole fish.
That's how it is in a lot of other parts
of the world.
I feel we've been conditioned to think
that meat doesn't come from parts.
Meat comes in plastic wrapper from
the supermarket. Exactly.
A lot of this food actually has to be
warm, and it's not a street food.
Now, every time I see a chicken running
around with its gnarly claw,
I know exactly what it tastes like.
Wow.
Have you eaten that before?
No. Never.
It's the first time you've eaten it?
You going to try it? No. No.
You are? yeah. Good luck.
Ready? Ready.
OMG. It's alive.
Those are the penis fish.
Ladies, I've got a cultural question.
What is the deal?
Why does it have to be alive?
Why is it called a penis fish?
Why is it still squirming?
It's supposed to be for stamina.
You mean for male virility?
Male virility. The penis fish or
the octopus? The octopus.
They're both squirming together
right now. Both, yeah.
We have eaten fermented rotten shark.
We've eaten fermented herring in Sweden.
We've eaten lamb's face in Iceland.
This to me is the least appealing,
most intimidating dish I think we've
ever seen. I'm not going to lie to you,
this fish's name is not nearly as
exciting in Korean. What does it mean?
Which means what?
The original, factual name of it is
because it looks like dog's penis.
A dog penis. A dog dick.
It does. OMG Now that you say it,
it totally looks like a dog dick.
We're in Seoul, Korea.
We're eating live octopus and penis fish.
Welcome to Vagabrothers.
Not that bad.
The fact that it's still squirming on the plate.
It's a huge turn- off.
Let's be real. I'd much prefer the octopus
to be squirming than the penis fish.
If the penis fish were squirming around,
I'd be like [say] "Leave that thing alone."
This is like a sea urchin, right?
You want to do a sea urchin?
Let's just say like this:
when she pulled the penis out of the
aquarium and she squeezed on the end,
it squirted.
It gave a little hello.
You just lost your penis. It's slippery.
Slippery when wet.
Here we go.
3-2-1. Penis in the mouth.
Pretty good. I'd order this again.
Before you tell how good it is,
let me tell you how bad it is.
You might see that we have a bit of a
dynamic here.
It is so chewy
and slimy
on top of squirming octopus
or look at it inside the
shashimi. What is that?
Salmon.
Oh. Salmon. Thank god.
Kombe
All the way down the hatch? Yep.
Kombe
We just filmed a K Pop challenge
with the boys from We Fancy,
and right now they're going to show
us Korean BBQ done properly. Let's go.
So hungry.