Well good evening good evening.
It is starting to get dark a lot earlier here in Seoul.
It is only 7 pm but it is like pitch black out.
Yeah.
Anyways, we're going for dinner.
We're going to have a really healthy bibimbap (비빔밥).
Yeah, this is kind of like a contemporary vegetarian take on traditional bibimbap (비빔밥)
and we just discovered this restaurant a few days ago and it has become our new favorite
restaurant now that we're staying back around Seoul station (서울역) again so.
Yes, this is actually our third night in a row.
Yeah, we're on a bit of a health kick so we'll show you why.
Alright so we've already made a video about regular bibimbap (비빔밥).
Tonight we're getting fancy.
Yeah, tonight we're getting fancy and we ordered two different kinds.
One is sundubu bibimbap (비빔밥) and that comes with a soft silken tofu.
Yeah.
And the other one we ordered is poseot bibimbap (비빔밥) which is a mushroom based bibimbap
(비빔밥).
Both are vegetarian.
Both have ingredients that are quite different from normal bibimbap (비빔밥).
And when the dishes arrive we'll give you a full tour and show you all of the different
ingredients.
Action.
Alright, so the food has arrived and I get so excited about this meal because it so healthy
and so tasty.
So it is like really fun to eat it.
So anyways take a look at the bowl.
It is just like fresh raw ingredients.
I have broccoli, I have red and yellow peppers.
I have persimmon.
Banana.
Pumpkin.
Grapes.
Different types of of lettuce and cabbage.
And then mushrooms and I think this on top is ground sesame seeds.
That is what I read online but not entirely sure.
And yeah, it is just so healthy.
And look this is kind of like a two step meal.
So you have to grab your dressing.
Yep.
So first you dress your salad.
So unlike other bibimbap (비빔밥) where you have it all prepared for you.
You just mix it yourself.
This you actually have to put in your rice.
Yeah, so it is a soy based sauce and you kind of dress your salad.
So you do that first.
Alright that is step one.
What is step two?
Step two.
Oh, you've already uncovered your rice.
I have.
And this rice is different from normal plain rice.
You call this kind of like a purple bean rice.
Look at that.
It is really pretty.
It is healthier than normal rice.
Okay, so first we have to mix this all together.
You mix your vegetables.
You mix your salad.
Yeah and that helps you get the sauce evenly distributed.
Spread it around.
Banana.
Did I mention we have a banana in here?
There is fruit in here too.
There is banana and grapes.
There is also persimmon too.
Once you have mixed your salad you add the rice.
There we go.
And you take some of the spicy red pepper paste.
Yeah, the gochujang (고추장).
Just.
There.
That's it?
We like our spice.
That is plenty.
Are you kidding me?
I would put on about double that amount but okay.
And then we mix all of that around.
Yep.
That is the second step.
Yeah, this is like fascinating bibimbap (비빔밥) because this is a dish I've had in so many
different restaurants but I've never seen such a contemporary twist on it.
Yeah.
And it has ingredients that you'd never normally see.
Yeah, like fruit.
Yeah.
I've never encountered fruit.
Fruit in bibimbap (비빔밥) before.
Walnuts and different things.
So I'm going to go for some of the mushroom here.
This is my first time ordering the mushroom one.
Today I purposely tried to make it vegetarian but I normally get chamchi (참치) which
is tuna.
Woah.
It is falling out.
Falling.
Mmmm.
How is that?
It was a good mushroom.
Wow.
Yes, this is your first time to try the mushroom on this right.
Yeah, you've had the tuna or other types.
Broccoli here.
This is so healthy.
So so good.
Such healthy Korean food.
Mmmm.
Excellent.
Okay, so before you dig in to yours do you want to show us what else we get with this?
Sure, so before I mix my bibimbap (비빔밥) I'll show you the soup here.
We have Miyeokguk (미역국) which is the Korean seaweed soup.
Yep.
It is really healthy.
I'll try a little bit here.
Mmmm.
It is nice having warm soup on a cold night like this so.
Okay.
.And we also get the kimchi.
We get kimchi (김치).
And we get eggs.
Always.
And hardboiled eggs with a little bit of salt and pepper that you can dip.
Alright, so enough talking about that.
Let's start mixing mine up.
So I think the only difference in ours is that mine comes with tofu.
Yeah, and mine has mushroom.
Yep.
So I'm just going to really give that a good mix.
I'm going to slice up that banana.
And you know what?
I never would have thought banana would taste good in a bibimbap (비빔밥) but it actually
is delicious.
It does.
It almost makes it gives it some sweetness.
So while you mix I should also mention you don't have to make it vegetarian.
Like if you want you can also add chicken breast, octopus, they have tuna.
They have pork so lots of different ingredients.
Okay, time for my gochujang (고추장) sauce.
Oh, and I'm going to put a lot on there.
Oh yeah.
I think Sam is going a little overboard.
A little overboard but you're the one eating it.
I would rather have it too spicy that not spicy enough.
So I'm going to give that a really good mix.
Oh, it has pumpkin as well.
That is hobak (호박).
And the colors.
The colors are just so vibrant in this dish.
Yeah, it is awesome.
Ready to dig in?
Ready to dig in.
So I'm going to make sure I get a bit of tofu here and I'm going to try some pumpkin.
Oops.
And yeah the rice.
Mmmm.
Wow.
That is nice and spicy.
I just like this really is one of my favorite Korean meals and I love bibimbap (비빔밥)
but now that I've found an alternative type of bibimbap (비빔밥) it has just really
opened up a whole new taste bud experience.
A whole new world of food here so this is fantastic.
Alright, how was that dinner for yah?
Oh, that was amazing.
So healthy, so filling.
But like normally I find when you're sometimes you know when you're sacrificing eating really
healthy food there is a sacrifice with taste.
But not that.
That is so delicious.
I swear I could probably eat that every night for a month and I wouldn't get sick of it.
That is how much I like it.
And it is also affordable too.
Yeah.
So it is only 6000 Won (원) each so 12,000 in total.
W12,000 KRW.
And highly recommend going.