Korean Airlines BUSINESS CLASS FOOD REVIEW New York to Seoul | What You NEED to Know!

Two more days before I leave for South Korea. This is crunch time. I'm gonna give you guys an inside Look what's like to prepare for a trip. It's gonna get insane One of my new favorite citron places in Flushing lucky chance. They actually came by told me I ordered too much I don't get excited. I ordered like eight dishes for three I never had their duck here That's really good Juicy crispy skin. Oh, that's a delicious roast duck The skin in particular. Look how nice oily and Toasty that skin is. Oh, yeah. There we go. Fatty beef Peppercorn chilies fatty pieces of beef sitting on bamboo That's great. But that duck surprisingly good. Oh, this is a good piece, too Hmm. That's the best duck I had in Flushing. Skin, fat, meat, flavor, especially the skin I haven't found one with skin that crisp before that's almost like Peking duck skin They didn't have any congee, but Sophie wanted congee. So what'd you do? That's how Asians handle these things Citron spicy beef tendon clay pot. Look how meaty this is. Oh, yeah a lot of chili peppers in here Looks good. It smells good That's delicious bite of that beef Reminds me of Top Gun. There's no tenderness in your fingertips cuz it's all right here all that tenderness all right It's nummy, it's spicy probably one of the best dishes I've had here I really like this Citron place. So far, it's not famous enough where like it's packed all the time Yeah, fun and bad, fun and bad. I told them to put the veggies kind of far away from me Sophie can have it but so far this place is not as famous yet. So there's no line I mean that's gonna change eventually but before it does come here and try this stuff This is actually a wrong dish I didn't mean to order this. It's jumbo shrimp like it's a sweet and sour jumbo shrimp It's actually really good. I'm gonna eat the whole thing Legs are like little shrimp chips I'm actually good this next time. I thought it was gonna be like covered in sweet sour sauce. Not that sweet great flavor Fantastic shrimp. I'm trying to eat like all the food I can that I don't think I can find in Korea I don't remember if I found good shrimp food over there I don't think I did. I'm gonna say goodbye to my beautiful little pup before I leave. Come in Come to daddy You miss me? You miss me? Hi baby I miss you. I miss you. I don't miss many things when I go on trips, but I miss this little dog Hi, baby. See you in a couple months Just got home and now begins the most dreaded part of this whole entire getting ready to leave process Sorting out my fridge and packing. Let's do the fridge first Just taking inventory of what I have to eat tonight. Kimchi, eggs, green peppers and apparently half a watermelon Doable. Food is done. I don't know if you notice I got a little plumper a little juicier from the watermelon now again packing I typically bring one suitcase with me one big suitcase, but because I'm going for like two months I probably need two so one large one one medium-sized one. This is the medium-sized one that I brought from Seattle It's not even unpacked yet because after COVID started I realized I got a lot more stuff I'm packing now mainly vitamins. Alright, let's start fresh. This is all The COVID stuff. It's so crazy how the stuff I'm bringing on trips is completely changed now Like I have to bring so many wipes and hand sanitizers and masks and vitamins and also I have to bring things for the quarantine So the two-week quarantine I gotta work out, pull up bar, workout bands It's about nine o'clock at night. Here's the progress I've made on packing Zero I had to work out and do some work and then I remember I had an interview with GQ in One hour, so I need to go set up for that It's gonna be an interview over zoom, but I'm gonna film it with this camera as well. I need to get a light Not too bad. Gotta get a haircut. Alright next stop Chinatown It's just kind of funny now that before going to a bank and asking for money. I got to put on a mask first Usually they don't like that Finished with the bank. We're here getting breakfast I gotta eat as much as I can because for the next two weeks while in Korea It's gonna be quarantine food, which is not gonna be that good So today, tomorrow, as much as I can going in here. Breakfast number one will be rice noodles Rice noodles in the morning. It's a Cantonese way Mmm, it's very good. It's a spring onion. It's very nice. Very nice touch. Mouth feels great. Good pick guys Good pick. Can't find this in Korea Hong Kong milk tea Sad I can't go back to Hong Kong anymore. Alright breakfast number two. I love how now like all these restaurants give you fish skin chips There's a little stale Tiny bit stale. It's probably been around for like days. Still good, but tiny bit stale If you ever feel empty inside go to one of these Hong Kong places, Hong Kong eateries, one of these Canton places and get yourself some innards So, you know, you don't feel so empty That tastes like a meaty sponge, I think this is liver Wow, this is very livery. Level up before you take a bite out of this. I have to summon all my Chineseness to enjoy this This tastes like a liver sponge. You really have to get used to that. This is one of those things where you take a bite of this and then you take a bite of actual stomach and you breathe a sigh of relief Bouncy shrimp. Noodles are great Mmm, I love wonton, man. The noodles soak up the broth so easily because they're just the thinnest noodles You got to have that nice crunch of spring onion, which this soup does have Great shrimpy flavor. Good wonton noodles. Oh yeah. Oh, I forgot about the broccoli That's the best part. That's what you come here for. Well this too, but definitely this Perfectly crispy. Sweet soy sauce is beautiful. Gets into all the rice Love the lap cheong. If you love rice, you love sausages, you never tried this before, you got to come to Chinatown and give this a shot Amazing. All right. See you guys. See you guys when I get back. Take care Here's what I typically bring on a trip. I got two Panasonic GH5s. One, two. I got my drones Batteries I have to take with my carry-on because they don't allow you to check in. Small portable light I have a bigger one in my carry-on. Got that new GoPro. The old GoPro if I want to be stealthier Look at the size difference of these two Tremendous. And of course this camera I'm filming on My Nintendo Switch My laptop And my iPad. Tripod on the side. All fit into this Amazon basic bag. Obviously not sponsored by Amazon, but I love these bags. Love them. They're so amazingly tough Never had a problem with them before. They get worn out, but then you just buy a new one and they're only about 40 bucks Let's go to South Korea I know this is a little excessive, but by the time I get back, I'll be glad I have this Total cabin in the woods kind of feel, huh? I'm telling you. Ghost kids. Take care of the house while I'm gone I've been trying to find food for the last 30 minutes and I have to get to the airport I have to return this car in about 30 minutes max So I had to go get some gas and I was trying to find some food where I got gas and I find nothing Nothing is open. Nothing is open this early. I always want to have a really nice last meal Anywhere I am. Even a Popeye's right now would be excellent. Guess we'll see what's at the terminal Nobody here right now waiting for the air train Last time I was here, this corridor was packed. Now it's like I'm one of three people and I think I'm the only plane passenger. This is completely empty. Such a apocalyptic feel Nobody here. There's like maybe under 10 people here Terminal 1 is a lot of international flights and it seems right now Korea Air is the only one that has staff Not a single passenger here besides me. So screening is pretty much the same Obviously, you know without all the people but because of that the TSA people are really nice There's only one other passenger who was checking in behind me. I think where she's going to Korea as well So I just got through the check-in process. There's a couple questions that are now answered So before I got on a flight I went and researched whether I needed to take a COVID test before getting on the flight or not Now if you look at the website, the embassy says you do not need to take a COVID test until you land But if you call the airline, they say you have to take a COVID test within 72 hours of your flight So it's really contradictory information So I did take a COVID test and I brought it and they didn't ask for it at all they just took my passport made me sign all those forms saying I would agree to stay at a government facility for two weeks when I land and the cost is gonna be about 2,100 US dollars, which is pretty steep for two weeks day and you'll have no control where you stay So that's making me a little nervous. So it's a kind of a gamble right now. None of the restaurants I think are open here and so far again, it's just me and the girl that checked in behind me I'm just gonna go see if I can find more food down a different corridor I actually have PPE vending machines now Nothing here besides a closed Starbucks. Luxury stores, Tom's, Blackberry, Channel How close? Estee Lauder, a place that sells macaroons. At least they're open. Also, Bvlgari That's open too. Oh that pizza looked like it got beat up. I mean just the life is just beat out of this thing. This is what I got Beef wrap in baklava. Really not much to eat and this is Korean Airlines, so I Don't expect the food to be that good. This looks like a beef pita, like a beef bread Oh, I had this before. I had this before in Istanbul. I like this. Basically bread with meat baked in This is what I like to call one of those eat to live scenarios. I'm hungry. I got a long plane ride ahead of me I'm just trying to survive I like it. It's so dry. And look at this. In front of me, empty runway. I've been sitting here for about 15 minutes Haven't seen a single plane Just in case you haven't figured out yet. You really don't have to be three hours early for an international flight anymore I have to wait here for another two hours And 30 minutes. But good thing about this. I really don't want to be using the bathroom on the whole flight. So This will help me Even the baklava So sad. Hopefully it gets better on the flight This is new. I never flew in a Korean business class where the seats are staggered like this and not right next to each other Gotta disinfect Who let the dogs out? I think that lady has a dog You never had Korean Airlines where it's like this. There's actually a degree of separation now, of course, they probably have already disinfected everything but Never be too sure. Let's see what a travel bag looks like nowadays. Very PPE Eye mask. Is this a good brand? Toothpaste, toothbrush. Given the fact that I don't even know where I'll be staying for the next two weeks I might need some of this stuff. Slippers? Menu. I don't think it's a new menu Prawn and scallops, salad, asparagus, soup, bibimbap. If you ever fly economy class, definitely get the bibimbap Otherwise, never get it. It's the same bibimbap served throughout the entire flight. Grilled beef looks good. Dinner we have Salad, beef galbijjim, shrimp dumpling noodle soup. Honestly Korean Airline menus and food items Hasn't changed I think ever. So right now there's about one, two, three, four, five There's about six people here in business class. Nobody in front of me. Nobody here. Nobody in the middle aisle So that's how Korea gets you to pay attention to their safety video I'm surprised. I thought actually everything was gonna be like plastic containers and disposable silverware, but everything is actually kind of normal with the exception that This is a plastic cup and the dressing came in a little plastic container. Besides that I mean, this is still normal plates, tablecloth, silverware is still the same That's kind of surprising What can I say? It tastes like this is trying to make me live longer We sealed in something. I'm okay eating like a $5 Sandwich, I don't need anything gourmet. I just I just want to live. Green asparagus soup Sounds terrifying Tastes delicious. I'm gonna dump my garlic bread in there. The asparagus soup. I don't know how appetizing that sounds to you, but It sounds not at all to me, but oh it is. It's like a cheesy veggie soup Horrible Over pasta and mixed veggies. I would have rather had the bibimbap. I'll tell you right now. This does not smell good I mean, I like fish, but this does not smell good. Did my mom call the airline and make them give me this dish? There's no way I would have. Look at this. I would never choose this over steak This is very mediocre spaghetti. The fish is tender I guess Fish is not too bad. The sauce is atrocious. It just tastes like extra sweet spaghetti sauce Vegetables are okay for a Pretty healthy meal. It's not bad. It doesn't smell good though. It smells like seafood that's been in the freezer too long It's okay. Ice cream time. I can either use this spoon or This spoon that Haagen-Dazs has provided me. Thank you for thinking of my safety Haagen-Dazs It's just instant noodles in a bowl, but when you're hungry anything tastes good Little instant noodle. A little shashlik redemption. But this is um, this is dinner. We're about three hours before Touchdown And this one of those flies that's daytime throughout the flight. This is a galbi. It looks like a beef stew This is probably the most veggie intake I've had in a long long time on this flight. Although flying is a little risky It's also very healthy That's really good. Galbi. Ridiculously tender. Really good flavor Sorry, it's like 1 30 a.m. For me in New York right now. Came in think straight, but Good stuff Usually when you get off the plane, just a mass of people. I think our flight was about 10% full. Just got out of customs Learned a lot. Very educational experience. I'll summarize everything when I get to the hotel. This is where I'll be for the next two weeks Think I drew the straw here Definitely did not get lucky when it came to accommodations. This is my bedding. I get two beds. There's no mattress cover These are not the cleanest looking mattresses It's just a blanket and that's it. Small room, barely enough space to do some workout At least the view is sort of decent and the windows do open. They open a little bit. That's nice At least get some fresh air. I lived years in a Brooklyn basement before so as long as the Wi-Fi is good I'm happy. I'm pretty sure they cleaned everything. I'm just gonna do all that again. All right I just got settled into my hotel room. Let me try to give you guys a Summary recap what you need to do some of the things that that I just I found out that would be good for you to Know if you're thinking about coming to South Korea, I would say the process was relatively smooth Everyone I encounter was super nice. So that was very helpful I took some footage of where we are right now, but they told me I can't use any of it I should actually got a call in my room saying did you take a picture of the hallway? You're like you can't use that so I can't show you guys any of this stuff I'm just gonna have to describe it to you. So after the flight lands you go through about Five or six different stations at the airport I think I filled out four forms now The thing you have to do is that you have to have a contact in South Korea You can't show up here and not have a local contact. That's something I don't know if it's mentioned on the on the embassy website, but you can't have that now the kovat testing I took a test before I came And I suggest you do too just so you don't get anyone on the plane sick in case you were positive But they didn't check my kovat test results before I bought it a flight in my hotel now There's still no testing done. They said we're gonna do the testing tonight, but it's already like 8 p.m So I don't I don't know if we're still doing that I kind of want to go to bed, but you go through all the different airport people They check everything very meticulously again, super super nice people. They will call your local contact So in my case, my contact was it was at work. So her cell phone was off So I had to get on Instagram and find another contact Luckily I did else I wouldn't be able to leave the airport if you follow me on Instagram, you know I was kind of confused about whether I could have quarantined at Airbnb The answer is no if you are on a visa waiver like myself So if you don't have an actual visa or if you're not a Korean citizen, you don't have a Korean passport You cannot quarantine at Airbnb cannot quarantine at any place else beside a government facility, which this is So after I got out of the airport and sorry if I sound completely devoid of energy, that's because I am It's like 5 a.m. In New York right now. So after that you get on a bus with a lot of people I feel like I mean the plane ride over it was very socially distanced Like there's nobody it's like like I said 5% 10% of plane was full The bus was a lot fuller and we took the bus right here. Once you get here. You have to download a second app Sorry, I forgot to mention when you're at the airport You have to download an app and then when you get to the quarantine facility They tell you to delete that app and then download a second app. So now I have a second app and on this app I'm gonna self check my temperature every day. If I have any symptoms twice a day after report it on the app So they took me here did the app thing. I had to pay for Everything up front. So I think it was like $2,100 that you have to be ready to pay before you check into this place So this is my place for the next 14 days. They actually give you a menu not really menu Just like three meal choices whether you want a normal meal or one without pork or vegetarian meal I got the normal one. So I don't know what the food is like yet And when you get to the room, there's no mattress cover. It's just pillow and Two blankets one blanket would definitely go over the mattress. Maybe that is a Korean mattress cover I don't know and they tell you you cannot open the door. You cannot leave the room, which I are this stuff I already knew so I'm completely prepared for that. I'm just really happy my window does open So I guess I'm a little bit of fresh air and they give me a baggie for tonight Let me see what they gave me. So this is what they gave me instant noodle microwave rice dessert mild coffee and this massive Jug of water and I think I can't throw anything away unless it's in one of these hazard Plastic bags that they leave outside my door haven't got to that part yet. Also, there's this Inside there is more coffee coffee mix Slippers disposable cups two towels and a toothpaste or something. That's also in there Yeah, so three meals a day. They're gonna deliver the food every day every day So that's the only time I'm allowed to open the door. I think that's it. This is my life for the next two weeks I've done worse. Oh also for the app. You want to make sure you have a phone that's gonna work in Korea I have international plans so my phone my US number works but if you don't have a phone number that works when you're trying to install the app You won't be able to install the app. So make sure you have that and everything else. I just mentioned I don't even know what I said. I gotta go to bed. I'll update you about my life in quarantine We'll do a food review coming up Good night