I went to Korea to find HANWOO, is WAGYU old news?

On today's video I am going to share with you my experience trying the forbidden wagyu. Hangwoo beef. It is the one that we cannot get here in the U.S. legally and honestly I had given up as the only way to experience this was to go all the way to Korea. So buckle up as I take you on my journey to find the forbidden wagyu. This is the Hangwoo beef experience. The very first stop was the food So right now we are in the most popular market Hwanjeon market here in Seoul, Korea. We're gonna explore and see what we're able to find. I'm pretty sure there's going to be a lot of different type of foods and I am super super excited. So this one right here is straight up makgeolli paste. Makgeolli pancake. I hope I'm saying that right I'm not butchering it. So it's made out of this and it comes out this way and then they make the batter like that. Very very nice almost kind of like a savory pancake that we have in the U.S. So in Japan they have ramen and here in Korea they have bibimbap. A lot of different ingredients here. Which is a rice with a bunch of different vegetables and other things and we're gonna give it a try. One big bite. Very yummy quite spicy actually, very spicy. As you guys know gugak and spice don't get along. I needed that. My mouth, look at you sweating like a pig. So this is probably one of the most famous stalls here. She was in Netflix series and she serves a lot of dumpling soup. It is a must we have to give it a try. I've heard so many good things about it and it was in Netflix. Come on now. Here we got the dumpling green one is meat the other one is kimchi. First time let's try this dumpling. Oh it's so delicious nice and gooey the meat is very flavorful inside. When you mix it together with the sauce phenomenal. Kimchi. Whenever you cook the kimchi it becomes milder it's not as spicy. But if you ask me which one do I prefer definitely the meat. So there's one thing I really wanted to try but there is a huge line you gotta make a reservation online for up to two days ahead to try Korean beer. What? So here in Korea it was extremely hard to get this beer. Some way somehow we were able to do it. Let's see. Um it tastes like beer. So good. Now Hanwoo beef. Welcome to the Majan meat market. This is where we're gonna find a lot of things including what we're looking for Hanwoo beef. That's the famous Hanwoo beef. First time I see it and it is quite marbled very impressive. Check out the marbling Wow this one $40 quite a good amount of marbling. About $171. The grading is one plus plus. So let me try to explain beef grading. Here in the U.S. we have four types. Prime which is best because it has the most amount of intramuscular fat. Choice is second best but it has less marbling. Select is the following which has almost no marbling at all. And lastly we have no roe. Let's just say that's a no-no. In Korea it is the same exact thing but they call it slightly different. One plus plus is the highest one you can get followed by one plus then one two and three. I was going for the best of the best which is one plus plus. But not only that there are other things in that market that I've never heard of seen before. Oh so here they have dry aging. Check it out everybody completely dry aged. Wow this is looking quite special. No no no I'm not talking about dry aging. You have seen that many times I've done so many experiments. I'm talking about this water aging. Right here on this part this is where they use the wet aging. I've never seen this technique before. What does the water do? More texture, that's texture more delicious. That's one of the best temperature for the fermented for the meat. For fermenting the meat. And how long does he normally wet age? 50 days wet aging. Yes. Wow and what is the temperature? Zero to four degrees Celsius. This is something I'm gonna have to try to see if it really does any difference or not because I've never heard of this. Water aging video coming up real shortly. So this one has been water aged for one month. Excellent so total came out to 47 dollars for this piece. Not bad. This one in the United States will be about 500 dollars. What? And of course they also have you know more or less popular cuts. You cannot forget about beef tongue, cow stomach, and of course the liver. Less popular cuts might not be for everyone but Hanwoo beef is. If you are a meat lover like me this is as good as it gets everybody. And honestly I could not wait any longer. Luckily on the top floor of the market they have a restaurant and they allow me to cook this forbidden meat by myself. I don't understand why they don't sell it in the United States. If you the reason why it cannot be sold here in the U.S. please let us know in the comments down below. Because I say it's about time to stop talking and go ahead and cook it and see how good it really is. It's super tender, falling apart, enough talking. Wow as you can see we achieved nice medium rare. It is very delicious, extremely tender, beefy, and quite different than Wagyu. I know, I know, I know what you're thinking. The number one question is Guga is it better than Wagyu? It is hard to explain but I'll do my best. The biggest difference was the taste in the fat. Hanwoo beef is slightly sweeter to me. Also Wagyu beef is much more marble than Hanwoo and for that reason Hanwoo beef tastes more beefy. Wagyu is extremely rich as you already know. It is also something that you should be having small little bites. With Hanwoo beef you can eat a whole steak by yourself. Wagyu to me is not even in the same category. I hope this makes sense to you and if it doesn't there's only one thing left for you to do. That is for you to try both. I hope you enjoyed this video and learned something new because I certainly did. If you did enjoy hit that thumbs up, if you're not a subscriber be sure to subscribe, and remember if you have not picked up my book yet make sure you do. I put so much effort and everything I've learned is on this book. It is one of the must-have books. Trust me there's something there for everyone. See you guys on the next one. Take care everybody. Bye-bye. It's so good!