KOREAN STREET FOOD on Jeju Island Market

Today we try various street food on a South Korean island, and it gets fiery like a K-drama. Real intense. Today's my last day in the south side of Jeju Island, and we're going to be checking out a market near my hotel. It's just a little after 11 a.m. Here we have dakgangjeong, crispy fried chicken, as well as dumplings and gimmari, fried Korean seaweed rolls that contain glass noodles. Their friend tteokbokki is right next door. We try the famous black pig of Jeju Island. Look at those flakes dance on there. We're gonna get a skewer. Conveniently, we have seats in the middle of this row. Let's put our dish here. The black pig itself, you definitely gotta chew on that a good amount before you swallow it. The sauce is on the sweet side, but not as sweet as your typical like teriyaki sauce. While grilling, the vendor had these pieces on a skewer. Upon cooking, they were taken out. Here we have pineapple and a little bit of tteok. This pineapple is worth two bites. The pineapple was medium ripe and medium sweet. The flakes are continuing to dance. Some bits of the meat are dry, other bits a little bit more juicy. As I munch away, I take the opportunity to people watch. One of the joys of solo travel is taking the time to observe your surroundings and operating at your own pace. Check out this couple's outfit. Are they supposed to be minions? Though it's months away from Halloween and most Koreans don't celebrate it. Let's try the tteok. This tteok is mostly plain with a little bit of sauce on it. It acts as a rice, a balancer of flavor. A queue is starting to build up as lunch hour approaches. So along this row, in the middle we have vendors that sell household goods. This stall sells assorted vegetables including cucumbers, radish. We have yet another fruit cart, more veggies and more veggies. One of the specialty items on Jeju Island are hallabong. These are mandarin oranges and you can even buy them as souvenirs. They would have like mandarin oranges covered in chocolate. This is the entrance we came from. Here's yet another and then we go straight and then yet another entrance. This shop sells crab croquettes. Oh, they have a kimchi cream. Oh, they have a squid japchae, chicken bulgogi and cheese. Wow, so many options. Oh, okay. Gotta try this one. Look closely. There's pasta and also he topped it off with some dried herbs and oh right under the spoon we have a small shrimp. Hot. The spoon is so small. It's lightly creamy and the flavor is light as well. Can't say it's anything too memorable. Look up. What is that? Uh-huh. Paintings are hung from the ceiling. This one reminds me of Finding Nemo and that must be Nemo. Across from me is a butcher shop and we're gonna keep going straight down and there's a particular food I want to try. There are some fresh seafood restaurants here. He is sharpening knives on his motorcycle. This shop sells ddangkong mandu. We must try this. Gogi and kimchi. They have a meat-filled dumpling and then a kimchi-filled one and they're in the shape of ddangkong, you know, peanuts. Ah. It's not just that the shapes look like peanuts but one of the ingredients is peanuts. Oh, those are my babies. She's peeling it down. Oh, they have peanut ice cream as well. She's wrapping it up individually so they don't stick to each other. The dumplings wrapped in white, that is the meat-filled one. Let's find a seat. All righty. We are sitting right below. Can you guess where that is? I visited that area yesterday. I am super excited to try this. Okay, let's admire how it looks before we devour it. It's actually really hot. Oh, it's so cushiony. It's so flexible. It's better than a pillow. There's some noodles in that. Scallions and of course meat. This would make a great picnic food. As I vlog, there are more Koreans here than foreigners and when I came on the weekend, I did hear a little bit more English. When you eat buns and dumplings, sometimes the skin could be too thick and it kicks away from the flavor of the insides. This one, it's thin enough where you still can enjoy and savor the interior. It is a steam box in here. It's a warm day. This time we're gonna try the kimchi dumpling. It looks like stitches going across the dumpling. Like a string is making it all wrinkled up. This one is very much like the gogi dumpling but spicier because of the kimchi in there. Overall, I prefer the non-kimchi dumpling. This one's spicy that it takes away from the meaty flavor. As the moisture evaporates, the outside can get a little bit sticky when you bite into it. Although it said that peanut is one of the ingredients in this, I personally don't taste it. Visors, hats and umbrellas will come in handy, especially if you're going to do a lot of walking on Jeju-do, particularly during the summer. More dumplings. Go down one of the side alleys. There are seafood restaurants. Here's a look at the menu for those interested. For abalone, it's 20,000 won. Sea squirt, 10,000 won. Octopus, 10,000 won. Gyulharubang. That is clever. These treats are similar to bungeoppang except they contain a citric filling and are in the shape of dolharubang, stone grandfathers that offer protection and fertility. You could also buy orange juice and dried slices of orange. I was told by the vendor to keep this bag open. That way it will stay crispy and yummy. Oh, look at how cute this is. I've tried this before at another market in Busan. I smell citrusy. A little bit of a toasted bread. The filling tastes a lot like marmalade. It's a bit hollow in the inside. It is 30% hollow. Outside has a little bit of crispiness on some edges. Let's try another one. He may have a flat booty, but he got all the curves on the front. Among the facial features, those areas are the crispiest. Check it out. It's a snowman made of shells. And his bra is made of shells as well. Oh, and these beads are actually lights. Come to this market on a weekend night and it'll be so much more lively and of course more people as well. Currently, some shops are closed. So four of these is 1,000 won. Gukhabbang in English are called chrysanthemum bread. These pastries are filled with red bean paste and molded into a flower shape. All right, you guys, let's take a bite. It is hot. Texture-wise, it's flimsy, but the flavor is delicious. I was not expecting that. It's so flimsy. It's nearly jelly-like. I would prefer to be crispy on the outside, but you know what? The flavor is there. Now, do you believe me how hot it is? It's still steaming inside. Oh, look at that sugar glisten. Actually, this is what I want my body to be like. It's as if this guy did a lot of yoga and it's so flexible. This lady is not just a street food vendor. She sells produce and mushrooms. For the rest, I'm going to take it home. My little to-go box. Oh, that's hot. Oh, and this shop, they sell different types of dessert, like songpyeon. Here's a barbecue restaurant on the weekend evenings. Oh, there's a bunch of people out here doing some merrymaking. I hope you guys enjoyed the tour of this market and enjoyed eating with me. If you're hungry for more food and travel videos, be sure to check out my other channel, Miss Nina, for adventures outside of Korea. See you next week. Annyeong! There's quite a number of senior citizens. There's a lot of old ladies that are walking right next to my knee as they pass by. As they walk, they're touching my knee. I had three grandmas do that to me in 10 minutes. I'm gonna assume it's because they need someone to lean on in any given moment, just in case they fall down. And if my knee is there for them, then so be it. So I don't know where I'm going with this, but I just like using epic music.