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SEOUL TRAVEL VLOG | FIRST DAY in HONGDAE. Is Korea Dog Friendly? (Ep 08)

Seoul Korea Travel Vlog 2023 to 2024 When we first arrived, we thought Korea was not dog friendly at all. 24 Hour Instant Ramen Shop. Cafe Hopping We sold everything we owned on a whim to travel the world with our husky Nala. Currently in Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷 Not everything has been smooth traveling Korea as foreigners (with a big dog) but overall the experience has been amazing! The people are friendly, the streets are clean, and the FOOD IS AMAZING! Thanks for watching and make sure to Subscribe for more Seoul Vlogs!

David & Kim

2 months ago

it's 48 degrees in December it's 48  degrees in January oh it's January yeah that's even that's even crazier it's 48° in January I take back everything I've ever said about  Korea not being dog friendly I would even say that Korea is more dog friendly than LA that's  a big statement I know LA is supposed to be like the most dog friendly place Gangnam was not  dog friendly and it was the first place we went when we came to Korea and I think it kind  of scarred us a little bit and we got really sc
ared that this was going to be our experience  throughout all of Korea we have gone from the most dog unfriendly place progressively to more dog  friendly places and now we're in Hongdae which might be the most dog friending place in all of  Seoul we've been walking down this park that used to be a railroad track that are converted from  a rail track and every single Cafe allows dogs some even have dog treats available some of the  Korean barbecue restaurants allow dogs too which blows my mind t
here's no Korean barbecue place  in LA where you can bring your dog it's like almond and chocolate it's really yummy this is  the puffiest salt bread that I've seen it's like perfectly round no way all right I've got to try this does it work it doesn't work it's a USB charger no it says  wireless charging is it Samsung only no apple allowed dang it that would have been cool there's  something I need to get used to with cafes in Korea there's probably like 30 people in here and  there's one other
guy besides me so there's like 28 girls and two guys this is most of the cafes in  Korea are like this you probably have like on the low end like 75% girls but it's probably closer  to like 80 or 90% girls where are all the guys very warm yo what what what what okay okay it says  Ho Eh Market Ho Eh Market it's pronounced Ho Eh Market okay come  on now you're just now you're just trolling but I think you found your  favorite Cafe yeah I like that Cafe cuz we can leave her off yeah and there's  o
ther dogs too and she gets very stimulated I haven't had dinner yet but I actually  just walked by one of those like self- ramen places and I've seen them all over Tik  Tok so kind of want to try it so here's the place I don't know why I'm so  excited it's literally just ramen there's so many types of ramen  I've only had like three different types of ramen so I'm just going to stick  with the basics you got seaweed got spam vegetables veggies hot  peppers tuna I don't know what this is chicken
breast you got instant rice  some protein up here of course you got your beverages I think all of this is free so  the eggs are 300 won each which is super cheap it's like 30 cents the cheese is 30 cents  but everything else so you have eggs spam or ham green onions rice cakes everything  else is free bean sprouts kimchi and yellow radish and you have all these sauces  as well I'm already pretty overwhelmed I don't know how to do this let's try it  out all right Korean skills don't fail me now I
know this I'm going to I'm  going to do this cuz I know this 3700 I'm going to get an egg let's get a piece  of cheese I've never had Ramen with cheese before get a soda only a 1000 for a soda so I got one of these let's get one of these put all the stuff in throw this trash away huh is there recycling oh there's  recycling Ramen bongji so Ramen wrappers I don't know how to do this oh  English instructions put the Ramen soup toppings in the ramen container into order press  the noodle button fo
r the ramen and then press start and then press Start oh there's water okay I got to get the egg ready got to  get the egg ready I have to get Chopsticks ready all right time for the egg let's do this with one hand one hand and then we stir  you got to stir it so it doesn't burn so the egg doesn't burn oh it smells so good all right I think I need both hands to carry this let's get some toppings I should have put the rice cake in there but I didn't want to did I get a  cheese I did buy a cheese
got a cheese remember these toppings are completely free this kimchi actually looks pretty good I'll get more later if I need to and I also got one of these put it on top green onions the cheese  is all nice and melted now let's try it oh that's so good I don't think Ramen will ever not hit the spot kimchi this kimchi is actually really good this place is open 24 hours some of these notes are so sad this one  says "I am here alone late at night I feel a little bit lonely making friends in South
Korea  is challenging but I love it here the ramen is tasty" it was good I know it's just ramen it's  instant Ramen but when you have all the side dishes and everything it really does  feel like Gourmet it's Gourmet Ramen Ramen plus drink all the side dishes I think it  was like $3.50 including the drink it's our first time getting Street tteokbokki Kim had  a craving all of a sudden at 10:30 it's almost 11:00 this broth is really good the  great thing about street tteokbokki is you can always g
et they always  have this fish cake broth and you can just like pour yourself some with a  ladle and it's it's free you know I love free oh so good and you can have as much  as you want they have a lot of fried food too these are the joys of living in Korea

Comments

@eprohoda

David-thanks~ really amazing vlog!be well,💫

@dannavillamil132

love how they actually put so much effort editing

@mintyone

haha I remember seeing the "hoe market" during my stay in hongdae. I was just as puzzled as you guys were.

@lv16jismij

Because Fahrenheit is what America uses, so Koreans would misunderstood that 48 degrees would meant to be Celsius, I know about America, been lived for 16 years (2003-19), and I already intuited what you said. I miss those times when I was in America until I graduated in Chicago in 2018.

@ajpark4322

C'mon Dave. "more dog friendly than LA"? Last I checked, folks weren't eating dog in LA. Yet, the practice continues in South Korea.