Trying North Korean Food 🇰🇵 and Rating it out of 10

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[@SugarShroom-_1020]

how do you always explain the food so perfectly👌 and with a sprinkle of humor,honestly Dooby never fails to make my day better

[@MichelleMuck555]

“Because you know they live in a dick-tatter-ship”.

[@engenieee]

Yep, that’s Tina for you💕

[@sonlalguite3590]

Nice comment but still she didn’t like or pin you

[@dodokfearnot]

ahh i remember seeing ppl eating naengmyeon in crash landing on you kdrama

[@rietakahashi3820]

Yeees!

[@Gigi_B10]

In descendands of the sun too Also in tale of nine tailed - Lee rang loves naengmyeon

[@dianalopez5734]

@@rietakahashi3820iillli lte

[@saadianaeem5800]

​@@Gigi_B10yepp

[@Hndforfun]

You watched crash landing

[@pinkonationsblinkonic_kn13]

Its been a while that dooby's shorts appeared on my feed and I'm happy that she's with her mom now coz I remembered she stopped seeing her family for personal reason. They may have resolved the conflict, happy for her reconcilation with her mom.

[@chaostears]

i thought that too!

[@arifpathan5914]

Same! 😂❤🎉

[@jeremiahmlc8523]

They're on good terms now. Theres a video about it

[@hjhjhjhj00]

Hey Dooby! NK food is rather simple in taste bc it’s colder and drier than SK. That’s how it was already developed even before the division&dictatorship!

[@michaela.1064]

Yes! This food existed before the Kim Dynasty.

[@oreoveri]

Omg thanks for adding this. NK's food has always been more simpler in taste historically

[@ahsjdjkskckd]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Honeydoyou]

Thanks for the clarification

[@Edefrem]

NK is not a dictatorship

[@eunicewoo8443]

So glad you enjoyed it! But just want to clarify, the flavors are (and were much more simple due to the colder weather being able to keep food without heavy salt and seasoning). The Nengnyun is Pyungyang style which was a very popular regional food - enjoyed long long before the division of the country. As a Korean with Pyungyang grandparents, I would really appreciate correcting the information as your influence is vast!

[@kait958]

saying the food is made simple because of the scarcity of food and ingredients under a controlling and limiting dictator isn’t far off either. people are starving to death in nk. I don’t think the joking comment about their dictator requires correction when their people are starving. he deserves criticism. as someone who also has grandparents from nk…it’s fine

[@liorambruster4033]

@@kait958 Yes, but these dishes have existed for 100+ years depending. They existed before the dictatorship and mass starvation.

[@stacychang44]

@@kait958for people who don't understand the origin of this noodles dish, it could easily be misinterpreted its simplicity due to the dictatorship. I was taken aback when she mentioned that was the cause because the dish has its long history prior to the end of Korean war where the country was divided in half.

[@anniegondi6636]

this is the least unhinged i have seen dooby be

[@multi_dramanim]

Moms around ✨😂

[@T4ST4TUR3NT0CHT3R]

In north korea acting normal can lead to prison, so...

[@celinemara565]

@@T4ST4TUR3NT0CHT3Rshe is in south korea… just trying a NK restaurant

[@saniyaparveen5468]

I'm really happy to see that tina and her mother are getting close and spending time with each other after all that obstacles❤

[@fruhlingsrolle7303]

I haven‘t watched her vids lately, which obstacles?

[@bwingbwinggwiyomi]

​@@fruhlingsrolle7303after she moved out a year or two ago, she made videos about not speaking to her parents bc of fighting. So it's nice to see they've obviously made amends and communicated openly/better with each other.

[@MangoMotors]

I dont think that the difference in north and south korean food comes down to the reason that you explained. Especially when North Korea used to be more prosperous compared to the south. Like South Korea used to be at an extreme levels of poverty.

[@adrijenie4105]

This

[@roopa.p]

Mommy doobys videos are always perfect

[@SanjayDesu]

“I really wanna go back again” Wait what💀💀💀

[@Hey-kg3po]

I had the same reaction 💀 it took me a couple seconds to realize she was talking about the restaurant

[@whitefox1199]

Never knew phones were allowed there...

[@isadoracarvalho9304]

@@whitefox1199where do you get your sources from?

[@whitefox1199]

There's north and south but I think I mix the two,not sure

[@sfarinx7946]

babe it is located in South Korea, just a north Korea restaurant

[@ecithgil]

I just found out about it recently and idk if it’s common there, but i saw a YT recipe about “Tteokkochi”? I feel it’s close to filipino karioka, but just sweet and spicy rolls of pan fried rice cakes, instead of the deep fried rice balls that are sugary sweet. Maybe you can do a video about all the tteok dishes and ways people cook with those rice cakes?

[@am_Nein]

tteokkochi*@@lovextokki

[@sheilalam9447]

⁠they're two different dishes, it's like tteokbokki but on a skewer and less sauce plus they grill/fry it

[@andrewimm2576]

Tteokkochi 떡꼬치 is da shyt. I had it almost daily on school days that the ajumma working the street cart would reserve some for me on days it seemed she would sell out.

[@billysanpidro]

Fellow Pinoy here living in SK. I would say it's very different. Karioka is eaten as a merienda and is sugary sweet while tteok-kkochi can be eaten as an appetizer and is spicy and tangy sweet because of the gochujang.

[@rmcst]

naengmyeon is my fave 😭 cold noodles was such a foreign concept to me at first, but after trying it - wow. so so so refreshing on a hot day, too!

[@CoolioBro]

this video was rly interesting!

[@ivythewlis]

So happy that you’re posting shorts again!!

[@melanieeee3188]

She explains every dish in a perfect waayy lovee uu tinaa❤❤❤

[@TQSunrise4711]

Until recent years you were able to not only eat North Korean food in Vietnam but also were in a legit North Korean theater style place. You still fan find Videos of it. Most of the guest were South Koreans going only to Ho Chi Minh city to have that experience, because it was really run by North Koreans. Btw. Keep up your great work !

[@krnlakingsfan]

My parents used to have a N.K. restaurant in Nor Cal. I miss the boba style 떡만두국!!

[@okthen9718]

So glad ur bangs grew out girl! Ur so pretty ❤❤❤❤

[@citomakaveezly]

She is certainly a looker…

[@ZackMorris1]

I agree the bangs was an awful look. I'm also glad she isn't talking bad about her parents. Whatever rebel phase she was going thru, seems to have mellowed out.

[@jjminor]

I recommend the mud fish stew (추어탕). It’s one of my favorite dishes from Korea, but it took me a little bit before I really liked it.

[@tktyga77]

Has Dooby ever tried the stuff of North Korea's native minority known as the Jaegaseung (who may or mayn't have influenced Korean temple food considerably, especially those of the Jaegaseung traditional homelands in northeastern North Korea & close by parts of neighboring countries) in parts where diaspora could be found such as southeastern parts of South Korea?

[@JacobLeigh-qu8iz]

There is a story that I hear when my family eats 냉면. when the Japanese took over Korea they had buckwheat and they didn't like it because it is hard to chew so they gave it to the Koreans. When the Koreans ate it they loved the flavor so now we still eat it today. Don't know how true this is but still a good story.

[@biphoria3368]

try koryoin food!! its really fascinating how our food has adapted and developed from hanguk food but still has the same korean taste and vibe to it

[@Lohaellie]

ahh the dumpling soup looks so good!!!

[@mayasone]

Love seeing mama dooby in videos again 😊😊

[@JazzyPantry]

It's so nice to see you hanging out with your mum 💕

[@penguinpingu3807]

North Korean food situation is bad for a combination of reasons, it's also the climate is on average colder thus longer winters than the South, and they don't have much farmland because their terrain is more mountainous and soil quality is not the best. Also international sanctions sure don't help with industrial capacity.

[@radhikar.]

I’m currently on a diet right now, and I can ONLY eat salad or veggies, and I’m obviously struggling without my meat so I watch Doobydobap enjoying her food and it’s like I’m tasting everything. So that’s how I’m surviving my diet 😏

[@lethabomakweya4257]

Naengmyun is sooooo good especially during summer 😩

[@jesse021891]

I’m glad your still alive

[@hidekitanaka2944]

Thank you for the short!

[@jhantellebelleza2798]

Ahhh! I didn’t know it’s a North Korean dish! It’s so refreshing! I love it ❤

[@lollipop2775]

Naengmyun is on top of my bucket list to try 🥹

[@jordanmcgrory2171]

There are North Korean state run restaurants in some other Asian countries, that'd be the next level in trying North Korean food.

[@koed33n]

honestly the first time i had naegmyeon i wasn’t a big fan, it was cold and tasted diff but honestly it started growing on me, now everytime i eat korean bbq i have to have this on the side cos it cuts down on the fatty taste of the meat

[@lNDlANSPlCE]

I donno how traditional NK it would be but my local naengmyeon restaurant offers bibim naengmyeon and it heckin slaps. It’s cold but also spicy and flavorful. And the beef is so tender.

[@klingonartdealer]

It doesn’t sound weird! It sounds interesting, texture wise. I would try it!

[@sap9822]

its been a while for your shorts coming into my feed. always love your video!

[@sinepari9160]

I'm exploring Korean food, and it seems to be amazing!

[@travelgirls7477]

This meal is actually South Korean as well!

[@doeeyes3086]

Hands down one of my favorite meals of all time.

[@Velmakinz]

I had no idea that was North Korean, def one of my favorite dishes tbh

[@jelly3800]

Good to see you featuring your mom again in the videos

[@skzmanagers]

just a tip! put the subtitles somewhere near the main object (food) cause its too distracting. i kept on glancing on the subs instead of the food cause of the text movement

[@kirthidronamraju9457]

Dooby you are my comfort creator I love you ❤️❤️

[@eternal3241]

Try the fish Roe soup, I believe its called Al Tang or Al jiggae!

[@jellysams]

Skin is GLOWING. You been using mama dooby’s routine?

[@Doobydobap]

yessur

[@Verity888]

Girl needs to brush up on history. This been the official food of pyeongyang before the partition of Korea lol

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

I wonder if you ever did a video presenting all four (4) versions (small intestine, blood, vegetables and seafood) of soondae in SK. And the NK version available near sokcho, known as the abai version (made with tripe)😉.

[@JoseLuna-tj7qh]

Missed you so much!

[@chocosoy8692]

Ice cold mul-naengmyeon with vinegar and mustard is sooooooo ❤❤❤ especially in the hot weather

[@ninguemsmm]

they don’t live in dictatorship, but ok. americans being americans

[@Juli_diary-._.-]

huh?

[@emceeshrutitripathi1757]

The amount of food Korean women eat and the beautiful shape they manage to keep is something I don’t know how to acquire ❤😂😂😂😂

[@arizona7058]

What’s weird is that people in North Korea are starving

[@prince_locke]

this one place i went to for naengmyeon had god's best fucking hot broth to just sip on from the big metal drink dispenser and i have no idea what it is or how to make it. it was perfectly rich, clean, gingery, and warming. i think it could heal a cold with just how good it was. i really wish i could figure out what it was and how to make it

[@kmrxxn]

Salivated the same time you did 🤤 the dumpling soup looks good tooo ahhhhh

[@Tinyhooman611]

Reminded me of the drama crash landing on you❤

[@sandra701]

Your Mom is beautifully sophisticated! I believe she’s a classy, but fun loving like you, young S. Korean 🎶 Jazz Queen 🎹

[@evanfriedland2961]

Am I fucked in the head for thinking she wasn't gonna eat anything

[@venofinn2240]

Among the food culture of Korea, special things that distinguish it from the food culture of other countries. // 1. Perfect lacto-vegetarian food represented by Korean Buddhist temple food. And this diet began in AD 372. 2. An endless variety of soup dishes represented by ‘Sinseollo’, Korea's finest cuisine 3. Kimchi: Vegetables fermented with animal protein represented by cabbage kimchi. In the past, only Koreans made and ate it. There are over 800 types of kimchi. 4. Jeotgal: A fermented animal-based sauce made from seafood. In Korea, there are more than 140 different types of salted fish. 5. Ssam: It means wrapping all the ingredients you want to eat in various leafy vegetables represented by lettuce. You have to swallow them in one bite, so you need to adjust the amount of ingredients to be wrapped appropriately. And there is a record that around the 5th century, Koreans grew lettuce, made 'ssam', and ate it. 6. Herbal Medicine Ingredients : Herbal medicine ingredients are not only eaten for special diseases or health, but are also often used for general home cooking. For example, as ingredients for Samgye-tang, Mulberry, Tree Aralia, Eleutherococcus Sessiliflorus, Mongolian Milkvetch, Korean Angelica, Ginger, Jujube and Korean Ginseng are used. 7. Namul : South Korea is the country that eats a lot of dishes made with only vegetables without meat and seafood protein. Namul are foods made with one edible plant as the main ingredient. Do not mix other vegetables. Examples of the types of Namul include Shepherd's Purse, Stringy Stonecrop, Korean Angelica-tree, Korean Wild Chive, Butterbur, Bracken, Doellingeria Scabra, Bamboo Shoot, Chamnamul and Cirsium Setidens. 8. Cold Noodles: Korea developed the world's first cold noodle dish, and it is the place where the whole nation began to enjoy eating. The reason is that the summer is hot and the water in valleys, rivers and wells is clean.. According to literature, the history of Naengmyeon goes back to the Goryeo Dynasty(918~1392). Besides Naengmyeon, Kong-guksu, Mak-guksu, Milmyeon, Kimchimari-guksu, Bibim-guksu, and Jjolmyeon exist in Korea. // Etc... Korea shows a distinctly different food culture from neighboring countries in Far East Asia (China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Japan).

[@jessicamayne3394]

I LOVE naengmyeon so much! This made me salivate

[@ungeHylin]

Can you try some Norwegian rakfisk?

[@gtanuja5931]

U can try south Indian breakfast lunch and dinner recipes and Indian Street foods and deserts

[@keiichin_6665]

The serving was MASSIVE!

[@user-ys4pc9om1t]

제육 같이 먹었어야죠!!!ㅎㅎ

[@urfav_lenia]

I'm korean and I never really thought that 평양냉면 was north korean food while eating it!

[@denknj]

the first time i tried naengmyeon was when my dad had a meeting with his korean colleagues. it was a formal meeting but families can join. i ate that not knowing the noodles were endless, ends up choked and made everyone worry but amused at the same time. embarrassed the shit out of me, thanks naengmyeon 😇

[@snigdhasarkar9735]

Vivaldi winter in the background 😭

[@Shane_ia]

not me thinking: "how did she get to North Korea"

[@Sillya_aa]

Same

[@LaylaSofia06]

Descendants of the sun!!!!!!😂❤❤😅

[@iloveicecream127]

Dooby, pls do your research correctly before spreading misinformation. Especially since you have a big following. NK regional foods have different flavoring not because of its dictatorship (that difference would have shown up recently) but because of the climate, and different in crops, regional taste. 평양냉면 was described to be more bland wayyyy before the country separated and it was almost treated like a snack than a full blown meal by our grandparent’s generation. Again pls don’t spread misinformation.

[@angellover02171]

I saw a video if an old lady from NK who went to SK before the border was put up. Her food looked like what's in this video. Regional foods are pretty common.

[@Honeydoyou]

This is important to note

[@jennak.2442]

​@@citomakaveezlynorth Korea has always been poorer than south Korea, the farm land is worse, it's colder & drier. The wealth disparity there is what caused the creation of the north korean communist movement, they didn't randomly become poor afterwards. Koreans lived in abject poverty during the imperial period and japanese colonial rule & that poverty has continued on to this day in NK.

[@keeperofthe7keys1987]

What do you expect from someone like her

[@citomakaveezly]

@@jennak.2442 yeah it’s all because of Japan and imperialism… nothing to do with the guy in charge now… jeez how naive can one be?

[@shanhenderson7566]

Please try Tteokbokki and Fish Cake.

[@Dumplinlover]

I didn’t know cold beef noodle was North Korean I love this soup my village only serves it during summer though

[@penelopepitstock]

Can you please post the name and location of the restaurant? I’d like to try it next time I’m there! 🤩

[@elia4530]

This is literally my favorite food

[@rahh68]

"what's ur craving?" "North korean food"

[@Bib826]

Wow! I never knew that naengmyeon was a national dish of North Korea!

[@ABCantonese]

Minari. There's even a movie named about it, and we still don't know what the deal is!

[@amaerukaoru]

Just imagine that you are dining in a restaurant in Seoul and it has been sold out of cheese and fried chicken.🤣🤣🤣

[@aarohibhattarai9097]

When she said “today we are going to try-“ I scroll down but when I was scrolling I saw North Korean food and then scrolled back to see how the food is like there😂😅.

[@zisssi7928]

Please do a recipe for these dishes!!

[@Sogeking995]

One day in Seoul I was lost and found myself trapped in this endless basement mall (Goto Mall) and eventually I just sat down and ate naengmyeon and it became a core memory

[@hugitkissitloveit8640]

Wow that place received a Michelin star 4 years in a row! 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

[@genevievefolmerr97]

Simplicity and natural flavor sounds good and has nothing to do with the dictatorship.

[@random_user2904]

The only thing that made me think of this video was Descendants of the Sun . Like their friendship start with this noodles 😂

[@Yourlocalbsdperson]

Usually in Korean bbq places they have 냉면

[@soybrujaja]

Naengmyeon is so good 😩 I've been craving it amd this video made the cravings worse 😆

[@LizCeci86]

She said don't yuck my yum!! 😂

[@tray828]

I learned the hard way that spicy mistard was NOT like regular mustard. It is more wasabi than mustard. Lol

[@danshinftw]

These dishes are also very common in South Korean cuisine. Why are you acting like you've never had them before?

[@randomname4801]

I want try it now :0

[@michaelcolgan5296]

Thank god the bangs have grown out

[@alohatvj]

Looks very delicious 😋 😍.

[@colourburst5166]

Okay girllll!!! I really really realllllllyyyyyyyy want you to try halal korean food!!!!!!!! Pleasee make such a video!!!

[@kohjacob2222]

Good luck escaping💀🤞 Wish you the best of luck😵

[@krzyxbne]

How do we know she’s not just complementing NK food to avoid angering the supreme leader?

[@mEyou-zz8qd]

Wow 1st youtuber I've seen that has done north Korean food 👍👍👍

[@firebird-im8qy]

I'm honestly just impressed that they have signature dishes when most North Korean people don't see that much food in a whole week

[@itanocircus2106]

People will believe anything they hear about North Korea without question, we shouldn’t be so incurious

[@lamalamalex]

She’s reviewing this at gun point.

[@vasilisabanerjee2541]

omg. evelyn also went here

[@7franny7]

You've been ?! Was this documented?!

[@zumerkadri6019]

Looks so good