Philly's Hidden Korean Sashimi Omakase - K-Town 

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Lucas is great, but like Matt is a pretty engaging host as well. I don't get why every non Lucas Eater video has to face backlash just because it doesn't have Lucas. That's just stupid and it gives many of Eater's other great hosts short shrift.

hands down the best asian restaurant in philly

Finally someone who keeps it real. Someone who does not pretend to like everything. I like this episode because he shows it’s ok to say what you like and what you do not. The chef is nice too because he allows you to be you. This was dope.

i've been watching a lot of food shows..but that guywas probably the most chill..friendly and humble restaurant owner i've ever seen

Love that place. First time I ever had bulnak which is bulgogi and octopus that is in a pot in front of your table. Damn I didn't know they have sushi and sashimi!!

While there's no doubt a Japanese twist on the raw fish in this restaurant (makes sense since sushi is so popular in America and so they want to capitalize on that market), Koreans have been eating raw fish, nori (called kim in korean) rolls, and etc. just as long if not longer than the Japanese. That is not to say contemporary Japanese style sushi is Korean in origin nor vice versa. In fact, both Korean and Japanese methods of fish eating are its own unique type of food with their unique culture. Koreans, with their many types of fermented sauces, tend to eat fish with them especially things like gochujang or chojang. The wasabi is a more modern touch added from Japanese influence. So like bold Korean sauces, it's no surprise that Koreans took a liking to eating their fish with these sauces including Japanese wasabi. Japanese sushi actually derives from a type of fermented fish dish popular in Southeast Asia. Often times, even in Japan, many types of sushi were often consumed with many types of sweet soy sauces or marinated. It wasn't until Edo-style sushi became popular that many sushi restaurants in Japan started this whole, pure taste of the fish thing. It is similar to the flip in the attitude towards spices in Europe, especially France. Before spices were cheap, the rich often ate very expensive ingredients with a variety of spices. Essentially, the more spices the better. After spices became cheaper and readily available, the rich wanted to differentiate themselves (basically show off they weren't like the poor) by using as little spice as possible so that "the pure taste" of their expensive ingredients came through. It's why people like Ramsay throw a fit now when you put expensive meat in marinades and such instead of eating them "pure." It's all hogwash. Eat food however you like. If you think someone is a dumbass for preferring more spiced or sauced foods instead of being an elitist "purist" like you, then they might not be the dumbass. More so that you just drank the koolaid on the French rejection of spices once they became cheap or the belief that Edo-style sushi is the best. Seriously, I love foodies in terms of their enthusiasm for food, but the whole "elitist" holier than thou attitude towards how food should be consumed annoys me. It's like vegans or vegetarians judging people for eating meat and animal products.

how're you gonna dine on a dime without Lucas? Shenanigans, I declare.

japanese people will angry about that cutting technique lol

Matthew if you go to Philly for korean food, you gotta check out Atlanta sometime. We're probably the largest Korean scene outside of Cali and still growing.

I'm indescribably jealous of your job. You get to eat some of the best Korean food all over the country. Seriously, dream job material.

This was so cringey. The escolar put it over the edge. Awful.

This dude is mad cool with the Cambodians in philly. Mr. Cho is crazy cool.

Just an FYI warning "White Tuna" @5:05 is not tuna at all but is the Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) aka "Walu" here in Hawai'i. It has very tasty oily flesh similar to toro maguro BUT the oil it contains does not digest so goes right through you (like castor oil and mineral oil) so eating too much will have a laxative effect sometimes severe. If you gotta have "White Tuna" eat it sparingly.

Seorabol, my go to place when we want Korean BBQ

"Korean sashimi" lol wut

Shout out Chris Cho! This is the first video I saw of him. He's come a long way and has a huge following on TikTok

Koreans were saying that eating fish in raw is barbarian's culture till ashimi and sushi got popular in western world.

even though lucas has plenty of fanbois, i gotta admit i enjoy matthew as a host too

Korean style Hoe (or sashimi) is its own thing. Quite different from how Japanese enjoy their fish. Both are great in my opinion.

This is making me hungry.

I'm sorry but that's now white tuna lol

The thing at 2.00. How do we do it?

Lol all the people saying don't mix wasabi with soy sauce.

isn't that Japanese food? my experience with Hwe usually not like that

You are lucky kang eat a lot of good stuff for free!!!

If a restaurant has 130+ dishes on its menu, you should steer clear.

this isn't dining on a dime??

Actually, what he calls 'Chojang' during the entire video is called 'Makjang'- Chojang has a distinctive red color with Gochujang (Korean Chili paste) and vinegar as its main ingredients. We also eat our Hwae (sashimi) with Chojang, of course, but that was DEFINITELY not Chojang.

that sauce was more ssamjang than chojang. chojang is just gochujang, vinegar and sweetner. cho sikcho which is vinegar and jang is usually gochujang sauce. also even though it was korean sashimi, was expecting that haemultang to show up.

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Wish Eater would include the name of the restaurant...

He didn't fry flounder.. he fried the fluke fin fillets. Probably best part on a fluke.

Eater do I see a Lucas x Matthew collab coming soon?

you can tell korean are trying to match to japanese quality when it comes to sashimi world, but little did you know guys, white tuna is never existed. They are selling the escolar under the name of white tuna, and its disgusting how they would exploited the word white tuna but indeed what they are really selling is "Escolar" pieces. There is no such thing as white tuna.

Sashimi is a traditional Japanese dish, but they dip into Korean sauce and still call it Sashimi?

Man bring out the Jorjang!!!!

Please add Google maps links to all your vids.

Anyone know why they had to take a shot facing away from each other? 2:05

Both guys are so cool just chilling and eating good looking food!

Calling Korean Hwe "Sashimi" is almost equivalent to calling Ramen "Japanese Pho". disrespectful smh

I condemn the cultural appropriation by Korean! 20~30 years ago, Korean were laughing at the Japanese who eat raw fish as savage. However, when Japanese food, especially sushi, was evaluated globally, they insisted on their origins.

What's the definition of Korean sushi and Korean sashimi? Sashimi with Kimchi sauce?

Chef rocks .

Awww yeah man looks tasty

Chef Chris Cho is dope.

My. Favorite. And I don't live in that state.

1:57. That shizz is oil fish aka diarrhea fish aka banned in Europe, aka white tuna, yea it tastes delicious but don't eat it.

Lols. Korean sashimi.

I am in!

Looks good. Gonna have to take a trip to Philly!

Can't make quality food with a 130 item menu. Wow.

so if koreans have their own sushi, shouldn't they have their own bomb ass super sharp korean made knives? how come i've never seen those for sale anywhere?

I feel like having strong sauces like that with the sashimi/sushi kind of takes away from the point of sashimi. The whole point of soy sauce with sashimi is to very lightly accent the flavor of the fish. I don't doubt that it tasted great, I just feel like strongly flavored sauces like those could be better used in dishes with stronger flavors. I might be wrong though, I've never tried it.

저거 초장 아니라 쌈장인데요 thats ssamjang, not chojang.

He's always laughing in the thumbnail

If your gonna claim this a "Korean dish", be careful what you call it. Use your native "Korean" language cuz those words are Japanese and it'll confuse people and some might assume sashimi omakases are like that in Japan as well, which is TOTALLY NOT!! And while you're promoting "Korean food" you seem to come up with a way to disrespect Japanese chefs and peoples taste in food. Trying waaaaay too hard imo. I do like Korean food but you gotta admit this is a "FUSION FOOD".

korean sashimi lol

Wot a great man

Three time experience. Overpriced and food is average

I dont like the fact that he calls the raw fish "sashimi" and "sushi" when theres a Korean word "hwae" for it that almost all koreans refer it to.

check this out Eater ,whenever you post a video, have Lucas in it :)

love love Chef Chris Cho!!!!!! Mukbanger!!!!!

Have never been disappointed after a meal at Seorabol. I'm actually going there tomorrow for my birthday dinner.

Who dis guy?

Isn't that 쌈장

I'm not a fan of sashimi, but this kinda made me want go go out and eat some.

white tuna isn't real..just sayin. the meat is actually toxic just sayin...but i don't hate I eat it anyway lolllll

The meaning that Yukhoe says raw meat in Korean Word.Sashimi is a fish dish.Something from which these two are just different. Stop to steal something of an other country.

been there and it was mediocre

I like the meat show host fight me!

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I expect angry Koreans commenting "That's not authentic Korean food. blah blah blah. Why do you use Japanese words to describe Korean dishes? blah blah blah." And angry Japanese people commenting "That's Japanese food. Those Koreans stole our food blah blah blah."

I'm good with multi cuisine restaurants as well as fusion but don't **** with sushi. I eat it once a week and only visit restos that specialize. Well, one Japanese joint in my rotation seems to sell more ramen or at lest just as much but they also offer great sushi.

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WHYYYYY Why do you mix wasabi with shoyu??

Worst Korean restaurant not traditional at all

Why Korean guy on Korean restaurant????? Plz put other person for the Korean series

Jesus Christ Philly sucks so hard. Food is getting better, but still sucks overall.

its not sashimi, its hweh!!

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sashimi=Japanese whuye=Korean koreans have been enjoying the raw fish dishes way before the japanese but when the Japanese started adding rice to it and been introduced to the western countries, it's now known as "sushi" Japanese cusine.

love his philly accent