Korean YouTuber BLIMEY has been doing video contents about Malaysian culture since years ago starting with making reaction videos to bigger projects like Blind Date and Dosirak! BLIMEY definitely is the ambassador of Malaysian culture among the Korean community.
In one of the latest video, BLIMEY invited some Online Supporters of Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur to share with viewers what are some Korean foods you can easily get in Malaysia. They also shared traces of Malaysian food in the local Korean community.
Emart24 in Malaysia is BETTER than in Korea?
Alisya (also the MC of our Podcast Project!) brought Blimey to the newly open Emart24 outlet in Kuala Lumpur to show how a Korean convenience store looks like in Malaysia.
Emart24 in the Bangsar South outlet sells all sorts of Korean snacks, food products and street snacks. What surprises BLIMEY is that they also sell Korean cosmetic products here with mask packs from different big Korean beauty brands, which is NOT happening in Korea! Jade was quite ‘dissatisfied’ why Malaysian Emart24 is even better than in Korea!
Jazreen from KL later brought us to another Korean convenience store, CU. This surprises BLIMEY as well because the store just looks like the CU in front of their house! Jade said that even she felt homesick in Malaysia later (even though she never felt that way), she definitely will go CU to solve her craving!
Malaysia Delivery Apps have more Korean food choices now!
Later in the video, Haslina (which is one of our co-founder!) shared with BLIMEY some Korean street foods you can order from food delivery apps. These apps are important for Malaysians in this hard time as most of us are encouraged to stay at home and restricted to dine in the restaurant! Because of this, more and more Korean restaurants can be found in the food delivery app.
Haslina ordered Braised Mackerel and Kimbap (rice rolls) from a local Halal Korean restaurant and they just look so delicious even they were being ‘tapau’. Yerin was happy that Malaysians can get Korean foods easily from these food apps, which I totally agreed as often I solve my Korean food craving just by ordering food online to my doorsteps.
How Malaysians enjoy cooking Korean foods casually at home
Other Online Supporters showed how they casually prepared Korean foods at their house kitchen as well! As Korean ingredients can be easily found in Malaysia market, it’s not difficult for Malaysians to prepare authentic Korean cuisine for their friends and families!
Different local Korean brands of Ramyun, sauces, seaweeds and other food ingredients can be found in AEON supermarket! Even me myself bought many Korean products from AEON too.
Aisyah showed her ‘ultimate’ cooking skills in preparing all the Koreans favorite food, Tteokbokki and Kimchi Jeon using Korean brands ingredients! I’m slurping and craving for a nice Tteokbokki already.
Other Malaysian friends are making their Korean dosirak (container food) and Jollypong latte! Want to watch more, remember to check out BLIMEY’s latest video!
BLIMEY searching for traces of Malaysian foods in Seoul, Korea!
As the Malaysians have showed many Korean culture in the community, BLIMEY also took the challenge to show some Malaysian foods available in Korea right now. And yes, there are actually Malaysian snacks found in local supermarket and also Malaysian food restaurants in the city of Seoul.
Da-ol feeling happy to find some of the Malaysian made snacks in a store in Korea! She enjoyed them especially the fish snacks (yes the Malaysians love it too!)
BLIMEY also went to two Malaysian restaurants in Seoul which are both very popular among the Koreans as well! They visited Agak Agak and The Makan to experience the most authentic Malaysian foods, Nasi Lemak, Char Kuey Tiaw and Laksa!
MyDaehan 🍂 