Shadowing Practice: British Highschoolers try Korean Winter Snacks for the first time! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oh my gosh, this is so nice.
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I feel like I'm biting into a cloud.
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It's purple.
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What is this?
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It's not a straw.
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It's not a straw.
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It's Nutella.
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This is not Nutella.
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That's not Nutella.
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Hello.
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First time in a while?
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Yeah.
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It's getting colder now.
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We're entering the winter.
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So we have a collection of Korean winter snacks.
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When you finish school in Korea, often you'll go out, there'll be like street food stands, and you can go and pick up a lot of these foods for like 30p, 50p a pop.
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It's a move to Korea.
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Okay.
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Starting with a yatche hupbang.
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A what?
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A what?
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Hupbang.
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This looks like a big marshmallow.
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I've had these before and I ate the paper.
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I bet one of the boys eats the paper.
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That'd be really exciting.
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Don't tell them to take the paper off.
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There may be a bit of paper on the bottom.
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I'd just eat it.
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Yeah, he's gone for it.
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I'll probably just eat it anyway.
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The paper?
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Oh yeah.
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I'd probably peel it off.
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Give it a try.
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Mmm, I was not expecting that.
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Those are going to be meat.
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What is inside of it?
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Vegetables.
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Just vegetables?
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Really?
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It tastes like there's meat inside of it, like chicken or something.
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Do you like vegetables normally?
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Not normally, but these are good.
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It's kind of like a curry inside of a bread bowl, but more better.
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Every time a dish you have from Korea, there is just this flavour.
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But if there was meat in it, it would be better.
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It'd be perfect for after a long day at school.
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That's good.
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Yeah, it's good.
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It's not better without paper, though.
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That's wow, wow.
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Okay, you're liking it, then.
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I finished it off.
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You think we starved you.
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All right, vegetable hupbang.
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Hupbang, yeah.
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Nice.
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You like saying the word.
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It's a good word.
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A great word.
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That was a vegetable hupbang.
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This is your classic jimpan. So soft.
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Warm to the couch as well.
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Are they related?
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They are very much related as you can see cousins exactly it's a bit lighter too get a big bite yeah what
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it's purple
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what is that i couldn't tell you what that is
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that cabbage no no it's not cabbage it is sweet red
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bean red bean yeah it's red pain it's red pain i love it don't i No, these are nice.
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It's like a big pillow full of flavor.
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In the middle of the night.
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Midnight snack.
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Beans leaking down your bed.
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Have you ever had red bean before?
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I don't think so.
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I don't know if it's sweet or bitter.
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Yeah, it's kind of subtle.
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Yeah, it's a little bit.
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We don't really have anything with those red beans here in the UK.
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I just eat that on its own without any feeling.
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Imagine if this was filled with chocolate and marshmallow.
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Next up, a real street food classic.
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Omok with an omok tang.
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You will find this year -round, actually, but in the winter, this is my favorite time to have.
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Oh, so...
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What is this?
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It's like tea.
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It's like a broth.
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What does it smell like?
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Like chicken soup.
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Yeah.
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What does it smell like?
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It's not a straw.
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You're not the first person to do that.
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Oh, that's quite nice.
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The broth is really good.
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It almost tastes like seawater -like.
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Okay.
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Yay!
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Oh, that's really good. Be careful. Be careful.
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It's a little bit spicy.
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It's not that spicy.
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I was not expecting it.
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I was trying to warn it.
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It goes like, and then just go.
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That's the wind.
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Yeah, no, like a dust of spicy.
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Yeah, the broth is like a Korean tea.
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Oh, okay.
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Like a savory tea.
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Yeah, that's not bad.
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Yeah, it's pretty good, actually.
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But this is the star of the show.
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Do you eat this?
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Yeah, you can eat it, yeah.
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Yeah, that's the omur.
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It's an omur.
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It does not taste anything I can't expect it to.
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What were you expecting it to taste like?
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A bit crunchy, maybe?
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It's too slimy.
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It feels like I'm eating a sea animal.
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Yeah, well, do you know what it is?
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Probably a sea animal.
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Don't say it.
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It's actually...
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It's fish cake.
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I knew it.
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Omur.
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I thought it was like a pancake.
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I've been devouring it like a pancake.
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So it's a fish cake.
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This is fish.
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Fish.
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How is this fish?
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It doesn't smell like fish at all.
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It's made kind of of fish parts.
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There's other ingredients in it.
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It's not all fish.
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It's designed to absorb as much of that broth as possible.
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I'll just drink that.
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You know when you get pot noodles?
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Yes.
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It's kind of like this.
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Okay, interesting.
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When you're cold, you need pot noodles.
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Okay, okay.
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It's a really weird thing to have like a sporting match if you're sitting there and it's cold, but the texture is a bit strange.
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I think some of the boys are really going to struggle, which is great.
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Yeah!
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You know when you bite your fingernails and you bite like that?
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I mean, what you just said is making me feel a bit sick.
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I'll just drink the broth by myself.
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I would just buy a cup of broth.
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Imagine at break time, you're just really cold and you just drink this.
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Actually, for 30p, when you order one of these little sticks, they give you the broth and if you finish it, you can just ask for more.
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They can just keep refilling it.
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Just for the marketing.
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How does that work?
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You can see how that would be good at winter, huh?
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Yeah, that would be so nice.
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Winter warmer.
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There's steam in your face.
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Mm -hmm.
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What's that?
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This looks a little bit like pasta, but I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's not.
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It's like ttokboki, but these are a little bit different.
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Any ideas what that's made from?
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It's like squid.
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I swear if it's fish.
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I'm going to go straight in.
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Rice.
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It looks like meat kind of thing.
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Yeah.
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Hmm?
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What?
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I thought it was going to be soft.
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Yeah, I thought it was going to be squidgy.
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It's on the inside.
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It's crispy.
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Crispy on the outside.
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What?
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It's spicy.
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It's not that bad.
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No, it's pretty bad.
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That's on my water.
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That's really good.
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Yeah?
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That's really good.
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I like it.
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Straight in.
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Look at that.
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That's proper, you know.
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It's really good.
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It's like spicy barbecue.
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It's like the dough on that.
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But the sauce makes a difference, definitely.
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Okay.
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I would not like it if it was, like, really soft.
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Yeah.
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The crispy makes it really good.
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Thank you so much.
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Another weird texture.
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It was a bit hard to bite into and it's still a bit chewy.
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What is that?
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What do you think it's made from?
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Squid.
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Or like octopus.
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It's not fish though.
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It's actually made from rice.
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I was right though, it's not made from fish.
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These on a stick they'll often be sort of cooked over a fire as well, so it'll be like a little bit crispy on the outside, but you've still got that chewiness on the inside.
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Ty?
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I would put 100 pounds that that was like squid or something.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I'm impressed with a spoon really yeah yeah i mean it's korean
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so next up got something sweet for you is it fish
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he said sweet and you think fish biscuit and see is
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that seaweed nearly went for the mouth it feels a bit weird so where do you bite the fish
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let's open it it's nutella this is not a telling me That's not Nutella.
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I thought that was Nutella.
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Same thing.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Red bean.
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But better, I think.
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Yeah, I like the texture.
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That's really nice.
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I like this.
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The bean doesn't go well with the bun, but it goes well with this.
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No, no, it doesn't.
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You guys have very different tastes.
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That dough is really nice.
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It's like a waffle.
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It's like fish and chip batter.
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Like a battered sausage.
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A battered bean.
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Yeah, in the fish shape.
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If you liked the crispy dough, I have a feeling you're going to like what we've got coming up next.
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Now you're talking.
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Gwabegi.
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Very traditional Korean dessert.
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They look like churros kind of.
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Yeah, churros.
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Looks like a cinnamon twist.
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The one's from Tarko though.
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Just like plus sized.
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Just like a yum yum actually.
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Yeah.
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Let's see if it's any different.
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I could eat 10 of these back to back.
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This is more a bit of me.
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A bit warm on the inside.
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Perfect.
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These are better than the onions.
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This is a yum yum and a cinnamon roll mixed into one.
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It's like a Krispy Kreme donut, but just without the glaze.
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That is so good.
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Is it not too spicy?
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There is a kick.
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I've still got a bit of spice.
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Now, these often are sold only in winter.
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It's called hot duck.
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Now, these are maybe the biggest hot duck I've ever seen in my life.
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It's amazing.
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It looks amazing.
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Frisbee.
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Can't tell if you're hitting me with another red bean or a bit of chocolate here.
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There's no more red bean.
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Oh, close.
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Get stuck in.
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Mmm.
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Hot duck.
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Mmm.
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Oh, he's gone in like a pizza.
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Oh, it's wonderful.
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I'm happy I've got the bigger one.
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You can't finish all of that after everything you've had.
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It's massive.
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Don't test me.
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Okay.
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This is amazing.
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Okay.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Oh, that's so dreamy.
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That's so dreamy.
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What are these pieces?
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What is that?
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So, there'll probably be little bits of pine nut, little bits of cinnamon.
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Yeah, I can taste cinnamon.
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Honey.
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Brilliant.
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Okay.
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Favorite thing so far already.
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Okay.
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Better than any red bean.
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Okay.
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It kind of tastes like a hot doughnut, like, you know the hot doughnuts you get by the beach?
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Yeah, oh.
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It's not even that bad if it doesn't have this in it.
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It's actually quite good as well.
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What, just without the filling?
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Does the filling make it better?
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Yeah, but this plain would be really nice as well.
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Yeah, I would eat a plain and even with this inside of it.
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Wow, I could eat out ten of these.
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Okay, okay.
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No, they are, that is really good.
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No, all of this has been good to be honest.
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Forget winter though, all year round.
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Okay, all year round.
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This is the best thing.
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Yeah, this is the best thing in this one.
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Wow, okay.
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Hey.
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Just look at that kid and watch this.
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It's like an oily treat.
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Wow.
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Oh, my days.
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A little taste of Korean winter snacks.
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Do you have a favorite?
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This one, definitely.
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Okay.
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Anything sweet?
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Okay.
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Perfect.
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Okay.
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Anything red bean?
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I'll have to think about.
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Okay.
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The bruffle bean fish.
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Okay.
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Bean battered fish.
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This at the top, the really spicy thing, second.
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Okay.
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I know.
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Okay.
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I love the crispiness and then as you chew it, it gets soft.
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Chewy, yeah.
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Good experience of Korean street snacks?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, very good.
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Very, very good.
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It has been a pleasure.
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It's been a pleasure eating this.
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On -dur -n -yogi kachi.
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On -dur -n -yogi kachi.
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On -dur -n -yogi kachi.
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On -dur -n -yogi kachi.
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You got it.
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I forgot it.
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On -dur -n.
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Is there like a recipe for this?
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This is so good.
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As it should though.
Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
This video is a goldmine for english speaking practice—it captures casual, real-life dialogue between British highschoolers trying Korean winter snacks, making it perfect for shadow speech (repeating phrases aloud to mimic rhythm and tone). The conversational flow, filled with exclamations, questions, and spontaneous reactions, mirrors the kind of everyday interactions you’d encounter in IELTS speaking tasks. Practicing with this video helps you learn to express surprise, describe tastes, and share opinions naturally—skills that boost your confidence in both casual and formal settings.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Let’s break down key phrases to elevate your speaking:
- “I feel like I'm biting into a cloud”: Uses a simile to vividly describe texture—great for IELTS speaking when describing objects or experiences. Try replacing “cloud” with other nouns (e.g., “a soft pillow”) to practice.
- “It's kind of like a curry inside of a bread bowl, but more better”: The casual “kind of like” is perfect for comparing things, while “but more better” (though non-standard) shows how native speakers often prioritize fluency over strict grammar in fast conversations. Note the correct form (“better”) but learn the phrasing for naturalness.
- “I was not expecting that”: A common reaction phrase that works in many contexts. Practice varying intonation—raise your voice at the end for emphasis, as the speaker does here.
Common Pronunciation Traps
Pay attention to these tricky words to improve english pronunciation:
- “Yatche hupbang”: The Korean snack name has a unique rhythm—stress the first syllable of “hupbang” (HUPP-bang) to avoid mispronunciation. Listen closely to how the speaker stumbles over it at first—this is normal, and mimicking the correction helps with adaptability.
- “Nutella”: The speaker pronounces it with a short “u” (NUH-tel-uh), common in British English. In other accents, it might be “noo-TEL-uh”—notice the difference to understand global variations, useful for IELTS speaking practice.
- “Marshmallow”: The “sh” sound can be tricky—make sure it’s soft, not a “ch” (marsh-MAL-oh, not march-MAL-oh). Shadow the speaker’s clear pronunciation to master it.
By focusing on these details, you’ll turn this fun video into a powerful tool for shadowspeaks and overall speaking growth. Grab a snack, hit play, and start mimicking—your English will thank you!
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.