Inside the BIGGEST KOREAN MALL in the USA: The Source OC

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  • Опубліковано 17 гру 2024

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  • @YellowProductions
    @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому +7

    ✅ You might enjoy watching more tour inside the biggest Japanese Supermarket in California: ua-cam.com/video/Wr55IgwRQ_A/v-deo.html
    ✅ Or see what the big indoor playground "Playpie" is like with the Curious Princess: ua-cam.com/video/82K6WWn8oS0/v-deo.html

    • @gloriataruc8371
      @gloriataruc8371 6 місяців тому

      Planning on going there soon! Long time ago we went there when they were still charging a membership fee just to go to their store but it has changed name and there’s no more membership fee ! We went there two years ago! I just want to look for their merchandise! The produce and meats are expensive!

  • @DavidLimUX
    @DavidLimUX 5 місяців тому +7

    My kids always go here. It had a slow and difficult start when it opened but now it’s pretty popular.

  • @YonexCC
    @YonexCC 4 місяці тому +7

    Didn't even know this existed. My work is literally 10 minutes from Knotts so this would be a good stop for lunch or dinner. Will check it ou!

  • @KC23109
    @KC23109 6 місяців тому +12

    We were here before and it was fun but thanks for posting your video. Looks like they’ve added more restaurants. I want to come back again now!

  • @BillGreenAZ
    @BillGreenAZ 6 місяців тому +9

    I used to live just down Orangethorpe from here. I can't believe how much this has been developed.
    I used to love to go to the different Asian centers around OC like the Vietnamese places in Westminster and the Asian restaurants in Irvine. I'm going to be staying near there in a few months. I think I'll stop by.
    Thanks Chris!

  • @jameshiga8077
    @jameshiga8077 6 місяців тому +7

    Hi Chris. Thanks for the nice walking tour. This mall is huge and not easy to make your way around. But sometimes you find some great places when you just wonder around. So many places to try wonderful Korean food. Guess I need to try them all if I'm in the area. Take care.

  • @dsuttajit
    @dsuttajit 6 місяців тому +10

    Welcome to OC! Love The Source Mall. Only 20 minutes from my home

  • @chaisepomme4070
    @chaisepomme4070 6 місяців тому +10

    I generally get stressed out in malls but there’s a lot of outdoor space. I like the large selection of foods and merchandise and fun places like the indoor playground and movie theatres. I think this mall will be nicer with more seating areas outside for children and older people … more garden spaces/trees for people to chill out between shop visits.

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому

      Agreed that the mall needs more seating

    • @rogerh2694
      @rogerh2694 5 місяців тому

      Lots of seating if not outdoors then at the food courts. Plenty.

    • @victorynowall
      @victorynowall 5 місяців тому

      @@YellowProductions Can you get the authorities to do that?? It would be a good diversion for seniors to chill out!

  • @jimmyjames6492
    @jimmyjames6492 6 місяців тому +8

    Thanks for the info + video!

  • @amyshaffner
    @amyshaffner 6 місяців тому +4

    Appreciate your walking tours Chris! 😎👀🌴

  • @jamesrawlins735
    @jamesrawlins735 6 місяців тому +26

    The KPOP Center is more elaborate than you might realize. It's a training center for students looking to become an idol in Korea. Many of the instructors actually worked with idols from the Big 4 - and they have a development team to help students decided on a course. They also hold auditions here for several companies including Pledis, Hybe America, Black Label, Kakao, SM, Fantagio, Source and PNation.

  • @BootsCanlas
    @BootsCanlas 5 місяців тому +2

    Yes ❤all d Korean foods plus more ❤🎉

  • @elizabethhirst9419
    @elizabethhirst9419 6 місяців тому +3

    I recently went to this outdoor mall, and you are right! It's humongous!

  • @pk525
    @pk525 5 місяців тому +4

    As a Korean, this is one of my favorite place to visit in SoCal.

  • @Mydataworldranking
    @Mydataworldranking 5 місяців тому +1

    Lovely Place! thanks for the video

  • @victorynowall
    @victorynowall 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for posting. Am wondering when was this Mall built? Guess it would take days to see all the shop lots. Wonderful! Am planning to go there with a Korean friend from Ohio.

  • @chrisaycock5965
    @chrisaycock5965 2 місяці тому

    I love the food court here.

  • @MrZman0004
    @MrZman0004 6 місяців тому +3

    Yes, traversing this mall can be a challenge because of the layout.

  • @gerardwebb1945
    @gerardwebb1945 6 місяців тому +1

    That seems more of a regular Mall like they all are, it only has korean outlets in there, along with other international stores.
    Indoor and Outdoor
    Dining Now Available
    The Source OC is the home to many delicious restaurants. From South Korea's popular Myrung Rang Hot Dog to the classy Italian Il Fiora, everyone is sure to find a place to satisfy their cravings. Check out our full list of tasty dining options!

  • @Cecile2906
    @Cecile2906 4 місяці тому

    Love this video, thank you for giving us a tour. I live on the east coast and we don’t have anything like that here

  • @secondamazonprime-kv5xo
    @secondamazonprime-kv5xo 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this! We went to Northgate based on your video so we’ll definitely check out this place.

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому +1

      Awesome! The Strawberry Crème donut from the donut place in the 3rd floor food court is really good :)

  • @H-bv1xt
    @H-bv1xt 5 місяців тому +1

    I live about 3 miles from there. I’ve never heard of The Source as a Korean Mall, but I have to say it’s a pretty accurate description. I know the city of Buena Park financed it and built it as I used to have a family member who worked for the city. When it first opened and for many years, The Source was very dead. Half of the stores were unoccupied. I had wondered if it was ever going to take off or the community just wasn’t ready to deal with a multistory parking structure. Fortunately the parking lot is nicely designed so you don’t have to circle around 4 times to get to level 4, you just drive straight to 4th floor if the lower levels are busy. I wish all the multilevel parking lots were designed like that. I imagine this design probably yields fewer parking spots. If anyone knows, please let me know.

  • @sandj29
    @sandj29 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow, awesome...I will definitely go to this mall when I go to OC

  • @lili_mixx3
    @lili_mixx3 4 місяці тому +1

    I went here for the first time couple months ago cause I had to return a kpop album. I really wanted to walk around and explore but everything was pretty much closed by the time I got there 😔 I can't wait to go back and try out the restaurants!

  • @HiThereHeyThere
    @HiThereHeyThere 5 місяців тому

    I dont remember any place there having Tteokbokki so glad to see this!!!

  • @angli232
    @angli232 6 місяців тому +1

    Reminds me of 3RD STREET PROMENADE & DOWNTOWN SANTA MONICA

  • @mariselaramirez1091
    @mariselaramirez1091 2 місяці тому

    Cool video 💕

  • @SoCalBrian
    @SoCalBrian 6 місяців тому

    Wow I had no idea there was a mall there. I haven’t been to this area in years.

  • @mariselaramirez1091
    @mariselaramirez1091 2 місяці тому

    I love the source ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @alexanderschwarm7755
    @alexanderschwarm7755 6 місяців тому +1

    As a California loving person this really catched me. So we can get an idea of what OC has to offer

  • @TheBoytoy09
    @TheBoytoy09 6 місяців тому +1

    It's a must!!!

  • @dannielz6
    @dannielz6 3 місяці тому

    Awesome, but how does it compare to the 2 Korean malls in K town?

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  3 місяці тому

      This one is definitely bigger. Food here probably isn't quite as good as K Town LA

  • @HiThereHeyThere
    @HiThereHeyThere 5 місяців тому

    Didnt this place have a nice Chinese restaurant pre covid??
    Looks like Orange Blossom took their place.
    Also when I went most shopping downstairs wasnt marked out or leased!
    Will be nice to see all whats there now

  • @justinabata6257
    @justinabata6257 5 місяців тому

    I ❤ Korean Kung Fu
    Korean Capoeira good too
    Korean corn rows...
    T&C my og fave

  • @BootsCanlas
    @BootsCanlas 5 місяців тому

    It’s in our neighborhood 🎉great place to go to

  • @fairyxd0111
    @fairyxd0111 4 місяці тому

    you should check out asian garden mall its much smaller but its more small businesses

  • @Mei-lingYang
    @Mei-lingYang 5 місяців тому +2

    I will love to go . Anyone know the address ?

  • @jamesl4461
    @jamesl4461 6 місяців тому

    Nice place to take my family, we'll check it out

  • @elizabethhirst9419
    @elizabethhirst9419 6 місяців тому

    I recommend the Yoshiharu Ramen! It's delicious!

  • @kamanama3671
    @kamanama3671 6 місяців тому +3

    I love Korean bakeries

    • @MrAresxy07
      @MrAresxy07 6 місяців тому

      To me is just overly sweet expensive bread

    • @kamanama3671
      @kamanama3671 6 місяців тому

      @@MrAresxy07 not the ones near me they’re actually less sweet than what I’m normally used to. I think they’re delicious and they go great with coffee or tea.

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому +1

      Agreed. Korean pastries are generally less sweet than American pastries

  • @chrmnxpnoy
    @chrmnxpnoy 5 місяців тому +1

    Pro tip: walk down the street to the famous cuban bakery, Porto's

  • @jtn_0
    @jtn_0 6 місяців тому

    If you have a dedicated channel on SoCal Asian places I’d subscribe and watch it!

  • @carefulconsumer8682
    @carefulconsumer8682 5 місяців тому

    A nice change from SF.

  • @specialcookday
    @specialcookday 4 місяці тому

    Now very popular advertisement lingo old time 80's original 1ST franchise chicken called Pelicana chicken BP Source. If you don't get inline you have 2 wait over 50mins.
    🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @kauigirl808
    @kauigirl808 5 місяців тому

    I go here but never realized its an actual Korean mall. And the biggest ? Wow.

  • @mediaxpuppet
    @mediaxpuppet 3 місяці тому +1

    I grew up just on the other side of the freeway and this sits on the old franklin motel and car wash. Total shithole place that sadly lots of families lived in. The project was announced at the very bottom of the economy and was objected by the old racist locals that dotted the area. Im glad to see it has finally taken hold. Originally was supposed to include condos but there was local opposition and a few homeowners who wouldnt sell. My only critique is the big ugly dead wall facing orangethorpe. This part of town leveled up, apparently.

  • @tigerjonn
    @tigerjonn 4 місяці тому

    JAWS Tpk is really good..

  • @gloriataruc8371
    @gloriataruc8371 6 місяців тому

    What happened to the Popeyes chicken? There used to be one there!

    • @gametri-eq6lj
      @gametri-eq6lj 6 місяців тому +1

      Korean chicken place prob took all its customers

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому

      Popeyes closed a couple years ago.. sad I know

  • @artvandellay4088
    @artvandellay4088 6 місяців тому

    Do you think tourists from Korea would visit this mall? Is this mall a sign that cultures are coming together? Allot of outposts from Korea , very interesting!

    • @gametri-eq6lj
      @gametri-eq6lj 6 місяців тому +1

      yup I seen a lot of Koreans when I went there it’s really like a second Korea town opposed to the crowded l.a Korea town

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому

      Indeed I do think it's a destination

    • @jamesrawlins735
      @jamesrawlins735 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah - here and Koreatown, of course. (One of the best neighborhoods to live in LA, esp. if you don't have big bucks.) Some of the older businesses in KTown have folded or are struggling due to the effects of Covid.

  • @mnmaddict37532
    @mnmaddict37532 6 місяців тому

    Free parking? I'm there!

  • @mooniboo1570
    @mooniboo1570 5 місяців тому +1

    @12:08 Is it only me that found it gross leaving your drink/food exposed out on the cart before going in store. Just saying

  • @droptopp3479
    @droptopp3479 6 місяців тому +3

    I live like an hour away and never knew this place existed

    • @shellyhall5580
      @shellyhall5580 5 місяців тому

      I know right! I used to live probably half an hour and never knew it existed. I sure wish I did. I would’ve loved to have gone there.

  • @jbaruman272
    @jbaruman272 6 місяців тому

    ...what should have happened with the empty Gwinnett Place Mall in Atlanta's K-Town.

  • @stargazer5073
    @stargazer5073 6 місяців тому

    Address please

    • @MrZman0004
      @MrZman0004 6 місяців тому +1

      THE SOURCE - 6940 BEACH BLVD, BUENA PARK, CA 90621

  • @Ginger30161
    @Ginger30161 6 місяців тому

    People know this as one of the few Tesla Supercharging locations.

  • @MrAresxy07
    @MrAresxy07 6 місяців тому +5

    Buean park has come along way from being almost a ghetto city with gangs,drugs and prostitutes to now being a safe city for mostly koreans with a handful of Vietnamese

  • @BlackyBrownDestruction9337
    @BlackyBrownDestruction9337 6 місяців тому +6

    Mexican food trucks with no english words or speakers isnt my target audience either lol

  • @elizabethhirst9419
    @elizabethhirst9419 6 місяців тому

    Hey Yellow Productions!

  • @RajeshRajesh-uk9wh
    @RajeshRajesh-uk9wh 6 місяців тому

    Hi

  • @krg8965
    @krg8965 6 місяців тому

    Nice video but the mall design is a headache for walking around

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah... I often wonder about the architects of the physical structure when I'm navigating around this place

  • @tuandang2947
    @tuandang2947 6 місяців тому +1

    Downtown Koreatown is #1

  • @angelicasoup638
    @angelicasoup638 6 місяців тому

    It feels like plastic inside the building.

  • @MacArthurMichael-t6e
    @MacArthurMichael-t6e 2 місяці тому

    Abner Fields

  • @markallen8226
    @markallen8226 6 місяців тому

    👍

  • @HiThereHeyThere
    @HiThereHeyThere 5 місяців тому

    Shhhh stop telling the world 🤫

  • @toktok9999
    @toktok9999 6 місяців тому

    i heard the old owner of the mall committed suicide a couple of years ago due to financial problems. sad story

    • @bmwxpicasso
      @bmwxpicasso 5 місяців тому

      I thought that was fake. I could be wrong.

  • @Sugas_Girr
    @Sugas_Girr 6 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤ 🇰🇷‼️

  • @FrugalLuxuryLiving
    @FrugalLuxuryLiving 6 місяців тому +1

    First

  • @12012channel
    @12012channel 6 місяців тому

    Yellow Productions, are you a fan boy?

    • @YellowProductions
      @YellowProductions  6 місяців тому +3

      I enjoy kpop 😀

    • @Sugas_Girr
      @Sugas_Girr 6 місяців тому

      ​@@YellowProductions 👍😂👍 Dude, nothing wrong with that! 😉

  • @MeEncantaKiley
    @MeEncantaKiley 6 місяців тому +2

    Good place for me (6’2” muscular white guy with a broccoli haircut) to show off my Asian tinder date in a mini skirt😂

  • @cloudyOso
    @cloudyOso 5 місяців тому +2

    Wait so when our counties in California were asking for affordable housing with rent controlled units we instead got a K-pop stadium?? Please don’t ever question why we have high crime and homelessness rates 😭😭😭😭

    • @rogerh2694
      @rogerh2694 5 місяців тому +4

      These are all individual store owners making a living bro just like you in a capitalistic society. Not even an argument.

    • @CharlieParker-dz6fv
      @CharlieParker-dz6fv 5 місяців тому

      Hey simpleton, it’s not an either or. You can have both. Do you even vote?

  • @mlyle1000mobile
    @mlyle1000mobile 4 місяці тому

    Amazing how you read all the names of the food signs except the one that said BLACK in big letters and you had to pause and think about it to avoid it lol bravo you racist phuk lol. didnt want to screw with the youtube algorithm huh.

  • @thomaspark9062
    @thomaspark9062 4 місяці тому

    Over rated. Don’t make a special trip.

  • @pinkvelvet3865
    @pinkvelvet3865 5 місяців тому +1

    It's ugly there.