Barefoot Friends
[Autumn is here, and we're at a quiet town in Giheung, Gyeonggi-do]
We're in Giheung today.
The host that will be cooking for us today will be...
She is the original Bagel Girl. (Baby face and glamorous body).
Lee Hyo Ri of the 70's.
Jung Yoon Hee and Yoo Ji In of Troika... Who was the third one?
Jung Yoon Hee, Yoo Ji In, and Jang Mi Hee.
Yes they were the Troika. But our host came before them.
She came before them. She was also known to be sensuous.
- Who is she? - Lee Hyo Ri of the 70's.
It's Kim Hyung Ja.
[40 years of being an actress.]
[She was a crazy old lady in the film, 'Mapado']
[She was always an important supporting actress.]
[Will her cooking be just as spicy?]
Let's go in.
Hi!
- Who is it? - We're Barefoot Friends.
That was the best reaction ever.
The original Bagel Girl! Lee Hyo Ri of the 70's.
You scared me!
I've never had this many guests in my house.
Wow.
Thank you for inviting us.
How am I going to feed all of you?
She is really happy.
- So you're the original UEE. - Oh. hello.
Hi.
You beat me already.
- We don't use that word any more. - It brings back good old memories.
Come taste the memory at my place. Words recall memories, but so does food.
I don't know if you've ever had what my mother and grandmother had.
That's what we're going to have today?
- I prepared them for you today. - Memories inside food.
The taste of honey rice cake.
You remember eating honey rice cake. You will swallow my food just like that.
- May we come in then? - Come in!
- Come in. - You're welcoming us with big smile!
- Is that a picture or a drawing? - It's a picture, but there is another secret.
- Do I have to show you this? - It's three dimensional.
The necklace and the earrings light up.
Bling, bling, bling bling, necklace and earrings.
You have rhythm in your words.
She has an entertainer inside her.
I always sing when I talk. It drives me nuts.
Come in! Come on in!
- It's the Barefoot Friends Musical. - Here's the master bedroom.
An elegant bed.
It's so simple.
- This album is... - They are albums from my generation.
- Oh my god. - When was this?
- You were on vacation? - I was.
- Don't they arrest you for wearing bikinis back then? - Not at the beach.
This is Sam Hwe Ja. This is Cheon Won Joo.
Kang Boo Ja.
- It's Yeo Woon Gye. - It's her house.
You had the picture taken at Yeo Woon Gye's place?
I can see the whole era.
- That's a car. They are bell bottom jeans. - They are bell bottom jeans.
- 14 inch bell bottoms. - You were a trendsetter.
- Look at her sole! - Look at the person in that picture.
- The man? - Who is he?
It's Lee Soon Jae. Can't you recognize him?
Huh?
- He was gorgeous! A real man! - A real man!
This is history. You have history in here.
- What? - I didn't mean to look at it.
There's another one?
- She liked that pose a lot. - My mom did too!
Did you do this for fun at home or was it a part of your work?
I was just doing it for fun at home like this.
She had three bottles of Soju.
- Isn't that soda? - She's not sober for sure.
She's definitely drunk.
- Wow this is... - Wow! That's something.
Was that the film 'Pebbles?'
Do you know who the man is?
- Who is that Choi Jae Sung? - They are not from the same time.
- 'Gramps Over Flowers.' - He is one of the 'Gramps Over Flowers?'
- Baek Il Sub! - Yeah!
Really? Really?
Unbelievable.
- Look at his guns! - Yeah!
We have the pictures of the actors from her generation.
- It's fun isn't it? - Really.
You have a yard there, and I saw a lot of fruits. I could see fruits.
Autumn is the season of pomegranates.
- Why are you singing all of a sudden? - Ask me anything, and I'll sing.
- Pomegranate? - Pomegranates! I also have tangerines.
Let's go to the front yard.
It's not really a garden. It's just a balcony.
- This is a cucumber. - Cucumber?
It's a yellowish overripe cucumber.
Is that a squash?
- It's the best in bean paste soup. - Absolutely.
Our harvest.
- What's that behind you Hyun Joong? - Pomegranate!
Season of pomegranates.
Can you break it open?
- This needs to be open. - Pomegranates open up when they are ripe.
- Is that ripe? - It's ripe.
- Autumn is... - The season of pomegranates.
- It's catchy. - Can you plant the seeds again?
- Why plant them? You eat them. - Oh you eat them?
It seems it's not autumn yet.
Autumn is the season for pomegranates, but this is too much.
- They are really good for women. - It's tangerines!
- They are tangerines. - How can you grow tangerines in Seoul?
- You can. - Is that an apple?
- Yes, it's an apple. - Why is it so small?
It's a small apple.
There are small apples?
It looks like a jujube on you.
Is it sour?
It's not sour at all. It feels like a big jujube. But it has the apple flavor.
- I'm an apple! - I'm not a jujube!
I'm an apple! It's stating that.
That tangerine smells good.
- You can grow them in the balcony? - Yes.
- How is it? - It's good. It's sweet.
- Let me try one. - Of course it's sweet. It's a tangerine.
I didn't know that you could grow them on a flower pot.
- Have you had one off a tree? - It's so fun to take one off a tree.
Let's go inside of the house.
Let's look at the cozy living room.
You can see the food ingredients prepared for us here.
What I'm going to cook for you today is...
They are honey rice cake dishes that will bring your appetites back.
- You have anchovies. - I like anchovies.
I'm going to wrap anchovy mixed rice in aged kimchi.
- Oh! - You also have ground beef ribeye.
- What is this? LA Korean BBQ? - It's ground LA style Korean BBQ.
- It's got to be chewy then. - It's even better.
- Is that anchovy? - These crabs are alive. I'll season them.
- Seasoned raw crabs? - Seasoned raw crabs!
I freeze them slightly to get the ice. Crunchy ice tastes great in crabs.
- What about the small shrimps? - They are for bean paste soups.
Jumbo shrimps make bean paste soup taste better.
Then you add fast fermented bean paste.
Then I make kimchi stew. I steam these and add them onto them.
- Mother's cooking! - You add kimchi!
You swallow them like you swallow honey ricecakes.
- My mouth is getting watery. - She makes them sound so good.
Her words are delicious.
She also likes to drink.
- She made all these. - Various ingredients.
Are we opening them today?
- No? - But if you want some...
[Party Rock in the House?] - No? - But if you want some...
I will let you have them.
When did you start doing this?
There's a bug! Isn't that a bug?
- The ginseng one must be old. - I made that one myself.
We will try to guess.
Try to guess.
- It's a bug. - It's not a bug.
It doesn't smell like alcohol. It smells more like herbal medicine.
Do you want to know?
Isn't this that? There's kimchi...
Korean lettuce?
That's way too common to put in there.
This is the Cordyceps militaris flower! The flower that blooms once a century!
So it's a bug?
It's a flower that blooms where a bug died on an oak tree.
- And it blooms once a century? - It may bloom.
- It may or it may not. - You made an herbal drink with that?
Something that blooms once a century?
- We're eating something that blooms once a century? - Have you had any?
- It looks really weird. - It's a bug.
- Is this a bug? - The flower bloomed on the bug.
A flower bloomed on a bug.
Look at this bug. It's a bug.
- A flower grew on a bug. You can see the stems sprouting out. - How can flowers grow on bugs? I don't get that.
- A flower grew on the bug's back. - The name of the bug is Dong Choong Ha Cho?
- It's Dong Choong. It means winter bug. - Oh, Dong Choong!
Dong Choong!
If you want to taste this...
It's great for your health.
- It's really dry. - It is.
They say you can make plants grow on bugs, but they rarely bloom.
She says it blooms once a century.
I've never heard of flowers blooming on a bug.
You're right. Cordyceps militaris is the name of the plant.
It doesn't taste like alcohol. The aroma overtakes the smell of the alcohol.
There's something.
It's water! I don't taste alcohol at all!
You will feel it seconds later. You can feel it.
I don't know.
Let's open this when we're eating later.
- Bamboo? - It looks like you've had some already.
- I've never opened it. - UEE, you were in a Soju ad recently.
- Me? - Yeah.
How did you do it?
It's about this big. You have to put your hand on your waist when you're drinking.
- They always take full shots of UEE. - Always.
- As if you have a back problem? - I have to bend my back.
I will pretend that this is Soju. I have to close my eyes a little.
And then squint once.
You look like you're drinking off an ash tray.
You're right! This is too big!
I feel like I have to drink like this.
Drink ash.
Let's look at the fridge.
What's in the fridge?
You have a lot of side dishes.
What's this?
This is the leftover soy sauce after making raw crabs in soy sauce.
I use this for any dish that requires soy sauce. It's really good.
You know how you can just mix crab soy sauce in rice and eat them?
It's already marinated.
- I didn't want to throw it away. - It's a bit sweet isn't it?
I didn't want to throw it away.
I don't know how this will taste.
- It's a bit salty. - It's not salty!
Stop! You're feeding me soy sauce now?
You're feeding my soy sauce now?
It's salty!
It's not salty.
It tastes like sweet soy sauce.
- It's not salty. - Eat like he did.
It's salty.
He gave me ten times that.
- It's not as salty as raw soy sauce. - You're right.
But it's still salty. Good idea. Don't throw away after finishing soy sauce crabs.
Let's try the next dish.
Look at this. This is precious.
We want to taste them one by one.
- Hey! - Korean lettuce.
- It's bitter. - Oh the bitter one.
[Ji Won attacks back with a chilli pepper.]
Let's compare the Korean lettuce kimchi.
[Ji Won hides a chili pepper in his hand.]
[Take that!]
[I'm sorry.]
Let go! Let go!
- It's good right? - Yeah.
It tastes like a perilla leaf.
- This will be good with hot rice. - With steaming hot rice.
You all have great appetites.
- Garlic stalks? What else did you add? - Isn't that fish?
It's a half-dried pollack.
This is good! You can eat it as a side dish when you drink.
- I can't eat fish. - This is good!
I don't eat fish.
- And this is really good. - This tastes like dried filefish.
- Wow this is great. - This is a rice craver.
This pollack is really good.
This is really good.
It's good.
You know how you can eat dried pollack...
You always give me the bad stuff. You're so messed up!
Everything in your fridge is...
I wish I could eat this with rice.
We're keep seeing Rice Cravers.
- It's green mussel. - This is green mussel with garlic stalks.
I used the soy sauce from soy sauce crabs.
- How can mussel taste like this? - It's caramel!
I thought the same thing.
It tastes like caramel.
This is good. This is powerful.
- They are quail eggs. - And mushrooms.
Try this.
It's a quail egg.
- The quail eggs sit in there for a while? - Of course!
I personally like quail eggs a lot.
Try this! It's not salty at all.
It's obviously salty!
He was hiding a bowl of rice behind his back.
Oh it's a separate bowl?
- I want this. - This is the best of the best.
- This is Shi Yoon's hometown dish. - Yeah, I grew up eating a lot of these.
- He's from Beolgyo. - He's from Soonchang.
- It's Sooncheon. - You have to take the shells out!
Even boars don't eat like that!
He's not a garbage disposer!
This is fun to eat.
- You're supposed to use your teeth. - He's right.
- The direction is... - It's round.
Picky eater.
And we finish with...
Water.
- I need to drink some water. - It's salty.
Water is good.
You only have one fridge out here?
- I have a kimchi refrigerator. - Where?
It's hidden inside the room.
The kimchi refrigerator is in there?
You have a fridge in your dress room?
Wouldn't you get the smell of kimchi your clothes?
- This is just... - I can smell kimchi already!
You can smell it too. Stop pretending you don't smell it.
There's salted fish.
They are roe. Scallop? I thought that was a clam.
Don't drop it.
- It's a scallop! - Really?
Actually the scallop is...
There's roe in there! What is it?
I can taste roe in there!
- They are roe. - Did you mix roe in there?
This is the winner.
There are too many Rice Cravers here.
How much should I make if they are all Rice Cravers?
- Salted scallop. - Pacific saury! Is it?
- Is that Pacific saury? - It's Pacific saury.
This looks strong.
I can't eat that.
- Why not? - I can't eat that stuff.
This fish is not old enough. It's got to be really old.
They're good when completely fermented. Then you can make paste out of them.
- It's not as fishy as I thought. - Really?
- Right? - It's like steamed Pacific saury.
All the flesh falls off when they are completely fermented.
Do you have to eat the bones too?
- Really? - Yeah.
The flesh that falls off right here. It's really good.
I will try that.
He's fearless.
- It's good. - It's best when half fermented.
There's that fermenting taste.
You do have taste buds right?
- This tastes like... - You're not numb are you?
You know the bitter part in the raw crabs we had earlier? It's like that.
It's not salty. It tastes like dried pollack.
It's good!
You sound like my dad saying that the hot tub isn't that hot.
My father always said that when I was young.
It's really nice, come in! And I would say, it's not nice! It's hot!
How is this nice?
Ho Dong come sit here.
We get the three dumb ones here.
- We have the three together, I mean four. - Why take her out?
I ran away from there.
I'm average.
Shouldn't I switch with Hyun Joong?
Hyun Joong is my friend.
What-evs!
I'm average now right?
Ho Dong stepped down.
- Ji Won! - Rice cake!
Eat up!
- Don't eat off the floor. - I can eat it.
- You had a bite already! - It was on the ground!
- Rules are rules!
I'm just not smart!
What's the first prize dish?
My family says they want to eat noodles so much! I prepared some.
- I'm making them right now. - In watery kimchi?
It's a strong start.
- Noodles. - I added squid topping.
The flavors ooze out of the squid as you chew it with the noodle.
You will swallow the whole thing like honey rice cake.
Honey rice cake?
Let's hurry up.
Here's the first question.
This is the first edible good of mankind from nature.
In Egypt it was used to preserve dead bodies and as a charm against ghosts.
- Jong Shin! - Ji Won!
Salt.
Hyun Joong!
I read this somewhere.
Apple.
Apple! The first edible good of mankind! Adam and Eve!
- Make it simple. - Ji Won!
- The charm against ghosts is garlic. - Oh yeah, garlic.
I thought vampires are afraid of garlic.
Shi Yoon! Olives!
Ji Won! Onions!
Green onions?
I think I know this.
- This never rots. - Ho Dong!
- This is too hard. - Finally I get something.
- Never rotting honey! Honey! - He's right. Honey doesn't rot.
- Is it right? - Ring the bells!
We talked about this on a different show.
- I was the one to mention it. I read it. - I think it was me.
Honey lasts even for a billion years. You can always eat honey.
That's not a bite!
- That is not okay. - That's really not okay.
You have to finish it in one bite.
- I think it's going to be salty. - Add kimchi in it.
You only need kimchi.
You also added squid?
- My mom said eating too much is bad. - We talked about honey on TV.
- That's it! That's it! - As long as it's not cut, it's okay.
How can he not cut it?
Are you eating it right now?
He was trying to eat the whole thing without using teeth.
That looked like a silkworm.
He makes it look so delicious.
You eat a bite then eat the soup.
The soup and the aged kimchi makes it a complete package.
I was having stomach problems, but it really soothed me.
I want some.
- What's next? - It's seasoned crab with chili paste.
- Soy sauce crabs? - Seasoned crabs?
It's really good when you squeeze it out and eat with a spoon of rice.
- You squeeze the flesh out? - Yeah, and eat it with the rice.
Next question.
The song 'Frozen Flower' from the Koryo Dynasty...
- The movie with Jo In Sung! - Is known as the film starring Jo In Sung and Joo Jin Mo.
- Frozen Flower originally is a shop that sells frozen flowers. - Frozen flowers.
What does the frozen flower represent?
It must be related to the movie.
Is it sexual?
The movie was sexual.
The movie was erotic.
Shi Yoon! Flu medicine?
Jong Shin! Egg!
Oh an egg shop.
Hyun Joong! A shoe shop!
What? Two flowers? A pair of shoes!
- Sneakers! A pair of shoes! - That was reasonable.
I was sure about it! Am I wrong?
I can't get this one then.
Even during the mid-Joseon Dynasty, this food item was called Sang Hwa.
Sang Hwang Mushroom.
Hyun Joong! Ginseng!
Even to the mid-Joseon Dynasty, this food item was called Sang Hwa.
- Chinese pancake! - That sounds good.
- That was close. - Shi Yoon! What? Close?
Ho Dong! I got this!
- Ho Dong! - What?
- Ho Dong? - Hyun Joong!
- Dumpling! - I was going to say that.
- Correct!
Come on!
- Sang Al? - I need to sit on this side!
Then why mention Joo Jin Mo and Jo In Sung?
That's it!
I love it!
Come here! Come!
Seasoned crab flesh.
Is he going for it?
Clean.
You're a true master.
You need some room to taste the food.
How is it?
I added a lot, but something takes it.
Something took it. It's just raw crab flesh with seasoning.
It's really fresh. The flesh is the best part in raw crabs.
It tastes like she poured sesame oil in there. It's good.
- What's the next bite? - It's finally here. It's here.
The ribeye is here!
Not that one! That's mine!
I have to eat this.
I've had ground ribeye before. But this is L.A. style ground ribeye.
- It looks so good. - Smell it, Ji Won.
There's a handle. It's the L.A. Korean BBQ bone!
There's a handle.
That's like cotton candy for me!
Let's go.
- It's a Korean Wrestling question. - No!
- Then give us a chance before you say it. - No!
- Please! - Fine! I will answer it last.
Ho Dong may not know it either. That's why they selected this question.
Korean Wrestling question.
In Korean Wrestling, there is a word for a tie when two wrestlers fall at the same time.
- Of course he knows. - You can't give him a question about the game!
Both wrestlers fell at the same time, and we don't know who fell first?
- Is it Chinese based? - It's purely Korean.
Rice cake slab!
They fall like rice cakes.
What is this?
They fell at the same time?
- Ho Dong doesn't know this either? - Of course he knows!
- It's the rule! Of course he knows! - Huh?
- It's one of the rules! - He doesn't know does he?
Of course he knows.
Does it ever happen? Does the ref ever call it a tie?
Don't they always call a winner?
Two wrestlers fall at the same time. Has it ever been called a tie?
It's really hard to tell.
Hyun Joong! 'It's hard to tell!'
- Look! Jong Shin! - Oh!
- You have to say your name first. - Ji Won!
- Can I get this one? I know this. - Yeah.
- Ho Dong told me once. - Really?
- Can I get this? - Do it.
Ji Won!
What a dog fight! (It's a mess!)
- Dog fight! - What a dog fight!
Dog fight!
- What's the answer Ho Dong? - He doesn't know does he?
- No way. - No way! He was a champion!
- There's no way he wouldn't know. - Dog fight!
I told you!
What does 'Five minutes before dog fight' mean? Five minutes before it's a tie?
I thought a 'dog fight' means people are going crazy.
- This is mine. - It was also your favorite.
I feel like I was on his team. It feels good.
[Is he going to drop it?]
You rarely see a tie in wrestling.
It smells so good.
I'm sorry I have a cold.
For the first time in my life, I wanted to slap someone older than me.
I couldn't help it. I was going to say something funny, then I sneezed.
I'm sorry.
You took a bite! You have to finish it.
It's hot.
It's not cooked yet.
You can't eat it. It's not cooked yet.
It's red inside.
It's rare! Rare! Eat it rare!
It's rare!
It's different on the outside. This is the Frozen Flower!
I'm really hungry! I'm going crazy.
Give me food Mommy.
Where's the fun in life?
You can just...
Try the noodles first.
- I have the anchovy kimchi wrap here. - Oh the anchovy!
I wanted to try it so much!
This is great.
Rice and anchovy are wrapped in aged kimchi.
We're going to eat this first then salted squid. I'm going to finish with kimchi.
Then tell us how in detail after trying it first.
- Should I? - Yeah, and tell us in detail.
- The aged kimchi smells just... - It's going in!
The aged kimchi has enough seasoning by itself.
It's already seasoned.
It sounds so good.
He likes soup.
It looks like a front tooth.
That'd be the entire meal for someone.
I'm from the countryside.
If someone were to ask me to describe this, I would compare it to a fall picnic.
Wow! Fall picnic, instead of Mom's picnic.
Not summer, but a fall picnic. A lunchbox with aged kimchi.
Anchovy. It's the best appetizer.
It also brings back old memories.
Fall spring, vacation, something like that.
You know how we bring kimbab to picnics?
This would be really popular instead of kimbab.
It's really good.
- Most kimchi wraps are good. - It'd be perfect with beer.
- You got the anchovy. - The anchovy and I made an eye contact.
We made eye contact.
- It tastes like kimchi fried rice. - Really?
It does taste like that.
I feel like I'm at a picnic.
La la, our picnic
- You can sing to anything? - Yeah.
You're so good that it's tiring me out.
Here come the side dishes.
From earlier.
They are all candidates for Rice Cravers.
They are cockles.
I like these a lot!
- Dried pollack. - Dried pollack.
This is a Rice Craver.
Dried pollack.
It's seasoned raw crab.
Korean lettuce kimchi.
It's the best.
It was not fermented at all.
- It's really fresh. - Yes, it's fresh.
The chilli pepper paste itself is great.
It's great.
Eat rice with that.
Actually eat that first then eat rice.
Put rice in your mouth and shake it.
- Mix it in your mouth. - It doesn't look salty.
He's mixing it in his mouth.
Wow.
This makes me speechless.
- It makes you speechless? - What the heck?
Yeah! You have to make it crunch!
It makes your lips red. They have to stick to your lips.
As soon as I took a bite, the flesh pops out. It's so fresh.
- Is this how people make seasoned raw crabs? - No.
You want to cut crabs in two or three pieces.
You add onion juice and cider to soften it up.
Then you freeze it for 20 minutes until ice starts forming.
And then you season the entire crab evenly.
Then it's the best rice craver.
You want me to squeeze one for you? It's just so good.
- I just can't describe it. It's just good. - Squeeze it.
You have to try this. Or you will never know what I'm talking about.
Squeeze it.
- He has no strength. - I think Ho Dong has to do it.
The flesh is just so tender.
[You squeeze what?]
[You want me to squeeze that for you? Or no?]
Here are gloves.
[Dr. Crab is getting ready for his surgery.]
He can squeeze that thing.
- That's it. - This is embarrassing.
- I want to eat that. - I want Ho Dong to squeeze it for me.
- Mix it. - Ho Dong can control his power.
The crab meat is so fresh that it doesn't break when he's mixing it.
- It's sticky. - It's chewy.
It's pushing the rice out.
It's become raw fish mixed rice.
- Are you going eat it by yourself? - I made it. Who would I share with?
- I want to try that. I want some. - Here.
Try mixing it.
- A drop of sesame oil. - Today?
Salted scallop with this.
- It's good. - Right?
Spicy food makes a person feel better. Salty food doesn't.
It's a Rice Craver.
This is the winning candidate!
Try the dried pollack.
- Should I open up a restaurant? - Yeah! I think you should!
Rice, dried pollack, and garlic stalk are amazing! Try them!
It tastes so good when you already have rice in your mouth.
I'd say it should go right to the finals.
You can't forget this one.
What's next?
L.A. Korean BBQ, ground ribeye.
I've had L.A. ribeye and Korean ribeye. I've never had L.A.-style Korean ribeye.
- It may only get cooked on the outside. - You have to be careful, it's brittle.
I wish the technology would let viewers smell what we can.
- You want them to smell what you can? - Yes, I want to deliver this smell.
It smells so good.
He's professional. He checks the meat as he grills it.
That's what people do on the shopping channels.
- It's that scene. - It's so juicy.
- It's like a fire show. - We have less than 90 left!
This is cooked live!
It's not easy to grill ground beef. Hyun Joong!
Can you try this and tell us how it tastes?
- I know what it tastes like. - I haven't tried it. I really want to.
There.
- That smells so good. - Eat it right away. Blow on it once.
Look at the juice.
- Wrap it in this. - We will try it wrapped.
Speechless?
It's not too sweet or salty.
I've never had a ribeye like this.
It's so good.
- The moment I put it in my mouth. - Going in! Going in!
- It's so good. - Wow.
- You didn't even chew it yet. - Have you tried it?
- I haven't tried it yet. I will now. - You know as soon as it enters your mouth.
You don't even have to chew it, and you will exclaim.
Right when it's in your mouth.
You will say wow before even chewing it.
It's so juicy.
What did you put in that ground ribeye? It goes down like honey rice cake.
Honey, of course!
- Honey and Chinese yam. - You really added honey?
Yam flour, honey, and other marinades.
- This is the best ground ribeye I've ever had. - Same here.
Between the ground ribeye and dried pollack, it's a 'dog fight.'
It's a tie.
- Boil, boil, boil! - Boil, boil, boil!
Boil, boil, boil! Should I shake my butt?
- What's that? - I think it's bean paste soup.
- It's kimchi stew. - It has small shrimps.
No, that's the kimchi stew. This is the small shrimp bean paste soup.
Oh that.
Wow, wow, wow!
It's the battle between the kimchi stew and bean paste soup.
Every family has favorites. Either the kimchi stew is better or the bean paste better.
- I put bean paste in the kimchi stew too. - In the kimchi stew?
- The color is... - I can see the bean paste color in it.
This has the squash we got from the tree earlier.
Eun Ji Won will taste this after me.
I personally like bean paste soup better.
Bean paste soup.
This smells like kimchi stew.
This is my first time having bean paste soup with small shrimp.
You have to eat the shrimp too.
- This is... - What if...
I've never had anything like it before. Try it.
- It's a new kind of bean paste soup. - You're right.
It has a seafood flavor from the small shrimp.
It has the shrimp flavor at the end.
The kimchi breaks even when we use a dipper.
It's really soft.
If you like aged kimchi a lot, you can also eat this with pork.
Yes, if you like anchovy, you can add anchovy.
If you like Pacific saury, you can add Pacific saury.
Which one is your favorite?
My favorite is anchovy.
The kimchi just melts in my mouth.
The radish kimchi inside is soft.
I think I know what you're talking about.
I'm talking about the true meaning.
I can't choose between kimchi stew and bean paste soup.
This is also a dog fight.
When you're done with that...
It's the original 'honey rice cake.' I add noodle in that afterwards.
- Noodles? - Noodles are for that and rice for this.
- It's the hangover soup. - I'm adding the rice.
Mix them together. Mix them together.
Heat it until the rice sticks to the pot. Then eat it with your spoon.
This is also good. Make it like pig chow.
Pig chow!
This noodle is the best finish with that kimchi stew.
Should I add this? I didn't touch it.
No, this is how I cook it without soup.
You can swallow this like 'honey rice cake.' It's 'honey rice cake' noodle.
- This is the finish. - This is homemade food.
This is how I always finish bean paste soups.
It's not leftover.
The happiness the food brings?
This is art! Art. Titled, 'In Pursuit of Happiness.'
I couldn't even taste it.
The noodle makes it complete.
Did you like it?
You have to eat it while it's hot.
You just have to eat it.
Of course it's hot!
- It's hot! - I told you it's hot!
Of course it's still hot! It's steaming!
This is good because the noodle is bland.
It's acting like rice in there.
Let's choose the Rice Craver. We have three candidates.
Dried pollack, L.A. ground ribeye, and seasoned raw crab.
Let's vote one by one. Vote!
I vote for the dried pollack.
- I pick the seasoned crab. - Seasoned crab.
Ground ribeye.
I pick the dried pollack.
The Rice Craver of Kim Hyung Ja is the dried pollack. Congratulations!
Dried pollack, dried pollack, my dried pollack.
Thank you for the food! We absolutely loved it.
We're in front of a lonely celebrity's place awaiting our food.
This person exercises a lot.
- His bicycle is... - He exercises a lot.
It's highly probably it's a man, because he likes outdoor sports.
We just need to ring the door bell. One, two, three!
Cue!
[Brian!]
[Wine?]
- He has a wine glass in his hand? - What a set up!
No, I really do drink wine at night.
- He must have worked out. All pumped up. - Did you work out because we were coming?
No, I have a competition.
He had his body like this. 'Welcome.'
- Let's go in. - Come in.
Wow, it's really clean.
It's as clean as Kim Bum Soo's place.
It's like a hotel.
The interior is really unique. There is no wall here.
- Did you change the interior here? - Just a little.
- Right? - It's unique.
I thought they were stuffed animals, but they were dogs.
[Chester, Beckam, Jersey] One sec!
- We have to see this first. - You're so cute!
He's famous for being a clean freak at work. So his place would be too.
Let's take a look at the dress room.
- I bet that it's clean. It's clean right? - What is it?
It's a shop.
Incredible.
- This is just... - It looks like a shop.
- This is a store. - Is this a store?
This is how they hang clothes in stores.
The pants are assorted by color.
Look at the hangars. None of them are out of order.
They are all face the same direction.
Does it bother you when it's like this? Be honest.
Does it bother you?
- It bothers him. - It's annoying.
This is annoying?
I just felt something here while talking.
That's not the issue here. All the clothes are facing the door.
Yes. When I first enter this room, my clothes must face me.
Is this some kind of a guru teaching?
- Oh my god, look at these. - He's saying 'oh my god,' again.
They are very well organized.
We should all clean up like this.
Is this your mother?
I had a musical in America last year. My mom came to the red carpet from L.A.
No, no, that's not how you do it.
He needs that margin of an inch.
Why do they need to be an inch inside?
This is bad because I can move the clothes when I pass by.
That's why I need that margin.
Can we really say that he's lonely?
Let's just go to my place. His place is just...
[Too perfect?]
We came to the wrong place.
[What's he talking about?]
He won in an international culinary competition.
- Brian? - Yeah.
- You cook? - Yeah, I cook.
- What's this? - You're almost a chef!
What's this award?
I started this because of a TV show. I trained for five months. A bronze.
- Really? - Yeah.
- You won in a real competition? - Yeah.
Did you win in a workout competition?
There was a team challenge, and we won bronze there.
- What competition was it? - It's called CrossFit.
It's aerobics and lifting Olympic weights.
And a cardiovascular challenge.
I compete mostly with gymnasts.
There's something in there.
You lift this?
I can't lift this at all.
- That's only 25 kg. - Huh?
- They are different equipments? - Yes. You see the long bar there?
- Try it. - This is...
- You've done this before. - They are 50 kg together.
Yes, they are 50 kg together.
It's lighter than UEE.
- This is heavy. - Do this!
Don't put it down.
Keep your back straight when you it put it down.
I was shocked to hear that it's only 25 kg. I think it weighs more.
- Let me feel that. - He just did one.
- He did one. - I'm tired.
- Brian did one. - Ho Dong needs to do two.
Okay, let's go to the next room.
Let's check out the kitchen. So this is the place you use the most often?
Yes, it's my life. I like cooking.
I live alone, and I also cook.
This is new. It's really messy here.
Not even full-time housewives are like this.
When you cook, you do the dishes and then clean the stove.
But you're suppose to see some stains there.
I clean this every morning.
It's cleaner than stoves that's never been used before.
- What do you normally cook? - Mostly Italian.
Or American brunch.
Eggs, hash brown, toasts, French toasts, pancakes, morning steak, bacon...
- Do you always cook? - I do in the morning.
You wake up in the morning and cook?
We came to the wrong place. We came to a cook's place.
Will Brian eat salted scallop?
I will show you one by one. We had them earlier today.
They are the Rice Cravers.
Incredible.
- They are dried pollacks. - Ko Sa Ri?
Ko Da Ri.
- They are fish. - They are small fish.
It won the first place today. Just eat the whole thing.
It's fish.
How is it?
It tastes like a big anchovy.
- Yeah. - He's right.
He hasn't tried Korean food much, that doesn't mean he dislikes them.
- What's that? - What was this again?
Salted scallop.
He can eat salty food.
- How is it? - It's salty, but no too salty.
- He can eat Korean food! - What's that?
That's Myung Yi greens.
They are special greens from Ulleungdo.
- Grab the end and take it out. - Like this?
Eat that with white rice.
It's a rice craver.
- It's blandly good right? Try that too. - He eats well.
Are you going to leave them here?
They are all yours.
- But you don't eat rice. - No one makes these for me.
It's not that Brian doesn't like them.
- You can cook? - Yeah, but not Korean food.
- But do you like Korean food? - I do. I like them.
But you don't make Korean food often at home, do you?
I can't make them.
Homemade food for Brian who doesn't eat Korean food at home.
Where did you live in America with your mom?
- New Jersey. - When you lived there, what did you eat?
- Do you eat Korean food? - My mom made her own kimchi.
Our neighborhood didn't have many Korean people. So my mom had to cook everything.
Which of her homemade food did you miss the most?
Of all the soft tofu soup I've had, I think my mom's soft tofu is the best.
- Also I like her chicken roasted stew. - Chicken roasted stew.
If you're going to make the soft tofu soup, put in beef instead of seafood.
Can we ask your mom for her recipe right now?
- You can. - But the time is different.
- Hello? - Mom?
Yeah, what are you doing?
I'm getting ready for breakfast.
- We called at the right time. - What's up?
I'm trying to make the soft tofu soup. How do I make your soft tofu soup?
Soft tofu soup?
Chop kimchi and stir-fry with sesame oil and chilli pepper.
[Getting her recipe.]
But why are you making soft tofu soup?
Say that it's for your girlfriend.
My girlfriend is with me right now. She likes Korean food.
- You have a girlfriend? - Yeah!
- Who? - You know After School?
Do you know UEE?
UEE?
She's the pretty one!
- The one in dramas? - Yeah.
She's your girlfriend?
Congratulations!
She doesn't know this is on-air.
Oh! Good news!
Mom I think I'm going to marry her. What do you think?
Please.
Hi, this is UEE.
It's nice to hear your voice.
I'm at Bryan's place right now.
Have a good relationship with him. You picked the right man.
Okay.
I'm so glad. I told him to get a girlfriend, and he really got one.
I'm sorry.
- Mom, this is actually shooting. - Oh my god!
- It was a prank? - Yeah, it was a prank.
I'm sorry!
- Hi. - It's okay, you can still go out with him.
- Go out with him. - I have three future mothers-in-law now.
How did you feel when you heard UEE from After School is his girlfriend?
I felt good.
- Oh no. - She has a good body, lean, and pretty.
Please be a good matchmaker for them.
Okay!
Have a great day today!
Okay! Thank you!
Mom have a good breakfast.
You eat well too and stay healthy. I hope that you get a girlfriend soon.
- Okay Mom. - Okay my son.
- All right. - Love you!
Love you.
UEE must be happy.
Your mom is so funny.
Congratulations!
What do you think about having your in-laws in America?
Do I have to study English?
- It's your in-laws. - Do I have to study English?
I'll have to think about it.
We need to invite a friend to eat with us.
- You don't have a girl? - Who's going to come this late?
- Guess who it is. - Is it Hwan Hee?
- Hello? - Hello.
- Hello? - What are you doing?
- I'm really tired after a musical. - It's BADA.
- Did you eat? - I'm dying. I'm really hungry.
You want to come over and eat? It's my first time trying Korean food.
Huh? You always make Western food.
I know, so I tried Korean food. I need you to tell me if it's good or bad.
- No thanks! - Why not?
I think you will suck at it.
Come eat and have a glass of wine with me.
I will come over. I'm close by right now.
- Okay. - Bye.
Since BADA is coming, let's have a good meal together.
Stir-fry beef with chili pepper.
Add chopped kimchi and stir-fry.
But Brian seems to be good at cooking.
He seemed good at cooking.
A lot of chicken legs.
It'll be good.
That's it.
Someone's here.
Hi. Hi!
- Oh my god! - Hi!
- Ji Won! - BADA!
- Ji Won! - Hi BADA.
What are you doing here? Oh hi!
What are you guys doing here?
One sec!
I'm sorry for interrupting. Did you just add chili peppers?
My mom never added chili peppers.
He's the pickiest ever.
I don't think it's bad.
How is it over there?
- Is it bland or what? - As a cook, I'll be blunt.
It doesn't taste like anything. It's just water.
It's just water with spice.
We got the hardest guest today.
The chicken roasted stew is here.
Wow!
- Who made this? - Who made it?
UEE made it?
Honestly, this looks most promising.
- Just from looks. - It's my first time.
Because you're picky...
I can't guarantee anything.
Taste it first.
- May I? - Yeah.
The taste is most important. I will be bluntly honest.
- Don't get heartbroken. - We picked an especially hard guest.
He's a cook.
- Past guest ate whatever we gave them. - Yeah, they were just thankful.
He's really picky.
My family eats salty.
It's good except for that.
It's not as salty, but it's good.
I think my mom would be happy if I did marry her.
Is your mom's better or is this better?
This is better.
You'll have to eat roasted chicken three times a day.
I'm going to eat potato first.
I've never been this nervous after cooking.
- This is really good. - Is it?
It's really good.
The potato has to melt in the mouth for chicken roasted stew.
That's exactly what's happening.
- You can cook now? - She's gotten better.
Here's the soft tofu soup.
- The soup is just... - Add an egg.
- Wow! - Hyun Joong knows what he's doing.
He put in a lot.
- He eats really well. - How is it?
He ate well since he was a trainee.
He was chubby when he was a trainee.
It's good, however!
[Up Next]
Who are these nerds?
It's Jung Myung! Chun Jung Myung!
It's Min Jung!
Who are you?
I can't do this because of him!
It's good, however!
- It's good with tofu. - Is it?
Yeah, really. I only tasted the soup last time.
He's a difficult person.
He's lived a life of luxury as a single man.
He's not desperate.
BADA! You had a long day today with your musical. Eat that ground ribeye.
- I like ground ribeye. - Eat it with Myung Yi Greens. It's good.
- Yeah just like that. - She knows what she's doing.
Like this. It's cold.
It's cold, but it's still good. Imagine how good it was at home.
That's the Myung Yi Greens.
- It's good. - Right?
They are all good. I just tried them all, and they were all good.
Except for the fact that they were spicy, because I can't eat spicy food.
They were all perfectly made.
This is the first time I've had this much Korean food at home.
I'm touched.
Look at the number of dishes we have.
- I'm really thankful for this. - Salted scallop.
It was really good.
Kim Hyung Ja! Can you send me more ma'am?
Let's go.
Really!
Brian always ate alone. Now he's eating with other people.
You have to eat with other people.
Thank you! Thanks BADA!
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