Barefoot Friends
[Dangerous diets of the modern world!]
Even too much of good food can do harm.
You will be vulnerable to gastritis.
Eating salty, greasy, and fast!
When he asked what he wanted to eat as his last meal, he said...
he wanted to eat a homemade meal.
[In search of the master of homemade food]
[Find the best secret recipe!] Why don't you come try it?
Thank you!
We're going to visit a celebrity that lives alone...
And we're going to treat him with the recipe we learn here.
We're delivering the homemade food to them.
- We're the Barefoot Friends! - Oh hi!
- Oh my god, they are really here! - Hi!
- Thank you for the invitation.
- Thank you! - Thank you!
- He's wearing a suit this hot day? - The temperature is different inside.
[Na Woon's kitchen]
Look at that! It's like a food storage.
That's not really much.
Fish from Mokpo.
Seobae from Yeosu.
Hairytail and mackerel from Jeju.
Green mussel, oyster, corbicula from Hadong.
Do we get to empty your fridge today?
I was told to visit Na Woon's kitchen.
I heard that she has four to five refrigerators in her kitchen.
- Come this way. - The fridges are here?
It's a storehouse.
- Wow. - Wow.
[Refrigerator storage]
She has one, two, three, and four fridges.
This refrigerator is for commercial use!
This is the heart of Kim Na Woon's house.
The secret recipe of my family.
- Large-eye herring. - They are all fish?
- They are like anchovy. - They are very similar.
Sailfin sandfish.
That's all I have left.
Sailfin sandfish wasn't jellied food?
- It was fish? - Its name originates from the phrase, 'Take it back.'
[Time to eat]
[Pickled Japanese apricot with their seeds taken out.]
[How does it taste?]
How long was this in there?
- About three years. - It's still very crunchy.
[Candidate #1: Pickled Japanese apricot]
- Groundsel. - The groundsel.
The leaf is really big.
I heard that it is very difficult to distinguish them from toxic leaves.
Wow groundsel!
I think this is it.
My favorite is the groundsel.
[The pickled pepper looks spicy.]
Don't re-dip the chopstick!
I really like spicy food. This is really good.
[Candidate #3: Pickled pepper]
[What's in the second fridge?]
- They are mostly salted fish. - Salted pollack.
Herring eggs.
Salted scallop.
I buy the clams during their season and make the salted clams myself.
But I can't do the same with the scallops.
- It's good! - It's chewy isn't it?
- Did you want this at the meal later? - Yes please.
- This is my favorite. - My favorite is the scallop.
This is it!
That's scallop?
Do you want to see this or not?
- What is that? - It's not...
[Na Woon's secret weapon is?] I wrapped it so that the aroma stays in.
It's red. Is it salted squid?
I didn't know that UEE ate so well. I like you even more now.
Isn't this dried corvina?
- How is it? - It's good.
It's good.
I've tried these dishes for the first time.
So the exact name for this is salted corvina?
[Candidate #5: Japanese plum pepper paste corvina]
- I can't stand it. Let's bring the rice here! - No you can't!
Let's eat them with rice. Let's go upstairs.
- My favorite was the scallop. - Mine too! I could see it right away.
[We invite you to the world of homemade food.]
[After seeing the treasure room, the refrigerator storage...]
Please take a seat.
There are too many rice-cravers today.
Do we have to choose just one dish?
No, we can take all we want.
We're not taking any. We're delivering.
Whoever we're bringing this to... He's in luck.
You will have to get healthy here.
Now tell me what you want me to bring.
- One thing you just can't miss. - Scallop.
- Scallop.
- I want the angelica root. - The angelica root and scallop.
Pepper corvina.
And Myungyi vegetable.
- Did you want the groundsel? - No, the pepper!
- The pepper needs to come! - Yeah, the pepper.
We need them all here.
I really didn't know, Na Woon.
I looked you up on internet.
When I looked it up, I found out I was the only one who didn't know about it.
- Know what? - That you're known for your cooking.
Since when did you like to cook so much?
I got married in March of 2005.
I didn't even know how to make rice back then.
- Really? - Yeah, I got back from my honeymoon.
I got back from the honeymoon, my husband said, 'Honey, I'm hungry.'
I looked at him like this. Why is he asking me for food?
Up until then, my mom had always cooked for me.
I didn't know how to cook at all, and my husband became shocked.
So I was thinking, 'Oh my gosh, what should I do?'
I really panicked.
- So I started cooking after that. - After you got married?
Yeah, since March of 2005. I got married on March 23rd.
It was about the last day of March.
So you haven't even been cooking for ten years yet?
- Of course not. - Did you know how much water the rice needed?
No, not at all. I thought they cooked themselves.
I really panicked.
My mom is good at cooking.
Both of my grandmothers were very skilled.
Don't worry UEE. I didn't know anything. Anything!
You started cooking after you got married?
But I don't think I ever liked what my mom made for me.
That's fatal.
[A fatal flaw]
Although she had no experience in cooking, she had the experience of eating good food.
You became great at cooking because you grew up eating good stuff.
UEE doesn't know how to make it or how it's suppose to taste like.
I'm not criticizing UEE. But look at her skin.
I don't think I should sit here.
She's my age.
How could her skin be so young? They say good food is medicine.
You're right. Like the first harvest of chives in spring.
I would take some from my yard and then eat them.
How did you learn all this?
I grew up eating that.
You can't eat salted fish if you're a first time eater.
Salted gizzard shad gut is really precious and good.
- What was that? - Salted gizzard shad gut.
Is it fish?
Gizzard shad's gut looks like a chestnut. It's a dish with just that.
[We've never even tried that.]
[That's a pity.]
Gizzard shad.
I've only had fried gizzard shad.
Yeah, gizzard shad during autumn.
You can take out the gut and make salted dish with it.
You would be disgusted at salted hairtail gut at first.
But it's really good.
Hairtail has guts?
[I don't think I've ever seen it.]
Hairtail has guts?
Hairtails are known to have no guts.
The taste from salted hairtail guts?
They have different names for them in Gangwon province.
The sea you can trust.
- American Drama? - Sea you can trust.
[Everyone is lost.]
Not American drama!
It's really a mess here.
[No intelligence here.]
We can't have a normal conversation for longer than three minutes.
You think all six of us have an IQ over 500 together?
You know the salted sea squirt?
Yeah, sea squirt. It's great when you don't have an appetite.
One spoon of rice with that will get your appetite back.
With a bit of sesame oil on top of that.
Sesame oil has to be made in Korea.
But it's better without the oil.
Rice, oil, and then freshly fried seaweed.
If you wrap the rice with it, it's just...
The seaweed at the right season. It's only produced for a very short term.
Stop thinking that it's a battle!
This is the family where they eat fresh, seasonal food homemade food.
Even if it is just left over cold rice...
If there is a good dried corvina, then that's good enough.
Cold rice in water and dried corvina.
It sounds really good.
You can even add ice to the rice if it's hot outside.
Green tea water is even better.
The best is the lotus leaf tea.
Would the dried corvina have to be a specific kind?
You know the dried corvina that's really flat?
You steam it a little bit.
You rip it with your hand. Then you add Japanese apricot pepper paste.
- It's really that dry? - It's the kind taken out when it's the driest.
Is it different from Yeounggwang dried corvina?
[Huh?]
They make the Yeounggwang dried corvina with the same kind of corvina fish.
No! You make the Bori dried corvina with the Yeounggwang dried corvina.
- Yeah! - She was saying the same thing.
Everyone is too excited here.
- I'll give you some of the Bori dried corvina. - You have some here?
You have some here? Whatever we talk about, it's here.
Is this the supermarket?
Because she believes in good ingredients
her fridge is always stocked.
I'm not that great at cooking, but I start with the best ingredients.
Anyone can make it good.
You just added your efforts to good ingredients.
Are you looking to rent your rooms?
What are we eating today?
What are we eating?
For UEE, I made something that doesn't have too many calories.
I made her a salmon dish.
Just in case she doesn't like eels...
- I like eels better than the boys. - Then I will give you both.
We have a different dish each?
- You prepared a different dish for each of us? - No I didn't.
There is the main course.
But for those who are less accustomed to the delicacy, I prepared something else.
But you have to cook with me. I can't cook everything for you.
[What's she talking about?] - We have to cook with you?
We're here to eat your cooking, but you want me to cook here?
Like the lotus leaf wraps. You can wrap your own.
You can add what you want and how much you want to eat then eat them.
Then I could have just eaten at home! Why even come out here?
That's what I don't like!
You just eat frozen food at home!
I'm here to eat her food!
- Do I have to cook now? - You don't have to, if you don't want to eat.
Do what you want.
She's the type who just says 'never mind' if you say no.
If you say no, then that's just it.
If you're not going to help me, eat a little bit and leave empty handed.
But if you help me, then you could bring some with you.
[Let's stop whining and help.]
Let's go.
Hyun Joong just looks at the menu and leaves?
[Hyun Joong has to leave for a schedule.] It's like I just visited a department store.
Come this way. Okay.
Come this way. Ho Dong come here.
If you help me, then you're welcome to take some with you.
Stuffed cucumber pickles.
Roasted eel with black berry sauce.
You can wrap your own lotus leaf wraps.
The large-eyed herring soup.
- Stuffed cucumber pickles. Aren't they cultured? - Move over.
They are best cultured, but they are also good to be eaten right away.
But it has to be prepared differently.
We're not here to see ordinary stuffed cucumber pickles.
- The recipe for that is online. - Yes.
There is Kim Na Woon's secret here. We're here to find that.
Yes try to find it.
You saw this earlier. Japanese apricot extracts.
Put in Japanese apricot extract then add about two tenths of pepper powder.
Then you add crushed garlic.
Isn't this the same up until here?
But they taste differently depending on the fish sauce you use.
Some people use pickled shrimp, but I don't add the shrimp.
I think that's the secret. The green powder.
- Is that mixed grains? - Green tea?
Is it rare powder?
[Smell it first.]
- I won't tell you until the end. - Why is it fuming?
Just sniff it. Don't say it.
- I smelled this before. - Only one thing came to my mind.
- Isn't this ice cream? - Yeah.
[I know!]
[Is this what we think it is?] Be careful. You only get one guess.
Let's say it on three.
- One, two, three, green tea! - Mint!
Green tea! Green tea!
Green tea 100%.
What do you think Yoon Jong Shin? You think it's green tea or not?
- It's not green tea? - No, it's wrong.
It's not green tea?
- Then what is it? It's a plant. - It's a plant.
Yes, it's a plant.
Is it something that's easy to come by or is it something rare?
It likes water.
- It likes water? - Water?
Water?
I think it's that.
- What? - She said that it likes water.
I went to lotus leaf festival just a while ago.
Lotus leaves?
- Lotus flower! - Lotus leaf powder.
It's so obvious that it's lotus leaf!
- What is it now? - I'm saying... yeah!
- Look at the color! Right? - Right.
See?
Lotus leaves make good tea.
They are especially good when you're steaming very greasy pork.
Just a spoon of that powder will make the thick layer of fat clear up.
I'm going to give you each a cup of lotus leaf tea before the meal.
I want you to tell me how that tastes.
Homemade food is good, but it takes forever to make.
- We've been here forever. - Oh I'm sorry! Let's move over!
I like restaurants better than home food.
I can just order anything I like.
This is about the right amount of stuffing.
Put this in the middle.
Stuff it down as far as you can.
We have four men here making stuffed cucumber pickle.
This is my first stuffed cucumber pickle.
- So pack this with you. - This is fun.
Should I try a bite?
I don't like them jarred too long.
That's good.
It's really good.
Hey it's all right!
It's not salty! Not salty at all.
It looks salty, but it's not.
The cucumber neutralizes the salt.
It looks salty, but it's not.
It can be too salty and spicy, but the cucumber neutralizes it.
You know how this makes a perfect dish with steamed pork belly.
You're going to wrap your own lotus wraps.
I've heard of lotus wraps, but I've never tried one.
Take a lotus leaf that you like.
Isn't this too big?
I just want to eat this rice with the salted fish.
[Me too!]
You see the hole in the middle? Make a little box of rice right below it.
Make it right below the center.
Then put what you want to eat in there.
[Put walnuts, jujube, chestnut, and nuts at your discretion.]
- Now wrap it. - Do I hold it?
- Are we done? - How do we eat this? Do we cut it?
Make the stem part come to the bottom. We're now going to steam this now.
Steam it!
I prepared the steam pot. Put it where you want to put it!
- Okay. - On top of the leaf.
They are going to get cooked very well.
It starts with the lotus leaf and ends with the lotus leaf.
- Let's get going. - Excuse me!
You're not done just yet!
Someone needs to grill the eel. Who is going to do it?
- I've never done it. Can anyone do it? - It's got to be done perfectly.
- Do we need only one person for it? - How do you do it?
We're going to grill it on that?
It's the backside of the iron pot lid.
You have to cook it slowly while brushing on the sauce. Okay?
- Okay. - Brush what?
The sauce with blackberry.
- You have to do it well. - Okay.
[Putting eel on top of the lid.]
[Ho Dong, Jong Shin, and Ji Won will do the eel barbecue.]
A lot goes on this.
It won't drip at all.
That's good.
[It's been 15 minutes and it's still not cooked.]
[Why is it not working?]
I want to grill it over fire.
How about this? [Jong Shin wants to use a torch.]
You know I'm impatient.
[They decide to use a torch.]
[The color is changing.]
- It's burning! - It tastes better when it's golden crispy.
That's good.
I can tell that the sauce is healthy from the smell.
[Na Woon told them to keep on brushing the sauce as they grill them.]
He's the master at barbecue.
He can grill and flip.
Encouragement makes me want to do better.
[Are they getting cooked well?]
[Ji Won's turn.]
Is it only the outside that's getting cooked?
I told you to flip them!
- Oh this? - Yeah! What are you doing?
They weren't getting cooked.
You're going to burn them.
We're trying not to burn them.
I can tell that sauce burned into the lid!
We just flipped them.
You have to keep on brushing the sauce.
[Oh! Sauce!]
- Do we have to brush them? - You didn't brush them?
[No, ma'am.] We've been brushing.
- All the sauce is still there! - We've been brushing them.
We just made a fresh batch of sauce because we used all of it.
Look in my eyes and say that again.
Ma'am, this is the blackberry sauce right?
Why do you ask when you already know?
I told you to keep on brushing the sauce on as you cooked them.
- Okay, I got it. - Make sure you get the sauce between the eels.
- Oh! Oh! - Hey!
[A big mess.]
That's something. Wow.
What do we do with that now?
You want to see how well they are cooked? [Ho Dong doesn't really care.]
[Well, they do look good...]
Look at the color, ma'am. We did well, didn't we?
The belly is still white! Do what well?
The sauce didn't soak in at all.
The black berry sauce needs to soak in and make the eel black.
So don't order us to do it.
We asked you to cook for us.
That's getting me really angry.
What are you going to do now?
Should I hit it with the torch again?
The lid isn't getting hot enough.
Why don't you just put it on top of my head?
I'm afraid you're going to burn them.
I can smell something burning!
[The cabbage bean paste soup made with large-eyed herring broth.]
Put them in your hands then squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.
[The salmon sushi and salmon and old kimchi roll.]
Okay! Do we bring them now?
What's that? Wow you did really well. [Na Woon's signature tofu dish.]
This is awesome.
- This is... - It's the scallop!
No this is scallop. [Salted scallop.]
[Pepper pickle]
[Japanese apricot pickle]
[Myung Yi pickle]
And that's the groundsel.
[Black bean tofu and seaweed salad]
I fried the tofu lightly on Chinese pepper oil.
You fried it?
It's the stuff you see in mudfish soups.
The kimchi is so pretty.
The kimchi is really pretty.
Do we need a cutting ceremony for the kimchi?
Hey guys.
This is the main entree. Please make room in the middle.
It has the energy from Mt. Bukhansan.
The grilled eel with blackberry sauce.
- It's this? - What happened to it?
It looks so good!
This is when people say that the table is going to break.
Okay.
Let's have a cup of tea each.
- Is that the lotus flower? - Yes.
I took a sip of it.
It stimulated my appetite.
There is rice, soup, and a lot of rice-cravers.
They are all rice thieves!
- How is your wrap? - It's so pretty.
Look at the color!
Health is written all over it.
It looks good.
- The walnut changes when it's cooked. - Can we eat?
Thank you for the meal.
You can just hand squeeze this rice, and they will still taste good.
I like how this rice is chewy.
The rice is sweet!
It's sweet.
This is the best kind of medicine.
[Satisfied]
The sour taste of the Japanese apricot lets me digest anything.
- Do I eat one? - No, about half.
- You don't need rice? - Wow!
This kimchi is so good!
The kimchi is so good.
That's the best kimchi I've ever had.
[What about the grilled eel with blackberry sauce?]
Eat the grill with Myung Yi and the lotus wrapped rice.
Wrap it like this.
You make it look so good.
- Eat the eel. - Eat the tail.
Eat rice with it.
Wow the sauce is...
[The Barefoot Friends have lost it.]
My father used to chew me out when I talked while eating.
I was so hungry I can't eat that well.
[Then what was it that we saw?]
You ate a lot.
Stop joking!
I'm really not joking.
I didn't eat anything yet.
We need to decide on the best rice craver.
The scallop.
- Is this the scallop? - Yes, it's the scallop.
It's scallop with pepper paste.
- You like it? - This is my favorite.
This is mine!
You've never had salted scallop before?
I've never had scallop with pepper paste.
I don't even want the main dish.
The side dishes are just too good.
Oh yeah! I will bring one more. There is one more that you haven't seen.
- I've never seen this before. - Bring more scallops please!
I feel bad for Hyun Joong for not being here.
This is stir-fried beef with pepper paste and Japanese apricot.
This is all meat?
This is all meat. It's not paste.
It's really good!
I was always jealous of the kids who packed this for their lunch.
I think this is on a par with the salted scallop.
You just need a spoon of this and a few drops of sesame oil on rice.
Do you have white rice?
- Yes, I do. - Can I get just a little bit?
[He's going to eat again?]
I don't want the food to go waste. Can you also get me some sesame oil?
Just a little bit!
We just need to eat one spoon each!
I don't need to eat.
[One bowlful of rice.]
I thought it was just this much.
Ho Dong! That's too much!
[Everyone else is full.]
Ho Dong! That's too much!
- Go ask for one more plate of this. - For which one? This one?
Can we get some more of this?
Eat this with the old kimchi.
- You can eat! No one is saying anything. - Don't eat then.
[It looks good.]
- It's going to be salty if you add more. - Bring more rice.
[He thinks that it's funny too.]
Taste it before you add more! It's going to be salty.
It's going to be too salty!
It's okay, he's going to add more rice.
That's Kang Ho Dong for you.
This is going to be salty. Bring more rice.
Two bowls of rice.
It's not time for dinner yet.
[Ho Dong can't back out now.]
He eats rice as if they are shaved ice.
The pepper paste is like the red beans.
Don't you eat any then. We won't share with you.
- We? Who's we? - It's just you eating!
And me.
One sec! Don't do anything.
[Not good?]
Something is off?
How about this?
Look how much rice he's adding.
- How does it look good? - It looks good.
No one is better at eating than Kang Ho Dong.
No one can eat better than him on TV.
[Now it's UEE's turn.]
One bit for UEE is like ten for Ho Dong.
Is it salty? It's perfect right?
Your mouth just goes to it. You can't deny what tastes good.
[He can't stand it anymore and grabs his chopsticks.]
Don't you eat any!
Ji Won.
Fine, if you want some...
[Mama Ho Dong gives him a bite.]
He's good.
[People are lined up.]
Should I bring one more bowl of rice?
You don't care how you look on TV?
[Jong Shin said that he was full, but he takes a bite.]
This is it.
This is it! This is the dish!
[With his bare hand!]
[How much is he eating?]
What's going on? Didn't we eat a short while ago?
Am I missing something here?
Come take a bite!
[Na Woon takes a bite.]
A bowl of rice is gone in an instant.
We were making fun of him five minutes ago.
It's so good.
[The legendary eating.]
[I never thought that I'd be able to witness it.]
[I'm happy.]
This is good for digestion too!
I can understand why you eat like this.
I don't even need soap. I can wash dishes with this.
Is that a sponge?
That's his sponge. He's like a human dish washer.
[Ho Dong is the human dish washer.]
I think there were three bowls of rice in there.
I ate them all.
[Clean]
I think Ho Dong can really mix food.
[He finishes with the salted corvina.]
Which one is your pick, Ji Won?
I pick the kimchi.
It's not about eating a lot. It's about eating well.
That's the best kimchi I've ever had in my life.
I liked the Japanese apricot pickles. I liked the sour taste.
What about you?
I liked the dried corvina with pepper paste.
That's the best with rice in water.
Yeah with some cold rice on a hot summer day.
It's a dish that requires a lot of effort.
I pick the dried corvina.
I agree with him. I pick the corvina.
I have to bring the scallop.
The celebrity we're visiting lives alone. So stir-fried beef with pepper is the best.
- Do you know who we're visiting? - No, but it's someone who lives alone.
It's got to be either Ji Sang Ryul, Kim Gwang Gyu.
- What about Jo In Sung? - Jo In Sung?
Jo In Sung? When are you going? Are you going to his place?
Someone lonely would be Kim Tae Won.
He is really lonely and old.
And health is important for him.
Which one is the best Rice Craver?
The dried corvina with pepper paste.
- This is what it looks like. - That's the corvina?
- Do you rip this with your hands? - Yes.
- They are not like the corvina we normally see. - They are different, yes.
The color is different.
Are they wearing make-up?
- You always use the best. It's really important. - Yes, you're right. Yes.
You have to rip the dried corvina with your hands.
After you rip them, add Japanese apricot pepper paste.
Pepper paste with Japanese apricot.
- Do you have to ferment it? - No, just put it in the fridge.
Or in the freezer, if you're not going to eat it right away.
[Na Woon packs the food for the lonely celebrity.]
This is like a gift set.
We packed everything from Na Woon's place.
We're going to see two opposite extremes.
We saw a happy family that loves to eat together.
Now we're going to see a lonely celebrity.
[Yeomchang-dong, Seoul]
- Who's there? - It's me.
- Who's there? - Oh!
[The first lonely celebrity is Tony.]
This is a treasure.
Let's talk inside.
[What's Tony's place going to look like?]
[His place is clean like his personality.]
[But!]
[Computer room]
- He eats in front of the computer. - Cereal!
He takes vitamins in front of the TV.
He takes supplements. That means his diet is not all that filling.
Omega-3 and royal jelly.
We have to open the fridge.
Wow, that's shocking. Is this a bar?
He only has alcohol in the fridge!
- Isn't that draft beer? - Yeah, that was draft beer leftovers.
Corn?
They are all side dishes for drinks.
They are all side dishes?
This could never happen at Na Woon's place. I'm glad that we brought kimchi.
- I ate this a lot when I was a single. - Yeah, it's really good.
[Na Woon's fridge v.s. Tony' fridge.]
I live alone, so I can tell. He hasn't used the rice cooker for a long time.
I really tried to cook once.
But it was a lot harder than I thought.
[They are all instant food.]
Sausages, tuna cans.
You have instant rice. That's why you don't use the rice cooker.
I know what this is.
They are the best food delivery in town.
It's hard to see those refrigerator tags in family homes.
This is like my apartment ten years ago.
Kim Na Woon is famous for her cooking.
- They are her making. - Are you giving them to me?
- Just wait. - You haven't had homemade food.
What does homemade mean to Tony?
My dad cooks well. When we lived in America, he cooked Korean food for us.
In Korea after my father passed away, my mother lives in Gangwon province.
So I hardly ever get to see her.
Does your mother send you the basic dishes such as kimchi?
She does. And once in a while...
She sends marrow soups.
She packs them and sends them.
- You have to eat them right away. - I think it's been there for a year.
My mom sent me those too.
What do you want the most right now?
I want to eat my mother's cooking the most.
Does anything come to your mind?
My mother rents out rooms for people on vacation in Gangwon.
We had company outings there often.
Normally, we'd drink a lot on the night before.
Next day in the morning, my mother would make us chicken soup.
Chicken soup.
You want to eat that right now?
I thought you were making one for me.
- Where are we going to get the chicken? - They sell them at the supermarket.
Most importantly, these dishes will be perfect with chicken soup.
Chicken soup will be perfect with these.
You're right.
What is it?
- This is Kim Na Woon's secret recipe. - You should try it, Hyun Joong.
That's the MVP dish we picked.
This is the best among the best.
- What do you think this is? - I think it's fish.
[Hyun Joong didn't get to try it because he had left for another schedule.]
Isn't it corvina?
I don't think it's corvina. They normally have a coarser texture.
This is the Grade-A Corvina.
This has been fermented for three years.
You know Japanese apricots become soft after three years.
See if you can believe that this has been fermented for 3 years.
It's been fermented for three years!
It's still crunchy.
I got goosebumps!
- I'd like to mix this with rice if I could. - I'm getting excited.
[This is what homemade tastes like.]
This is it!
[Ho Dong is mixing it for Tony and Hyun Joong.]
That's a lot of sesame oil.
- You put in too much. - It's not that salty.
- Here it is. - Here it is.
I thought I was only tasting it.
- Everyone was impressed by this. - It's really good.
[It's the best for the home-cooked food deprived.]
I think it's going to be better with this.
- Are you eating again? - Ho Dong!
It hasn't even been two hours since we had the last meal.
- It's good right? - They taste really good together.
- It's really good right? - Yeah.
It's really good.
This is the secret ingredient.
- What is this? - It's a mystery powder.
This is a well-being ramen powder.
It tastes really good.
[Trying to call Tony's mother.]
[They are going to ask her for her recipe.]
Hi! This is Kang Ho Dong from Barefoot Friends.
Hi.
We wanted to make a good dinner for ourselves.
What is your recipe for chicken soup?
- I use Korean chicken. - Okay, a good chicken.
[Korean chicken, chestnut, ginko, garlic, milk root, ginseng, Siberian Ginseng, potato, rice.]
They all go in the chicken?
We're feeding the chicken better than ourselves.
I will make it really good for you. Come over to Gangwon.
Do you like Tony's girlfriend?
I didn't take a good look at her. But if he likes her, then that's good enough for me.
So you've never met her yet?
I didn't get to meet her. I have been busy too.
Mom knew about it?
- She never talked about it. - Kang Ho Dong mentioned it for the first time.
Tony has never talked about his girlfriend to you?
But I've heard about it.
I should have told you earlier. I'm sorry about that.
It's okay.
[She let out a big sigh.]
Okay Mom. Thank you for joining us.
We need to call a friend to eat this with.
Someone to eat this with?
I think a meal tastes better when you can share.
One person comes to mind.
[Is it his girlfriend?]
No, it's a friend.
I think she's really busy at the moment.
She is a lot busier than I am.
- I thought of Danny. - Danny from g.o.d.
He has the skin tone of a man who lives alone.
- Hey Tony. - Hey Danny.
- What are you doing? - I'm on my way to see my nephew.
- Oh yeah? - He likes his nephew way too much.
I thought I'd have dinner with you tonight.
- Danny? - Sorry?
We're actually recording the Barefoot Friends.
Oh really?
- Do you live alone? - Yes, I live alone.
- We wanted to treat you with some homemade food. - That sounds good.
I haven't had homemade food for a very long time.
- For a long time? - Yeah.
When was the last time you had a homemade meal?
Last year.
Thanksgiving last year?
Come over Danny. Come over, we will make you a nice chicken soup.
On your way here... If you're coming...
Buy some chickens on your way here.
Ask first to see if it's okay, and call us back.
- Okay. - Okay.
- What about him? - Who?
- Moon Hee Joon. - UEE's first favorite idol.
- I was a big fan of H.O.T. when I was in school. - Really?
My favorite was Hee Joon.
And I also liked Tony.
If we ever get to see them...
Hee Joon lives in Paju.
Yeah, Tony.
- Hee Joon. - Yeah.
- Are you sick? - Oh, I have a cold.
- Oh really. - Yeah.
Come over to my place for some chicken soup.
[Cough, cough]
[He is sick.]
- Why are there so many people? - I invited some people.
- They all want to see you. - Are they pretty?
[Pretty?] Yeah! She's really pretty.
We have one person that's really pretty.
- Oh yeah? - Talk to her.
I can see him coughing.
Hi, Hee Joon.
Oh? Who is this?
I'm UEE.
- UEE? - Yeah, I'm UEE.
- Is this really UEE? - Yeah.
I mentioned that I was your fan on TV.
On TV? Is this a recording?
[Sorry Hee Joon.]
I made a big mistake.
What are you guys doing right now?
[His voice changes all of the sudden.]
Come over Hee Joon, we will make you some chicken soup.
Let me stop by the salon first.
You should go to the hospital first!
- He's going to come even though he's sick. - Yeah.
Of course I should go.
- Really? - We will wait for you.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Hee Joon. - Wow, he's so cool.
He's a good friend.
How many chickens do we need now?
- We just need two. - Danny and his nephew are coming.
We don't know yet.
If they are coming, we have H.O.T., Sechs Kies, and g.o.d. here.
It's unbelievable.
They all became old bachelors.
[We're going to use Tony's mother's secret recipe for the chicken soup.]
We're going to use this for chicken soup. Are you going to dig out the guts?
[Dig out the guts?]
I like your choice of words.
How many carrots do we need?
- Green onion. - I found ginseng.
- How many potatoes? - Potatoes?
It's right here!
- I don't think I've ever seen it. - I'm going to make rice. Rice!
[Ho Dong has never cooked rice.]
That's good. Now we need the mysterious powder.
[Lotus leaves... That much?]
[He's never used a rice cooker before.]
[Confused.]
Is this the one? This looks like it.
White rice. Starting cooking.
That was easy. It's nothing.
[They bought the ingredients according to the recipe.]
Hyun Joong is quietly working.
Hyun Joong lives alone. He can cook.
You first need Korean chicken. Then add milk vetch root.
There is something called kalopanax. Then add Siberian Ginseng. Boil them for about five minutes.
You just need to cook them for about five minutes.
[Then add Na Woon's secret ingredient, lotus leaf powder.]
[Start cooking!]
[Fifteen minutes later.]
[Hyun Joon's chicken soup looks like... ]
[How does it taste?]
Try it. It's soup.
It's the soup.
Right? Right?
Hey! We're in trouble.
We're in big trouble.
I think something went wrong.
- Try it. - It smells like roots.
You said that Hyun Joong was good.
[Like nothing before?]
What is this?
It looks healthy.
It tastes just like medicine.
Go call her and ask her if we need to boil it with the herbs inside.
[What went wrong?]
This isn't chicken soup. This is herbal medicine.
- Mom. - Yeah?
- When we boil the chicken... - Yeah?
Do we boil the chicken with all the herbs inside?
You have the leaf powder on you.
It doesn't taste like chicken soup. It tastes like herbal medicine.
You must have added too many herbs.
It's like water from a wooden tub.
That's what happens when you put too much.
We put in too many herbs.
It may get better if we boil it again.
Shouldn't we take a look at the rice? I haven't checked it yet.
- Rice? - Put it right here.
It should be good.
[What will Ho Dong's first rice look like?]
What is this? Dirt?
It should taste good.
- It's good! - Is it?
Let's add sesame oil.
Let's just add a little bit.
Let's add the pepper paste.
Let's eat!
- We're going to eat? - Yeah, we should.
- It's hot! - Hot!
Look at the kimchi!
Hee Joon!
- I'm here. - Hey!
Hee Joon! When did you come?
What's going on? I couldn't even put on makeup.
You're wearing make up!
[He's not wearing his makeup.]
[UEE can't help staring at him.]
Hee Joon! This is homemade chicken soup!
Look at the color!
[Homemade chicken soup with lotus leaves.]
Coming up!
Give us a hand!
The chicken looked like it was rescued.
This chicken is huge.
Let's sit on the floor and eat.
Here have some of this, Tony.
- Hyun Joong made this! - With your mom's recipe.
Chicken soup. Wow.
Korean chicken soup.
[One mouthful]
Take a bite. How is it?
It's really good.
The chicken is really...
- Don't exaggerate for the show. - No.
The chicken is so tender and well done.
Hyun Joong! It's really good.
[We're glad that Tony likes it.]
Hee Joon! Eat this and get better.
Here Hee Joon.
- Aren't you an actor? - Yeah.
Thank you! An actor is serving me a drumstick.
It's really good.
Wow! It's really good.
[Good ol' homemade chicken soup.]
I don't think I have ever eaten food like this after I moved here.
With all the people here like during Holidays.
Even if the food isn't all that impressive, the point is in eating together.
We talk to each other and look at each other.
That's what's good about homemade food.
UEE?
Is it good?
She looked at me in the eyes.
How is she? Is she pretty?
She's pretty.
[The best part about eating home food?]
- Did our conversation get recorded? - Of course it did.
Hee Joon, can I feed you a bite?
Sorry if I got in your way.
[The meeting of a star and his fan.]
I should have put on makeup.
This is really good with Japanese apricot.
Hee Joon. It's the best day in your life.
It's the best day in my life.
My apartment is a mess, but he's getting all the benefits.
Get better soon.
[A spoon of love from a fan from 15 years ago.]
[Bites hard on the spoon.]
I didn't want to let go of the spoon.
[We've never seen UEE like this.]
[When dinner is about to end... ]
They are the last bites. Should I mix them?
- Mix them? - Yeah go ahead!
- With the meat! - Mix them?
Mix them?
[This is when all the rice-cravers get together.]
This is all happening in one day.
- That looks salty. - It's not salty.
[Drops the chicken soup in.]
[He starts mixing.]
He's really good at mixing.
That looks good.
Try it.
He's full of confidence.
[Everyone wants a spoon.]
[He said that it's going to be salty.] What is this?
This really isn't salty.
- The chicken was... - That's it right there!
[Add a piece of meat on top of it.]
Wow!
He has the god's hand.
[Ho Dong's dish-washer recipe.]
[He super-sizes it.]
How can it taste so good?
I feel like I can even fly with these encouragements.
You should make this your part-time job.
Go around restaurants and mix their rice for them.
This is really good.
[Is this what everyone's been waiting for?]
Ho Dong's dish washing stunt!
[Is he going to give that to me?]
No one has tried this before.
I thought he was going to offer it at least.
[He's not listening. He's dish-washing.]
That's the last bite. The Last Supper.
[He eats it for himself.]
He was waiting for it!
I thought he was going to give it to Tony.
He looks like a bandit.
This ends it for today.
- Please make good songs for the girls. - Thank you!
We ate all the homemade food.
[We're going to Hong Jin Kyung's place!]
[Everything about kimchi!]
[This is the bean paste!]
[Another house of great homemade food.]
I was going to visit my mother next week.
I think I can postpone it.
I just had the chicken soup in this family-like environment.
There are a lot of people who can't eat with their families because of work.
I hope that they can take time to go out and eat with their friends.
Share love and have homemade food.
I hope that everyone can enjoy homemade food with their family.
[A few days later, the Barefoot Friends got together for another homemade meal.]
Yes, we're the Barefoot Friends.
We visited Kim Na Woon's place and had a homemade meal filled with her love.
I hope we do this every week.
That is my biggest wish.
- Today! - Who is it?
We know her very well. She is also great at cooking!
Hong Jin Kyung!
[She made her debut in 1993 as a super model.]
[She hosted variety shows and was a radio personality.]
[She got married in 2003.]
[She transformed into a cook.]
[She came back as a big shot in cooking.]
We will move to Hong Jin Kyung's place.
[We're going to Hong Jin Kyung's place for good food.]
Should I ring the bell?
Who is it? Who is it?
It's me.
[Her laughter is still as friendly as ever.]
Hi.
Hi! Thank you for inviting us!
- Your place looks good! - It's not much.
The air is different here.
- Big people have big dreams. - Please take a seat.
Take a seat.
Her place is long! Even the sofa is long!
They are all long. The desks are long.
- They are all long. - What is that?
- It's a gift. - You really didn't have to.
Okay, let's see.
This is so pretty! [Dog lamp]
I want to put this in the baby room.
Rael! Say hi, Rael.
Say hi. Hi!
Hi.
Show them your butt dance. Turn around.
[Cute!] What's her name?
- Rael. - Rael.
Rael.
Rael! Show me the butt dance! Go!
That's good. Kiss! Give me a kiss.
You don't have the hands of a cook.
I mean, you don't look like you would be good at cooking. You were a super model.
You would have to stay on diet.
I look like a cold city girl, right?
She doesn't look like she would be good at cooking.
Well, my mom is a great cook.
But I never had a chance to cook because of my career.
But because I grew up eating good food, my tongue could remember the taste.
What are you going to do for us?
I'm going to make kimchi rice soup for you.
This dish has a story.
This is true story.
I didn't take cold medicine. When I caught a cold or a flu
then my mom would make me kimchi rice soup.
I would get all better when I finished the bowl, with sweat on my face.
This sounds like it was made up.
When I sleep after eating a bowl of kimchi soup and sweat it out
then I would be better the next day. That's how I lived.
I got you some really cold bucket noodles.
Jong Shin and I are the masters of bucket noodles.
It won't be easy satisfying us.
Oh yeah? But I'm pretty confident.
Cold bucket noodles are not about the noodles.
[Jin Kyung's cold bucket noodle secret!]
[Even homemade cold bucket noodles can taste good.]
I invented the recipe for broth.
I mix dried green radish with bean paste then add old radish.
I would wash them in water and then boil them.
And there is boiled pork with old kimchi.
That sounds good.
Let's take a look at the place.
It's shown on TV for the first time.
This is your home office.
This isn't an ordinary table.
How many people does this table fit?
My husband sits there with me.
What kind of work do you do on the computer?
Internet surfing.
I normally search my name.
I search it about three times a day. Morning, afternoon, then evening.
That keeps you occupied.
Looking yourself up online takes a lot of time.
This is something too.
Everything is long and big here.
Look how long the table is.
This is really long.
We can play the finger-flick game here with checkers.
This is the best kind of table for games.
They were carved from one piece.
This space right here is on the way to the main attraction, the kitchen.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
[Jin Kyung's kitchen!]
You have three fridges!
With the kimchi fridge, there are four.
- You have one inside? - You have one separately?
These are the ingredients for your dishes today.
There is the pork.
This is the dried green radish.
This tastes great if you cook it in a skillet with bean paste.
Aren't these from the bathroom?
[Shower heads?]
You have shower heads here.
I've never seen this before. [Lotus stems]
She cut up the nature and displayed them at home.
What is this? It's hot!
[Pork inside pot] Is this the broth?
- Is this for the cold bucket noodles? - I boiled it beforehand.
Smell it.
- You put in bean paste in there? - Yeah.
This broth must taste good.
What's in the cupboard?
[Herbs in the cupboard?]
They are for kids' water.
You always boil drinking water for them?
- What's this? - That?
- That's Hovenia dulcis. - That mean her husband drinks a lot.
Why do you think that it's my husband who drinks?
[They always share the good stuff.]
[The other cupboard has her sets of cups.]
People that love cooking have exceptional porcelain sets.
Look at this. Are they together?
Yes, it's an art piece.
They are art pieces? Are they for display only?
No, we use them.
They were made by an artist.
Look at her plate sets.
Her drawer is so neat.
Jin Kyung likes them simple. They are not complex.
Let's see your fridge!
- This is the kimchi fridge. - Wow, it's kimchi.
We always have six to seven kinds of kimchi at home.
White kimchi.
Young radish kimchi.
- Green onion kimchi. - They are my favorite.
Cabbage kimchi.
Radish kimchi.
Stuffed cucumber pickles.
I didn't make them just for this show.
We really do have all of this kimchi at home.
I have one more kimchi fridge over there.
I have fresh kimchi, fermented kimchi, and old kimchi for each kind.
We made stuffed cucumber pickles last time. We can compare them.
Let's taste them.
- Of all the dishes! Why that one? - Isn't that too small?
[Looks good!]
[We have to find the rice-craver here.]
Taste it.
I will try to rip it.
Is this well-fermented?
She likes them clean.
They are not too salty.
Try it.
[It's not salty, but it's still good.]
- It's not salty. - Look at the color.
That looks good. [The radish kimchi!]
Try this.
[Crunchy]
This is perfectly fermented.
I will pack you some later.
Have a bite.
I want to eat ramen when the kimchi is good.
It's perfect right now.
It's really good.
[He's even sweating from it.]
It's really refreshing.
You have to eat the radish part.
Wow.
[He laughs when it tastes good.]
- What's your best dish? - The radish kimchi.
- The radish kimchi? Yeah you're right. - Radish kimchi is my favorite.
Can I have a cup of your special water?
This is the Cordyceps militaris water.
[Stay tuned]
Why am I seventh place?
Let's settle the ranks today.
[What if they were given ranks in the most extreme environment?]
[The bloody fight for ranks begins.]
[And the pirates.]
[Runningman Rank War]
Cordyceps militaris water.
- It's yellow. - The color is pretty.
Was Cordyceps militaris good for your liver or stamina?
Cordyceps militaris helps your immune system.
Stamina for men.
- What about girls? - They don't need it.
[It's good for men. Bottoms up!]
- It doesn't have a particular taste. - It's just water.
- It tastes just like water.
My daughter and I like Dulcis and Doongulae.
And the Cordyceps militaris is for my husband.
Because it's good for stamina.
We also want to see the fermented pastes.
12-year-old bean paste.
That's 12 years old?
This is 12 years old.
- Does it taste different? - Open it! Let's see how it looks.
This is amazing. If you make bean paste soup with that...
That's three years old. That one is two years old.
The 12-year-old bean paste!
Here it is. [Dark color!]
It's older than my oldest son.
When you have bean paste soup with the 12-year-old bean paste, it has to taste good.
I'm not really a big fan of bean paste.
But if you add a spoon of bean paste in ramen instead of the ramen powder...
Or add one-third of the ramen powder.
If you add the old bean paste, you're going to experience something amazing.
When did you try that?
Bean paste in ramen? Okay.
It tastes really good.
- Isn't this the broth? - Cold bucket noodles.
Dried pollack broth.
Pollack, shitake mushrooms, Dashima, radish, and onions.
I always keep the broth frozen in the freezer.
So I use the broth whenever I make bean sprout soup or bean paste soup.
I use them right then and there.
I also organize beef broth, pollack broth, and others separately.
- This is your diet for the week? - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
But I don't always stick to the schedule.
It's just for reference when I don't know what to make on that day.
These are foods that lower your cholesterol.
These increase your cholesterol.
Let's go eat.
Let's try Hong Jin Kyung's cooking.
[Let's eat!]
[Hong Jin Kyung's cooking!]
[What's the best rice-craver here?]
[You could eat it like this?]
[The homemade food is the best!]
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