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Smell is a sense related to recollection.
That's why babies remember their mothers...
from their scent.
If you forget the smell of something,
you will lose all your memories about it.
If you don't want to lose a memory, you must remember the smell of it.
Even if...
it is the smell of blood of your loved one.
(Episode 05)
I'm ready.
As you must know, wild agarwood is almost nonexistent.
Just being able to see some...
is an honour and a blessing.
But what would Goongnakwon...
need agarwood for?
Smelling agarwood before a meal...
clears the mind and improves the appetite.
And it makes a great tea.
We need some for Goongnakwon's 100th anniversary banquet.
You know your stuff.
If you light some agarwood...
and eat a bowl of noodles, that would be paradise.
What an idea.
This costs up to 300,000 dollars a kilogram.
For you, the special price is...
Is what?
An especially huge rip-off?
What did you just say?
They're fake.
Fake and...
crude imitations.
What? They're fake?
These are cultivated agarwood soaked in herbicide.
Tea made with this would be herbicide tea.
Do you get that?
Herbicide? What herbicide?
- Have you lost your mind? - Are you sure?
Real agarwood doesn't smell until it's burned.
These pieces of wood have a smell.
And?
We'll find out if we burn a piece.
Real agarwood smoke wafts like cigarette smoke.
Fakes coated with agarwood oil...
let up one stream of smoke.
This is unbelievable.
Agarwood the size of your nose costs thousands of dollars.
You can't burn anything!
If it's the real deal, I'll buy the lot.
Burning agarwood smells of red camellias.
But this smells like a bunch of lies.
You can take back...
the herbs you supplied us.
We won't pay you for whatever amount we already used.
If you object, find us some agarwood.
We'll pay you double.
Wait, Sir. Sir.
There's a misunderstanding.
I supplied you since you were based in Masan.
I can't lose your business.
If you don't want to go bankrupt, find us some real agarwood.
But...
The smell of lies?
Isn't that a lie, too?
Have you given up kneading dough?
Goongnakwon is busier than you think.
When we first met, you reeked of buckwheat.
But now?
I only get a whiff if I sniff really hard.
Now do you see how I smell lies?
You still mock people with a grin.
Pay up.
I'm busy.
Come work for me.
Aren't you sick of freelancing?
Do you know people use pigs to find truffles?
The pigs do all the work, but they never get to taste any.
Why would I work for others?
Don't tell anyone that I hired you.
Who are you?
Do you know me?
Your hiring me isn't the secret.
The smell of alcohol that comes from your throat...
is the real secret.
(Goongnakwon)
He looks like a ghost.
It will ruin everyone's appetite.
I apologise, Sir.
Fix his eyes...
or his lips.
Yes, Sir.
Ms Seol will visit this afternoon.
She will check the food we'll serve at our 100th anniversary banquet.
I will prepare everything with care.
She has a very sharp tongue.
One mistake and she'll lash out.
That cannot happen...
in Goongnakwon.
I guess he's pleased to see you.
Father.
Are you pleased?
Why wouldn't you be?
He built you a house in a dark corner,
covered by a bamboo screen so no one can look in.
And he hasn't found whoever caused your accident.
What a son-in-law.
Don't you think?
He liked quiet spots...
and the sound of the wind blowing through bamboos.
You wouldn't know that.
Stay with us as long as you can.
I'll serve you three meals a day...
and change your diapers.
Live and watch just how high I climb.
Don't die until then.
If you wanted to die, you should have died then,
don't you think?
You whispered so kindly to a man who can't hear.
So...
is that why you said all that, too?
You look happy.
Why wouldn't I be?
I'm that old man's daughter and your wife.
Aren't I?
What a good answer.
You have a TV interview in two days.
Don't be too serious.
Smile for the camera a bit.
There's a reason chefs are often on TV.
Just like how there's a reason...
you're doing this?
A bigger restaurant means more customers.
We can't make them cringe like some people do,
but we must at least look like a couple.
Is he tailing me?
Get out.
Don't come in here.
Calm down, will you?
Are you trying to ruin me?
- Not that. - Get out of here this instant.
What's wrong this time?
Just seeing your face gives me a heart attack.
Hey.
Put that down. Now what's this?
What is this?
(Blogger Challenges Food Critic)
- So what? - What?
"So what?"
Naengmyeon diners that are hundreds of years old,
and famous noodle restaurants run by master chefs...
go belly-up if this woman says one bad thing about them.
"The illusion of the almighty Seol Mi Ja"?
What a joke.
Why did you upload this?
Why did you cause this mess?
Because it's true?
Thank you for coming all this way.
I should thank you.
Now I don't have to make the trip to Masan.
Do come inside.
They're decorated with lilies, your favourite flower.
The president's chopsticks must have a phoenix, then.
We were able to serve all the previous presidents.
So we have a pair.
This is the appetiser.
It's Lily-flavoured silken beancurd...
decorated with persimmon sherbet.
It's noodles made with egg, not water...
served in a warm broth.
This is how King Sejong liked it.
It's also served with a side of meat.
Royal pheasant buckwheat noodles.
The noodles are slightly soft.
The dough...
could have used some more kneading.
This year's buckwheat is dry, so we kneaded the dough less.
The noodles should have been easier to swallow.
The texture and smoothness.
It's very hard to keep the balance between the two.
The egg noodles had too much egg and was dry.
The appetiser smelled too strong that I felt overpowered.
Here's some advice.
Worry less about what the customers prefer...
and care more about the dough.
You're a noodle expert.
That means...
you should be an expert about all things noodles.
Shall I go on?
That will do.
Was I too harsh?
My heart still aches.
I'm not as harsh as you.
Because of you, I can't visit...
my friend of 40 years.
Is he still alive?
Fortunately so.
Your father-in-law said that...
every dish you serve...
should be tasted and tested by me, Seol Mi Ja first.
I have a stake in this restaurant.
That is why I serve you in private every time.
Thank you...
for inviting me every time.
If Masan's restaurant was a small castle,
this place is a huge palace.
The larger the gate, the higher the wall.
The higher the wall, the more you want to venture out.
That's how silly things like politics and business...
get into the picture.
But I'm sure you are an exception.
Don't you worry.
I'm not cut out for that.
The fact that you aren't cut out for it...
is exactly why I'm worried.
Don't go too far in.
You might have to take a swim.
If I'm going for a swim, I might as well churn the water.
Criticising others prevents you...
from seeing your own shortcomings.
You're very much like that.
We only hear what we want to hear.
Good day.
Did you read the post that criticised you?
It was harsh and scathing.
It was much like something you'd write.
I don't know what the post said, but if the writer is a critic,
you just paid that person the utmost compliment.
I apologise, Sir. It's all my fault.
If she wants to find a fault,
there's nothing you can do.
But...
it is true that there's a problem with the food.
I'll deal with Ms Seol.
You go over the banquet menu.
From start to finish.
Yes, Sir.
How dare that lowly scumbag say such things.
My goodness. Let's go.
Madam.
"The illusion of the almighty food critic Seol Mi Ja."
"Can food critic Seol..."
"Seol"?
Who wrote this?
Someone who wants to ride along with your fame.
One of those power bloggers.
So who wrote it?
I did all sorts of things to try to get an interview with Ms Seol.
And yet you went and posted that?
I put in so much work to get where I am,
and my sister tore it all down with one post.
- Open up. - No.
My goodness.
Become famous first.
Then people will applaud even when you take a dump.
Whatever.
Ms Seol's like that.
She sometimes calls garbage gold.
Those restaurants still do well. Why?
Because she said it's gold, people think it's gold.
Is that right?
The Mistress of Justice is back.
Say it was a mistake. Then she should apologise.
Why take a huge dump and not clean it up?
I didn't take a dump. Don't yell at me.
Who is it?
Who is it now?
Don't you see the bell?
Hey. Hey.
You did it. You take care of it.
The bell is broken.
And you are not blind.
Come in.
Wait here.
I want to thank you for the criticism.
Who should I speak to?
Do you think I can't identify the taste of brasenia?
You praised a noodle restaurant that served brasenia broth.
The restaurant didn't use a single leaf of brasenia.
You made a huge mistake.
You have guts.
I'll take it as a compliment.
My gosh.
Being angry makes me hungry.
How about some noodles?
(Fish noodles)
Sit.
There is no menu.
You eat whatever the owner serves.
Is there even an owner?
You're here often.
You were closed more often than not.
You know that here, the owner is king.
That's why I love this place.
He didn't even know who I was.
(Fish noodles)
It will take about an hour.
Do me a favour.
Steep some brasenia in the broth in one bowl and not in the other.
Is this a test?
Don't do it if you don't feel up to it.
- What if I get it right? - What if you don't?
Hang on. Let me intervene.
Why don't you make a bet on paying for the noodles?
Okay.
Here you go.
He didn't put brasenia in either of them.
You didn't even try it.
Just smelling its scent is enough.
A scent has its own fingerprint.
That's why perfumers distinguish dozens of scents...
in a perfume.
This dish doesn't have a fingerprint of brasenia.
- Is that true? - She caught me.
I didn't put it in either of them.
But...
maybe it was just that she was lucky.
Are you saying I got it right by accident?
It seems you two are having a quarrel now.
Schisandra makes the pure scent of brasenia even better.
Like this tea. You put brasenia in this schisandra tea, didn't you?
I'm being lucky today. Shall I buy a lottery ticket or what?
It is true that he put brasenia in the tea.
I'm impressed.
You distinguished brasenia...
which is scentless.
There is nothing completely scentless in the world.
It's just that ordinary people can't smell it.
Even water has its own scent.
You can't say it is nonexistent just because you don't sense it.
Is this free then?
Wow.
How could you think of making noodles from a sea bream?
It is not a big deal.
I learned it on my trip to Shanxi.
I just added a more savoury taste to it. That's all.
This is great.
Do you know what "DFNL" means?
It means "Drink First, Noodles Later".
Sometimes I drink first before eating Pyeongyang naengmyeon.
It adds a nice finish.
It is too late to drink first.
So how about drinking after eating the noodles?
Is that all you're going to drink?
Drink it up.
I heard masters are like that.
They don't even wear braces, afraid of loosing their palate.
They believe metal ruins their appetite.
Some of them don't even use mouthwash for the same reason.
Alcohol would ruin their appetite.
I admire them.
It's just like how we don't even cast a glance at a bribes.
It can be very dangerous.
I will be doomed if I take it even if someone offers me.
Don't you think?
About the by-election...
Mr Ha.
You don't pay an admission fee after the show is over.
You don't pay money after a movie ends.
That's true.
You just paid an admission fee.
Using that admission fee, I'm doing a lot of things.
I will pave the road and mow the grass for you.
You just started learning golf. You can't be Tiger Woods immediately.
There is grades in money, too.
Money from the uneducated, the less-educated and the well-educated.
But money from the uneducated is a problem.
Do you know why?
Because they fail to know their place.
They are too stupid to understand where they are.
Mr Ha, tell me about your educational background.
Elementary school?
Middle school?
Right. You went to Seoul National University. I almost forgot.
It's just hard to believe.
Don't flatter yourself.
It is not a bribe. It is an admission fee.
You'd better memorise it.
Things are not like in Masan here.
Bring them in here.
Yes, Sir.
It's good to see you again, Sir.
It's been a while.
- How have you been? - It's been a long time.
You look good today.
She only drank two glasses. She was bluffing.
I feel jealous when I see talented people and get upset...
when I see them wasting their talent.
Why are you wasting your talent?
I am just ripening...
like soybean paste.
You are already good enough...
to join Goongnakwon.
Goongnakwon.
I got you.
How dare you!
Of course, you're not...
yet good enough to cater the VIPs of the restaurant.
Is the restaurant that great?
When I tried the royal pheasant buckwheat noodles first time,
I thought the plain taste of buckwheat...
and the light taste of pheasant meat...
made a perfect harmony.
I was very impressed.
Did you ask if it's that great?
I admire it.
I admire the person who developed the menu.
It is why I despise and admire Mr Ha of Goongnakwon at the same time.
I can make noodles as well as he does.
Don't promise anything unless you can deliver.
What if I can make noodles good enough to cater to their VIPs?
Then you should join Goongnakwon.
Who'd stop you?
Oh, no.
Let's go! Let's have fun.
You drank too much today.
Let's go.
- I will see you again. - Please come see us again.
Let's go, let's go.
- Mr Hwang. - Yes, Sir.
How do you like being in Gangnam? Is there anything different?
There is not much difference in how people live.
What if I live in Gangnam the way I used to do in Masan?
Just the way I lived.
There wouldn't be much difference.
Why are you obsessed with Goongnakwon?
Sorry?
You approached Ms Seol...
because of Goongnakwon.
I see through you.
You try to lure her...
by pretending to have a perfect sense of smell.
And you're trying to get in to Goongnakwon with her help.
Watch your mouth.
At least I'm not a liar like you.
How can someone who goes to Shanxi to learn to make noodles...
not know about Ms Seol?
That makes no sense at all.
"All smells have a fingerprint."
Do you really believe that?
I do.
Smells get mixed up...
and get eaten by a stronger smell, then they disappear.
There is no fingerprint in smells.
They don't get mixed up. They are overlapped.
If you peel away the top layer,
the hidden smell will appear.
When fingerprints wear out, people die, too.
How can a smell persevere?
Stop being irrational.
I remember my mother's smell from 10 years ago...
like it was yesterday.
Stop speaking rashly if you know nothing.
Mother's smell.
Father's food.
They are all imaginations based on memories.
- That's what it is. - Stop.
Stop talking.
(Soup master, Park Moon Bok)
(Noodle master)
(Born in 1961, 51 years old, Ha Jung Tae, Born in Seoul)
Mother's smell.
Father's food.
They are all imaginations based on memories.
It's definitely not an imagination...
based on memories.
I clearly remember.
My mum's smell, my grandma's smell...
and...
the smell of my mum's murderer.
It smells the same, but it tastes different.
What could it be?
Why is this?
(Seol Mi Ja, born in 1965 in Seoul)
Who are you?
Who are you supposed to be?
What a nice place.
This is a great place.
No smoking.
I thought people were free to do things in college.
I guess not.
Do they ban you from doing things?
Why are you tailing me?
Tailing?
Who's tailing what?
Someone's been following me.
Why are you tailing me?
Follow you?
Me?
Why?
Wasn't it you?
Da Hae, are you dating?
What a weird guy.
Don't worry.
He will run away...
the moment he sees you for who you are.
I shouldn't have asked you.
Give me your mobile.
Give me that expensive mobile I got for you.
You are so cheap and nasty.
I'm on speed dial one.
I can still make calls with that old one.
That's not the only function mobile phones have these days.
I'm leaving.
I can smell money on you.
Why?
Can't I make some money?
These are the words I can never say again
I really like you
Let's go. In 1, 2.
I'm in my dream
You're back.
You are only allowed to lip-sync from now on.
If I ever catch you singing again,
I'm going to rip your mouth apart.
Yes, Sir.
Is that tracking device trustworthy?
Sir, that thing is more accurate than car navigation systems.
Sir,
I have a question.
You were always in the bar, right?
When did you get yourself a girl?
Look forward.
I'm sorry, Sir.
- Relax. - Sir.
- I am sorry, Sir. - I told you to relax.
She's not my girlfriend.
She's my niece.
- Do you want some? - No.
Be polite.
You can't talk to adults like that.
Are adults allowed to talk like that?
You're a smart one.
What's your name?
Introduce yourself first. That's the manners.
I'm Dokku.
Okay?
I'm named Dokku because I'm like a dog.
- What about you? - I'm Puppy.
Hey, Puppy.
Do you want this?
I always smell new people.
What do I smell like?
You smell like cigarettes, a man who lives alone...
and powdered formula.
If I hadn't smelled powdered formula,
I would've screamed.
Da Hae. Come and eat.
Your grandma is here. Go on.
She's not my grandma. She's pretending to be one.
Hurry up and come.
Let's go. The sun is about to set.
Yes, Sir.
Hey, 1148. I heard you got another belt.
How many do you have now? Do you have about 10?
It doesn't matter. You'll be finished the moment my boss...
decides to get rid of you.
It's a sin to work when you can fight like that.
Let's cooperate while we live here, okay?
Get lost.
This fight will be over only if you join our gang.
You can do your gang business, but I don't care about that.
You jerk.
Number 1148.
You have a visitor.
I won't go.
He said you'd come if I tell you Wimpy Park Moo Taek is here.
Look at your eyes.
You're about to punch a hole through me.
It looks like your life is rather dynamic in here.
Is Kang Gil Sung getting to you?
Watch out for that guy.
He likes to mess up with people who he can't make as his own.
What do you want?
What do I want?
First of all,
I want you to speak politely.
Also, I want you to come work for me.
You're a scum.
- Sir. - Sit down.
Do you know how much I paid to talk to you alone?
You were...
destined to come here.
Do you know why?
Your veins are...
filled with extremely dirty blood.
Good brains aren't the only thing that's inherited.
Cancerous cells also come down.
You have completely inherited the cancerous...
Wimpy Park Moo Taek's traits.
Look at you.
You get angry whenever I provoke you.
You can't become a police officer.
When I get out of here,
I will smash your mouth before I do anything.
You wondered why I kept on tailing you, right?
Your father wouldn't have died if he stayed with me.
The same goes for you.
You'll die the moment I leave.
That's why I am here. Do you understand?
Shut your mouth.
Finish your sentence and come out.
And I'll show you something fun.
It's a world which you haven't seen before.
I will show you.
What time is our appointment?
It's at 1pm.
May I help you?
I have an appointment at 1pm.
Right, you must be Ha Jung Tae.
I'm very sorry, but the congressman is out.
I will wait.
That's not what I'm saying.
I understand. I will wait.
That's a complimentary cup. You can take one.
(The future of Gangnam is on Choi Sung Do's shoulders.)
- Check the sounds... - Okay.
- and get the props. - Your call has been forwarded...
- Did you get him? - He won't pick up.
My goodness.
Keep calling him until he picks up.
Yes, Sir.
(You have 18 missed calls.)
(Congressman Choi Sung Do)
Is Ha Jung Tae here?
He's been waiting for three hours.
Okay.
My gosh, I didn't realise that you were here.
You should've woke me up if someone like him was here.
You guys are all clueless.
Please come in.
Is this your first time at the assembly hall?
- It is. - I see.
In that case, I should've given you a tour.
There are interesting places here.
As I walked up into the entrance, I found out...
that it had 30 stairs.
As I walked up, I thought,
"It will take forever to walk up these stairs."
"And there is a chance that I may not see the end of it."
I had the time to think through everything over these three hours.
And here is my conclusion.
I must run up.
I must do things the way I did in Masan.
You don't understand, do you?
Are you insane?
Hey.
We are finished.
Things happened,
and the conclusion is obvious.
Either one of us dies, or both of us will die.
I bet...
that you will die.
Where will you make your bet?
I got blood on this box.
You should just change the box.
- Your call has been forwarded... - Is Mr Han here?
Is this man insane?
Why won't he pick up?
Does he think this is a joke?
Hey, we're not shooting today.
I think he's friends with the chief of operations.
- Will you be okay? - I don't care about the chief.
Sir, you are here.
I'm sorry, I'm late.
It's all right.
I'm sure you know who Hyun Jeong is.
How can he know someone humble like me?
- I'm Do Hyun Jeong. - I'm Ha Jung Tae.
I've been a huge fan since your announcer days.
It's an honour.
I'm just an interviewer now...
who waits for her guest for over four hours.
- Let me put this on you. - I got it.
You got juice on your shirt.
Follow me.
Do you wear a large-sized shirt?
I think so.
That documentary named "Masters of Korea" was...
really touching.
You used expensive cameras...
and set up a lighting team of your own.
But...
the factory scene was disappointing.
It looks too obvious if you sprinkle water like that.
You must spray water several times to make it look like real sweat.
Don't you think so?
Weren't you the fifth influential food figure last year?
It'll probably drop this year.
You weren't on the media often because of Goongnakwon.
Good job on quitting volunteering at the orphanage.
No one really cares about that...
because it's too cliche.
It looks like you know me better than my wife.
Many families do not know...
much about each other.
Are you going to stay here?
Do I have to go?
Who are you?
I'm someone who will make you into a king.
- What do you want in return? - To be with the king.
There is someone there already.
Does a king need only one woman?
Do you need some time to think?
That's not necessary.
I heard Dokku was here.
Good for you. You're very popular.
(Chae Yeo Kyung and 706 others pass the bar exam.)
Americano I love it, love it, love it
Americano It's strong, strong, strong
(Chae Yeo Kyung and 706 others pass the bar exam.)
No syrup for me
(The 53rd bar exam results)
(Top of the class, Chae Yeo Kyung)
(Instructions for the interview of the 53rd bar exam)
(The second test results)
(Tae Ha's discharge)
(Interview dates, November 15th, 16th, 17th)
(Tae Ha's discharge, bar exam interview)
Are they in business, or aren't they?
Why do you hit it?
I don't know. But I have to hit its body twice.
This way, the soup will taste really good.
Isn't that hot?
If I make this sound, the soup will taste weird.
This is good.
Stop kneading it. This is why you have no fingerprints.
That's why we couldn't find your name.
I'm still happy.
I can make something delicious for you, Soon Seok.
I'm happy to do that.
This is all I remember.
I wanted to give you...
the noodles which you made for me.
Take your time and have as much as you want.
I followed him...
for three years.
I had the chance to kill him,
and I've killed him thousands of times in my heart.
But no matter...
how brutally I imagined his murder,
I did not feel relieved.
He is not allowed to die easily.
His sin is too deep.
Ha Jung Tae.
I will become that beast's successor.
And he is...
the only one in this world who knows your name.
So I have to crawl into his cave...
to find your name.
Who is it?
It's you.
Why are you here?
- I can explain. It's... - Hey.
Who are you supposed to be?
Let me go.
What are you trying to steal?
I'm not here to steal anything. Do you have anything worthy?
- Then why are you here? - Fish noodles.
I made it with your recipe.
But it doesn't taste right.
I wanted to know why,
- but the door was always closed. - Do you steal things for curiosity?
- Is this your explanation? - I didn't steal anything.
I can catch the smell of every single ingredient.
If it tastes different, it means I missed something.
It's impossible. That can't happen.
This is as important as my life.
I'm sorry that I broke in.
I apologise.
I added brasenia.
Schisandra brings out the smell of brasenia,
but sea breams can erase even the tiny traces of smell.
That's why its smell disappeared,
leaving only its taste.
Why didn't you say so?
Ms Seol already knew about this.
It's unfair to bet on something that's untraceable.
That's why.
There is no such thing as an untraceable smell.
But still, I lost.
(Master of Revenge)
Here's the first official serving of royal pheasant buckwheat noodles.
It's perfect.
What did you do to Da Hae?
Get me into Goongnakwon.
I will do the rest.
Watch over it carefully.
It can never get out.
See you when Tae Ha's released.
Did Dokku tell you to watch me?
I can't let Ha Jung Tae get any more powerful.
I won't die a noodle-maker.
Do you believe it was a hit-and-run?
The man I'm after...
is the man you want to fight.