Smell is a sensation related to memories.
This is the reason why babies remember their mothers by their scent.
When the scent is forgotten, the memories are gone with it.
In order to not forget, you must remember the scent.
Even if that may be the bloody stench of a loved one.
Episode 5
I'm ready.
As you may know, natural chimhyang are hard to come by.
Your eyes are experiencing luxury just for witnessing top graded ones like these.
But why is Goong Rak Won looking for chimhyang?
If you smell chimhyang before you eat, your head clears and improves your appetite.
It's nice to drink it as tea as well.
We'll use it for Goong Rak Won's 100 year anniversary celebration.
Wow, you know something very well. You light up the chimhyang and...
eat a bowl of noodles. You feel like gods in heaven... wow...
It's killer just to think about it. It's worth up to $300,000 a kg.
To the noodle master, I'll give especially...
Especially... you'll give him a special fraud deal?
What? What fraud?
These are all fake. They are counterfeits and imitations.
What? Counterfeits?
You killed the cultivated chimhyang by spraying herbicide.
If you serve this as tea, you're mixing water and herbicide and drinking it. Get it, mister?
Herbicide? Herbicide? Are you crazy?
Are you sure?
Real chimhyang doesn't smell before you burn it.
But this has a weird odor.
And?
We'll know for sure if we burn it. The real one would smoke like a cigarette.
- The counterfeit would create a thin smoke. - Oh ho!
I'm speechless. Amount as small as your booger...
is worth thousands of dollars. What do you mean burn it?
If it's real, I'll buy them all.
This chimhyang smells like red camellia.
But this one smells like red lies.
All the herbs and medicinal herbs you sold Goong Rak Won...
Go and collect them right away. We won't be paying for anything that was already used.
If you have a problem with that, do everything and come to us. We'll pay back in double.
Noodle... Noodle Master... There must be a mistake.
We have history from Masan days. If you do this, we're dead.
Exactly. If you don't want to die, bring the real ones.
"Smells like red lies". Isn't that the actual lie?
Noodle Master, you don't make noodles these days, huh?
Goong Rak Won isn't that slow.
When I first met you, your whole body reeked of buckwheat. And how about now?
I have to try really hard to barely smell it.
"Smells like red lies", do you understand now?
You're good at insulting with a smile.
Let's settle our deal.
I'm a busy person.
Come work for me. Aren't you tired of temporary jobs?
Mr. Seong Rok, you do know what I'm looking for, don't you?
No matter how hard it digs the ground, it can't even eat up one entire leaf throughout its life.
Am I crazy? To benefit someone else?
Me using you, you need to keep that a secret, okay?
Ahjussi, who are you? Do you know me?
You using me isn't the secret.
The smell of alcohol lingering down your throat is the actual secret.
Goong Rak Won
It feels like mortuary portraitures. Would people crave noodles like this?
I'm sorry, Noodle Master.
Lower his eyes or make his lips smile.
Yes sir.
Madam Seol will visit us in the afternoon.
She'll review Goong Rak Won's 100 year anniversary celebration table.
We'll prepare with our whole heart.
Her tongue is as sharp as a knife. If you make a mistake, you'll be chopped.
Should our Goong Rak Won be treated like that?
My dad must be happy to see his son-in-law.
Dad... are you that happy? Of course, you're happy.
He built you a house in the shade without sunshine and...
surrounded it with a bamboo fence so no one can see, and up till now still searching for that hit-and-run culprit.
Where else would you find a son-in-law like that? Don't you think so?
He liked quiet places and the sound of wind in bamboo trees. Not that you would know.
Live a long life.
I'll make you three meals a day, and clean up your feces.
And, watch how successful I become.
You mustn't die before that. Otherwise you should have died the other day. Don't you think so?
You were whispering so kindly to someone who isn't even listening.
So, is that why you were so chatty like that?
You're in a good mood.
Is there a reason why I should be in a bad mood?
In there, I'm his daughter and out here I'm your wife. Isn't that right?
It's a wise answer to a foolish question.
Don't you have a live interview the day after tomorrow? Try to smile instead of acting cool.
There's a reason why all the chefs go on variety shows nowadays.
Like the way there's a reason why you're acting this way?
If we make our door larger, we'll have more customers as well.
I can't act lovey dovey, but we'll have to look like a husband and wife.
There's a stinky fly.
Leave! Where are you coming, bitch?
Really! Stop throwing stuff!
You're trying to destroy me, right?
Right now...-Oh, oh, oh...
Won't you leave right now?
Why are you going crazy again?
When I see your face, my heart jumps.
Move! What is this?
I said what is this?
So?-So?
So?!!
A cold noodle shop that has been around for over a decade,
and even the traditional noodle shop owned by a famed noodle master
When they upset her lashing tongue, don't you know they're all destroyed?
'The illusion of an absolutely powerful and noble Sul Mi Ja'.
It's really crazy!
Why are you writing articles as you wish?
Why are you causing trouble? Why?!
Because it's the truth?
Madam, thank you for making such a valuable visit here.
I'm more thankful.
I don't have to go down to Masan anymore.
Yes. Let's go in.
It's the lily that you like.
President, aren't you a phoenix?
A while ago, the previous president was here too.
I'm preparing that too.
It's an appetizer.
Lily-shaped soft tofu, garnished with frozen juliennes of persimmon.
It's a cold noodle made with dough made from eggs instead of water
Following King Sejong's preference, adding an assortment of garnishes.
It's the palace pheasant buckwheat noodles.
Timing and subtitles brought to you by The Noodle Masters @ Viki
The taste-feel of the noodles is not too good.
Feels like it'd be better if a little more kneading is done.
The buckwheat is spicy. So, I didn't knead as much.
If you just swallow it, it'd be better.
Tasting and swallowing,
the harmony of these two factors indeed is difficult to manage, right?
You've put in too much egg in the egg noodle, that's why it is dry.
The fragrance of the lily appetizer was too overpowering, hence the aroma was not refreshing to the nose.
Can I give you an advice?
Instead of spending time on customers' preferences,
pay more attention to your dough.
You're the Noodle Master.
As it says exactly, "Master of Noodles."
Should I keep going?
That's enough.
Was I too harsh?
My heart is still achy.
As harsh as I was, it was nothing compared to The Noodle Master.
Thanks to you, I'm unable to visit my friend of over 40 years who is sick.
He's not dead yet, right?
Fortunately...
That man Goo Dae Chun said this:
All the dishes from Goong Rak Won should go through Seol Mi Ja's tongue before being served to customers.
I have shares in Goong Rak Won.
That's why we make sure we have you here.
Thank you.
For making sure to call me.
If we call Masan a small town, then here is the noodle palace!
Bigger the door, the fence will get taller.
Taller the fence, more you want to feel outside air.
So, people get into politics, businesses... get into needless things.
I'm sure you won't do that, Noodle Master.
Don't worry. I'm not fit to do that.
I'm worried because I know that you're not fit to do that.
Don't overstep too deeply or you'll not be able to extricate yourself later.
Why? Since I've already overstepped so deeply, let's just have a jolly game.
You're busy picking other people's thorns, but have no time to look at your own shortcomings.
You're doing that, Madam.
You know how people always hear what they want to hear.
I'm leaving.
Did you see the criticism on you, Madam?
Bitter and curt. Just like you, madam.
I don't know what was written, but if that person is a reviewer,
then it's the highest form of compliment.
I'm sorry, Noodle Master. It was my fault.
If Madam Seol is determined to get you, you can't escape it.
But it's true about the food being the problem.
Let me deal with madam Seol, you noodle master, have to recheck every small detail of Goong Rak Won's cuisine.
From beginning until the end.
Yes.
Don't know where this fella rolled in from. Really!
- Let's go. - Madam.
"Top Food Critic Expert Madam Seol's Incompetence"
"Indeed food critic Seol..."
"Seol"?
Who is she?
She probably wants to ride your fame.
Calling herself a power blogger or something.
So who is she exactly?
I tried so hard to get an interview with Madam Seol.
You knew that and you backstabbed me?
All that I have here, I'm taking them out
for my little sister to eat and enjoy. Ah!
I'm not eating.
First of all, become famous.
Then people will applaud even if you're shitting.
You're shitting me.
Madam Seol is like that.
Sometimes she calls shit gold. Even then, that restaurant bursts with customers.
Why? Just because Madam Seol called it gold, people believe it's gold.
Is that correct?
You really are manifesting social justice.
Say it was a mistake, then apology is a must.
Why isn't she cleaning up her shit? Why does she leave it messy?
Did I write it? Why are you saying that to me?
Who is it?!
Seriously.
Can't you see the doorbell?
Hey, hey!
I don't know. You be responsible.
Bell is broken.
I'm not blind, of course.
Come on in.
Stay here.
Who should I thank for the precise advice?
So I can't discern the taste of water shield(brasenia)? (brasenia is a floating-leaved aquatic edible green)
Few days ago, you highly rated a noodles restaurant that used water-shield broth, right?
That place didn't even soak the water-shield in their broth.
It was clearly your mistake.
You're quite arrogant.
I'll take that as a compliment.
Getting angry got me hungry.
How does noodle sound?
(fish noodle)
Have a seat.
There is no menu here. You just eat whatever the owner gives you.
Are you sure there is an owner?
You come here often.
I've gone home more often because your door was closed.
You know already, that the owner is the king here.
That's why I like here.
He didn't even know who I was in the beginning.
[Fish Noodle]
It would take an hour or so.
Let me ask you for a favor.
One with brasenia schreberi and one without. Could you do that?
Is that a test?
If you aren't confident, then leave.
What if I get it right then?
What if you don't?
Whoa... wait, I'll interrupt.
How about paying for the noodles?
Ok!
Here you go.
You didn't put brasenia schreberi in either one of them.
You didn't even pick up your chopsticks yet.
Scent is enough. There's unique fingerprint in the scent.
Perfumers who can distinguish numerous different scents overlapping in a perfume...
This is the reason why. There's no trace of brasenia schreberi.
Is she right?
I got caught.
I didn't put it in either one.
But it can be pure luck.
I took a guess and got it right?
The fight is spreading to elsewhere.
Five flavor tea livens up clear taste of brasenia schreberi.
Just like this tea. You put brasenia schreberi in this five flavor tea, right?
Luck is really on my side. Should I be buying a Lottery ticket?
You're right in saying that brasenia schreberi is in the tea.
Not bad.
Finding tasteless brasenia schreberi with its scent alone.
There's no such thing as completely tasteless in this world.
It's just that ordinary people don't notice it.
Water has smell too.
Just because we're not aware, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
This... is for free right?
How did you come up with the idea of making the noodles out of bream?
Well.. it isn't a big deal.
I learned it while I was traveling through Shanxi Province.
Well, what I've done is just add some flavor?
Acknowledged.
Do you know what "Seon Joo Hoo Myeon" means?
Drink alcohol first and eat noodles afterward.
I've even drank alcohol first before eating Pyungyang cold buckwheat noodles.
Because I like having a clean taste in my mouth.
We lost the chance for "Seon Joo Hoo Myeon" now.
How about "Seon Myeon Hoo Joo?" (Eat noodles first and drink afterward)
Hey, how can you be drinking in that manner?
Now, now. Please, drink up.
This is what I heard of masters.
That they don't get braces for their teeth because they're afraid they'll ruin their taste buds.
I heard the taste buds changes if your saliva flows out wrong.
I know someone who doesn't even use a mouthwash.
Afraid that alcohol content will destroy the taste buds.
How respectful. It's like people like us not even looking at the bribes.
It's like rat poison. When you continue to accept it when they offer it, it ends up killing you.
Isn't that so?
The special election that's coming up...
Noodle Master, have you ever paid for watching the movie after it was shown?
Did you ever paid for the movie after watching it?
- No, I haven't. - You just paid the entrance fee.
Noodle Master, you paid entrance fee and came into the field. I received it and...
paved the way and cut the grass, you know?
You just started holding the golf clubs. How can you try to be Tiger Woods?
There are ranks even on money.
Uneducated money, a little educated money, and highly educated money.
But the problem is with the uneducated money. Do you know why?
They don't know themselves.
They don't know what situation they're in because they are so stupid.
Noodle Master, up to what level of education did you complete?
Elementary school? Junior High school?
Ah! You came out from Seoul University, didn't you? I forgot just for a moment.
It's because I can't believe that.
You can't be mistaken. This isn't bribe. It's your entrance fee.
If you don't get it, just memorize it. If you think this is Masan, you'll break your nose.
- Tell the girls to come in. Let's have fun tonight, okay? -Yes!
Did you come tonight?
You're back after long time.
- Have you been well? -It's been such a long time.
Girl, you've become prettier.
Why did you come so late?
Why was she so confident when she was going to go blank after just 2 drinks?
When I see talented young people, I get jealous. I get angry when I see them wasting their talent.
Why are you rotting in the corner?
Sauce is fermenting...
not rotting.
At your skill, you can get into Goong Rak Won right this minute.
Goong Rak Won...
You, I saw you.
This person!
However, to enter directly into the VIP club is quite impossible.
Is it that great, that place?
When I tasted the palace pheasant buckwheat noodles for the first time...
That light buck wheat, add on some sliced pheasant,
surprisingly can turn out to be such a delicious dish.
I was in awe. Is it that great?
I respect him. The person who originally made it.
I despise the Goong Rak Won's Noodle Master, but I acknowledge him for that.
I can make it to that degree too.
Don't say things that you can't take responsibility for. It makes you look bad.
If I could serve up noodles worthy of the VIP club standard, what would you say?
You have to go in. Who is going to stop you?
Ahyoo!
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
You drank a lot today, Congressman.
Don't do it. Let's go!
Come back again.
Let's go! Let's go!
Secretary Hwang.
Yes, Noodle Master.
How does it feel coming to Gangnam? Any changes?
Places where people live... they're all similar.
What if we lived here like we did in Masan?
Just the way we used to.
Won't it be the same?
Why are you so hung up on Goong Rak Won?
The reason you approached Madam Seol...
isn't it because of Goong Rak Won?
I can see all that.
As if you possess the perfect palate...
Trying to get Madam Seol's acceptance using trickery...
And trying to get inside Goong Rak Won through her.
Watch your mouth.
At the least, I don't lie the way you do.
Someone who went all the way to Shanxi Province doesn't know about Madam Seol?
Try telling me to believe that you make bean paste out of red beans.
The scent having fingerprints...
Do you really think like that?
Yes.
Scents get mixed in, they get swallowed by stronger scents and disappear in the end.
There's no such thing as fingerprints in scents.
They don't mix. They overlap.
If you peel one layer, the hidden scent comes alive.
If the fingerprints fade away, people die, too.
But you say scent comes alive again?
Don't persist stubbornly.
My mom's scent from ten years ago...
I can still remember it clearly.
You don't know, so don't speak lightly.
Mother's scent?
Father's food?
Everything is a result of imagination attached to the memory.
That is right.
Stop!
Stop it.
Born 1961, 51 years old, Ha Jung Tae, from Seoul
Mom's scent.
Father's food.
Everything is a result of imagination attached to the memory.
A result of imagination attached to the memory.
It's definitely not that.
I remember clearly.
Mom, grandmother...
And also,
The scent of my mom's killer.
It smells the same, but the taste is different.
What is this?
Why is it so?
Who are you?
What's your identity?
It's nice.
Hey, it's really nice.
No smoking.
Wow, I thought university is a hall of freedom.
That must be an old saying.
Why are there so many prohibited things?
Why did you hire someone to follow me?
Tailing you?
Attach what?
Following me. Why do you keep having someone follow me?
Someone is following you?
Me?
Why?
It wasn't you?
Da Hae, are you dating someone?
I wonder who's that fella with those bright(smart) eyes!
Don't worry.
Don't worry. Once your identity is revealed, it'll be like the toilet roll paper you use to clean your poop, it'll fall off just like that.
Let's not talk. Let's not.
Give me your phone.
Let me see the expensive cell phone I bought you last time.
You are dirt cheap.
I'm ♪1 dial, got it?
Why did you switch it? It was working fine.
Just because you poop when you eat, is ramen same as steak?
I'm leaving.
I can smell the money on you.
Can't I make some money?
♪ Don't ever say that word again ♪
♪ As for me, I like oppa ♪
♪ 1,2. I'm in my dreammmm... ♪
You're back, Hyungnim.
From now on, you just lip sync.
If you sing out loud again,
I'll rip your mouth.
Yes, Hyungnim.
The GPS... is it trustworthy?
Hyungnim, that is more accurate than the GPS device.
But Hyungnim, I'm curious about one thing.
I see you staying inside the place for a long time.
When did you start having a woman?
Look ahead.
I'm sorry.
Relax your neck... and...
Hyungnim, sorry...
Relax!
She's not my lover.
She's my niece.
Want to eat?
No.
Why aren't you addressing me formally? Don't talk disrespectfully to an adult.
Are adults allowed to address everyone informally then?
This rude one... What is your name?
Tell me your name first. That's the rule .
It's Doggoo! Doggoo. Ok!
The things I do are dog-like, so that's why I'm Doggoo. Wolf Wolf!
Yours?-Puppy.
Hey puppy, do you want to eat this?
Whenever I meet someone for the first time, I smell them first.
What do I smell like?
Cigarette, widower, and formula.
If I didn't smell formula on you, I would have screamed.
Da Hae, come and eat!
Your grandma is calling you. Go.
She isn't my grandma. She is pretending to be my grandma.
Come already, girl!
Let's go, the sun is setting soon.
Yes, hyungnim.
Hey, 1148. I heard you fought again.
Then how many is it? Around 10?
Whether it's 10 or 100. The moment our hyungnim picks you it's game over.
I like how you waste your fighting abilities and do labor so
Let's live together by giving each other happiness and receiving love, ok?
Get lost.
This fight will end only if you join us.
I don't have interest in gangster like you.
Aish!
1148!
You have a visitor.
I'm not interested.
He said that you would come out if I said wimp Park Mo Taek is here.
Your eyes are like blades. You'll shoot laser beam from your eyes, punk.
You must be a little dynamic.
Aren't the other inmates bothering you?
Their specialty is pooping in your food.
What do you want?
What I want... is getting your life back together.
Also you coming to work under me.
Gangster basta*d.
Officer-Have a seat
Do you know how much I spent on bribe to see you alone?
You were meant to come here. Do you know why?
Your blood is just really dirty.
Is intelligence the only thing that's passed on by genetics?
Cancerous tumor is hereditary as well.
You got it 100%.
Wimp Park Mo Taek's tumor.
Look at you, I put one finger on you and you're already fired up.
Why on earth did you become a cop?
When I get out, the first thing I'm going to do is sew up that mouth of yours.
You... you said you were curious why I put a tail on you, right?
Your dad wouldn't have died if he stayed with me.
You're the same. If you leave me, you'll die.
That's why I came. Satisfied?
Shut up!
Do well here then come out. Then, I will show you something fun.
The adult world that you've never seen before...
I'll show you.
When is the appointment again?
At 1.
What brings you here?
I have an appointment at 1.
Ah, Mr. Ha Jung Tae. What should we do?
The senator is out of the office.
I'll wait.
It's not that...
It's okay. I'll wait.
It's a mug cup. You may have it.
Check the lighting and take care of staff.
Hey, we still haven't reached him?
I'm about to go crazy.
Call until he answers the phone!
Yes!
Did that Ha Jung Tae show up?
He's been waiting here for three hours now.
Ok, I got it.
I didn't even know you were here.
Hey, if an important guest is here then you should've woke me up.
Why are you so dense!
Here, let's go in.
Is it your first time here?
Yes.
If I knew, then I could have given you a tour.
There are so many fun things.
I came up the main stairway and realized there were 30 steps.
I thought about it while I was coming up... that if I go up one step at a time, it'll just take way too long.
That way, maybe I wouldn't be able to see the end.
I've thought about it over and over while waiting outside for three hours.
My resolution is that I need to run up.
Let's do what we were going to do at Masan.
You really don't understand what I was trying to tell you.
Have you gone crazy?
Omg!
It's over.
What's happened has happened, and in such cases, the ending is obvious.
One person dies, or both people die.
I will bet on that you will be the one to die.
Which one do you want to bet?
This box has blood on it. Switch out the box when you use this.
Nothing yet?
Ay... Has this person gone crazy? Why isn't her answering?
Is broadcasting a joke?!?
Just cancel everything!
The Noodle Master and the Press Director are friends. Can you handle that?
Press Director or whatever!
Noodle Master! You're here.
I'm late.
Don't mention. You know Hyeon Jeong, right?
How would you know a nobody like me?
I'm Do Hyeon Jeong.
I'm Hwa Jung Tae. I've your fan since you were announcer.
It's an honor.
Nowadays, I just work on interviews
while waiting for 4 hours...
I'll put mic on you.
I'll do it.
You must have gotten some juice on yourself. Follow me.
You're a large, right? 100?
Yes.
I was touched by the recent documentary titled "Korea's Masters."
You used a great camera. Paying for the lighting team from your own pocket.
But I was a bit disappointed by the makeup team.
If you spray the water loosely like that, it's obvious.
You have to spray with the mist several times to make it look like real sweat.
Isn't that so?
You ranked ♪5 last year in the cuisine industry's power ranking.
It will go down more this year.
Your exposure in the media was very seldom due to Goong Rak Won's move to Gangnam.
It's a good thing that you quit volunteering at the orphanages.
It's been so overused that there isn't much of a public reaction even if it's revealed.
I think you know me better than my wife.
A family that's worse than a stranger...
There are so many out there.
Are you going to stay here?
Can't I?
Who are you?
Someone who can make you into a king.
What about you?
Someone next to the king.
That spot is already taken.
Who said there's one only spot to be next to the king?
I'll give you time to think.
I don't need it.
I heard Doggoo came and left. It must be nice to be famous.
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Is he open or not?
Who are you hitting it?
I don't know. Just hit the body twice...
Like this. If you do this, the broth tastes good.
Isn't it hot?
If it makes noise, the taste will be good.
I like the noise.
Stop kneading. No wonder your fingerprints are all faded.
That's why you can't even write your name.
But still, I like it.
Daddy is so happy that I can make yummy noodles for my Soon Seok.
This is all I remember.
I wanted to make the noodle you made, Father.
Eat a lot, slowly.
For the last three years, I've been following the bastard.
I had a chance to kill him.
I killed the bastard a hundred times over in my heart.
But... no matter how cruel of an imagination I came up with...
my heart didn't feel relieved.
The bastard shouldn't die easily.
To do that, his sins are too great.
Ha Jung Tae... I'll become that animal's heir.
And your name...
He's the only one who knows your name in this world.
To find out that name...
I have to go inside the bastard's mouth.
Who is it?
You... Who are you? How come you're here?
I'll explain. That...
Hey! What's your identity?
Let go.
What did you come here to steal? Say it!
Steal what? Is there anything to steal?!
- Then why? - Fish noodles...
I tried to make it the same way you did.
But it didn't taste the same, that's why I came as I was curious and the door was open...
If you're curious, do you climb up the fence to steal it? Is that an excuse?
I didn't steal it!
There's no food I couldn't smell.
But if the taste is different, that means I missed a scent.
That can't happen. That should never happen.
It's as important to me as my life.
I'm sorry for sneaking in like this. I apologize.
I put the brasenia schreberi.
Five flavor tea livens up brasenia schreberi scent. But bream kills even the minute scents.
So, that's how the scent disappeared but the savory flavor remained.
Why did you say you didn't put it in then?
Madam Seol knew already.
It's unfair to make a bet over something no one can smell. That's why I said that.
There's no such a thing as a scent no one can smell.
But I still lost anyhow.
Master: God of Noodles
This is the very first bowl of palace pheasant buckwheat noodles.
It's perfect.
What did you do to Da Hae?
If you let me into Goong Rak Won, I'll take care of the rest.
Guard it tightly. Don't let it leak out.
See you when Tae Ha gets out.
Did Doggoo send you? To watch me?
I can't just stand back and watch Ha Jung Tae becoming stronger.
I won't die just as a noodle maker.
Your father's hit-and-run accident... Do you believe that?
The one I'm targetting is the same person you want to fight, Madam.