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- Wow, it's all phytoncide out here.
- That's just trees.
- (Narration) A vast, green forest in the middle of the city of Seoul.
This is Jeongneung Royal Tomb.
- Bro.
- Huh?
- Is this Jeongneung?
- Hmm.
- What place is this, bro?
- Jeongneung is just Jeongneung.
- Pardon?
Please explain, bro.
Come on.
We're in Jeongneung now.
- The second wife of Taejo, the founder of the Joseon era is Queen Seondeok.
You know, the second wife.
- Huh?
- Taejo Lee Seong-kye...
- Her name's the same with Queen Seondeok?. - No, no.
- The name's same?
No, Queen Seondeok's from the previous dynasty...
- Please recheck.
- Not Seondeok, bro.
Shindeok!
That's a big difference, bro.
- (Narration) A sloppy cheating off almost faked history.
- Shindeok, Seondeok... that's practically the same.
- What?
That's serious distortion of history.
- (Narration)Jeongneung is the royal tomb of Shindeok - not Seondeok -
who was the first Queen of Joseon... and also a UNESCO World Heritage.
It is a beautiful park that was featured
as the place where the main characters' 1st love started in the movie .
And the very first thing Ho-dong sees is...
- Phytoncide here, phytoncide there.
Hey phytoncide, 'Let's Eat Dinner Together' is here.
- Shouldn't we keep silent at a royal tomb?
- I will get a full taste of history today.
- It's Queen Shindeok's tomb. - This tomb used to be in Jeongdong.
- Yes, but after her death Lee Bang-won degraded her to a concubine
and moved her tomb here.
And that's because...
- Bro.
- Isn't this our today's guest?
- Oops, I totally forgot about that.
- Isn't that our guest?
- Well, er...
No, no, he isn't.
He's too relaxed.
Bro, I forgot about today's guest.
Well...
No, no, bro.
Can we leave him just like that?
- (Narration) Just another staff who tries to avoid fine dust.
- Our staffs are so exhausted today.
- What's that guy's concept?
Bro, I can tell from his clothes that he's another staff.
He's not dressed like a guest.
His appearance...
- That must be one of our staffs.
No one would lie down at the royal tomb like this.
He's our staff.
- See, he's not fighting back at all.
He's our staff.
Would a citizen be calm like this?
- Hey, look.
Who is that? - He's running.
Hey there...
Let's just pass through.
- Yes, let's do that.
Look here.
Look here, bro.
That's a guest's hair style.
I don't think so.
She's not. - She's not our guest, either.
- Her shoes say she's not a guest.
- That's our staff.
What celebrity would...
She's not a guest.
Ma'am, get up.
- Get up.
- Hey.
- Can't lie down at a royal tomb like this.
This is a crackdown.
- This way out. - Get out.
- Well done.
- That's her.
Ho-dong, this is her.
- A her, bro?
- Yes, a her.
Look at all this leather.
- That's celebrity's pants. - Yes, that's a celebrity.
- Look at those shoes.
That must be her.
Get up, Yu-ri.
Hey, Yu-ri.
We gotcha.
- Kyung-kyu.
- (Narration) Today's dinner companion encountered at Jeongneung is
the original Korean all-time star, Sung Yu-ri.
- I knew it was you
because it was already publicized on press.
- Already?
- Yes, the articles were all over the news.
And our production team acknowledged that.
- (Narration) Ho-dong is cheating off.
To the journalists out there, please keep confidential.
- Thought Kyung-kyu doesn't search the web. - I didn't.
- But I assumed that Ho-dong already found out.
- She did a program with you, right?
- We were on together. - Yes, I'm in the 'Kyu-clan'.
- Doing some healing.
Bro, Yu-ri and I did a number of shows together.
- That's right. - When she was in the group Fin.KL.
- Yes, I saw him once a week.
- Bro, this looks like a hiking trail.
And there's a mineral spring.
- Let's drink water.
Can we have some water...
- Oh, oh.
- Hi.
- (Narration) The guy at the mineral spring is Jung Yong-hwa of the group CNBLUE.
- How have you been? - Very well, bro.
- Hey, Kang Ho-dong.
- How come you're here with Yong-hwa, sir?
- We've been waiting. - Are you our dinner companion?
Sir, are you Yong-hwa's dad?
Did you come here with your dad?
- Yes.
I was here for about half an hour.
He stayed here in the same position all that time.
- So are you getting attached? - Yes, I think so.
- With him.
- Dad!
- I think he covered you up. - Yes.
Oh?
- Why?
- I set the leaves here on purpose.
- Why?
- That's about the Taejo Lee Seong-kye's tale about the willow leaves.
- You'll tell that tale?
What tale? - I've learned that.
- What?
- Before Lee Seong-kye became king,
he asked for some water to a young girl at a spring
- who set up some leaves on the water.
So that he slowed down when drinking it, so that he didn't get sick...
and he fell in love with her wisdom...
- Is that so?
- It was her smart idea to slow him down on drinking.
- (Narration) The young Lee Seong-kye
fell in love with her wisdom and married her.
That was the love story of Queen Shindeok, resting in Jeongneung.
- The same thing's done on drinks.
- Sir, is this thing with the leaves done from the old times, from that Taejo era...
Bro, the willow leaves...
I mean, sir, the willow leaves...
- Let's take Jeong Yong-hwa from here...
- Just a sec.
One minute.
- Keep talking with him.
Sir...
- I have to talk to him. - You go on talking to him.
- Let's talk with him...
- We have to talk...
- Let's go, Yu-ri. - For 30 minutes...
Hold on, Yu-ri.
Thank you, sir.
- I say you in Geumho-dong.
- Geum Ho-dong.
Geum Ho-dong.
- I thought he saw me in Geumho-dong...
- Me too.
- I thought he saw me there.
- What is he doing there so long...
That's going to be edited off anyway...
- Geez...
You've been there with him for 30 minutes? - Well... - That's nice of him.
- When I told him you'll come...
He said he'll be here, he'll cover me.
- You have an accent.
- Is that an accent?
- Bro, he's got an Busan accent.
- (With a strong accent) Hey there.
- We have to speak standard language on air.
- Stop.
- I'm just trying to be funny.
- You're trying too hard.
- Why...?
- Whenever we meet our guests, you go into a frenzy for at least 30 min.
- But bro, Yong-hwa's my favorite guy.
And I mean, she's Yu-ri of Fin.KL.
Look at me~
Promise me~.
- How long does it take...
...for him to calm down?
- This may take a while.
- (Narration) While we wait for Ho-dong to calm down
let's get to know today's neighborhood, Seongbuk-gu Jeongneung-dong, Seoul.
The name of the district originated from the royal tomb of Queen Shindeok.
Located right beneath the Bukhan mountain, the neighborhood has a wonderful view.
Will our MCs be able to meet someone who will invite them to dinner today?
Let's Eat Dinner Together Episode 26, The best partner.
- When we go up from here, we'll find residential areas.
From there, we can choose houses.
- So we're not driving around?
It's all residential areas here.
Here at the front...
- What is this?
- This house is pretty.
- Green neighborhood. - Green neighborhood.
Preservation of the professrioal village.
So this is the professorial village.
In the old times, the professors of Seoul National University gathered...
- and lived here... - They created a village on their own.
- Dr. Know-it-all.
- No... - He's unexpectedly well-informed.
- Dr. Know-it-all...
- Never heard of a professorial village.
- Me not, either.
- Did real professors live here?
- Just as there's a celebrity neighborhood.
- Ah, just like the artists' village.
- Then, if we rang the bell here, would professors answer the door?
- But they moved out a lot.
- So it used to be a professorial village?
- Yes, in the old times.
- So this village was created by
professors who gathered and did research... - Yes.
- and lived here forming a community? - Yes, Seoul University campus used to be around here.
That's why the Seoul National University Hospital is also around here.
- How do you know that?
- I mean, you're not even from Seoul uni. You graduated from Dongkuk uni, right?
- What about Dongkuk uni?
- No, I mean...
You apologize.
Do you know how many alumni we have out there?
It's a university of a history over 100 years.
- Calm down, bro.
- You belittled my university.
- That's not what I meant, you're...
- I'm just talking about Seoul uni... why are you...
You're assuming I don't know about it, because I didn't go to that college?
- Bro, I might criticize you
but I've never belittled you!
Did you always have a lack of Seoul uni?
- A lack of Seoul uni?
- Oh, hi.
Hi kids.
Where are you going? - He's driving me nuts.
- How old are you?
I'm 9.
- You're 9, ok. You're on the interview of Let's Eat Dinner Together.
Alright?
- Ok.
- How do you feel?
- Good.
- Good, ok.
You're sweet.
Alright, goodbye.
- You'll be dissed.
- (Narration) It will take a while for Ho-dong to calm down today.
- Yu-ri's father's a professor, too.
- For real?
- Yeah.
- Is he a professor at Seoul uni?
- No, no.
- But he's a professor.
- Now he's retired.
- Ok.
So if Yu-ri knocks at the door here at the professorial village, all will go well.
Ho-dong, you should really calm down.
You should be in Geumho-dong if you want to make yourself useful.
- Ah, Geumho-dong.
- Go to Geumho-dong.
- He's got a new nickname.
- Go to Geumho-dong see Jo Se-ho.
Are you living on your own, Yong-hwa?
- Yes.
- On your own?
- My parents both live in Busan.
- Where in Busan?
- I grew up in Geumjeong-gu.
- Geumjeong-gu.
- I lived there for about 20 years.
- Geumjeong-gu.
- He'll run for the election in 2020, in Choryang, Busan.
Or maybe he'll run for Busan city major.
- Busan's proud son,
- Lee Kyung-kyu, bro.
- Folks, you know me, right?!
- How dare you kick your fellow MC?
- You'll vote for me or what?
- Sure I will.
- I should, bro.
- Alright.
- We're fellow Busaners.
Geumjeong-gu!
- Will you really run for the elections?
- He has lust for power.
- And he is for the ruling party.
- I'm doing my campaign here at Let's Eat Dinner Together.
Going 'round the town...
- Meeting citizens...
- But he hates speaking to the citizens.
He's doing campaign, but he hates to face the citizens.
- He's been like that for a long time.
But President Trump used to be on air, too.
- That's right.
- He's a big celebrity, you know.
Bro, there's no other celebrity like you in Korea.
- And he's the face of Busan.
- Well, then I guess being a parliament member & Busan major is just a process.
Are you drawing a bigger picture?
- A big picture.
- In for a big picture.
- See how pleased he is?
He got pleased.
- He's in a good mood, all of a sudden.
- He doesn't tell us to shut up, see?
- This is nice.
Tiny garden.
- His mood escalated.
- Flowers on the little space outside the ouse...
- Please give your speech, major.
- I will make this society a beautiful place like this tiny garden
so that citizens can lead happy lives.
- Lee Kyung-kyu. - Lee Kyung-kyu!
Lee Kyung-kyu!
- (Narration) His big picture
started here at this tiny garden.
Kyung-kyu, don't forget us when you make it.
- How huge the trees are at this garden.
- Ho-dong's favorite, the trees.
- Phytoncide.
Is this a phytoncide special?
- What's phytoncide?
- Phytoncide, that’s...
- This will take a while...
- Yu-ri, quite an observation.
Acute girl.
- I'm a fond viewer of this show.
A very fond one.
- Make some copies of that thing, you know.
A pamphlet.
And hand it over to everyone
asking about phytoncides.
- Phytoncides.
- Yong-hwa, this is healthy. This here.
Have a scoop of phytoncide.
Phytoncide is healthy.
- I feel fresh air coming in.
- Wow.
Oh, I spilt some.
Oh.
- You're always doing role plays so suddenly?
- I see something like a bird nest.
- It is a bird nest.
That's for the birds to nest in and bear their young ones.
- A government built bird residence, bro?
- Geez!
That was...
- An epic fail.
- I'm satisfied.
Look at these morning glories.
- Aren't they artificial?
- No, they're real. -they are?
- Aren't they pretty.
- When tasted like this, they're like honey.
- That's acacia.
- Oh, is that so?
- There is a flower that tastes like honey. What is it?
- It's red...
- Salvia?
- Salvia. Yes.
When I take it...
and suck on it...
- Honey comes out...
- That's right.
- You and I are of the same era?
- We used to do that too. On the way to school...
- There were a lot of salvias on the way to school.
- I used to suck on ants.
- What?
- On ants. Like this.
- No way.
- What are you saying, Yu-ri...
- Didn't you try it?
- Why would one try that? - It tastes like...
- You mean it?
- You're not joking, are you?
- Where did you live?
- In Seoul.
- So ants were hot in Seoul.
- Yu-ri says she grew up feeding on ants.
- Everyone did.
- You sucked on ants, too? - Yes, ants.
- Sucking on the rear side. It tastes bitter & sour.
- That's what I'm saying.
- Seriously?
- Never heard of it before. - Never.
- Do ants in Busan taste differently?
- You've come a long way...
growing up feeding on ants' behinds...
You really ate that?
- Can't believe that.
- How on earth would that taste like?
- Well, I'm a bit curious after all.
- It's a clean neighborhood, isn't it?
The village is very clean.
This neighborhood is lovely.
- Who makes all this? - There are dolls on every house.
A porcelain doll.
- It's on that house, too.
- Porcelain dolls on every house.
- What's that?
- There's a name on it.
Happy garden.
- There's this unique scent.
- Sun's house.
Aha, there's a family member called 'Sun'.
This is made of porcelain.
The mail box is made from porcelain.
- There's a name for every house.
- What does 'Dodohwa' mean, bro?
- Maybe that's a flower.
A 'dodo'('proud' in Korean) flower. A bitchy one.
- A bitchy flower...
- Never heard of a bitchy flower. - Please think about what you're saying...
- Dodo, proud.
- Maybe the 'do' stands for porcelain in Korean.
A porcelain flower.
- Dodohwa, the porcelain flower?
Let's ask the owner later.
House of Harmonica.
Oh, it's House of Harmony.
- Harmonica and Harmony are two totally different things...
- These days, no one probably even knows what a Harmonica is.
Oohyorryorryorryorr~.
- What, I can't even make mistakes?
- Don't you know Yong-hwa, bro?
- What a weirdo.
- I think you two would make a hilarious team.
- You know bro, we're really a show with no harmony at all.
- I agree.
A complete disharmony.
- Well, I think we're done done our preliminary rounding now...
but there are less houses than we expected.
- And there aren't many residents, either. - I think many people have moved away.
- We can go ask a real estate agent.
- A real estate agent?
- Yes.
- (Narration) So they go meet a real estate agent before searching further.
- Hmm?
- Hi. How do you do? - Do you always go separately like this?
- Hello.
- May I ask you something?
- Sure.
- We've done some preliminary rounding around the neighborhood.
You know, in the professorial village. The village itself is very pretty,
but we've seen only few houses there.
- Yes, there aren't many. - So the population is not dense...
Are there more crowded areas near here?
- Here, at 3-dong near Jeongneung market.
This is a bigger residential area, with some multiplex houses.
- About the professorial village...
Did professors move out a lot?
- Yes, many of them moved out.
- There are not here anymore?
Really?
How much does it cost around here? I mean, per 3.3 square meters?
- This area will be rebuilt,
so prices range around 8,800 dollars per 3.3 square meters.
- 8,800 dollars.
- Just for the land?
- Yes, for the land.
How do we get to the market?
- You have to go up this direction.
- Go up again...?
- We should take a bus.
- Yes, we should.
Right?
- Have you ever seen someone asking the land price on air?
- Never.
- Bro, here are some willow leaves.
- The tale of willow leaves I told earlier.
- Wow.
How old would this be, Yu-Ri?
Never seen a willow tree so big.
I mean, look at the girth!
Let's put our arms around...
Bro, come here.
- We've got it.
- It takes 4 people.
Turn the camera around.
That's it.
-360 degrees.
- Good.
Very good.
And...cut.
That's a road documentary.
- Road documentary.
- Move, move. Moving.
- Move it!
- Be careful.
- You two are a perfect pair.
You never feel shame, do you?
No shame at all.
- Such feelings just make you weak.
- What is so shameful about this?
- That feeling just makes you weak.
That feeling will bring your defeat. - He'll be the king soon.
Do I have the king's face?
- (Narration) Ho-dong's frenzy is spreading like and epidemic.
- Where in the world are you mainly active?
- Japan,
China...
-You're famous in Vietnam too, right?
- Yes.
- Really?
- Korean wave is trending there, too.
- I should take you to my signing event in Vietnam once.
I have a deep-fried chicken franchise there.
- Chicken franchise.
- Yes, a chicken restaurant...
- Bro always cashes in.
- A while ago, he... - I learned playing the accordion... and quit.
Why do you think I quit?
- You didn't cash in doing that.
You put in some efforts, but you couldn't cash in with that.
- You materialist.
What a materialist.
No cash, no effort. - For real?
- He doesn't do it if there's no cash.
- He's like, "It takes years to cash in with that".
- I even learn playing Korean traditional music.
- For real?
- Walking up~.
But will you cash in with that?
- I'm having tears of laughter.
- In what time will you...
- Will I be able to cash in with that?
-...cash in with that?
- How much per 3 square meters?
- How much will that be?
- But a hobby's just a hobby.
- A hobby's never 'just a hobby'.
- Don't you like soccer?
- Do you think he's doing it as 'just a hobby'?
- Ha Jeong-woo.
- Do you think Ha Jeong-woo plays soccer 'just as a hobby'?
He's definitely cashing in with that.
- Everything's cash for you, right?
- (Narration) The master variety star maintains a consistent way of life.
And now its the time for him to check on bus lines.
- Are we going to take the bus?
To the market?
- Hi. Where is the stop for the bus for Jeongneung Market?
- You go down this way and take the bus no.1014.
- Bus no.1014?
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Goodbye.
- Do you really eat at residents' houses?
- Sure...
sure, we really do.
- So that's 100% real situations. - How would we cast residents?
- How did you get to do such a show? - I don't have an idea myself...
- Did something change in you since you left 'Healing Camp'?
- Those days were good times.
I'm being pulled around. This show isn't my type of show at all...
- It's nice out here.
- Nice weather.
- Crazy
- Do I have the face of a king?
- What a pair of clowns. - You're totally like Lee Jeong-jae.
Go again.
Ready, action. - Do I...do I...
have the face of Busan's King?
- (Narration) Finally, Ho-dong met his soulmate at last.
- I bet you'll end up in the convenience store today.
- I love Yong-hwa.
- When I entered the houses, I met people I've met before.
For example, someone I drank with with in night clubs when I was young...
- For real?
- And someone Ho-dong met in the sauna earlier...
- Everyone's connected somehow. - Wow.
- So I think one shouldn't sin.
Because at the end, someone might know. - So I always...
I'm always thinking to myself...
'Have I harmed someone in anyway?'.
When someone says, 'We've met.'...
I always ask myself how I treated that person.
I always reflect on myself whether
I've caused harm unintentionally.
- (Narration) The old ties on our program
even made the hot-blooded Kyung-kyu a new man.
Does this bus to go Jeongneung Market?
- It does.
- Hi.
-Oh, hi...
- Where are you heading to?
- I'm going home.
- Where have you been?
- I'm returning from my part time job.
- Part time job?
What do you do?
- What do you do?
- Spit it out.
- We're curious.
- I work at a coffee shop. - Oh, coffee shop.
Are you a barista?
Wow.
Were you about to say that?
Smart guy.
What time do you work?
- You're shift is relatively short.
- My boss pays me well, so I don't work long shifts.
- What does your boss pay you per hour?
- Pardon?
- Your hourly pay...
- That's a rude question.
That's a 'dodo(proud)' spirit.
A bitchy flower.
- Well, still a flower after all.
- I assume you have a boyfriend.
Say some words of love in front of our camera.
- 1, 2, 3.
- Make a heart with your hands.
- He's totally against romance.
- Please, make a heart just once.
- 1, 2, 3. - Say his name.
That's your station.
- (Narration) The team arrived at another village around the
Jeongneung Market, the 'Jeongdeun village'.
- There's Jeongneung Market.
- Hi.
- What was that about?
Did you see something?
What are you waving at?
- I'm greeting people.
I want to greet them before they greet me.
Look.
What's the matter?
I just want to greet everyone.
-You're...
...even worse than me... - I'm serious. Let's cross the street.
- This is tiring, isn't it?
- Not at all. It's fun
walking around like this.
- Really?
This is the market. - Oh, look at this.
- Look at those sea squirts.
- Octopus.
- (Narration) The market is full of fresh, seasonal seafood.
Maybe their dinner menu is here.
- Shouldn't you do an interview with the ladies here?
Is it ok to pass through?
- Hi.
- Hello, ma'am. - Hi.
Hi.
- Hi.
You should say more than 'hi'.
Hello, kids.
- Kids.
- Do you know him?
Yeah!
- Who is he? - That's Lee Kyung-kyu.
- Talk to him, kids.
- Hi kids.
- Hello.
- Hi. - Alright. Hi...
you should go home.
- Go on, ask him a question.
Ask him something. - Don't ask me anything.
- Come on.
Kids, I'm not very fond of kids.
- Go on, ask him.
Ask him something.
Still.
Ask him anything.
- What school grade are you in?
- Me?
I'm in 5th grade.
-5th grade?
- Where do you have your dinner?
- Me?
- What time do you have dinner?
- At 8.
-8? -8?
You eat so slow.
- After you've finished private lessons?
At 8?
- That's not a good sign, Kyung-kyu.
- Well, that's a good information.
- Why are you having dinner so late?
- Have your dinner earlier today.
- I'm going this way.
- Goodbye.
- Bye.
- Yong-hwa, can I say something?
The mackerel is a blue colored fish, isn't it?
- Yes.
- Do you know why mackerels are blue, ma'am?
When they swim around in the ocean,
the seagulls or cormorants feed on them.
So they turned blue as a camouflage in the sea. - For real?
- They're blue like seawater. - Yes.
- You didn't know, did you?
- No.
- Give me a high five.
I'm good, right?
- Oh yes...
- Gimme a high five.
Sweet kids.
How sweet you are.
- Hi kids.
- You know blue colored fish, right?
- I didn't know about that.
- You get to know a lot
talking about this, talking about that on this show.
- What brings you to Jeongneung?
- We're visiting to...
- Talk about this...
- talk about that.
- Hi.
- Shaking hands like this, shaking hands like that.
- Wow, a river.
A creek?
- A river like this, a river like that. - A river like this, a river like that.
- The neighborhood is full of love.
- I agree.
- A flatfish and a flounder...
- They're just different in the direction of their eyes.
This one's big.
Hi...
- (Narration) Even Yong-hwa, the born king of reaction
gets more and more tired at Ho-dong's chatter hell.
- Come, bros.
- I gave the merchant a good piece of information earlier.
- What information?
- The mackerel, you know.
The mackerel and cero, they're all blue colored fishes, you know.
Do you know why?
- No.
- When they swim in the sea, their backs are exposed.
And the seagulls hunt them, seeing the exposed backs.
But if their backs were the same color as the seawater...
the birds couldn't distinguish them.
The sea water is blue...
so their backs are blue, too.
- I'll give you a real tip.
I've interviewed some kids earlier,
and they told me that they usually eat at 8, after their private lessons.
- That's good information.
He's not saying that reading a book or something.
You just get to learn things talking about this,
-talking about that....
And that's called 'street smart'.
- Street.
- Smart.
- Aha.
- You become smart on the street.
- Can I walk with you guys?
I'm too challenged there.
The constant reaction...it's too much.
- You're exhausted, aren't you?
You'll seriously get exhausted today. - Lee Kyung-kyu.
- You'll learn how tiring it is...
- Let's go!
- Hey Yong-hwa.
- Yes.
- What I love the most is getting friendly with people.
Yes, getting friendly.
- Getting to know people...
- talking about this, talking about that... - talking about that...
- Cut it off.
- Please take me with you.
- Bro, our show is about getting friendly, isn’t it?
'Jeongdeun village', village of friendship.
- Are you drunk?
You've really spoiled him, reacting to all his frenzy talking.
- (Narration) Yong-hwa brought it all upon himself...
- I'm exhausted.
Phew...
- Ho-dong's exhausted.
- Get up, let's go.
- Can we rest for a moment? - Already?
- I've spent too much energy explaining about blue fishes...
- Get up. We're short of time - I've spent all my energy.
- Come on.
- Bro, let's hit Jeongneung-dong to talk about this...
and talk about that!
- No talking anymore.
It's all jabber.
All jabbers!
- Look, bro.
I betcha all the viewers will imitate me.
- On what?
- Talking about this... talking about that...
- All jabbers!
- How about this house?
- Nice.
- This looks fancy.
How much per 3.3 square meters?
- Maybe 8,800 to 13,000?
- Nice.
This seems to be an old residential area.
That's a signature, signature, a signature house.
A signature house at the entrance of the residential area.
- The houses over there seem older, while these are newer multiplex homes.
- (Narration) Unlike in the professorial village, here are various types of houses.
- There are also multiplex homes...
- Much more houses than in the professorial village.
- Yes, seems the population is much more dense.
- When we were kids, alleys like these were our playgrounds.
- Alleys like this one... - Like that one?
Aren't they a bit scary to pass through?
Especially when a guy like you is standing in the way...
- See, when I was young...
- and let's say I'm passing... go stand there in the alley.
When I'm passing like this...
- Hey you, come here.
Give me some money.
Hand me over some money, come on.
- Handing over this money... - Handing over that money...
- Yong-hwa.
- Yes.
Why do you
keep calling me....
- Just a piece of advice.
Yong-hwa, I think that you have some problems
distinguishing between something funny and something that's not.
You're just aiming for the camera
with your reckless reactions...
Anyway, time will pass, and you... - Talk about the major of Busan.
- Cue!
- Do I have the face to be the King of Busan?
- Clap clap clap!
- See? He's happy now.
- (Narration) The King of Busan... a thought that even makes Kyung-kyu smile.
- Where would we have our best chances?
- I think our chances are better here. - In Jeongdeun village?
- Do you think so?
Well, I'm voting on the professorial village.
- The professorial village?
- Yes.
- How about you, Ho-dong?
- I haven't thought about it.
- Huh?
- I haven't thought about it.
- Wait-and-see?
- What DID you think about all throughout the day?
I mean, all day long?
- Thinking about this... - ...thinking about that?
Just thinking about jabbers?
So where do you think do we have our best chances?
- I haven't thought about it.
- Then think about it now!
Dear lord...
Have you thought about it?
- Give me some more time.
- More time?
We have to come up with a plan now.
- Let's take a rest.
Do it like a major at his people.
Come on.
Here comes our candidate.
- Do I have the face to be the King of Busan?
Please stop making me say this.
- Stop it already.
- He's making me say it every 2 minutes.
- (Narration) Will the exhausted reaction machine
be able to escape Ho-dong's hell of chatter?
- Guys, come here.
Let's come up with a plan now.
- Let's form teams now.
- I thought I'm in the 'Kyu-clan'...
but as I think back, on the program 'Healing Camp'...
- You didn't like it?
- I was in his clan, but he was fired.
- What are you talking about?
- I should have joined Je-dong's clan. Never thought that Kyu would be fired...
- I didn't get fired.
I quit.
- I'm still in the Kyu-clan.
I will stay by his side. - That was your last chance to let go...
- Let's hope he won't quit this time.
- Well then... - Yong-hwa's good with me, bro.
- Yong-hwa is exhausted as can be.
- Cheer up.
- I can't do another reaction anymore.
I'm so exhausted after 6 hours of playing along.
His eyes are sore.
- There is just one way to do a show with me.
Pretend you're happy.
- Will you talk about mackerels at dinner? - He will definitely.
If there's fish on the table, he'll mention it 100%.
Even a single anchovy will trigger that. - I'm already getting sick of it.
- Yong-hwa, it's your destiny.
So this is the team.
- So today in Jeongneung-dong,
where history and tales exist...
we'll talk about this, talk about that... - ...talk about that...
- Wait, if this line really becomes a hit,
where's my part in it?
- Take it from him.
- I'll do the 'All jabbers' part.
Taking about this, talking about that... - ...talking about that.
- All jabbers.
- And at the end, we say 'Let's Eat Dinner Together'.
- Go.
Talking about this, talking about that.
- He snatched it.
We must finish fast.
Talking about this, talking about that...
-...all jabbers!
- Let's Eat Dinner Together!
- (Narration) Now is the time
to talk about things in Jeongneung-dong. - Let's go.
Yu-ri doesn't need to say a thing.
Everyone would let her in
if she only says hi.
I bet.
- Haha.
- Wait.
We're a team, bro. - Are we on now?
- Really?
- Why are we going first.
- Go first.
- First starters have a better chance.
- Is that so?
Well, we'll go first then.
- As yet, we've never succeeded
at the first door.
- Go!
- My heart's pounding.
- Way to go.
- Ok.
- Show them your face.
- There's no one in the house.
- Someone just answered.
- Hello.
- Oh. - Hi.
Do you know me by chance?
- Yes, you're Jeong Yong-hwa.
- Yes!
- We're on a show where we eat
dinner at people's houses.
- Yes, I know 'Let's Eat Dinner Together'.
- Can we eat with you?
- Oh, I'm so sorry, but we've just eaten...
- No way.
- Pardon me?
- We've just eaten. We're dish-washing now...
- For real?
It's just 6:07
and you're already dish-washing?
Our program's about talking about this...
- ...talking about that.
- If it wasn't that line, they'd be in already. - But you've already eaten?
- Yes, I'm a fond viewer of your show. But we've already had dinner.
- For real?
- Who did you eat with?
- With my mom and my sister.
- Oh, really?
- With your mom and your sister... - You've failed, come on.
- What did you have for dinner?
- Just some noodles. - Noodles.
- Spicy noodles
or noodles in soup?
- Just spicy noodles...
- Spicy noodles...
Alright, thank you very much.
- Sing a tune for them.
1, 2, 3, 4.
-A loner, a loner~.
Can you hear me?
- Yes.
- Ddaririridara-doo.
- We should really move on.
- I was worried
that they might succeed first...
I think the bell is here...
- Bro, why are being so kind to Yu-Ri?
- Did this work?
- I can't stop laughing...
- It worked.
Hi.
I'm actress Sung Yu-ri.
- Yes.
- If you haven't had dinner yet, our program's about eating dinner together
and talking about this, talking about that...
Yes.
We were just about to have dinner...
- Oh, really?
Then, can we eat with you?
- Sure, come in.
- The door opened.
It opened.
- No way.
- Ho-dong.
Bye. - I can't believe this.
- It was nice seeing you.
- This is perfect.
Kyu-clan's the best!
- Hello.
- It's not over yet. Wait.
- Hello, sir.
- Have you eaten?
- Were you having your dinner?
- We haven't started yet.
- Who is in the house?
- My wife, me...
and my kids.
- Well, why don't you ask them first?
- That's fine.
- Really? - Were you having dinner?
- May we go in, sir?
- This can't be true. - Yong-hwa, Yong-hwa.
You know...you're...
...(sings) a loner, a loner~
- This is it? For real?
We're parting like that? - The true power of a national sweetheart.
- Hello, ma'am.
- Did she say yes? - He just went in.
Bye, guys.
- That's not happening.
Oh my god.
- Hello, sir.
Thank you so much.
We're here so suddenl..y. - Do we get to meet your children?
- Are you ok with recording, sir?
- Nice to meet you.
- Hello, ma'am.
- This is Sung Yu-ri.
- Hello.
- Sung Yu-ri of Fin.KL.
- Ma'am.
If anyone's uncomfortable, we can't go on air.
Is anyone uncomfortable?
- We're fine.
- You're fine...
- We have to eat. Now get out.
- Bon appetit. - Ho-dong, Ho-dong.
Take this...
Yong-hwa.
- National sweetheart being so sweet. - You might get a cold.
- Thank you.
- Hey loner. - Hope you'll get to eat soon.
- Goodbye, loner.
- Let's go...
- Congrats, Yu-ri.
Congrats, bro.
- Bon appetit. - Bro, this is perfect.
- (Narration) The time to talk about this, talk about that in Jeongneung-dong has come.
- Ma'am, who will join the dinner table?
- Just our family members.
Our family.
- Oh, really?
Will you all eat here? - There are 9 of us...all come one by one.
- Really?
- It's a bit cluttered in here...
You'll have to wait for a moment.
The rice is not ready yet.
- Is that so?
Sure, we'll wait.
And the ones up there?
Those upstairs...
- They went up with some toast.
- They went up?
Can we go upstairs for a moment?
- Sure.
Hey there.
And this place is...
- I live here with my husband and kids...
- Is that so?
How many generations live in this house?
- 4...
- 4 generations?
Yes.
- Why don't you have dinner with us?
- The daughter-in-law.
- Why don't you come down? - So you're the daughter-in-law?
- Yes.
- Where is our ma'am?
- We need some explanation here.
We're a little confused...
- I know. We have many family members.
- So many.
You will show us a family picture. That's excellent.
- This is our eldest daughter.
- In this picture...
- Here are dad and mom.
This was taken at their 50th wedding anniversary.
- That's our dad,
- And our ma'am.
- And I'm the eldest daughter.
- The eldest daughter.
- The eldest.
- This is my husband.
- Is your husband still at work?
- He'll be back soon.
- This is my brother.
- And third comes...
- Another daughter.
- And the 4th is also a daughter.
- So many sisters in the house!
- And the youngest of us.
- The youngest son.
- Who's living upstairs?
- That's my family.
Me, my husband and two sons.
This one is my fist, this one my second.
- And this is your daughter-in-law?
- Ah, this lady here.
- Yes, these are my two sons.
- He married at such a young age.
- Yes, when he was 20.
- He married when he was 20?
Oh...
- His girl became pregnant. So we just married him off.
- These are my granddaughters.
- Pardon?
- My granddaughters.
- So they're great-granddaughters to you?
- Yes. - Yes, great-granddaughters.
- Impressive.
- Just a moment.
- What is it?
- It's Hye-joon.
- Tell her to come over.
- My younger sister, the third
lives right next door.
- Your 3rd sibling?
- 3rd sibling...
Will she join us for dinner? - Yes.
- That's great.
- (Narration) Today's miraculous success may turn out to be an epic dinner...
- Can I help you with anything?
Come join us for dinner.
I'm talking like the lady of the house.
Well, then we've got...
6, 7, 8, 9 people.
- (Narration) A dinner prepared by mother of 3 generations.
A variety of dishes filling the table.
From a special house sandwich
to the little one's favorite dishes
and black rice for the husband.
The dinner of the 4 generation-family in Jeongneung-dong is ready.
- How long have you been living here?
- It's been 38 years now.
I was 40 when I moved here.
- It's a professorial village here.
- Yes.
- And you're living right at the entrance of this village.
So you...
...you're not a professor, right? - No, I'm not.
- What have you been doing before you retired?
- A lot of things.
- Is that so?
- I had about 20 jobs.
- 20?
You had 20 jobs...
- Yes, and it all went well.
- Can you name a few things you did?
- Sure. I once had a hardware store. - A hardware store.
- I ran a bar. - A bar.
- Also a music cafe... - A music cafe?
- You know how to enjoy arts.
- Do you know this lady, sir?
- Sure I do.
She's a singer.
- A singer.
- I know her.
- Among all these idols, she's special.
- Sure I am. - She's of Fin.KL. - The elder generation knows me.
- Hey.
- Go to the front.
Go to granddad & do that.
- Go play with granddad.
Go.
- What are you up to, girls?
- So you're the grandmother, right?
- You've become granny at such an early age.
- That was why you call her granny.
This house has the most family members among all the houses we've visited so far.
- Sure, we're crowded.
- How did your son get married at 20?
- Well...
He went to the same college with her.
- A campus couple? - Yes.
- The year he graduated, he said, 'Mom, I have to get married.
I have a child'.
- And there she was.
- My daughter-in-law was 21, and my son 20.
After they got married, this one was born the next year.
- That's the way it went...
Where is your son now?
Where's your daddy?
- He's on his way home now.
- He's coming now?
- He'll be there in 20 minutes.
- Can't wait to meet the guy who married at 20.
- Haha, yes.
- Didn't somebody pass me just a second ago?
- That's my younger son.
- The son.
- Whose son is he?
- He's my son.
- Pardon me, this is so complicated...
- I understand.
I mean, it's 4 generations. - That's what I'm saying.
So he's your...
- He's her uncle.
- Yes, the uncle.
- That's my daughter's family.
- Are you working now?
- Ah, you're on public service...
Where are you serving?
- At Sindang station.
- At Sindang station...
Your younger brother has married. Aren't you getting married soon?
- No, the elder married.
- He's the younger son.
- This is the eldest daughter's younger son.
- My elder son is 27.
This one's just 23.
- Yes, and the little ones are the eldest daughter's elder son's daughters...
...sorry for the confusion.
- He's been married for 7 years now.
- 7 years already.
Wait...who let us in?
- The father of this whole family. - The father...?
- Dad, are you already eating?
You have to eat with them.
- Sir, you have to eat with us...
- I'm too hungry now...
- You have to understand. He usually eats at 6.
- He is diabetic, so he has to eat at regular times of the day.
- Usually, everyone stays at work until 6 or 7,
so dad always eats first, and we eat after that...
- So there are 8 people in the house?
- 9.
- Ma'am, sir, 2 daughters.
- Ma'am, sir.
The daughter of ma'am and sir. The son of the daughter.
And the children of the eldest son.
- Yes.
- And the wife of the eldest son of the eldest daughter.
- Good job.
- Hello, yes.
Yes.
I'll be at the door.
- When will she be here?
- Seung-hyun wants to come.
- Ah, Seung-hyun. - He's coming? - No, I don't like her anymore.
I only like dad.
- That's no.3's son. The one living right next door.
- Who's no.3's son?
- No.3, the daughter.
Sorry but who's coming?
- Tell him it's your aunt's son. - Yes, it's my aunt's son.
- My no.3's son.
- So that's your sister.
- Yes, my younger sister.
- And her son's coming over. - All my children live in this neighborhood.
- He's in 6th grade... - The daughter of our ma'am.
- Who's that?
- Uncle! - Uncle.
- That's a little uncle.
What a tiny uncle!
Aren't uncles supposed to be taller?
An elementary school uncle.
Uncle.
Come here, uncle.
- Come here, uncle.
- He's so adorable. - So you're the uncle?
- Isn't your mom coming? Seung-hyun, is you mom coming?
What grade are you in?
- In 6th grade.
- In 6th grade, and you're an uncle already?
- Yes.
- How did that happen.
At this young age...
- Uncle and grandma at such young ages...
- So you're no.2, the son's...
- No, he's the son of no.3, a daughter.
- No.3's son. - The youngest son.
- So it's your younger sister's son.
- He's my cousin.
- Ah, your cousin.
- You seem much confused... - No, I've got it all figured out.
- Why don't you make a summary sheet...?
- I got it.
- That's our sir...
- I got it now.
- And that's ma'am...
- And they have 3 daughters and 2 sons.
3 daughters and 2 sons. - This is the eldest daughter.
- And then comes no.2, a son...
- A son.
- I think someone's at the door.
Someone's at the door again.
- Daddy!
- Daddy.
Daddy.
It's daddy.
Daddy's here.
There's your daddy. - Hello.
It's so nice to meet you.
- Hi.
Hello.
- Well,
- We drew your family tree.
- Are you Kim Tae-hyun?
- Yes.
- So you're the guy who married at 20?
- She already told you that? - That was a long time ago...
- Now, we must eat. Dinner.
Sit down, please.
- You sit here.
- You show us your normal way of having dinner together,
and then we can eat with you.
Ok.
- Ma'am, please sit.
- (Narration) This is the dinner table
of a 4 generation-family in Jeongneung-dong that combines Korean, Western
and porridge to satisfy the various taste of all 4 generations.
- Ok.
So you're eating now. - Bom, Bom.
- Where is Bom?
- Bom! - Where is Bom?
Let's have dinner, Bom.
- Where is Seung-hyun?
- Seung-hyun.
Seung-hyun, uncle.
- Uncle!
- Uncle.
- Come to the table, uncle.
- Have some bread.
- This is a Holiday feast, people.
Just like in the Holidays.
This is Holidays.
The Lunar Year Holidays.
- Ready, action.
- Hey, hey.
Hey, hey.
- You need something?
Do we have to say anything?
I thought you have an appointment.
- Seo-ung!
- Don't.
- There goes the rice.
- Seo-ung.
Seo-ung!
Let me talk to Seo-ung!
- That's her sister's kid .
- Peekaboo!
Peekaboo!
- She's fond of her aunt's baby son.
- Who is she peekabooing to?
- It's my elder sister's baby son.
- Her biological elder sister.
- Her...what?
What is this?
It's your elder sister's...
Yes, Chae-yeon...
So it's the son's wife's elder sister...
- Let me talk to Seo-ung. Seo-ung!
- Have some rice.
Here.
- I don't want it. - You don't want it?
Will you get off my lap, please?
Daddy has to eat.
Hand that over.
- Cut!
- There's no rice...
We need more rice.
- It's there.
- We need one more bowl.
- That's a new bowl of rice. - Thank you.
Sir, you're resting now? - Yes.
- Yes, sir.
- Thank you for the meal.
- Thank you very much. Thank you.
- There's not much, but enjoy.
- There are also bread, dumplings...
- That's because everyone has a different taste.
- Yes, which led to this variety of dishes...
We've never seen a dinner like this before. Rice & sandwiches & dumplings all at once.
- I love these chives.
- You like it? - Yes.
- Hamburgers?
Who likes breads?
- That'd be me.
- Everyone's taste is so different here.
- I hope you enjoy it.
- Oh, these chives.
I love the chives.
- (Narration) Starting with some fresh chives,
Kyung-kyu proceeds to sandwiches...
- I love the soup.
Is this pickpurse?
That's mugwort soup.
- Mugwort soup? - It's the season of mugworts, isn't it?
-Yes.
- (Narration) Original national sweetheart Yu-ri loves the spring season mugwort soup.
And while the Holiday feast-class
dinner for everyone from the little one's rice to the uncle's sandwich proceeds,
Ho-dong and Yong-hwa are on the search for this house, that house.
- Let's go to the very next door.
An eye for an eye, a door for a door.
- (Narration) So they're knocking at the very next door.
- You ask.
- Ok.
- That movie line, you know...
That king's line.
- Do I...
- ...have the face of King of Busan?!
- Look at the house, does it have the appearance of success?
What do you think?
I don't think so.
- Well, let's give it a try. - Alright.
- Who's there?
- Hi.
Well...
Hi, I'm Jeong Yong-hwa.
- Do you by any chance know Jeong Yong-hwa of CNBLUE?
- I'm coming out.
- Er, well... Sir.
Sing for him.
- I think he's coming out.
- Well then we'll just explain.
Explain this to him.
- Alright.
- Well, sir, we're shooting a show where we have dinner with people...
- Yes.
- ...where we have dinner with people...
- Yes.
- Yes, I'm Jeong Yong-hwa of CNBLUE.
- Why are here so many people?
- Well, this is being aired...
We're making a program where we eat with you.
- Yes, and?
- So we thought maybe we could eat with you...
- Where?
- Pardon?
- Where?
- If you haven't eaten yet, maybe we could eat inside...
- At my house?
- Yes.
- Can't do.
- Oh, alright...
Sir, do you know Kang Ho-dong?
- Hello, sir.
- Unfortunately I can't eat with you, but wait...
Can you wait for a second?
I know someone who might.
- We're fine.
We'll search around a little.
- Sir, is this the village where...
- Yes.
- ...the professors of Seoul university used to form a community?
- Yes.
- But we heard that many moved out.
- Well, the scent still remains.
- Oh, the scent...
Sir, your voice and words are so poetic.
- Well, let's say that...
I'm a man comfortable with writing.
- Alright. Sir, did you know you have a great voice?
- If I knew that 40 years ago, I'd have changed my occupation.
- Hahaha...
- Thank you, sir.
- Maybe there's someone I can recommend.
Is that forbidden in the program?
- Yes, we're randomly knocking on doors, eat together, talk about this and that...
and get to know people.
- You might have more luck in the alleys. - In the alleys?
- Yes, head off to the alleys and try it on those houses.
- Alright. Thank you, sir.
- Have a nice day, sir.
Thank you. - Good luck.
- (Narration) The duo lightened up
after encountering this gentleman.
- He's so nice. Indeed.
- (Narration) They're again on the search for a friendly house.
- Hello.
I'm Jeong Yong-hwa.
- Pardon?
- Do you know Jeong Yong-wah of CNBLUE? - Sure.
- We're doing this show where we eat dinner together and...
talk about this, talk about that...
- Just a sec, please.
- She's explaining it to the family. - They're discussing it.
- Well, we...
- (Narration) Will this house friendly enough to talk about this, talk about that?
- Well, we can't do.
- Ohh!
No!
- No!
What's the matter?
Do you have any particular reasons...?
- Sorry, there are seniors in the house.
Good luck. - Thank you.
- I still have a good feeling. - Yes.
- Let's do our best & eat!
We have to get in and talk about this...
and talk about that...! With people.
- How about this house?
- Let's go.
- Twinkle twinkle little star~.
- Oh my god. - Geez.
- Say hello.
- Hi?
Hello?
- Whoa!
Oh my god, what's all this?
- What happened?
- She said, 'Whoa!
Oh my god! What's all this?'
- Come on, say hello. - Hi!
- Ask if mom or dad is there.
- Hi.
My name is Jeong Yong-hwa. Do you know me by chance?
- Yes. What's the matter?
- If you haven't eaten yet... We're doing this show called
'Let's Eat Dinner Together', where we dine with you and talk about...
- Oh, we've eaten.
- Oh, no. Nonono.
You've already eaten?
- It's just 6:30...
- Oh, hi Kang Ho-dong.
- Yes. - Hi.
We've eaten earlier today. The kids came home early...
and they said they were hungry, so...
What a pity! - We're fine, ma'am.
- The kids came from school early...
- Hello.
My name is Jeong Yong-hwa. Do you know me by chance, sir?
- No, I don't.
- Do you know CNBLUE?
The band. - I'm sorry, I don't.
- (Sings) A loner~
...a loner, ddaradiridarat-doo~.
- I'm sorry. I'm busy now. - Sorry, sir.
- I don't understand.
- Sir, did you have dinner?
- No.
- Sir.
Good evening, sir.
I'm Kang Ho-dong. Kang Ho-dong from TV.
- Hahaha, yes. Hi.
- Do you know me, sir?
- Sure.
- Sir, we're doing this JTBC show called... - Just a second, please.
I smell grilled meat.
- This is grilled meat.
I assume he's busy grilling meat...
...don't you think so?
Like this, 'Just a second'.
Good evening.
- This is grilled meat, meat.
- Bro.
- This is rib! - Not just meat, it's beef.
- No, this is seasoned rib. - Seasoned rib, yay.
- It's seasoned ribs.
Sir.
Sir, are you grilling seasoned ribs?
- Yes.
- I said so.
- That's right.
- Are you having dinner now?
- I'm about to. - Can you wait for a moment?
Hello, sir? - Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
I'm the champion wrestler, Kang Ho-dong.
Let's shake hands.
- Hello sir, I'm Jeong Yong-hwa. - Can we step into your garden, sir?
- Sure, come in. - Your garden is so pretty, with these pebbles.
Were you preparing dinner? - Yes.
- How about if Ho-dong and Yong-hwa went in and talked about this and that...
inside your house...> - I'm good with that, but...
- Yes.
- There are some shy people in the house.
- I see...everyone has to agree... - I know. What a pity.
- I assume your wife is a bit shy...
- I think so. - She's shy? - Yes.
- Ok. See you next time then, sir.
- What a pity. I'd love to eat with you.
- So you're having seasoned ribs...
Seasoned ribs.
- Ribs grilled in charcoal fire.
- I feel like crying.
- Thank you, sir.
Bon appetit.
I can still smell seasoned ribs from here.
- No, it's ribs grilled in charcoal fire.
- Yes. That's even better...
- (Narration) Anyway, it smells like failure.
- Isn't that a car returning home?
Sir.
Hello, sir.
- Are you on your way home?
- Yes.
- Sir, I'm champion wrestler Kang Ho-dong.
- Yes. Good evening. I'm Jeong Yong-hwa. - Yes, yes.
- Can we talk for a moment, sir?
- Sure.
- Today, we're shooting this show from... to you know JTBC, sir?
- Yes.
- We ring on people's doors
and show various people's dinner tables on the show.
The program is called 'Let's Have Dinner Together'.
- Yes.
- Have you ever seen our show?
- Well..
I don't think so. - You haven't yet?
- No.
- We hope we can go in with you, have dinner with you
and listen to your life story.
Talking about this and that... - Er, I think that's a bit difficult...
- Oh...
I understand you also have to discuss with your wife....
- Yes.
- Will you at least discuss it?
Or should we leave...
- I'll discuss it.
- Sir, have you had dinner yet?
- Not yet.
- So you will eat dinner, right?
- I'll be back in a second.
- We'll wait for the good news, sir.
We'll wait at the door.
Don't feel any pressure, sir.
Please consider it.
- Well, I do feel pressured...
...do you always knock randomly..? - Yes, that's our program's concept.
- Huh?
- Well, Kang Ho-dong's here...
- Uh-huh...
- Good evening, ma'am.
We love your garden, ma'am.
- Oh, you do? It's not that pretty.
- We love it. It is pretty.
Ma'am, can we...Yong-hwa and Ho-dong...
- Your husband says he didn't see our show. Did you, ma'am?
I did, indeed.
- We're actually shooting that show now. - I see.
- We met your husband when he came home.
And we thought maybe we can come in...
...eat with you & talk about this & that... - Oh, my god.
- Why don't you share a good memory with us?
- I'm fine with that, but we don't have much, we just came home from work...
- We can wait as long as you want...
Our staffs won't be eating with you.
It's just us two. We even brought our spoons.
- We're glad to have just Kimchi and rice. - Really?
- The house is a mess right now...
- Just have your normal dinner, as always.
Will you be our dinner companion?
- (Narration) At last a house where they can talk about this, talk about that...?
- Will you be our dinner companion? - Ok.
- I'm happy as can be.
So happy.
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks a lot.
- Who's living in this house with you?
- Well, it's me, my husband and our daughter.
- The house is super tidy.
This is pretty. Hurry up, chop chop.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- This is Yong-hwa. - Oh, hi.
- Just a moment please...
- Sure.
- Ma'am, thank you so much, ma'am.
We don't mind what's on the table.
- We really don't have much.
- Ma'am, it's the same in every household.
- I'm actually working too. I just got back from work...
- Ah, you're both working?
- Yes, and this was so sudden...
- Ma'am, you can take your time.
You can do just as you do after work
on your normal day.
Is your daughter a student?
Or did she graduate?
- She's working, too. But she broke her arm skiing
so she had a bandage until 2 days ago. - In a bandage throughout the winter...
- So she can't.
- Sir, why don't you make yourself comfortable?
- Please sit down.
So everyone in your family is working...
You sir, ma'am and your daughter... all of you?
- That's right.
- Your daughter is so beautiful!
You're so pretty that producers might
want to cast you.
- Did you hurt your arm?
- I just removed my bandage.
- We heard you were skiing.
- No, it was the snowboard.
- Snowboard.
I enjoy snowboarding, too.
- Do you?
I don't think I know your name...
- You don't know him?
- He's singer Park Yong-hwa.
- Jeong Yong-hwa. - Ah...
He looks so different in person - Oh...
- Oh.
- Do you know what he does?
- What does he do?
- He's a singer.
- Do you know his group?
- FT Island? - It's CNBLUE.
- I like her...
She's got wits!
- It's the age difference...
- It's her age...
- Do you know any members of CNBLUE?
- Jeong Yong-hwa.
- And?
Lee Hong-gi.
- Lee Hong-gi's in FT Island.
- She's got real wits!
Sticking to FT Island.
Do you know any songs of CNBLUE?
Guess by the rhythm.
You have to answer promptly.
1,2, 1,2, 3,4...
A...
A... - A...
- She still doesn't have a clue.
- A breakup?
- (Singing) A breakup, a breakup~.
- Ah, it's a loner, a loner~.
- Yes!
- Alright.
- That was too difficult.
- Have you been to work today?
- No.
I couldn't go because of my arm... - She is resting.
- Yes, I'm resting.
- She took a sick leave.
- And our sir...
- I run a supplier company. I supply electronic parts.
- Semiconductors.
- Yes.
- It's a kind of electronic parts.
- Alright.
- I'll help you.
- That's fine. Remain in your seat.
We're fine.
- What do you do for living, ma'am?
- I'm working in the same company with my husband.
- Oh, so you work together...
- Yes.
So we come home together. - I'm the Head of Sales Dept.
- So you work together? - Yes.
- Then, our sir here is the CEO...
- Yes, and I'm the chairman. I'm his boss.
- How do you feel about that? - Well...
- Sir, you're commuting with ma'am
and coming home together.
So you're together round the clock, right?
- Yes, almost.
- You must be happy.
- Yes, I am.
I am happy.
- There are pros and cons in everything, isn't it?
- Well, there are much more pros.
- Let's say it in percentages. Out of 100%, pros would be...?
- About 80%.
- What's the 20%, sir?
- Well, the lack of...
...freedom.
- Well, I should quit.
- Do you enjoy a free and indulgent life?
- Indulgent...?
- (Narration) While the CEO is dreaming of freedom...
...the dinner that the duo has dreamed of for so long is ready.
- You can just sit down and rest. - I'll help.
- (Narration) With fresh winter Kimchi...
- Wow, this is...
Is this winter Kimchi?
- Yes.
- (Narration)...and Kimchi stew with deep aroma,
and spicy boiled croaker.
This is the dinner of a working family's
that heals they body and mind after a long working day.
- We have a little segment on our show.
Here, you talk just like usual. Talk like on an ordinary evening.
Action, go.
- Have you been to the doctor's today?
- No.
- Why?
You should go and get physical therapy.
- I'm going tomorrow morning.
- Why didn't you go today?
- I was being lazy.
- Lazy...
- ...you should absolutely go.
You should receive physical therapy more often.
- I'll go tomorrow.
- She drank too much last night.
That made her sick this morning. That's why she couldn't go.
- Mom, why are you saying that..?
- What about it?
- That's totally embarrassing. I specifically asked you not to say that...
- That's why you sipped ramen soup this morning?
Hand me over the remote, will you?
Remote please.
- That's my drama.
- I hate that guy.
- Why, mom?
- He's so...
- Cut, well done.
Did you drink a lot last night?
- She says she didn't drink 'much'.
But she felt a little sick.
- It was a day when you feel sick after a few sips...you know?
- It was one of those days. - I see.
- It all depends who you drink with.
- I drank with my boyfriend.
- Why did you have to talk about that...
- That's what I'm saying! It's so embarrassing!
- There's nothing to be embarrassed about.
That was the truth. Just the truth. - Everyone now thinks I'm a heavy drinker.
- Well she couldn't drink until now because of her bandage.
- So as soon as she got rid of it?
- It was a celebration party.
- Ma'am, will you explain today's menu for us?
Well, this is Kimchi stew.
- I made that this morning.
And this is shrimp and squid salad.
- Oh, I see shrimps in between.
- And some ice fish, too.
- Eyes of fish?
- Yes, ice fish.
- I don't see any eyes...
- No, ice fish. - Is this ice fish?
- The fish used to make jerkies.
- I don't know it, sir.
That long fish resembling anchovies.
- Did you know eyes of fish?
- Not eyes of fish, ice fish.
That fish pressed together in a rectangle shape.
- Isn’t that dried filefish fillet?
- I don't know how to explain otherwise.
How can you not know dried ice fish? - Dried ice fish?
Ice fish?
- Ice fish.
How can you not know ice fish?
- Well, ma'am, do you know why blue colored fishes have blue colored backs?
- Their backs?
They got beaten up?
- They got beaten up?
- Blue from bruises?
- Ma'am...
- You're the best.
- (Narration) Ho-dong forgot all his lines about blue colored fishes
and heals his mind with Kimchi stew.
- Bon appetit. Even if it's not that good.. - It's super delicious.
- (Narration) Even Yong-hwa, exhausted at Ho-dong's chattering hell...
can sit down and have his meal in peace.
- The Kimchi in the stew is so fresh.
- The Kimchi itself is delicious.
- Are you from Seoul, sir?
- I was born in Ganghwa island.
- I was born in Seoul. - I see.
Were you born in this neighborhood?
- No.
But we've lived here for more than 30 years.
We moved to this place in 1988.
- But your cooking is the same
as my mother's when I used to live in Masan, Gyeongsang-do.
- I agree. - Really?
- Anyway, Ho-dong loves ma'am's...
Isn't this a cute name? Ho-dong...
I love your cooking. It feels like home.
Being cute is just something you're born with.
See, I was the youngest in the family.
It just feels like my mom's cooking in Gyeongsang-do.
- I felt likewise. Especially the stew...
- Yes.
- I really loved your Kimchi stew.
It was so delicious.
- You must have been starving.
- (Narration) A home cooked dish is the best dish, no matter where.
- Have some more.
Sure, have some more.
- I love it.
- It was such a small portion.
- This I can take.
- Wow.
- (Narration) Does Yong-hwa have the face of a Foodie King?
Meanwhile, the 4 generation family in Jeongneung is taking about this & that.
- Will more people join us?
- Our son-in-law will.
- My dad. - He's the only remaining one now.
- Whose father is he? - My father-in-law.
- That's my father...
- Wait a second.
- That would be my dad. - Our dad, our dad.
- No, it's your granddad. - It's your granddad.
- It's Kim Tae-hyun's father.
- And Gong Seong-hye's husband.
- This is your family, I see.
- Gong Seong-hye.
- He works at Seun Arcade, and closes up at 7.
- Ah, he works at Seun Arcade... - So he's back by 8...
- It's really hard to meet a family like this.
I mean, what a big family.
Isn't it so? - I lived with my parents-in-law
since I was young. I stayed at their deathbeds.
Mom lived with a big family her whole life. - I see.
- I've been married 50 years...53 years.
And in these 53 years, we were always a big family.
- So many people. - My husband loves a big family.
- From your point of view, what is the biggest pro in living as a big family?
- I believe it's good for my daughters.
- Ah, to your daughters... - They learn a lot from the seniors.
They teach things that I couldn't teach them.
And this house is huge.
So the kids can play around a lot. - I see.
- I saw the garden... - I spotted two gardens.
There's a huge one right in the neighborhood.
- Yes, the royal tomb.
- So they can play all they want.
- Yes.
- This is the best place for children.
- Do you eat out or travel a lot with the family?
- We went to China a couple of years back.
- Our whole family went.
We went to China.
- You must be taking half the plane.
- We rent a whole bus for our family.
- Did you have a remind wedding? - Yes. - Another wedding?
- It was just a photo shoot.
- Aha.
We didn't have another wedding.
- That picture was taken on their 40th anniversary.
- And that one's from their 30th. They take one every year.
- You're a classic case
of a happy, blessed family.
- (Narration) They're a family trying to pass happiness through generations.
- Our sign at the entrance says 'A happy and blessed family'.
- Oh, yes.
I saw it. - Right.
- We open our door for the public once every year.
We hang that sign at the door and leave it open.
Then, people come in and look around.
- (Narration) They also share happiness and blessings with neighbors.
- Well, how do you feel about living in this big family?
Do you feel comfortable?
- That's no problem for me. - Really?
- You must be really adaptive.
- Well, I'm fine with that.
- She's been also living with her grandparents since she was young..
- But wouldn't it be better if you had a separate house?
- Maybe someday. Maybe someday.
- Maybe someday.
- I prefer having family members around. - I see.
- You're wife's amazing.
- That's why he married so young. - I see.
But still you were so young. That was really courageous of you.
That is quite a challenge. - I agree.
- I'm even uncomfortable living with my own parents.
We've been living together for too long.
- How about the younger brother?
- Will you live with your parents after you get married?
- I will follow my wife's opinion.
- Your mom's a little upset.
- He will follow his wife's opinion.
You know, the relationship between a mother-and-daughter-in-law...
- Uh-huh. - Right?
It is said that this relationship just comes with natural tensions.
- But she visited our house so often
whenever she had paperwork to do.
And then marrying my son... - Why don't you praise her to us?
- Well...
She's a good girl.
- She's so charming & friendly to seniors.
- So friendly & nice. - Just like a daughter.
- My sister-in-law's daughter just married
and her son will marry, too.
She told me it's much harder to form a relationship with her daughter-in-law.
- Usually it is so.
- I never thought likewise. It's been always very comfortable with her.
- Then, is there anything you felt sad about?
- Well?
I'm not sure.
Just at the beginning...when her kids were still babies.
I gave her some advice as a granny.
But beside that, everything's fine.
- Why don't you praise your mother-in-law?
- I think she understands me very well, as she herself is younger.
- I see. I can imagine that.
- She's taking care of my kids a lot.
- Still, I imagine there were difficulties.
As she's your mother-in-law...
- As for me, too, it was our differences in educating children.
- The education.
- Yes...
- I see.
And as a man in between...
- Yes.
- How do you feel about the both?
Come on, praise the both.
- Well, as for my mom...
I'm a very stubborn man.
A little hot-blooded, too.
But my mom always showed me unconditional love.
And thanks to her love... - I see.
- ...I could calm myself
and stand as a man, taking full responsibility for my family.
- We can see she's very gentle...
- And always considerate...
- Yes, I've learned a lot from her.
- What about your wife?
- My wife?
I fell in love with her 7 years ago the very first moment I saw her.
Do I really need to say anything more? -Aww.
- Any cons?
- Cons?
- Yes.
- I don't have any cons.
- Come on~
It'll all come up after the shooting.
- No, no.
Not at all.
- (Narration) And while the big family is filled with happiness and blessings...
- Did he meet your parents? - No.
It's not that serious yet.
- Are you a 'geumsappa'(love struck)...?
- Never.
- Do you know the meaning of geumsappa, sir?
- Geumsatba...? (Golden rope around the thigh on wrestling)
- Satba..?
I didn't see that coming...
- It is an abbreviation for someone falling in love too soon.
- It's a nickname used for teasing such people.
With abbreviation...
Well, I'm a geumsappa myself.
- Really?
- Because I fell in love with my wife as soon as I saw her.
Didn't you fall in love with your wife the moment you saw her?
- Not exactly.
- At first, we were friends.
- I see.
- We were friends first. Then, we married after a 4 year relationship.
- How did you meet each other?
- We were working together.
We weren't 'geumsappas'.
We slowly grew fond of each other.
- I imagine you had a first impression
of your wife, sir.
- Don't we look nice?
Everyone says we look nice.
- Saying that of himself... - No, we mean...what was
your first impression of ma'am?
- I thought she was nice looking.
- Really? - Yes.
Isn't she pretty?
- Cut it off...
- Not worried about a potential boyfriend? - No.
I was a confident guy.
- And if she already has a boyfriend, you'd have passed?
- We had likings for each other from the first moment...
so there was no time for others to come between us.
- Sir, that is the very definition of 'geumsappa'.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
What was your first impression of your husband, ma'am?
- He looked a bit naive to me.
- Our sir is like, 'I'm a confident guy..
I'm the macho here'.
- He's just bluffing.
- What part of him was naive? - Well, maybe that wasn't the right word...
- I look like a good man. - I agree. That was a big part.
- And I'm reliable.
- Who proposed?
- I did.
- You asked her to marry you? - Yes.
I told her, 'Marry me'.
- How did she reply?
- Of course, she said yes.
- She said yes right away?
- Not right away.
I didn't say yes immediately.
- Sir, ma'am.
And Ji-young, do you have any wishes for your future?
- I hope that we live together
as a happy family until our children all get married & their children grow up.
And I hope she drinks less...
- I feel the same.
We also have a son. He's married and has his own kid.
I hope that our grandson grows up happy and healthily.
Also, I hope that our daughter finds someone to spend her life with.
- I'll call Kang Ho-dong.
It's noisy at the other end.
- Oh, he picked up.
- They made it? - They made it.
- Who is there?
- Hi there.
- Bro, let me speak to the ma'am.
Let's get both ma'ams on line.
- There are too many ma'am's here...
We have 3 here.
- Get anyone on line.
- Do you know him?
- I don't.
- Say hello.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Where are you located?
- We are right in front of Jeongneung.
- We're at the professorial village.
The house behind the Minimart.
- Aha.
- Ho-dong, say hi to our sir.
- Good evening.
- Good evening, sir.
- Please say hi to each other. Say hi.
This is a huge family. The son, the mom, the nieces...and this boy is an uncle.
Mom, another mom, daughter-in-law, and the father.
And him...I don't remember anymore.
Hey Yong-hwa! - Yes.
- Yong-hwa.
- Hi, everyone. - Hey CNBLUE.
Sing your hit song for them.
- (Sings) A loner, a loner~ Ddaradiridarat-doo~
- He does whatever he's told to do...
- (Sings) A loner, a loner~ Ddaradiridarat-doo~.
- Is Yong-hwa...
- (Sings) A loner, a loner~ so sad my love's over~
Crying over my love~.
- Bro.
Can we talk to Yu-ri, bro?
- Hi, everyone.
- Why don't you sing something beautiful for our dinner companions, too?
- Sung Yu-ri can only do lip synchs.
- I'm so sorry. I'll bring you my album next time.
- She'll send you her album. - Didn't think of that today.
- She can only do lip synchs.
- Come on, just one bar please...
- Promise me~.
- How simple was that.
- Understood. You can do lip synchs...
- Enjoy your meal.
Thank you.
Go!
- Go!
- He talks too much.
- Hanging up right away... - He talks too much.
Why isn't this thing going off?
Alright. He's too chatty.
- He's too chatty.
- You're right, you're right.
He's too chatty.
He's super chatty
...and has a loud voice... - (Narration) Chatty Ho-dong is proposing a deal to his dinner companion.
- How about if our sir gets a weekend of freedom
in exchange of washing dishes today? Us, all men?
- Sure.
- Sir, you have to ask her first. - It's my first time to wash dishes.
You got your freedom.
- I'm free now.
- Let's wash the dishes then, sir. - Ok.
- Enjoy your first dish washing.
- Have you ever washed dishes before? - Yes.
I'll help you.
- It's his first dish washing.
- He doesn't know how to do that.
Look how confused he is.
He doesn't have a clue.
- Am I doing this right?
- Yes.
- Learn how to do it today, and do it from now on.
Your dad's first dish washing ever.
- You should be on air more often.
- So that you can wash dishes more often?
Be thorough.
- Ok.
- (Narration) The guys are doing everything they can to ensure father's freedom...
...while the original national sweetheart volunteered to wash a huge pile of dishes.
- Well done, well done.
That's right.
That's the way to go.
- Let's take pictures. - You don't have your socks on.
- Come sit here, Seung-hyun.
- Is everyone here?
- Yes.
- That's the largest family on Let's Eat Dinner Together ever.
Say Kimchi!
- Kimchi!
- Blessings, everyone.
- (Narration) And the long list of shots goes on with every family group...
And in Jeongneung, where we dreamed of talking about this & that...
we visited house no.35 & 36 who let us eat at their table.
- This was such a good memory. Thank you, Let's Eat Dinner Together.
You have a big family of new fans.
Go, Let's Eat Dinner Together!
- We were baffled at first, but then it was so fun.
- Another good memory to keep in our hearts.
- Wish you all the best, Let's Eat Dinner Together.
Go!
- You practically begged us to come.
So we were like, 'Let's never go there'. - Why are you even here, then?
- What a neighborhood.
- Wow.
- Hannam-dong is known as the residential area of CEOs and presidents.
Think of the UN village.
- This is a tough neighborhood...
- Could we make it here?
I'm slowly feeling the pressure.
- It'd be fun to visit my old house.
Right?
- Were you by yourself? Or were you living together with...
- There is not a single person on the street.
- We didn't see a single one.
- How about this house, Kyung-hoon?
Kyung-hoon, when we go in...
Hey, Kyung-hoon.
- Oh dear...
- And look, Kyung-hoon.
- I think Kyung-hoon's ears will bleed...
- Look at this.
You're anytime welcome, Let's Eat Dinner Together.
- For real?
Let's come back here later.
What a outdoor variety show...
I'm totally exhausted.
Now I know that 'Ask Us Anything' is so easy.
- Your faces are really useless on this show.
- I'll be as cute as possible.
No one's here.
- Not answering.
- How come all the houses I chose are empty?
I'm on the wrong team.
- I should have teamed up with Kyung-hoon.
- There was no doorbell! - Shut up. - You're so ancient and you know that.
- Ancient?
Hey, you!
- I'm never ever doing another show with you.
- Hi, I'm Min Hyung-hoon of Buzz. Do you know me by any chance?
- And he'll even sing for you. - (Sings) I'll wait for you forever~.
...no matter how heartbroken~.
Yay!
- Hey, Ho-dong, Ssamja.
- I got the best partner today.
Talking about this... - ...talking about that!!
- Nice job.
- Way to go, Kyu-clan! - Way to go.
- (Narration) Join us for dinner,
a dinner with the best partners and stories to tell.
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