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Welcome, everyone.
It doesn't matter what kind of ingredients they have.
They always come up with magical recipes.
Here are the 8 magical chefs!
Welcome, glad to see you here.
It's the last day of new year holiday. I hope all of you are enjoying it.
There is one person who's probably in a very melancholy mood right now,
Last week, Chef Choi lost to Chef Raymon Kim..today, he couldn't make it.
Instead, we have Chef San Choi.
If I lose, call me Justin Choi.
- That's too normal. - Then call me Sancho Choi.
- In short, San Choi. - I like that!
Nice to meet you, Chef San Choi.
Hello, I'm Chef San Choi.
- Cheap(Ssan). - Even his name badge says so.
And for the first time in this season, Chef Mihal and Chef Oh joined us.
And there's a new face that you probably haven't seen before.
He's the chef version of 'Avatar' - Chef Yoo Hyun-soo.
- Why is he 'Avatar'? - Can't you tell?
Can you please say hello?
- Oh.... - Hello, everyone.
I'm very glad to meet you all.
I'll try my best.
All right, Chef Yoo.
So this is like a special move for the new year and a cooking show.
Chef Yoo is famous for his modern Korean cuisine.
He has 18 years of professional experience,
and he's from 2012 London Olympic Korea England Embassy.
And he won the gold medal in the national rice cake competition.
And the first Korean to make it to the Michelin. It's quite amazing.
His ponytail...
It looks like an octopus. You know how it's like spread out?
It's the new year, so he's just doing an updo style.
I've seen him when he let his hair down.
He actually looks like a foreigner when he does it.
If you lose, can you let down your hair?
Should I?
That means he's confident.
If he lose, he has to let his hair down for two weeks and sit here.
- Well, I'll just win. - Yes, you can do that.
It's time to meet our guests today.
Since it's the new year,
for the first time ever, we have families as our guests today.
I wonder who visited us today, here they are!
AKMU and Kim Yoon-ah and Kim Hyung-gyu!
It's the first time.
Hello, we're AKMU. Nice to meet you.
- I'm the 'musician' - Oh, individual introduction?
Some may not know.
I'm the musician of the group - Lee Chan-hyuk.
Are you sure you're not the 'Akdong(Scoundrel)' part?
We are siblings. And I'm...
the sister. My name is Lee Soo-hyun.
Adorable.
And they are husband and wife.
Hello, I'm Kim Yoon-ah from Jaurim.
Hello, I'm her husband, Kim Hyung-gyu.
You've been married for 12 years.
And you have a son, Minjae. He's 11 years old?
Yes, he's going to be in 4th grade.
- Already? Soo-hyun, you are... - I'm 19.
Not that much age difference. If Minjae can be very determined to...
(I can be your boyfriend!!!)
(Unexpected future family meeting)
It's highly possible.
- Please take good care of my son. - Oh...
Do you guys know each other?
I've seen them in person for the first time today.
- I really admire Jaurim. - Thank you.
I really mean it. In fact, our new album...there's a song I made inspired by her.
Really?
It's called 'You Know Me'.
I was thinking about her singing style when I made that song.
I haven't heard it before.
Should we hear it then? I want to know how it goes.
You're acting so naturally but I'm the one who's making things awkward.
You know me. I'm like this. Slowly, get to know me better.
You know me, I'm always like this.
I can't hide my feelings well.
You know that.
- Like that.... - All right!
- Very nice. - Singing in front of a person you admire.
It's this part right here - 'I'm like this.'
In those parts...I was...
- Do you think it was a good interpretation? - Yes. Thank you so much.
It's an honor.
And I think Chan-hyuk is growing more similar to GD.
It's my first time hearing that.
He looked like Producer Kim Tae-ho.
- I think your styling concept for this album is good. - And now I look like GD?
I like your style today.
(Denial)
- You don't agree? - Of course not.
I feel more passionate today since the guests are musicians.
- Are you their fan? - Yes. A huge fan.
I've practiced AKMU song for them.
You're going to sing their song?
Do you have to do this?
They're going to edit out my singing part anyway so...I'll do a short one.
When we had musicians as guests, he sang multiple times.
But they all got cut off. Our producers can be very harsh.
I'll sing 'Time and Fallen Leaves'.
- The cameramen can take a break I guess. - It's going to get edited out anyways.
Chef Oh, you should film it maybe.
- 'Time and Fallen Leaves'. Are you filming it? - Yes, I am.
I’m walking barefoot through the memories With the fallen leaves
I’m walking barefoot through the memories
- To the red-stained sky... - Now, it's getting better.
Te guitar is too fast...
(San Cho can't even get the beat right)
Oh, it's supposed to be slower?
Soo-hyun said she wanted to meet Chef Choi
is the chef she wanted to meet in person the most.
- Really? - Yes, I'm a huge fan.
I actually visited his restaurant with my friend.
And I saw the menu but it wasn't like a single dish.
It was too much for me(they were all course meals)...
It was very expensive, right? For a 19 year old girl?
It's expensive even for us.
So we had to tell the staff there...
'I'm not supposed to be here. I'm so sorry' and we came out.
Oh, no....
- Why didn't you just let her eat? - I would have!
- She's only 19 years old. - She needs to eat at her age.
So Soo-hyun was really excited to be here.
'Finally! I can eat his dish!'
Not a lot of musician groups are actual siblings.
I mean you guys have...income...do your parents manage that?
- Yes. - And we get allowance money from them.
Does she give you guys the same amount?
No, he gets twice more.
Because of copyright?
Yes, copyright.
- Because he's the one who writes the music. - Yes, it's 100% his.
Then how many songs have you made so far?
- About 40? - Wow.
My parents manage the money. I sometimes go into the copyright website.
And I just get happy by looking at the songs I made...
Very happy.
How many have you registered with the copyright association, Yoon-ah?
How many is there?
- When I checked... - Oh, you checked?
He knows it when she doesn't even know it.
Lyrics and music...I think she has about 200 songs.
I've been in this industry for a while so...
That's when I thought 'I should really do all the house chores'.
- 'I should work hard'. - 'I should try not to disturb her'.
'I shouldn't hinder her inspiration'....
This is something your mother told us.
With their first paycheck, you bought your parents a set of rings?
- Is it true? - Yes.
When we were young and were living in Mongolia,
we had to only eat rice and soy sauce
because we were very poor.
My parents had to sell their rings at one point...
So when we got our first pay, we were thinking about what we should get them...
and we thought the ring was the good idea and we bought the whole jewelry set for mom.
- They're such good kids. - Very mature.
I'm sure your daughter and son will do that for you one day.
I gave up on this life.
Why? They're still young.
They always want things from me.
- I guess I'll wait and see. - Yes, yes.
Does your agency prohibit you from dating? They’re famous for that rule.
Dos that apply to you, too?
I guess it doesn't really...to me. I mean he never said it articulately but...
I don't think he's given that much attention to me.
I don't believe that.
When we were having a meal together with the CEO Yang,
he like carefully asked, 'can I date?'
And he didn't even think about it. He was like 'Yeah, go ahead'.
- He told Soo-hyun not to date anyone. - Yeah, to me he said no.
'You are a song writer, you can date'.
You need lots of experience to make good songs, right.
Yeah, so I really tried to get lots of different experience.
And that's how 'Last Goodbye' came out for this album.
- It's from my experience. - You have lots of experience?
- Of course. - Adorable.
- You do? - That song 'Last Goodbye'...
it's what I wrote after a breakup.
- He was crying when he made that song. - Oh, no.
There is a demo version. If you listen to it, he does this.
I was the only one who knew that.
Why did she give him such a hard time?
One sad news is that this is the last album you'll make...
before you go to the army.
So not much time left for you two to sing together.
So I told my fans that I'm going to the army after this album.
That means...your partner will change?
No, it won't change...
But we heard that you already have someone in mind.
- I heard that it's already. - Pardon?
We heard that you were very happy about your brother going to the army.
Heard that you already have actor Kang Dong-won in mind?
Kang Dong-won...how should I call him...he's like the male god.
The male god...
He joined our agency and I really wanted to see him in person.
AKMU will always be two of us.
Maybe I'll do a unit or solo activities.
It's time to take a look at AKMU's fridge.
Who are you living with right now?
With mom...our dad travels to Mongolia back and forth.
Oh, still. I see.
There are lots of stuff on the door.
- I guess your mom put this up? - Yes.
'How To Make Shabu Shabu' - grilled dry pollack? Have you eaten that recently?
- No. - She does put it up there but...
We've never eaten that.
Oh she just researches it. She only looks at it I guess.
And here's a meal plan. Breakfast, lunch, snack...dinner.
I made that myself.
For dinner, two eggs, 1 toast ad tofu salad.
Can you live with this? Isn't it too small? Is it okay?
It's not okay. Of course not.
How can you sing when you only eat that?
And for Sunday, you can eat meat and mushroom rice...
In parenthesis it says 'if you feel like you're gonna die then eat them
but only a little'.
'If you feel like you're gonna die...'
But every day, I feel like I'm gonna die so I eat a lot everyday.
I've never seen her trying to eat only a little.
And...'When your body is shaking...'
'1 banana, 1/2 apple, egg white...' When you're shaking...
- But today, don't think about anything and eat. - All right! I'll do that.
Here is AKMU's fridge!
Oh, wow.
I think your mother worked very hard to clean it up.
- I think she organized it too much. - No, she usually does that.
She sometimes take everything out and cleans it up completely.
- She has like a...disorder almost. - She's similar to me.
She always tells us to clean up our rooms.
It's very easy to show you all.
It's been so well organized.
We have different types of sauce in the front.
Balsamic sauce.
Pepper sauce.
They are actually used? Those sauces are part of that recipe.
- But she's never made that for us. - But she did use the sauce.
Oh, really? She did make something I guess.
I guess she experimented a lot. Quite a lot.
I guess she does. I'm very touched.
But I guess it isn't ready so she's just trying them out.
'To make it taste like seafood'. What is this?
- I think it's MSG. - But she said she doesn't use them.
She said she doesn’t?
But there's another one. 'Refreshing Taste' one...
She even has a bottle of it.
- I guess she liked that product. - I think she uses them a lot.
And this shelf...I guess you delivered some food. It's the yellow radish.
And some pickles.
- We get delivery food quite often. - Like what?
My favorite food is sickly spicy rice cake.
- That one's really spicy. - Yes, I love it.
- All right, Soo-hyun likes spicy food. - Yes.
- And the second shelf. - Myungi plants...
- It's my favorite. I love it. - Is it?
Are there more inside? Oh, right.
- Hold on. - That much?
Oh, this whole container.
- When I eat meat. - Yes, it's really good together.
Since there's so much, can we try some?
- Your mom made it, right? - No, she bought it.
- Oh, in that case we don't really need to... - Bought it from home shopping.
Yes, she buys a lot at once.
- Does she do home shopping a lot? - Yes.
- I've never seen that. - The existence of myungi plant in your fridge?
You didn't even know you had it?
I don't think I've seen that on our dining table.
And the third shelf, they are very valuable these days.
This means you're rich. If you have this many eggs.
They're golden eggs these days.
I love eggs.
I can't live without them.
So your mom always has them ready.
And on the bottom, very neatly organized vegetables.
Green onions and carrots.
Do you like all vegetables?
No. I don't.
She always takes out cucumbers from kimbop.
I don't like cucumbers.
But I like cucumbers. But I don't like vegetables like paprika.
I don't like that juicy..that water from it.
You'll like it once you get older.
I used to hate them, too.
But when you get older, you'll want that juicy vegetables.
We like them.
- What about eggplants? - I don't really like eggplants.
But there's message that eggplants and paprika give to you.
You just need to try them more.
I like pangyi mushrooms.
- What about Chan-hyuk? - I don't like white button mushroom...
I don't like that watery part...
But the mushroom has a message, too.
- She can't eat seafood. - I can't eat shelled seafood.
You can't?
Then you can't eat lobster, crab or shrimp?
Um, I do eat those.
- I do eat those. - Then what?
I can't eat clams. And I don't really enjoy seafood.
But I can eat cooked shrimp and crab.
- She can't eat raw fish. - No raw fish.
- How about oysters? - I can't eat them.
But oysters have a big message in them.
It's like filled with message.
They're very young, keep that in mind.
I think this is alcohol. It's wine.
Who drinks the wine?
No one drinks in our family.
- What do you mean? About half of it is gone. - It's for cooking.
Oh, when you cook.
I think Chan-hyuk drinks, though.
No, I've never drank alcohol in my life.
I'm famous for that in YG.
'He refused to drink even when the CEO offered him one.'
You need to learn how to drink from adults. Let's have a drink today.
I think your CEO is going to say it like that.
But I refused til the end.
You can easily make like 50 songs if you drink.
Yes, Lee Juck told me that alcohol can be a good inspiration...
but I don't want to depend on alcohol to write songs.
And now we'll take a look at their freezer. It's pork. For grilling.
And some fresh shrimps.
- And chicken breast? - Yes.
Acorn jelly salad broth.
- Don't they sell this at home shopping channel? - Yes, she buys it very often.
Oh, wow.
I guess she really loves home shopping channel.
I think she's bought a huge amount of cutlassfish recently.
It's from jeju island. There's so much.
Why did she buy so much?
It's all mothers' typical hobby.
And now, the pantry ingredients.
There are a lot of instant food.
Soup, ramen and cereal.
- Whose is this? - They're all mine.
Most of them are his.
He's too lazy to actually cook anything.
So he loves fast food.
All right, so that was AKMU's fridge.
So these are AKMU's requests.
First, 'Did You Major In Songwriting' cooking battle.
'Did you major in songwriting?'
And 'So Charming, All the Followers Will Fall In Love' cooking battle.
'So Charming, All the Followers Will Fall In Love'
First request - A dish that will make you think 'did you major in songwriting?'
- I get very inspired when I'm hungry. - Right, you said that.
But I also want to get inspired when I'm full.
Something that I can get an inspiration from.
It's a difficult one.
And ' 'So Charming, All the Followers Will Fall In Love'.
What kind of dish is this?
I'm a teenager and I like taking photos very much.
And for girls like our age, social media is very popular.
So I want a dish that would look good when I post it on my social media,
something pretty, something my followers will like.
The dish that will get a lot of 'likes'.
So here are the chefs.
1 victory 1 loss. Chef San Choi.
Chef San Choi will be in this group.
And second, Chef Raymon.
Third, Chef Lee Jae-hoon.
Lastly, Chef Yoo Hyun-soo.
So these four will be in this round.
So we'll let Chef Yoo choose first since it's his first time here.
I'll do 'So Charming, All the Followers Will Fall In Love' theme.
He'll be cooking for Soo-hyun.
I want to show her that Korean cuisine can be very beautiful, too.
The modern Korean cuisine plating, it can be very nice.
And Chef Jae-hoon will choose next.
I think Chan-hyuk's personal preference is similar to mine.
I like instant food.
I'll do 'Did You Major in Songwriting' theme.
'Did You Major in Songwriting' theme.
Okay, Chef Raymon and Chef San Choi are left.
Chef Raymon is probably very sensitive right now since...
our ambitious chef, Chef Jae-hoon, said...
that one by one, he'll try to get closer to the MC's seat
and eventually take over the seat that Chef San Choi is sitting in right now.
If Chef Raymon and Chef Jae-hoon compete, there will be some changes.
- I'll compete against Chef Jae-hoon. - You will?
You're going after him?
I have a songwriter in my family so...
I think I can kind of relate to them.
And I really like convenience store food, too, so...
So Chef Jae-hoo and Chef Raymon will compete against each other.
- Then Chef San Choi will do... - ' 'Did You Major in Songwriting' theme.
- On that side. - San Choi.
Chef San Choi and Chef Yoo will be competing against each other.
So the first round is
Chan-hyuk's request.
Chef Raymon and Chef Jae-hoon will be cooking for him today.
It's kind of pressuring.
The winner will get the upgraded seat next time.
Both of them are trying so hard to sit next to me.
Maybe next time, they'll be trying hard to sit in your seat.
Because he is an ambitious man. I'm 100% sure.
All right, can you give them a guideline?
Just one bite.
I have a small stomach. Chewing is like exercising to me.
There are people like that, people who have small stomach...when they chew...
- they get tired. - Yes, I understand.
- He gets all sleepy when he has to chew too much. - It's a hard labor.
So something small but very fulfilling.
(Chef Jae-hoon: myungi plant, balsamic sauce, shrimp, squid, cream cheese, etc.)
(Chef Raymon Kim: ramen, chives, squid, hash brown, oyster sauce, etc.)
Chef Raymon, what are you going to make today?
- 'Is it Raymen?' - Oh, I see.
One of our songs, its title is 'Is it ramen?'
- When we sing first, he can sing in return? - All right, taking turns.
One, two, three...
- Is it Raymen? - Is it Raymen?
Is it Raymen?
Monotone.
You're going to make noodles?
In Osaka, they make okonomiyaki with noodles.
But they don't have any Chinese yam or noodles.
So I'll use ramen noodles.
I'll put the soup base in the noodle,
then I'm going to grill them.
- I love animal ramen. - It's his favorite.
I'm already50% pass.
Good choice of ingredients. The owner of the fridge likes it so far.
The title of my dish is 'K-bop(rice) Star'.
'K-bop Star'!
So you're going to use rice?
They have that pepper paste sauce their mother made.
I'll use that to make rice balls with some seafood.
Then I'll wrap it with myungyi and fry it.
And I'll make a special sauce that will go with it.
All right, we'll start this cooking battle now.
He always makes the opponent nervous,
Chef Raymon, not Chef Kim Duk-yoon!
He is the perfectionist chef, Chef Lee Jae-hoon!
They're fighting for a closer seat to the front!
I wonder who will have to sit in the back next time?
The first round starts now!
(Intimidation)
He's going full force today.
Very menacing.
- Looking over to that side. - He's like glancing sidewise.
One lion and one deer.
But the deer is actually the more ambitious one.
- He's boiling ramen already. - Do you usually put kelp?
Yes.
Maybe you're boiling it too early?
He's going to make it like a pancake so it needs to be fully cooked.
- You don't really like vegetables, right? - No...
(Throws away the vegetable pieces without any hesitation)
He's very aggressive. Chef Jae-hoon, what are you slicing?
I'm slicing squid and shrimp.
I see.
(1. Slice squid and shrimp. Stir-fry in an oiled pan.)
(Getting the instant rice ready)
He just put some pepper paste in the rice.
It's the one his mother made.
Chef Jae-hoon trying as best as he can to utilize the food their mom made.
(On the other hand, Chef Raymon's dish is more customized for Chan-hyuk's preference)
He's going to stir-fry hash browns with onions.
He's going to add shrimps as well.
(Getting rid of water from boiled ramen)
He's adding the ramen soup base.
He's going to use it openly. Doesn't even try to hide it.
- Isn't it cheating? - She thinks it's cheating.
- He's going to win. - We can predict already?
Adding some starch. Mixing it with noodles. That's kind of my style.
Chef Jae-hoon, you need to use something like ramen soup base, too.
I'll cook as if I'm their mother.
All right, he's going to use myungi plant.
And he's making a rice ball. And then wrap it with myungi plant.
That has to be good.
Soo-hyun seems like she really likes it.
Okay, he's rolling two of them.
- Wouldn't it be too tough? - It'll be okay.
- (Getting worried) - No, I'm not.
But he said he doesn't really like vegetables.
Only Soo-hyun likes them.
Chef Jae-hoon, I thought he was going to use like bread crumbs.
But he's making it like the Chinese style tempura.
He's using starch.
Oh, isn't it going to splash?
You don't have enough starch coating.
Oh, he's flustered.
It's splashing everywhere. It's like exploding.
Chef Jae-hoon, he looks very flustered. I guess he'll take them out.
Oh, no. It got ruined.
He said he was going to cook as if he was their mother.
- Oh no. - Oh, Chef Jae-hoon.
- He can just fry them again. - Oh, really?
Chef Lee, why did that happen?
Because he didn't put the starch coating thoroughly.
The water from the myungi plant is touching the oil- therefore it splashes everywhere.
He should've been more thorough with it.
Don't get flustered, you can do it, Chef Jae-hoon!
You're so mean.
I was just trying to encourage him.
- You can do it. - I'm okay.
Remaining calm.
He's adding Camembert cheese.
It's really perfect for young people.
And on the top, he's...
Chef Raymon's ramen okonomiyaki.
Are you going to put vegetables as well? Are you?
I should add some colors, he's an artist.
You should have done that for her dish.
Chef Raymon is in a dilemma right now.
Should I use vegetables or no?
What is he going to do?
Should I put vegetables or no?
Well, it's just the for the final decoration.
It can contain a huge message.
What is he doing?
- Crushing nuts. - Oh, nuts.
Do you like nuts?
Oh, no.
Chef Jae-hoon is paying no attention to that.
(7. Boil balsamic sauce and strawberry juice to make the sauce.)
Because balsamic is very acidic,
I'll add some strawberry juice to make it sweet and salty.
They actually go very well together.
They do.
About 4 minute and 40 seconds left.
MC Ahn will go over there and check it out.
(8. Mix oyster sauce and ketchup. Add Parmesan cheese.)
Oh, it's pizza.
Is it done? Oh, wow.
Ramen okonomiyaki.
(9. Put the sauce on the part that doesn't have eggs. Sprinkle chives.)
(10. Put mayonnaise. Sprinkle katsuobushi.)
(8. Melt the corn soup powder in boiling water.)
(9. Mix pepper, Parmesan cheese, egg yolk to make the corn soup sauce.)
Chef Jae-hoon started his plating.
(10. Put the corn sauce and then the rice bowl on a dish.)
(11. Add cream cheese on the rice bowl.)
(11. Add egg yolk and torch it.)
- Oh, he's torching the egg. - Wow.
He's gong to use those expensive eggs like that?
Two eggs.
- ('Is It Raymen' got completed first!) - He's done.
There are two types of sauce.
- He's adding again. - It's so pretty.
Look so fancy.
'K-bop Star' is done as well!
That's an art.
They made this in 15 minutes.
(Okonomiyaki made with ramen, seafood and hash brown)
(Chef Raymon's 'Is It Raymen?')
Chan-hyuk will decide at the end.
I'll try to slice it gracefully at first.
Yes, like that. It kinda looks big.
- Chewing is tiring for him. - It's a dish made with ramen.
I guess it isn't too tough.
Oh?
At first, it tasted like ramen. But at the end, it tastes like a pizza.
- Isn't it too salty? - No, it's perfect to me.
It looks like it's too salty.
I'll try some more.
There's an egg. I don't think it's a fully cooked one.
He's like digging a hole in the food.
Is that okay?
Chewing that will be tiresome though.
He had to open his mouth very big.
'Is It Raymen' again? 'Is it Ramen'?
- Oh, it's this part. - Is it?
Is it good?
I love egg yolk.
It maintains that yellow color and the ramen noodles...
It's very pure... yet it's still very stimulating.
Pure but stimulating.
I wonder how Soo-hyun will like it.
- Oh. - You can't eat it all at once.
- What is it? - It's good?
(Clapping like a seal)
- You must tell us. - So that we can clap, too.
It's like you go to a restaurant and this is the main menu.
It's like this is the main dish and there are some side dishes.
So it's like 'it has to be good' kind of taste.
(A bite-size rice bowl made with myungi plant)
(Chef Jae-hoon's 'K-bop Star')
The first feeling I get is....
it's going to be hard to eat.
Oh, it gets tiring by just looking at it.
- That's a problem. - He's very honest.
He's trying it now.
'K-bop Star'!
This one has rice in it.
Oh?
- Oh? - (Nervous)
At first, it was good. But what is this?
- You chewed something? - Raisin?
- Oh, what he added with those nuts. - Cranberry.
If it didn't have that sweet taste...
They were all mixed already so...
The end taste is good on the other hand.
I just wish that sweet taste in the middle was gone.
It's...very new and unique.
She said she likes myungi plant.
It's been fried.
Chef Jae-hoon should've cooked for Soo-hyun.
- I don't taste it. - No cranberry in that bite.
- It actually tastes like soondae. - Soondae?
- I guess it could taste like that. - Because it's wrapped with rice inside.
There are no glass noodles in it but I can kinda taste them.
I guess the texture is similar.
- He's trying it one more time. - Listening to his sister's feedback.
- So he's trying it one more time. - Do you taste the cranberry?
- It's there. - No? There isn't?
I guess it's not there this time.
Oh, it's coming. The inspiration!
He's thinking of a new song!
It feels like...first love?
It's probably because he hasn't forgotten it yet.
- After he tries this dish.... - My guitar.
Yes, when you are all inspired!
When he tried Chef Raymon's dish he just said it was good.
I didn't know that I was going to run into you...
in my fridge.
Oh...bite-size...
K-bop star.
All right! 'K- bop Star'!
The day when I first met you.
Any feelings you got when you tried Chef Raymon's dish?
'Is It Raymen? Is It Raymen?'
'Is It Raymen?'
It made me wanna sing this song one more time.
To my ears, it sounds like 'Is it rejection?'
- No. - I really enjoyed his dish, too.
Number 1 is Chef Raymon's 'Is It Raymen?'
Number 2 is Chef Jae-hoon's 'K-bop Star'.
Okay, he pressed it.
For this cooking battle, who will be the winner?
Depending on the result, their seats will change.
AKMU Chan-hyuk's decision! Please show us.
Who's the winner?
AKMU Chan-hyuk's decision! Please show us.
Who's the winner?
(Chef Jae-hoon: Winner)
(K-bop Star: Winner)
Chef Jae-hoon won! He defeated Chef Jae-hoon.
I feel a bit guilty because he kept asking me what I like.
He really tried to be considerate of my personal preference.
On the other hand, Chef Jae-hoon...
his dish made me take a look back at my first determination.
Like my own unique taste in music?
I have similar dilemma when I write songs.
'Should I make songs that general audience will like? Or should I do what I want?'
Chef Jae-hoon chose to do what he wanted to do.
I kinda felt that in his dish.
- His second victory! - Congratulations.
As promised, they will switch seats.
Thank you for the food.
(Chef Jae-hoon's 'K-bop Star': Winner)
('K-bop Star' Full Recipe)
Now, we'll be using ingredients from AKMU's fridge
to do 'So Charming, Followers Will Fall In Love' theme,
the second cooking battle.
This is what Soo-hyun wants to eat.
It's a competition between Chef San Choi and Chef Yoo the avatar.
Chef, San Choi, how are you feeling?
You're gong to compete against Chef Yoo.
Today, I'll be cooking for my favorite artist, AKMU.
And I finally met my match today.
- Very confident. - Yes.
'So Charming'.
It's your first time, Chef Yoo. Are you okay?
Yes, by what I've seen so far in the studio today...
I think Chef Choi, I mean Chef San Choi...
things are not turning out well for him.
So today, maybe I have a chance to win against him.
I mean, he's a very talented chef.
Yes, our Chef Choi...I mean Chef San Choi.
- I keep calling him Chef Choi. I mean he's not even here. - Who is Chef Choi?
- Stop looking for him here. - Hold on, hold on.
- Can I take a break? - Why?
I'm very stressed out right now because of Poong.
I'm so angry. Hold on...
Professional chefs still must be able to cook even in dire circumstances.
He's very upset right now.
If Chef San wins, he'll get his name back.
- It's a chance to get his name back. - He can use his real name.
Instead, if Chef Yoo loses, he'll have to let his hair down.
Not just this week but also next week.
He must sit here, as if he's getting a traditional punishment.
Let us handle your hairstyle.
Please be merciful.
(Chef Yoo: myungi plant, cutlassfish, kale apple juice, galbi, etc. )
(Chef San Choi: milk, shrimp, crab meat, strawberry juice, etc.)
Chef Yoo, what are you going to make today?
It's called 'Cutlassfish and Beef Slices'.
'Cutlassfish and Beef Slices'.
You see beef slices in like traditional royalty cuisine.
I'll be using cutlassfish and galbi as my base.
And I'll put ham in the middle and grill them.
And I'll have three different types of sauce. Soy sauce, hot pepper,
and use cham plant sauce to decorate the dish.
When I just listen to the description, it's really my style.
The way he talks and his facial expression...he looks very convincing.
Very convincing.
It kinda feels like he's an older friend who goes to the same church.
'We believe'.
But isn't this what they do in a Buddhist temple?
(Maybe he's a monk!)
Today, I'm going to make...
It must be l.o.v.e...200% crab meat...
Gosh, I'm so embarrassed.
What did you say?
'200% Crab Cake'.
How are you supposed to sing it?
It must be LOVE. '200% Crab Cake'.
- It sounds so different. - '200% Crab Cake'.
When we say cake, we think of a dessert.
But in western cuisine, they call food that's like in a round -shape - cake.
For instance, shrimp cake, potato cake, crab cake...
I'll be using shrimp and crab meat
to make a very savory dish that sister Soo-hyun will find very 'merciful'.
- Oh, trying to talk like an older friend at a church. - To distinguish himself.
He's like 'I'm better than the monk'....
All right, we'll go ahead and get this battle started.
He's no longer the star chef Choi Hyun-seok. He's just San Choi right now.
He has to regain his reputation, Chef San-Choi.
And the opponent is Chef Yoo, the universal Korean cuisine chef.
Whose name will appear next to
the hashtags on Soo-hyun's social media?
The 15 minute cooking battle starts now!
(Arrogance Attack)
Avatar San Choi. San Choi Avatar.
He's staring out by mincing shrimps.
Adding butter as well.
Oh...
Performance.
(1. Mince shrimp, butter, salt and pepper.)
Crab meat.
(Tough guy)
What was that?
(2. Mix the crab meat with minced shrimp.)
(3. Put the butter inside)
(And fill it with shrimp meat)
Are you going to steam it?
Oh, he's going to steam the cake.
It looks so delicious.
(Prepares vegetables first and puts it on the gridiron.)
(1. Grill green onions, onions and balloon flower roots.)
Oh, he's preparing galbi now.
(2. Add cut marks, put starch and fry them.)
Oh, he's going to fry them right away.
With some starch.
(3. Add sugar to the fried galbi.)
Oh, it's the sauce from the myungyi plant.
Naturalistic food.
And he's boiling vegetables with that sauce from myungyi plant dish.
I'm trying to make the sauce with grilled vegetables.
It will smell so good.
If he has time to explain, I guess that means he's quite relaxed.
- He's very calm. - I know.
(4. Wash flying fish role with cold water.)
(Cuts carrots and tries to shape them...)
He's trying to cut them into a rugby ball shape.
All right, Chef San Choi.
He wasn't like that before.
I guess it's true that he's losing his touch.
(5. Shape the carrots. Put them in boiling water.)
Right now, Chef Choi...
he's coating the boiled carrots with strawberry juice.
But she said she doesn't really like vegetables.
They said they don't really like carrots.
But I will turn them into a delicious dish. I care about Soo-hyun's health.
'I care about Soo-hyun's health...'
(Makes sashimi with cutlassfish and add starch)
Oh, ham.
It's perfect for her personal preference.
He's getting the bones out from the galbi.
He's peeling them right now. He's preparing to cook them.
I wonder what he'll do with those.
I have to put them together with cutlassfish and ham so..
(7. Sprinkle starch powder on galbi.)
He's mixing pork and galbi right now.
I used ham, it will hold the ingredients together.
Cutlassfish, ham and galbi.
Cutlassfish and galbi are have kind of crispy texture.
On the other hand, spam is very soft.
(Chef San starts to make the sauce)
(7. Mix butter and flour)
I think he's trying to make bechamel sauce.
(add milk and pepper to make the sauce)
(Well steamed shrimp-crab cake)
Oh, crab cake.
It's so perfect for her.
(Sizzling)
Oh, he wants us to listen the sound.
About 4 minute and 30 seconds left. I'll go over there and get a closer look.
Not much time left.
I don't think it's sticking together very well.
If you upload this on social media, I don't think people will like it.
They'll be like 'what is this?' It's quite messy.
It's a charcoal fire grill.
So the edge might slightly burn. You must consider that.
Using a very formal language since he's a Korean cuisine chef.
What is that? Oh, cham plant.
Is that kale juice?
(Now he's making the third sauce!)
(11. Mix pear, hot pepper, and roots to make the pepper sauce.)
- Oh, what is that? - It's a special hot pepper sauce.
I mixed various ingredients like pears...
He's working on his plating now. About 3 minutes left.
(Chef San moves his cake and puts bechamel sauce on the top.)
Now, he's working on his plating. Adding carrots...
- Oh, like flower petals. - It's so pretty.
'200% Crab Cake'.
He's putting a lot of effort decorating. Because she's going to upload the photo.
(Chef Yoo utilizing the soybean curd residue)
(13. Microwave the curd residue.)
- He started his plating as well. - Look at that.
Our avatar chef, Chef Yoo.
Very bold. His beef slices.
It actually looks like an eel.
Looks good.
(Serves the sauce as well)
(15. Put the cham plant sauce and myungyi plant sauce on the side.)
2 minutes left now.
- Finish, finish, finish. - What is this again?
- Flying fish roe. - Oh, flying fish roe. It's too much.
Wouldn’t it taste too plain?
Over this side, it looks more appealing visually. Oh, he finished!
You finished?
(Chef Yoo on his last step as well)
(16. Finish with olive oil.)
Chef Yoo is done as well!
Avatar Yoo is done, too. Look at the plating.
He's done, too.
(Perfect for girls who love social media - Shrimp-crab cake.)
(Chef San Choi's '200% Crab Cake')
She's going to take pictures first since she has to upload them on her social media.
- From many perspectives. - Looks very focused.
- Alright. - Are you done?
- Yes. - Okay, she took all the pictures she wanted to.
I'll tr the carrot by itself.
It's an important factor!
I wonder...Soo-hyun who doesn't like vegetables.
Will she like it?
- You can't really taste the carrot. - Oh, really?
Oh, wait. Nevermind, you can.
You can taste the carrot.
- Of course you can taste it. - There's a carrot in it. It's a carrot.
But the taste of strawberry juice is much stronger.
And as you eat, the carrot comes out and
says hello like this...from behind...
When it says 'hello'...
I'm like 'stay right there. That distance is good'.
It has flying fish roe as well.
I think it's going to be so good.
- Lots of techniques were used. - Wow.
This is the fatal one.
This will be the decision maker.
(Will it taste as good?)
What is it? Why?
- It's so amazing. - Is it?
- It's not too plain? - No. Not at all.
You can taste both crab meat and shrimp.
And the roe pops in my mouth...it keeps me interested.
As I chew more, it gets more interesting. It's very good.
Chan-hyuk, you should try as well.
- Together? - With carrot and cake.
I wonder if Chan-hyuk will like it.
Oh?
It's a bite-size.
- Right, right. - It's this. This is what I'm talking about.
For some reason, Raymon and Jae-hoon probably feel like they lost...
It's very savory and pure.
You always use the word 'pure'.
(Superb quality beef slices made with cutlassfish, galbi and ham)
(Chef Yoo's 'Cutlassfish Beef Slices')
The green sauce is the cham plant sauce.
She had some kale juice so I used that.
- What is that white sauce? - It's the curd residue.
- Curd residue? - It's heated soybean curd residue.
It's very Korean. Do you like soybean curd?
Yes, but kale...I used to do detox diet.
And I had to drink kale juice. And I almost grew sick of it.
I don't really like it but just like how carrots tasted amazing,
I think it will do the magic this time, too.
Yes, there's definitely a harmony in this dish.
It's very soft.
One bite. At once.
I'm very curious.
Various ingredients were used so you could probably taste different ingredients.
- Is cutlassfish too acrid? - It makes you think?
- No, not acrid. The flavor keeps changing. - I see. Of course.
At first, I tasted kale.
It was quite surprising. And then I could taste the cutlassfish.
- Then the ham, the curd and then the spicy taste. - Oh, right. The hot pepper paste.
But overall, it creates a harmony.
It's very good.
- Do you wanna try? - Without the kale.
He doesn't want the kale sauce.
He's very picky about food.
The soybean curd sauce. A bite-size.
They're adorable siblings.
Oh...fish bone!
If you give it to him, he'll give you a free voucher to his restaurant.
One more? Oh, no!
He'll have to give you two vouchers now.
By the way, what is this sauce?
It was made with that myungyi plant sauce.
I like this sauce much better.
- More than kale. - So try with that sauce.
I'll go over there.
Try with that sauce.
Oh, there was a lot of kale sauce.
They actually had a large amount of kale juice.
With soybean curd sauce.
Okay, she's trying it.
(Reacts to it right away)
This was it. This is the right one.
Why did you put kale?
I guess I'm not fully accustomed to this program yet.
Yes, you have to listen to the guest carefully.
This is going to be so difficult to choose.
We'll try the two dishes now. So you can think about it while we eat.
Everyone will try now.
First, Chef San Choi's '200% Crab Cake'.
- Try them altogether. - There are some sliced carrots on the side.
I'll try the carrot first.
- It's very interesting. - Yoon-ah looks very happy.
He used all the ingredients that I like. And it's so interesting...
because it has something that appeals to girls and women.
It's so elaborate and cute.
Something appealing to girls but he doesn't even know what that is.
I loved the popping texture of flying fish roe. It was really fun.
It felt like there were fireworks going on in my mouth.
It was delicious.
This time, Chef Yoo's 'Cutlassfish Beef Slices'.
So this is soybean curd?
- It's good by itself. - The myungyi sauce...
I think the soybean curd plays the major role here.
The spam and the cutlassfish kinda have strong tastes.
So I added the soybean curd to balance them out.
I actually don't like canned ham.
But in this dish, this was perfect. It needed this ingredient.
It unites all the ingredients. A great harmony and a very unique type of food.
- It's time to choose now. - It's so hard...
Number 1 is 'Cutlassfish Beef Slices'. Number 2 is '200% Crab Cake'.
- Please press the button. - I did it.
You did? Alright.
We'll check the result.
I wonder who captivated her appetite?
Show us the result!
Who's the winner?
Show us the result!
Who's the winner?
Chef San Choi!
('200% Crab Cake' - Winner)
Chef San Choi!
(Throws away his name badge that says 'San Choi')
He gets rid of his name badge immediately.
- His 2nd victory. - He's the winner.
First of all, I'm a teenager...
I think this dish is more for...people who are like epicures.
I was more attracted to this dish, which is easier
for young teenagers like myself to relate to?
I did make my decision based on my personal preference,
but I think Chef Yoo will really thrive and prosper in the future.
So Chef San, you got your name back. We must hear from you.
Hello, I'm Chef Choi Hyun-seok, who makes simple, minimal yet amazing dishes.
Who called him San Choi?
It was your first time, Avatar Yoo. You must keep your promise.
- It's not very hard. - Alright then, please do so right now.
- Right now? - Yes.
Immediately. Without looking at the mirror.
You have to let it down until next week.
I always let my hair down except when I'm cooking. So it's not that...
Oh, wow!
(A Sinner Over Flowers)
Avatar Yoo!
He looks like Antonio Banderas!
(A traditional Korean character version of Antonio)
I think he looks better with his hair down.
2nd victory. Congratulations, Chef Choi.
- He got his name back. - Don't call him San Choi anymore.
('200% Crab Cake' Full Recipe)
They've been married for 12 years. They're still lovey dovey.
Arm in arm. We often hold hands still.
I think of him as my best friend still.
You've never farted in front of each other?
Then you guys are not best friends!
- When I feel it coming... - He leaves.
Because that smell is a burden that I must carry on my own...
We really like comics..
(Their comical requests!)
Something mind-blowing and shocking.
Oh my. This is so grotesque.
It's beyond imagination.
This is too much.
It's giving me goosebumps.
(If you're curious about this comic art fan couple and their comical requests...)
- Do-doom! - Wow, this couple...
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