At the age of fifteen, I ate sweet and sour pork for the first time
and kissed a girl who lived next door.
That was a little late, Hyungnim.
How was it?
What do you mean, man?
It was so sweet, hot,
and delicious sweet and sour pork.
[ Episode 1 ]
- Aren't you going home? - Don't change the subject.
So did you get to sleep with her?
You slept with the sweet and sour pork, right?
Hurry, go in quickly!
Are you going somewhere?
I'm going to go and see sweet and sour pork, man.
What?
The taste of fire?
Burnt flavor!
Man, that rascal!
Hey!
The taste of fire?
Burnt flavor!
The taste of fire?
Oh my.
Who was that ?
It's me.
Ah... okay.
Pret... Allez
Ah... I'm so hungry.
I'll just get poked in the back.
I can't do this anymore because I'm starving.
[ Peking duck with crabmeat fried rice ]
[ Deep fried rock cod ]
[ Lobster with garlic sauce and whole abalone ]
[ Soup dumplings and sticky rice dim sum ]
[ Shrimp shumai dim sum ]
[ Pig-faced steamed custard buns ]
[ Sweet and spicy shrimp and sweet and sour pork ]
Hey Poong! When you become the number one Chinese chef,
What happens to Chef Wang?
Chef Wang's contract is coming to an end,
so for sure he should return to China and rest.
Chef Wang's annual salary was 200 million won.
He got a free house and a car.
It's not fair that the Michelin stars he received was due to your work.
After receiving two Michelin stars,
all the banquet hall reservations are asking for Chinese cuisine.
Because of the banquet halls, the hotel reservations are full.
So the hotel got upgraded to a six-star hotel,
and it's because of you, people say.
No one says it's because of me, the CEO of this company.
I'm jealous.
So that's the reason why...
I told the human resources department not to jump the gun yet.
Just wait a few days.
[ Operating Room ]
They told me that you were in surgery.
They're wrapping up now.
I thought it would be too late to make my rounds so I came out.
I still smell the antiseptic on you.
I like this smell.
It's something I don't smell on other women.
I will get married soon.
Soon when?
A week later.
I can take this out, right?
Doctor?
Not yet.
I'm being discharged tomorrow.
One week is enough time.
for you to become mine.
Ah...
The surgery went well.
- Thank you. - Sure.
Thank you.
I need to think about my skin now.
Ah... I'm starving.
- Man... what's this? - Hey!
We are eating Chinese again, huh?
Ah... I'm sick of eating Chinese food.
I feel sick just looking at it.
Don't you get sick of it, Dr. Oh?
This is the only place because of time.
We eat this everyday. All the oil we consume...
I think I'm the one who should get liposuction surgery.
- Look at my tummy... - Oh my.
Please stop... I feel sick again.
Eat your sweet radish to make you feel better.
Hey, where are the red pepper flakes?
You forgot again, right?
Man...
So, Dr. Seok,
you can't forget to visit Room 27.
If you ever forget the red pepper flakes again,
I'll send you to a different department.
What? No, you can't.
I went to medical school to get into plastic surgery to make lots of money.
I spent tons of money on tutoring to get into medical school.
And to hire a tutor, my mom and my grandma...
even worked as maids.
- Let's eat. - Enjoy!
Is she done?
Why didn't you call me?
Sorry for making you wait.
I...
I'll be promoted.
Chef Wang will return to China.
I can open up a practice for you.
I'll work really hard for a few more years and I'll open up a practice for you for sure.
You can't even eat or sleep at the hospital.
I can't have you go through that any longer.
I want you to relax and enjoy your time just like everyone else.
Just like that.
Congratulations.
You must be sleepy. Go to sleep.
- Yeah. - I'll wake you up when we arrive.
So we are almost done.
The hair on the side...
should be shorter.
Ah!
- This much? - More.
This much more?
More. Please, more.
Then you'll look like a gangster.
Do you know me?
If you cut the side real short,
you'll look like a little thug.
I can't do it then?
What is that?
It's not okay.
It's my hair.
I know.
Right?
For men, it's all about hair.
Mister, please cut my hair like a gangster thug's.
- He said he'll be here soon. - Oh, okay.
I'll do your makeup more naturally for the rehearsal wedding photo.
Okay.
Where did it go?
I'll be right back. Both of you, please don't move.
It's the same kind of flower.
It's withering already.
It's okay.
All the flowers wither.
Oh?
Mustache... didn't you shave today?
- We are waiting anyway... should I ask for a razor? - That's okay.
My fiancé is late because he wants to
register for marriage even though our wedding is a month away.
Did you register for marriage?
For the wedding, we decided to have the bride go in first and then the groom.
He says he prepared a performance for me.
What would it be?
We are planning to have three to four kids.
He's so impatient. He's an obstetrician, so he wants to deliver his own babies.
He says that it would be the best if the first person he sees is his own dad.
What do you think about that as a man?
It's a bit embarrassing for me.
Are you upset because your bride is late?
Oh, over there!
So...
It's okay.
You don't need to say anything.
You can be late. You don't need
to say sorry
because you are mine...
because we love each other.
Oppa!
Hey, my fiancé is here, too.
I registered.
- We're husband and wife, Sae Woo. - Oh, I'm so happy!
♫ And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson ♫
♫ Jesus loves you more than you will know Wo wo wo ♫
♫ Stand up doll, Mrs. Robinson ♫
♫ God in Heaven smiles on those who pray, hey hey hey, hey hey hey ♫
Okay, let's forget about it.
There's an offer to buy our building.
Hey!
What's the divorce rate these days?
Was it like seven out of ten or six out of ten?
Pardon?
At least half of them end up in divorce, right?
Let's go.
For us too,
should we register for marriage first?
Tomorrow?
I'm thinking of carrying a razor to the wedding.
I should shave right before the wedding.
What should we do about when we enter?
Should I prepare some sort of performance to entertain everyone?
Are you listening?
Yeah.
Let's have children quickly.
I'll raise them.
For us, you are more successful in your profession,
I'll take paternity leave.
That doesn't mean that you shouldn't take my job seriously.
I'll get hurt.
One like me and one like you.
Even when life's hard and lonely, like for us, two are better than one.
The other guy at the salon is an obstetrician.
Should we have our children there?
You must be hungry, huh?
I made something you would like so let's eat it later.
I don't know about anything but
I'll be cooking delicious meals for you for the rest of your life.
[ M Tower Wedding Hall ]
Next...
It's time for the exchanging of the rings.
Kiss!
Kiss, kiss, kiss!
[ One month later ]
[ Imma ]
[ Dan Sae Woo, age six ]
[ Dan Sae Woo, age ten ]
[ Dan Sae Woo, age 17 ]
Imma, how have you been?
Oh, my goodness! It's been a week.
I missed you so much.
I'll do it for you.
Oppa, you'll get splashed. Move away.
It's refreshing, huh?
So pretty.
Look, Imma.
This is our wedding invitation.
If you want to, you should come.
- Hey - I'll be so pretty.
You always eat the same things... you can eat Western buffet.
If you can run like you used to, it will take about...
- Seven hours to get to our wedding. - Are you kidding me?
Don't you want to run out of this place sometimes? Right?
Hey, if there's a report the city will go crazy.
Let's go.
Yes, I know.
I went to register at City Hall,
and asked about her. I thought that you would be curious...
to know about the lady at the hair salon...
These days, the divorced rate is
five out of a hundred.
Not five
out of ten?
Isn't it a good thing?
Hey, Daughter!
Go out to dinner. It's 300 million won.
I'll enjoy the dinner.
It's part of the wedding gift.
- So spend it all. - I'll eat until I explode.
- Bye, Daddy. - Enjoy your time!
Huh?
What is that?
Hey, it's going, going,...
Hey, what is this?
The light's on, but no one's around.
They're tricking me.
They don't want to pay their bills, so they're tricking us.
Hyungnim, it's not that side but this side. It's the sixth floor.
Why do you keep on going to that side?
Wow, I feel better now.
I thought I was going to die of thirst.
Hey, Bul Tan, you are too noisy! Be quiet!
Hey, do you guys want to see the top of the hotel?
Aren't you curious about how they live?
If someone reports us, we'll be in trouble.
- I told you. - Hey, Hyungnim?
The boss is inside, okay?
[ Hungry Frying Pan Chinese Restaurant ]
Please buy gum.
If you don't have money then don't bother. Don't use a counterfeit bill, you thug.
I heard this restaurant is patronized by gangsters, bar hostesses and criminals.
Do you want to trick this old homeless woman?
Don't you even have parents, you punk?
Yes.
Come back again.
Give me a freaking break!
I'll die tomorrow, you know?
Hey, here, here, here.
Why is it so high?
Oh, man!
Geez... you want to see it, too.
We're almost there. Yes, yes, yes...
More, more, more... keep going.
- Stop! - It's here!
Twenty-first floor.
The best hotel Chinese restaurant in Korea.
Two Michelin stars.
What's this?
They all look the same.
There's no one inside. That means they're out of business.
It's not just us.
They say that life is fair.
It's not that our food is not good,
people these days don't eat Chinese food because it's too greasy.
- Right! I agree! - When our customer said that he
- liked the other place, I was going to blow up. - Makes me mad.
What the heck? It's nothing.
I thought you were watching something risqué.
What the heck?
What's that?
Hey!
The chefs from the hotel are taking a break.
They're not all that great, huh?
I wanted to see their faces.
Why isn't this coming down?
What?
Throw this away.
Throw it away, man.
- Where's the bird's nest? - It's here.
The horse owners must be rich. It's hard to find birds' nests.
Turn it up!
Hey over there, knife handlers!
Yes, Chef!
Onion... is not cut uniformly.
Some aren't cooked and some are overly cooked.
I already told you that Chinese cuisine is all about knife skills.
Cut again!
Yes, Chef!
Knife and fire!
We're tossing all the onions away that've been cut already.
We are behind and you're going to take your time cutting?
Shout out! Chinese cuisine is?
- Flavor from cutting! - Chinese cuisine is?
- Flavor from fire! - Chinese cuisine is?
- Chinese cuisine is about - Flavor from fire!
[ Flavor from fire! ]