I drank a bowl of cooking oil when I was fifteen.
[ 1997, Sacheon Pavilion in China ] Did you drink the entire bowl of oil?
Are you crazy?
We ran out of rice and didn't eat anything for four days in Yanbian.
You know that famous Hwanghee Restaurant?
I was passing by and smelled it.
The smell of nuttiness, crispiness,
and saltiness of oil.
What are you saying?
How can oil smell salty?
Smell it and see how it smells salty.
I found out for the first time.
The one I crave isn't the rice.
But it's the glimmering oil that I love.
So I asked if I could work for the restaurant.
And begged if I could drink a bowl of oil.
So I drank the whole thing in one shot.
After you drank it in an empty stomach,
- What happened to you? - Don't mention it.
I drank three bowls in one sitting.
I had to go right away.
I had bucket load of diarrhea.
I felt so relieved.
My long-suffering congestion had cleared.
Call me oppa.
Would it be okay?
Don't drink oil no matter how lonely you get.
Why not?
This oppa...
will be your cooking oil.
Oppa.
So sweet. Is it the oil?
Call me oppa once more.
Oppa.
Julia Robert is so pretty.
[ Seoul Gukdo theater in 1999 ]
Yes, this is it.
- Shut up. - She's my type.
Don't even say anything.
I don't even remember the last time I kissed.
I totally relate to you.
Do you only like me?
Be quiet and continue with what you're doing.
Let's be free.
[ Hiring Kitchen Staff ]
[ Episode 7 ]
Are you hiring?
Here, you don't need to bring any wedding gift.
Come to my wedding and enjoy a meal.
You're dead if you don't come.
Aren't you the bride who said you'd kill us if we don't show up?
You came to kill us because we didn't come to your wedding?
Are you hiring a kitchen worker?
How about a waitress?
We're hiring both positions.
Where are you going?
Boss told you to leave.
We're not hiring. So leave.
You made our boss bleed that night.
You're lucky. Just go.
Why are you asking?
Hey.
You want to work here?
Do you want to work?
I need 12 million won for a monthly rent.
So including living expenses, I need at least about 15 million won a month.
I'd be a fool if I asked for 15 million won a month, right?
You're not a fool. You're just crazy or out of your mind.
You ate something wrong, so parasites are having a feast in your brain or something.
Shut up.
- Oh, my goodness. - I know.
I'm sorry.
So...
What did it say?
- What about? - I'm just curious.
Curious about what?
Hyungnim. Hyungnim!
Who's the owner? Isn't it you?
Is it possible for all of us to be fired?
Does this make sense?
Hey, stop.
Instead of hitting this, you should hit Poong.
- You. - Yes.
List our restaurant for sale with the real estate office.
Let's sell it.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
Let's push him out. Just sell it, Hyungnim.
That makes me feel better. Yeah, just sell it.
Let's stop Poong from getting his revenge.
It's his problem that he's fired from the hotel.
Who does he think he is? He can't fire us.
You're equally at fault.
We didn't do anything wrong, boss.
We didn't do anything wrong other than my shoulder went out.
Hey!
As a chef, you have to challenge him with your skill.
Not the circus.
It's not because you worked hard making noodles.
You hit it so hard that your shoulder went out. And that's how you survived.
That's circus, not a skill.
Wow, are you jealous because Poong approved me?
- Hey. - Are you jealous?
Hyungnim...
Hyungnim, we worked hard. We didn't do anything wrong.
You, you, you, you...and you.
Your homework is to think about how you would live
and how you would die. Okay?
Geez.
Man.
Hey.
Hey...
What about an operation?
It'll happen soon.
But we...
keep the confidentiality...
of the personal information and the reasons for taking out the bond.
Thank you.
Oh, what's the interest rate?
Did you call your husband?
What happens if I can't pay off the debt?
Do I have to sell myself?
- To where? - To a bar?
Nobody would buy you.
Why not?
You have parasites in your brain.
Oh, Mr. Light.
Can you give me your cell number?
Don't you have my office's number?
If you don't want to, never mind.
What's your password?
What's the use of knowing my number?
When you pay your debt, you can just visit the office.
How come you're not asking for my number?
Well...
Didn't you leave your number at the office?
I only wrote my home number.
Then, that's good enough.
Then, we'll only talk about money matters?
When are you paying, what's the interest rate, and the remaining balance is...
It's no fun only talking about money.
What else is there between the lender and the customer.
Especially with a married woman.
How could a crush go away so fast?
Wait a minute.
When I said that I fell in love at first sight is when...
you were not married. When you were still single.
So, what do you want me to do then?
I was happy when I had a crush.
I loved by myself and I said goodbye by myself.
I liked it.
Doing it alone is miserable. Who says it's good?
Doing it alone isn't love. Forget it.
Who was it?
So, he still doesn't know, huh?
Leonardo DiCaprio.
Leonardo DiCaprio?
Okay, I got it.
I understand!
Right, talking a woman with parasites in her brain doesn't go very far.
Okay, bye.
I had a huge crush on Julia Roberts, you know?
I still have a huge crush on her like crazy.
She's a married woman, too.
You have had a crush on a married woman then.
You still do.
Then I...
will have crush on you.
You poked me like this.
Saying that you're giving me a permission.
- It's not that. - Yeah, it is.
Even if I like you and Julia Roberts,
don't say anything.
Don't be jealous. Answer me.
What?
I'll raise the interest rate then.
You don't need to get a permission to like somebody but...
Okay, then I will.
I will.
[ Wife ]
[ Poong ]
Answer.
- I don't need to answer. - Just answer.
[ Speaker ]
Why?
I...
will do well here.
I'll compete against the hotel.
Face to face.
If you want to.
Come and eat here again.
Come and eat whenever.
I'll open my office on the third floor.
I'll come and eat when I can.
My wife...
Erase that name.
We've been together so long.
I expected to face a time like this.
- Don't wait. - I'm not.
Thanks.
I...
am not a man you can easily dispose of.
I'll make you regret this. I won't wait on you.
I'll live however I want to.
When the time comes, I'll die here!
Am I still under anesthesia?
My Sae Woo looks prettier.
Imma, you handled it well.
Only with words?
You have to live longer with me.
Okay?
Express your love now, not later.
Oh, my... really?
My sweetie.
I'll go now.
The surgery went well, thanks to you.
Everything's good. Thank you.
[ The surgery went well, thanks to you. Everything's good. Thank you. ]
I'm married. Please don't have a crush on me.
Not even a crush. Never!
With respect.
[ I'm married. Please don't have a crush on me. Not even a crush. Never! With respect. ]
Why isn't he replying?
[ A week later ]
[ The person who's standing before you is your true love ]
Ma'am.
Are you here to eat?
Are you hiring?
Ah, yes.
Well, yes.
How much is the monthly salary?
Have you ever worked in the kitchen before?
When you sharpen your knife...
you don't just sharpen the blade.
You sharpen your knife's middle section.
Why?
How many years of experience do you have?
My experience?
Watch carefully with your eyes open.
Kitchen.
If you don't sharpen the middle section of the knife,
the ingredients tear.
When the ingredients tear...
the chef's heart rips also.
What's he doing?
Chef is training the choppers.
Is that all?
I can even do that.
That's super easy.
What? Is that cooking oil?
Chef! Please stop warming up.
And show us the real stuff.
Head Chef Wang! Head Chef Wang!
Head Chef Wang!
It looks as though he's just chopping away.
But it's extremely accurate and precise.
I chopped enough onions to make 10 bowls of black bean noodles in three minutes.
I should pass even if the world turns upside down.
So, did I pass?
- Ahjumma. - Yes?
The test starts now without the showoff.
I don't need to see your knife show.
This is useless. Precise and fast chopping skills don't mean a thing.
That's basic, isn't it?
Are you putting me down now?
- Wow! - It's shocking, it's shocking.
Do you have to be that good, to be a cook?
That's nonsense.
This is Na O Jik and Dan Sae Woo's newlywed home.
Please leave a message and we'll get back to you...
Oppa!
Oppa?
This isn't oppa. It's your lender.
- What are you doing? - I'm waiting for my husband.
- Come to the restaurant on the first floor. - I already ate.
- I'm not buying you dinner. - A drink?
I'd be crazy to buy you a drink.
- You're sick. - I'm not sick.
- Forget it. - I'm fine.
Then come right away.
- I want to sleep. - Come!
I'm disappointed because it's not my husband calling.
Didn't you say that you're looking for work?
Are you giving me a job?
Can you pay me 15 million won a month?
Crazy woman. You're attractive.
Not going.
Don't come then.
What?
- Give me the contract. - Get out before I call the police.
- Call. Go ahead. - You think we'd be afraid of the police?
How's your shoulder?
- I didn't fire you and why didn't you show up? - You bastard.
Please continue.
Hey!
Get out.
What? You think we'd cut your finger off and sign the contract?
Why are you interrupting my employment test?
Who are you? Gangsters?
A group of thugs?
[ Light and Shadow ] [ Hungry Frying Pan Chinese Restaurant ]
You scared me.
A-choo!
Hey, don't laugh.
Sneezing.
- Stop it. - You made me laugh first.
A-choo.
I'm not sick anymore.
Don't have pity on me.
They took out the tumor.
He might live longer than you.
All right.
Come in after five minutes.
I believe there's nothing more to say.
You hired someone, huh?
I'm in the process.
Show him.
Firing an employee is up to you.
But hiring is not up to you.
You heard that, right?
Hey, look at the third clause.
"The tenant is to conduct the business of The Hungry Frying Pan for a year."
"The tenant is in charge of all the financial responsibilities."
"Because the tenant is relieved from paying the deposits..." Listen well.
"he is to follow the landlord's direction in hiring the employees."
Don't be confused.
Our boss is the landlord not you.
So?
You'll give second chances to all the fired employees.
You're insane.
Our guys can be tested just like that lady.
Okay!
Hyungnim, what are you talking about?
We're working at our own place and why do we have to be tested?
Shut up.
So, what is your name?
I'm Chae Seol Ja.
Didn't I pass half way already?
Now...
Come out whoever wants to challenge Chae Seol Ja.
You're not confident?
Oh, no.
If a wok handler is like a father figure,
a knife handler is like a mother in the kitchen.
I can't hire anyone.
The one who survives the competition is our knife handler.
If you're not confident, we'll say no one is qualified.
Step forward.
Come out.
Here's our mom.
Okay, Maeng Dal is the knife handler.
- Okay, compete. - Hyungnim, I...
- Me? - There!
Are you not confident?
He said to come in after five minutes.
Lift up your eyes and see the stars. Don't just look at your feet.
Okay, I took the order.
One seafood with gravy, one black bean noodles,
one shrimp fried rice, and one chicken fried rice.
Take your mak pan. We're serving in five minutes.
What is a mak pan?
You don't know what a mak pan is?
Are you taken?