[ Episode 29 ]
Why is the knife handler...
and the noodle handler?
- See you later. - I'll be back, Mom.
Come home early, okay?
This can't be.
You're the best knife handler ever.
I know a good noodle maker from my previous work.
Would you hire him if I recommend?
I heard that you're hiring a noodle maker.
I heard about you from Chae Seol Ja.
I'm Im Geok Jung.
I heard...
that you're hiring.
Are you hiring?
Are you hiring a kitchen crew?
Are you hiring a waitress, too?
We're hiring both positions.
Don't our kitchen crew look like a family?
Their homes must be in the same direction, too.
Again.
Chef Poong, keep it short and simple.
Did she make a mistake on purpose?
There are so many people coming in during lunchtime
and it doesn't make sense only one person is serving the hall.
Ahjumma is trying so hard
running here and there. Can't you see that?
Chef, why are you so mean to Ahjumma?
I'll go and see.
Fire assistant can't leave now.
Let go of me.
Give me a minute.
Why is he like that?
Who cares? Let's prepare.
Did you have to let go of Jin Jung Hye that coldly?
Why do you become a different person in the kitchen?
If you are flaming with anger, the other person gets burned.
A bad burn. Hurts her pride, too.
Customers are important, but aren't your employees more important?
This is the reason why the kitchen crew doesn't like you.
Kitchen crew who?
The knife handler Chae Seol Ja, the noodle maker, Im Geok Jung, and you are the wok assistant.
And the one who left, Jin Jung Hye?
I knew the thugs didn't like me from the beginning.
So, why don't they like me? Was I wrong about anything?
Just because you're saying the right things,
you shouldn't say things that hurt a person.
If you insult a person like that because of mistakes,
who'd stick by you?
If you have something to say
you can talk calmly in private.
But you made a fool out of her in front of everyone.
Are you happy that you kicked out
Jin Jung Hye ahjumma like that?
The kitchen is not a place to play.
Besides, I didn't kick her out.
She walked out on her own.
Same difference. You made her leave.
In the end, you kicked her out.
- You're so confident. - What?
Are you on my side...
or the kitchen crew's side?
I can't hear this childish nonsense anymore.
[ Yang Jae Pal ]
What brings you up here?
What is this?
Oh... I just want to display it at home.
Oh, my!
He looks just like you.
Really, just like you.
So cool!
What brings you up here?
I fought with Poong.
With Poong?
He didn't even talk to you, but
Poong was upset with Jin Jung Hye and made her leave.
Don't tattletale.
It's Poong's kitchen.
I'm not tattletaling.
I'm afraid he'll get lonely.
What if Chae Seol Ja or Im Geok Jung leave?
Then Chef Poong can't manage the business without them.
I'm afraid that'd happen.
You came not because of the fight, but because you're worried for him.
Boss.
Poong listens to whatever you tell him.
He only listens to you. He like you so much.
Please tell him to control his fiery temper
and kind to the kitchen crew.
You...
like Poong, huh?
Huh?
Yes.
Can I touch this?
This is a treasure, huh?
I really miss my dad, too.
Can't you just leave this here?
So that I can come to see it whenever I feel down.
- Sure. - Yay!
- Please enjoy. - Thank you!
- Please enjoy. - Welcome.
- Sweet and sour pork. - Sweet and sour pork.
Here you go.
Oh, my.
- Oh, sorry. - Assistant Maeng Dal!
Watch where you're going!
Yes, knife handler.
- Sae Woo, are you okay? - Yes, knife handler.
The skin doesn't look even with too many bumps, Geok Jung.
When you use a rolling pin
give more pressure on your right hand to make it even.
- Again. - Huh?
I just made this, Chef.
Go easy. It's so thin, it's about to get holes.
Thin enough to get holes but not actually have holes, right?
Do it again.
Yes, Chef.
Good job, Dong Sik!
When you make dumpling skin like that, time it perfectly and give him the dough.
If you cut it in advance, the air and moisture will evaporate and dry up.
- Okay? - Yes, Chef.
- Do it again, hurry. - Yes, Chef.
Service!
Who says?
Look at this fried shrimp.
All the heads fell off and the body is floating around. Scary. How can you eat this?
- Again. - Man.
"Man?"
Can't you say, "Yes, Chef?"
Yes, Chef.
- Wok assistant, move the steamer. - Yes, Chef.
- Okay, service. - Service.
Don't repeat after me.
Yes? Huh?
Huh, is not an honorific.
Take this.
Yes, Chef.
So cold.
- Assistant, bring the sweet and sour tenderloin mak pans. - Yes, knife handler.
Why?
- Knife handler. - Yes, Chef.
Mak pan for sweet and sour pork, slice carrots thinly, diagonal cuts for the cucumbers,
chop onions, big chunks of meat,
small dice of pineapples were what we agreed on, right?
Yes, I agreed. That's how I cut them.
Carrots and cucumbers are switched in shapes.
Again.
How can this...
This is because we're missing a person.
I never make this kind of mistakes. What's this?
The tenderloin should be 5 mm thick and 3 cm long, but
it's only 3 mm thick and 2 cm long.
I told you not to save ingredients, right? Again.
It's not like I used too much meat
I used less to make you more money. What's the problem?
It's for me? We all know that's not true.
- Excuse me? - Wow, are you serious?
- Water. - Yes, Chef.
Knife handler, please don't get upset.
You're a wok assistant. You care for the knife handler first?
If you like her that much, be her assistant starting tomorrow.
- Drink it. - Forget it.
- Assistant Maeng Dal, bring me water. - Yes, knife handler.
Service.
Service!
[ Job openings for women: cleaning, housekeeping, restaurants ]
[ Chef Poong ]
You think I'd answer your call?
The call is not going through. You'll be connected...
Is it okay for me to go somewhere while you're doing omakase?
- Where? - It's a secret.
You really like secrets, don't you?
You even want to date in secret.
- Do I embarrass you? - That's not it.
If not, how can you keep us dating a secret from the crew who are like family?
You let her quit even though she was like family?
Fine then.
We'll date secretly forever, okay?
Until we die, family, friends, and co-workers,
no one will know about us dating, okay?
Do you think I like dating in secret?
What? You said it's thrilling.
Wow, why are you so pissy today?
Don't you have anything to say to me?
Nothing.
Where are you going?
It's a secret. So what?
I have...
a secret, too.
Should I just tell him everything?
What if we break up because of this?
Mom and others will find out and they'll go crazy.
The four of you live together as a family?
That you intentionally tricked me from the beginning?
Is Jin Jung Hye your mom?
Yeah, I'm Sae Woo's mom.
Don't date, you two.
Why are you, the slowpoke, her mom?
Since Ms. Slowpoke doesn't like me,
you want to keep us a secret due to your embarrassment.
Is it okay to look down on me like that?
Each of you hid this from me and started working here from the get-go.
I'm stuck in the middle of your family being watched. What is this?
Ms. Jin Jung Hye, why don't you like me that much?
Do I have to spell that out to you?
Yes, you have to spell it out for me. I really don't know why.
- You're divorced. - Your daughter is divorced, too.
That's not even an issue.
You and my daughter are different.
So what's so different about us?
- You don't have any parents. - Mom.
- How much do you make? You don't have a house, right? - Yes.
- Did you graduate from college? - Mom, what are you doing?
I did attend but got a job at the hotel, so I didn't graduate.
Is the college degree that important?
My daughter got...
- Mom, please! - master's degree from the US.
She's the daughter of the bank president.
Her father will be released soon.
She's not the type who should hold a ladle
in front of a wok in a Chinese restaurant.
So what?
How dare you like my daughter? Know your place.
You find a partner who has a similar background and who
are compatible, date and get married.
Forget everything.
Even if you're a millionaire, I wouldn't like you.
A son-in-law like you?
I hate your nasty temper.
I'd hate a son-in-law who calls me a slowpoke.
I don't want someone who knows that I washed dishes
in this kitchen and served black bean noodles here!
Then, we'll date in secret.
We'll date secretly until we die. For the rest of our lives.
Until the day I die, I'll make your heart ache, Ms. Slowpoke.
Please be ready for that.
- Get lost. - I won't get lost.
- Get lost from my daughter! - I can't get lost!
Get lost!
Should I get lost?
Go on a blind date.
No, no, no!
No, I'm so sorry.
No way.
Why do you keep calling me, Chef?
- Um... - You said you'll give me the remaining pay. Give it to me.
I'll go.
I'm sorry.
Thanks to you,
our restaurant got rid of the thug-run business image.
Bringing in customers who were passing by...
You really did great.
The restaurant is not running smoothly already.
Many customers come to see you, too.
When I'm in the kitchen,
I still get anxious. So, my words are...
harsh at times.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Please come back.
As the hall manager of our restaurant.
I ask you.
Can I ask you something, Chef?
Yes, please tell me anything.
I'll listen.
By chance,
do you like Dan Sae Woo?
Just in case, don't like Dan Sae Woo.
You two don't look compatible.
I'm not interested in Dan Sae Woo.
- There's no way. - You're sure, right?
Yes.
Whether to go back or not...
I'll think about it.
You were hungry. Very hungry, huh?
So cute.
You're back early. Where did you go?
You can...
sit here if you want.
I'll forget about our fight earlier.
Why is he acting like that? What good did he do?
Both of you want to come and work in our kitchen?
He's got great skills as a noodle maker.
I heard that you didn't steal the recipe notebook
but someone else stole it.
I only wanted you to come.
I didn't ask you to bring a millstone.
A millstone?
Did you...
just say a millstone?
- That's right. - Let's go, Noona.
Plus, aren't you the one...
who came to my kitchen with Poong causing havoc with your strength?
If you approve my skills,
shouldn't you trust my recommendation, too?
Chef Poong agreed right away at one word from me.
That's a small Chinese restaurant.
I only want you.
No thank you.
Let's go.
Seol Ja!
This is the bird's nest soaked in water for more than 24 hours.
Wow.
So...
this one nest costs 800,000 won?
It's expensive.
So you have to check each strand
and take out any feathers you see.
Try it.
This looks like glass noodles.
What does a person who reserves the whole restaurant
to eat 5 million won meal look like?
We're taking away the most elite VIP of the hotel's VIP.
Dong Sik, you try, too.
Whoa...
So, you guys don't like me either?
Are you asking because you don't know or curious or asking anyway when you know?
I'm asking because I don't know.
- Poong really doesn't have any common sense. - I know.
- Yeah, I have no sense. - Yeah, you don't have it.
Okay, I'm a stupid dumb-a**.
So, you guys don't like me either?
Are there more people who don't like you besides us?
So, everyone in the kitchen don't like me, huh?
This is really thick.
Look.
The skin, fat, and the meat should have a ratio of 1:1:1.
To make chewy braised pork with soy sauce.
Use the soft pork belly that's right by the ribs
so the pork juice comes out nicely.
Put green onions and pour the soy sauce over the meat.
And take this to the steamer.
Simmer for four hours.
The fat will dissolve, giving a clean taste,
and become chewy.
Why are you being so nice to us? You're making us nervous?
You want to teach us all your skills and leave this place?
Are you going somewhere else?
[ Nambu Jail ]
Did you think about it?
Until I'm released,
please take care of my family.
At some restaurant...
I heard they are having a hard time
working and hiding their relationships.
I'll pay you back...
the money later.
Would you like to negotiate?
President,
I'll take good care of
your family no matter what.
What are they...
doing and where are they now?
[ The courthouse ]
Wait, Sae Woo.
There isn't anything more to say.
Accept it.
It's 100 million won.
You declined the house.
This is the only money I can withdraw without my parents' knowledge.
Come out of that restaurant.
Did my mom say that?
- It's okay. - It's because I have pity on you.
- I'm sorry. - You're not sorry. You just pity me.
People who are sorry don't behave this way.
I don't care.
Let me be at peace.
Forget it.
Live the rest of your life without peace.
[ Due to a special reservation, we're closed for the evening ]
Was it you?
The one who purchased all the tables?
Why? You don't like it?
You wouldn't want to cook for me, huh?
What are you talking about? A customer is a customer.
Whoever comes to eat my food, I do my very best.
Please sit here, sir.
One more person is coming. Should be okay, right?
I'll deposit the additional cost.
I just called you and you're here so quickly.
What are you planning?
What plan?
I asked Chef Wang to come and see the skills of a chef whom he trained.
Please sit here.
Yes, Boss.
Taking the Japanese omakase style,
I prepared all the fresh ingredients
using the perfect cooking method.
I present Chinese omakase cuisine.
Chinese omakase?
Just a moment, please.
What are they...
doing and where are they now?
They're working at a Chinese restaurant called Hungry Wok.
They were afraid that they can't get the job,
so they hid their family relationships.
They're working as a waitresses and in the kitchen.
My daughter's name is Dan Sae Woo.
I heard that she borrowed money from you.
I'll pay that money back when I go out.
♫ Once the seasons change ♫
♫ I miss you so much right now ♫
[ Life is that which must overcome itself again and again ]
President...
I'll make sure your innocence...
is proven.
♫ Do you think so too? ♫
♫ Is it only a great memory for me? ♫
♫ In my heart, ♫
This has become...
something...
important in my life now.
By any chance,
do you like my daughter?
She said that I can't even have a crush on her.
She rejected me twice already.
Yes...
I can't...
like her.
No more.
♫ You'll never leave ♫
For sure.