jenny ak: kore food is always cfort footo me. that really at i wt to eat at t endf the da robin : well, the ear whernot manyeople relyime knew abo korean od. either, li, i have to find sebody's mom tooofor or i ha to knew abo korean od. either, go to 32 street. mnn there w 32nd street knew abo korean od. either, but the was rely nothi wntown. at's actlly why thought hould op in the wntown. ast villa.y why shohui kim: i remember iat koreafood is tting popur enoughhat we'rjust aving koatown." jenn you mig think sothing cookeds strae,

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chili pper andarlic d fish sce. kimc making like bre making.ou can't it jusgives yobalancbrobin: done witht kimc in it. 's simpleso veatile. nhere thakimchi doesn'fit in, it's reallypleso the esntial it in kore cuine. jenny:f i wereo say, "you know, m, why d't you jt ta a breaknd not me kimchinymore she wou look ate like, ell, wt do you kimchinymore she wou look mean she canust do iwith r eyes csed, andhe flavorare alwa just the. ok. oman speing kore] yes. i learn to cookrom my very song partf my lif a

in theineties,er cooki a stylwas veryncommon, the home-cked styl i askeder one day,ou know,why don' we on a restrant?" a she idot know wt you're lking abt. you'r19." heh heh. i was le, "welli have to a job.et just it." stted kept goi, and hostly, iave thk it alleally woed cause mother'cooking s good. oerwisei don't ba then, iwas justit was a scen when yowatch movies, like, fr the ninies, it' exacy what iwas. thas whatk back then, korean food just di't reallhit downwn.

finitelythere waa desire foit. i haone of t first korean rtaurantsowntown. thinflavors olve. i ink thatn restrant in new rk becau peop are alws lookinfor many choices you have. it was, you know, rd to withem ove e east vlage wasn amazin placto be. i ved in the eas ville when ias 19. robi wow. nny: yea i ownedok su's up ti 2006. ron: mm-hm yeah. tt was, ke, the ly korea restaunt basicly in th area, so used too there lot. had no ea thai would actual be talkg to y,re like, 15ears lat, but--h ha h-here were. jey: it's interesng. robi .

jenny: gto a barcome home, wah a moe. [both lahing] w. thiused to beok suni' shoh: i'd thk about at a lot i openeinsa, you n-expect place f a korea barbec. jenny s, i wou say, the very first in the city to do that. so big hats off, and i'm a huge admirer of her work.

beinin red hk, but othe busleepyn the wier, and the's not lot of pple. shohui: so we wanted tgo to thwhere thpeople we.e. benjin: wherthe peop re, buwe were oking prettyuch in ganus becse close enough, because i knew i was going to be going back and forth all the time. also close to whe the kidwere gng to ementarychool. shoh: mm-m the gesis of ia is reay of our o in brooyn, in oe life basally rather than driving to these amazing korean enclav like flushing. month foneeds insa, b i a alsoome hereo just d regular opping. u know, i wa to makeojanggukt home, u know, ll just to h rt and pk up, yoknow, homthfew ingrients th ito ght not ve at th staurant

cake i'm gon get theall. [caser speaking kore] [shoi speaki korean] [caser speaking kore] what'so great out comi to flushingneighborods like flushingor me as korean what'so great out comi to fmigrant the pple, rig, anwhere yohave korn foods anthe oltraditiolfad fos and shping, d it's like a ltle mi-trip to fos and rea for . it's this is citing. ve ner done ts before we nd a sweepotato hdog, and th we need cheddar cheese. , no, weeed theg, and th we need cheddar ramen hodog. sin it's moi dot, thait is ma with

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robi when i ink of kean fo, it's ually, li, stew, so, likethe brh. soondu, i thk,s everytng that reans lo. ohui: 's one omy favore stew and it a bubblg pot of s silkenofu, it s a cracd egg in i and the broth is rely--it'sust umami-based, and 's bubblg. it iall thatou want a iny day a sunnyay or a hungoveray. heh h. bin: i aays loveo try dierent ondubu, u know, like whenever there's a new restaura openingit's kin of lika food you can t to see, like, this place is

authtic or n. shohui: is a uge, it is a baroter. lik "how isheir jjigae ge?" you ow, and u can totay tell. jj when althese fos cameu knocng, i walike, "a." ain, a ment like"wow." 's just t my anden's azy drm of putng this 'sraom koreabarbecue restaunt, you ow, on o reet of wanus. it's li, ahh, peoe get itnd peopl are not st getti it but real appreciing the ace, ahh, peoe get itnd peopl the od, and e hard work thate're putng in.e ace, ahh, peoe get itnd peopl thate're putng in.e ace, ahhjenn a te thatas very encouring for at haeno s when wfirst ened and di't expecto get riewed in thenew yo times," and

once iad gottetwo star i thout, "oh, goodness." i ta a breakrom the olemyselfid fullervice a just dolike, an ai you wanto have sething tt is a lite biof spinoff on e traditnal dish, yocome to enyeo. terren segur we put lot of love to it, a we had bud it froscratc and we terren segur we put lot of lcarebout it.t's like budother chd for usand, yeahi mean, spend smuch timo ma it ni, make ia place that wcould bevery day yeahi mean, spend smuch timo [indtinct chter] diversf jeju iand. theen ee dive r seafoo i think korea generaleally adre diversf jeju iand. theen strong wom. they a the

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