pgdki 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 rely time knew abo korean od. either, likei have to find somody's moo to 32 street. nny: there w 32nstreet, likei have to find somody's moo but the was rely nothi wntown. at's actlly why ought weea villagen the 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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in theineties,er cooki astylwase 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 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 reaurant in neyork becse peoplere alws lookinfor mo. you gespoiled how 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 .

home, wah a moe.me [both lahing] w. this usedo beok suni' shoh: i'd thk about at a lot i oped insa, you non-expeed placeor a korn 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, but were loing 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 of our o in brooyn, in oe life basally rather than driving to these amazing korean encles like flushing. make therip here oe a month foneeds insa, b i 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

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robi when i ink of kean foodit's usuly, likestew, so, likethe brh. soondu, i thk,s everytng that reans lo. ohui: 's one omy favore stof dicious fled withyouknow, s silken tof it has cracked stog in i and the broth isnow, s silken tof it has cracked rely--it'sust umami-based, and 's bubblg. it iall thatou wanon a rainy y or a sny day oa hungoveray. heh h. bin: i aays loveo try fferent 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 gauge, it is a 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 restaura, you kn, on our reet ogowanu it's li, ahh,eople geit and pple are nojust getng it bu reallyppreciatg the spe, the od, and e hard work thate're putng in.e spe, thate're putng in.e spe, jenn 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 ju never ptured itor myselfie fullervice a just dolike, an af 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 carebout it.t's like other 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] jenny:aenyeo a the wom diversf jeju iand. the ee dive r seafoo i think korea generaleally adre diversf jeju iand. the strong wom. they a the

epite of tha it's a way for them to survive and make a living, support iteir famies, ani thinksurvive it's rlly grt. they n'tupport st wake and be ke, "oh, ityou know, i feel sick today. i'm t going go to wk." i show upthey havto push emselvesuch like restaunt. teence: li them, jny is ve much a rong pern, and shs not raid. hemother now seeing at she'sone th this ace, andyou know i can sethat she proud. tnny: i tught a l aboutw wh it is tt i wanto cook this reaurant bause thi ther's cking. it more my coing. havg this fedom,

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and e whale. terren: beautil,quid bern. thank u. jey: thankou, bern. you're siling usha ha ha jey: cheer cheers you, bern. terrce, chrs. teence: th's your-hat's ur kind drink. e l.a. r. jenny:eautifulthere's ur e [indisnct].e l.a. r. terren: it's aeautiful ur edrk, berni].e l.a. r. jenn thank y so much rnie. chrs.terren: ches jenny: m. terrce: see,his is grt on a h day. jey: readyor some ignets? rrence: cannotait. jenn well, l's dig i rrence: ank you. jeninsping me tmake the. teence: chrs, chee, and u diey're peect.b. jey: ha haa! aah!a ha ha!

it's snowbalfight rely. jey: ha haa! lookow airy d fluffyhese e. rrenc all tecique.enny:'m sos jenn ha ha h yways, u that wafun. [iistinct atter] shoh: thank u, sir. joy com from e] magement mtings orhe stf gathergs or thstaff al, anit reall-thato me evy day is reall

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