Friday Joy Package (Friday Friday Night / 금요일 금요일 밤에)

What food did my friend grow up eating?

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I'm your host, Hong Jin Kyeong.

Here I am today,

where a row of icicles is blooming like flowers.

This is Pyeongchang,

which is famous for its clean water and air.

I wonder which friend of mine is waiting here for me.

Let's find it out right now.

Welcome, my friend!

Hello.

Look at you! - Putting behind

That's awesome. - All the words I prepared

Looking up in the sky - Looking up in the sky

I was quite baffled. - You were?

Normally, I'm the one... Gosh, why am I drooling?

Normally, I'm the one...

who dances at the intro. - Right.

It's nice that you danced for me. - I do everything myself.

Seriously, this is such a big honor.

Did I just dance to "Candy"...

with Tony of H.O.T?

It's no big deal. - Gosh, who knew this would happen?

Anyway, the theme of this show... - Yes.

to visit my friend's home. - That's right.

That's why, up until now,

I've only visited the places of my close friends.

So when I was told that today's friend is Tony,

I was really surprised.

Why? - Because...

this is my first time meeting you.

Seriously, I have never met him before.

I've only seen him on TV.

So I asked, "Why did you cast him when he's not even my friend?"

They said, "Didn't you two go to the same college?"

I entered in 1996. - For me, in 1997.

See? We had some connection. - That's right.

But I've never seen you at college either.

That's probably because you didn't come to school.

I'm glad to meet you. - You know what?

I'm a little confused since you said it like that.

In fact, we ran into each other at some event lately...

and said hello to each other.

Don't you think this is too much?

Look. Don't put me on the spot. - Right.

Did we really meet? Exactly where?

It was a party hosted by a beauty salon owner.

At that party... - I didn't go to a party for years.

Wait, who was it then? It must've been someone really tall.

You and I should quit drinking.

Our hippocampi are quite damaged.

All of my memories are vague.

I have to search through those vague memories.

Anyway, it's so good to see you.

Me too. Thank you for having me. - Right.

So is this where your mom lives? - Yes.

That's right. - This place is really amazing.

She's been living here for about 25 years.

But this is Pyeongchang in Gangwon Province.

What made her decide to live here?

Well, this is a long story.

Why don't we continue inside? - All right.

Let's talk together with your mom. - Okay.

Then why do you feel so familiar?

I feel the same. Actually, we belong to the same agency.

We went to the same college and have the same agency.

It's so strange we never met.

Where should we go? That way? - Ma'am.

You don't know this place well? - That's not it.

There are just too many doors. - Right. there are too many.

Which door is your mother behind?

What is it, hide and seek?

Ma'am, which door are you behind?

I'm here. - It's this one.

Here she is.

Hello, ma'am. - Hi, mom.

Nice to meet you. It's been a while, son.

How did three of us end up here? - This place is nice. Here, ma'am.

Oh, my. This is my favorite. - It's for you.

It turns out I'm fond of flowers. - Really?

Let's go in, ma'am. - Right.

Since this is my first time meeting Tony,

I can't talk to him comfortably. - Feel free to do so.

You even dropped the honorifics back then.

When?

Watch out your head.

Oh, my goodness.

What is this place?

What kind of house is this?

The floor is really warm.

Is this place your home... - Right.

as well as your restaurant?

Now I understand what this place is for.

She already set the table for us.

It's homemade food.

Ma'am, this floor is hot enough for a back massage.

It's so warm. - This is really great.

Gosh, look at all the food.

I have been to many places,

but this is my first time having the table all set up beforehand.

It was for my son. - Ma'am.

I'd cook for him every day if I lived near him.

But I can't since I'm not around.

I always feel bad about that.

Can I ask how you ended up living in such a beautiful place?

I've always liked cooking.

When Tony went to study abroad as a kid,

it broke my heart badly...

since he was too little to live away from home.

So I wandered here and there.

Tony went to the US when he was little?

After he finished third grade.

Why did you send him so early? - For early education.

That was when we held the 1988 Olympic Games.

While I watched it on TV in the living room,

someone said, "The world is one family."

"The world is one family." That words lingered in my ears.

The world wasn't one back then. - Right.

Unlike now. - Even if the world was one family,

he was just a third-grader.

He was really smart even for an elementary kid.

Really? - Stop it, mom.

Because of that, - Did he always get perfect scores?

when I checked his homework sheet, - Right.

his teacher wrote "Seoul National University".

He could get into SNU? - Yes.

When he was a third-grader?

But my memory says otherwise. - Look.

I remember well as I'm your mom. - Normally, on report cards...

He was such a model student.

Although we all know Tony well,

we haven't heard about his story...

of studying abroad as a kid. - Right.

So it's so interesting to hear it from you.

Once my mom starts the story, - Yes.

we can't eat this until tomorrow. - Really?

Go ahead and eat. - Because it takes a long time.

I'll talk. - Is it a long story?

I'll do the talking. - Yes, the story takes up...

about 24 hours at least. - Really?

It takes long. - Then we'll dig in.

While we eat, - Listen as you eat.

please tell us the story. - Right.

My mom always cooks these for me. - Right.

Meat, fritters, and all that. - Just like this?

But I spotted something very new. - Okay.

What is it?

This one.

That one? - How so?

Didn't you cook his favorite dish for today?

It's his favorite dish as well as mine.

But he said he never saw it before.

Right. - I sent this to him once, long ago.

I guess he didn't like it much.

No, that's not true.

I might remember once I try it. - Ma'am.

It's your favorite dish, isn't it?

When it's too hot in summer,

you lose your appetite, right? - Right.

So I went to the village market...

and found out they sell these crabs often.

Small ones like these. - You mean crabs?

But there's nothing to eat. There's not much meat in it.

That's why I just bought these and boiled them down.

With soy sauce?

Yes, like how you make jangjorim. - Like jangjorim?

And it turned out really delicious.