Wednesday Gourmet (Wednesday Food Talk / 수요미식회)

Welcome to the 199th episode of Wednesday Food Talk.

Welcome. - Welcome.

Today's topic is...

soft pork with spicy and sweet seasoning.

It goes perfectly well with white steamed rice.

Its spiciness is very addictive.

It's stir-fried spicy pork.

We can't talk about stir-fried spicy pork without him.

It's his 15th year since his debut.

But he's still known as a prodigy of eating shows.

Shindong of Super Junior.

Nice to meet you.

She's known as Dae Jang Geum who can be a good housewife...

with her amazing cooking skills.

She's a talented cook who's also a singer. Let's welcome Jisook!

Hello.

It feels like this week's special is on older generation idol singers.

What do you mean?

It has been long since Rainbow debuted.

Super Junior is one of the oldest idol singers.

We aren't old.

They're like the old boy band, Sobangcha.

Are we that old? - You're Super Senior now.

Come on.

You love stir-fried spicy pork.

I love it so much. I'm not sure if I should say this,

but my nickname is stir-fried spicy pork.

Goodness. - It's true.

Is that true? - My friends have been calling me...

that since a long time ago.

I'll tell you why they named me that.

When we were trainees,

we used to order food together.

When either Eunhyuk or Donghae ordered food,

they asked me what I wanted.

"What do you want, Shindong?"

Some said, "I want kimchi stew."

When they asked me, I said...

"I want stir-fried spicy pork." on my first day there.

They asked me again the next day.

I said I wanted stir-fried spicy pork again.

I ordered the same thing again the day after that too.

I kept ordering stir-fried spicy pork.

Then I got tired of answering for the same thing.

"Don't ask me again. Just order stir-fried spicy pork for me."

Because I ordered it all the time,

they started calling me that.

So everybody knows this story.

I heard this story since he debuted.

Some people might not have heard of this story.

He might love the food more than I do.

But I really love stir-fried spicy pork too.

So when they bring...

lunch boxes for the cast here,

I always taste a bit of stir-fried spicy pork...

even when I've had lunch already or when I don't feel like eating.

I always try it. - That's right.

I do that too. - I don't usually try beef bulgogi,

but I always get to try stir-fried spicy pork somehow.

I can't have it everyday even if I love it so much.

Do you still eat it everyday these days?

I think I have it...

at least five times a week.

What? - Stir-fried spicy pork?

People don't believe me when they hear this.

They think I exaggerate it.

I can't have stir-fried spicy pork five times in a row.

Let's say if I have stir-fried spicy pork today.

Then I would have stir-fried spicy pork gimbap the next day.

Then I would have gochujang pork belly the day after that.

That's how it works.

I always have pork with spicy seasoning.

It makes sense. - Yes.

I can also have pork duruchigi after that.

It hits me that I wish...

there was a stir-fried spicy pork burger for Shindong.

I really want to make it. - Doesn't it sound good?

I really want to make it. - Why don't you make it?

In fact, a fast food brand...

has that menu already.

There's one already. - The brand that starts with L?

No. - It's one of the rice burgers.

Rice burger, I see. - It's from B brand.

B brand. - Yes.

There's one from that brand. - I see.

So I really like that menu from that brand.

Jisook's known as a good cook since a long time ago.

She's very interested in cooking.

I heard that her cooking skill is amazing.

Your dad owned a butcher's shop.

So you had a lot of meat since you were young.

I'm so jealous. - Me too

Really? - I envied that when I was young.

When you are very young during elementary school days,

you get jealous of those whose parents own a stationery shop,

a supermarket or a restaurant. - Chinese restaurants.

But when you get older, you get jealous of those who own butcher's.

It's a higher level.

I was jealous of owning butcher's since I was in elementary school.

He just loves stir-fried spicy pork since he was born.

I was jealous of owning butcher's...

since I was a kid. - Really?

That was fast. - I used to grill meats...

since I was in kindergarten.

When my dad deboned meat,

he left a bit of special cuts.

Special cuts. - That's right.

It's called "Back meat".

He left some parts like that.

I grilled those right away.

Goodness. - That's what I used to do.

Special cuts? - Yes.

I grilled neck chain of beef too.

When you were in kindergarten? - Yes. I did that.

You did that. - You grew up eating a lot of meat.

I'm sure you couldn't eat a lot when you were a trainee.

You have to control your diets as an idol singer.

You're right. So stir-fried spicy pork...

really reminds me of the time when I was an trainee.

I couldn't eat a lot since I had to be on diets.

So...

when I thought about what I wanted the most,

I ended up thinking of stir-fried spicy pork.

Just the thought of it was so exciting.

Indeed. - The sweet, salty, and spicy taste.

I want to eat it even now.

It's a food that makes me think about it like that.

If we talk about eating it, we act like we're hallucinating.

We get really excited. - Yes, nobody dislikes it.

If you eat it with some rice, it's really great.

You can relieve all the stress on the day.

You're right.

My mother used to often cook it for me when I was young.

And it's a popular food that can always be found...

in Korean meals.

They are found in Korean restaurants and snack stands.

Even some Chinese restaurants sell stir-fried spicy pork.

Right. - And when our staff asked,

Shindong said that the best stir-fried spicy pork he had...

was the one he ate during his military service.

It's the same for me too. - Let me explain why.

If I honestly think about it now,

it's not such a delicious stir-fried spicy pork.

But there was a lot of it back then,

and I always thought of a way to eat more of it.

When other side dishes were served,

I got the side dishes in the little side dish cells of my plate.

I thought of a way to get more stir-fried spicy pork,

so I ended up asking to pour it on top of my rice.

If I didn't do that, I scooped rice in the side dish cells...

and poured the meat in the cell for my rice.

There are always people like him. - Yes, there's always that person.

You can get the most like this. - You're really smart.

I have no choice.

I wanted more stir-fried spicy pork...

even if I had to give up on some rice.

Among the stir-fried spicy pork that I had,

I also like the one that I ate during my military service.

Really? - This is why.

When they make it there, they fill this big pot...

full of meat. - Right.

Then they scoop gochujang with a plastic bucket...

You're right. You're absolutely right.

After that, they suddenly bring out sugar.

It's just like that.

Then they bring a shovel.

They make it like that.

But the red oil and the sweet, salty taste are perfect.

But when we were in school,

we didn't have school cafeterias.

All of us had to pack lunch.

But I hear that the stir-fried spicy pork in school...

brings back so many memories.

Yes. Stir-fried spicy pork was a menu...

that we always eat once or twice a month.

But that stir-fried spicy pork...

somehow became my standard for its taste.

When you eat a piece of it, the fat gives a soft texture.

And if you put in a piece of vegetables in your mouth,

the onion also gives a soft texture.

It's because they stir-fry it for so long.

And there are some pieces like this.

Some pieces are folded together, so if you open them up,

they don't have sauce between them.

Right. - You're right.

You're right. - It's because it was frozen meat.