Wednesday Gourmet (Wednesday Food Talk / 수요미식회)

Welcome to the 210th episode of Wednesday Food Talk.

Welcome. - Welcome.

Before I introduce today's guests,

let me tell you the theme for today.

With chewy and gooey noodles,

you can drink up the icy soup.

It instantly cools you to the chest.

Today's theme is summer noodles.

Here are today's guests.

He's known for being a sweet husband.

His love for noodles is also amazing.

Let's welcome Seo Hyun Chul.

Hello.

She used to be Rhythmic Gymnastics Fairy.

Now she's a professional bowler.

She's an athlete who can do all sorts of sports.

Let's welcome the all-around sportainer, Shin Soo Ji.

Hello.

I didn't know that you like noodles that much, Hyun Chul.

I love all kinds of noodles.

I like noodles as well as the soup.

I need soup whether it's cold or not.

What scares me the most is...

when somebody says, "You're so dead. No more soup for you."

There he goes with his jokes.

"No more soup for you." - That's the scariest thing for me.

I usually get torn between spicy naengmyeon...

and regular naengmyeon for a second.

Then I get regular naengmyeon in the end as usual.

I ask people to share some of spicy naengmyeon.

I see. - He likes naengmyeon with soup.

Right.

Soo Ji loves noodles a lot too.

So for the entire summer,

she has noodles for two months. - I eat a lot of noodles.

I usually do indoor sports.

So I get affected by heat a lot when I do outdoor sports.

That's when I lose appetite, and I can only have noodles.

It's easy on the throat because it's cold too.

I always get torn between regular naengmyeon and spicy naengmyeon.

I usually like spicy seasoning.

So I have a lot of spicy naengmyeon...

with dried pollack. - It's delicious.

I can also add radish water kimchi soup there.

When you have it with that icy soup,

it satisfies me in both ways.

So I have that a lot during summer.

Many people can't pick between...

naengmyeon and spicy naengmyeon.

Just like mixed jjajangmyeon and jjamppong, there's mixed naengmyeon.

It's not divided like...

jjajangmyeon and jjamppong.

It's somewhere between there.

It's half naengmyeon and half spicy naengmyeon.

With half full of soup? - Yes.

So it has a bit of soup.

Maybe it's because of the deep taste of the broth...

It's really nice to have this mixed naengmyeon...

when you are torn between...

the two types of naengmyeon. - That's a great idea.

That's like makguksu.

You're right. It's like makguksu.

It's served with spicy seasoning, and we can add soup later.

That's just like makguksu.

You have spicy noodles...

and pour the soup as you eat.

Then you can add a lot of soup at the end.

We all like different noodles for summer.

They mentioned about having mixed naengmyeon.

I always have Pyongyang naengmyeon with soup.

I always have Hamheung naengmyeon with spicy seasoning.

We all have different preferences. What is your favorite...

noodles for summer?

Mine's spicy noodles. - Spicy noodles.

I love noodles so much that I told my family to put...

noodles in my coffin as grave goods when I die.

Grave goods. - He has a lot to put in his coffin.

I would need grave goods.

So you like spicy noodles. But with what kind of toppings?

Kimchi?

I like it with gochujang seasoning.

We can easily get aged kimchi during summer these days.

I chop that into small pieces.

Then I add sesame oil at the end.

I just have it after mixing them all together.

Spicy noodles are good. - They're good.

I heard from the production crew...

that you have a bad memory about noodles because of Hyun Moo.

I have a very bad memory.

I'm probably one of the few Earthians...

who have tried Hyun Moo's food.

Hyun Moo came over to my place.

He cooked for me once.

It's called tomato naengmyeon.

He said he got the recipe from Kim Poong.

It's really delicious.

So he blended... - Tomato naengmyeon.

tomatoes, gochujang, and garlic with a blender.

He said we can have it with ice.

He struggled for a few times while he was cooking.

So I tried it when he was done making it.

If he had known the very basic part of cooking,

he would have controlled...

the amount of minced garlic. - You can't put a lot of it.

But it was just a whole piece of garlic.

It wasn't blended. - It was garlic noodles.

What do you mean by garlic noodles?

He didn't blend it properly. - I can feel the pungent smell.

I thought I had some garlic shot.

It was really shocking.

It was so delicious when Poong made it for me.

The combination of tomatoes, gochujang and garlic...

was good when they were served cold.

But I couldn't control the amount of minced garlic.

Nobody commented on it.

So what's your favorite summer noodles?

For me, I like this spicy instant noodles.

That's my favorite.

I've tried many other brands.

But that sauce is just unbeatable.

I wanted to know how it was made.

So I searched on the internet for the recipe.

I tried making this specific sauce.

But I couldn't make it like that. - You couldn't make it like that.

Recently, that brand launched a separate sauce product.

But I still think that...

I should be able to make the sauce and make spicy noodles at home.

You know what? Many people said the same thing about this.

No matter how hard they try,

they can't make the exact same sauce.

You're a food researcher. - Right.

What can we do...

to make the same sauce? - I know the recipe.

You do?

I'll share it for Seok Jin.

For our viewers,

I'll tell you the recipe to make...

that specific sauce for spicy noodles.

You need these ingredients.

One of the basic sauces you need...

is Worcester sauce.

Worcester sauce? - Yes.

It's a type of sauce from England.

It has anchovies and tamarind extract.

Vinegar and soy sauce. - Garlic, onions and vinegar.

You need these ingredients.

To put it simply, this Worcester sauce makes food savory.

It's a type of seasoning condiment.

They have condiments there too. - I see.

So it has Worcester sauce. - That's right.

You don't need to add a lot of it.

Just put a two-third table spoon of Worcester sauce.

Soy sauce.

Gochujang.

Sugar.

You can put either cider or carbonated water.

Vinegar.

You can put as much sesame as you want.

Then add a bit of sesame oil and stir them together.

I heard it from Yoo Min Sang.

That brand also has the cup noodles too.

Cup noodles? - Right.

You can add young radish...

to that cup noodles.

Then you add sesame oil.

It will be an amazing dish of spicy noodles with young radish.

It's the best noodles just like the one you have in restaurants.

It will surely taste good with young radish kimchi.

Don't buy young radish noodles because it doesn't have much of it.

He told me to buy it separately and add it to noodles.

The one sold in this small box? - Right.

That's a great idea too. - Right.

Kongguksu is Jung Min's favorite summer noodles.

You like it with in thick broth?

I don't like the watery type.

I like it very thick that I'd prefer to use a spoon.

Goodness. Really?

My grandmother used to make it for me.

There are soybeans for noodles and it's broth.

But she made a separate one for us to have it as a drink.

She boiled the soybeans. Then she squeezed them in a cotton.

That was for drink.

But for noodles, she used...

a strainer to make it thick.