Wednesday Gourmet (Wednesday Food Talk / 수요미식회)

Welcome to the 212th episode of Wednesday Food Talk.

Welcome. - Welcome.

Today's theme goes well...

with spicy seasoning.

It's also fun to debone it in the mouth.

It's so addictive that you can't stop eating once you start.

This dish will keep you away from the heat this summer.

It's dakbal.

We need experts for this theme.

We have two guests who love dakbal.

Her skin got all glowing because she had a lot of dakbal.

Let's welcome Hong Hyun Hee.

Hello.

I'm drawing attention as a prodigy in the beauty industry these days.

I feel like my skin got better...

since I started consuming collagen.

It's really fair. - I feel like it's better.

So I consume dakbal about 3 to 4 times a week.

It goes well with alcohol too.

So I fell in love with it.

Your shoulder muscles got bigger since I had last seen you.

I can't lose the fat on my shoulders.

That's the only part where I can't lose the fat.

She also has it more than two times a week.

She relieves her stress with dakbal.

Here's Dakbal Fairy. Let's welcome Nam Joo.

I love eating food.

I relieve stress with food.

I have dakbal at least once or twice a week.

Since when did you enjoy it so much?

I didn't have it when I was in my early 20s.

I started eating it...

when I was the DJ for the radio show with Park So Hyun.

We had many girl bands as guests.

Many of those pretty ones...

said that they enjoy eating dakbal.

That's right. - Right.

That's how I started eating it even more.

I thought I should have some sort of connections with those girls.

In cart bars, I noticed that...

pretty ones wouldn't eat rolled omelettes.

They just have dakbal.

So I felt like I'd also be pretty if I start eating dakbal.

That's what I thought. - As a beauty item.

That's when I started eating a lot of dakbal.

Jason wouldn't have it because he finds it disgusting.

He says dakbal looks disgusting. - A lot of men don't like it.

He thinks there are so many other better options.

Hyun Hee likes to drink. - Right.

It's a perfect side dish for drinks.

It's so nice because I can have it all to myself...

when I order it at home.

I can fully enjoy it.

There are people who started eating it in the later part of their lives.

I heard from the production crew...

that Nam Joo loved having it since she was in elementary school.

I don't know why I did.

But I loved to go to dry sauna.

That dry sauna sold dakbal on a big tray.

In a dry sauna? - Yes.

I was surprised to see dakbal there, so I tried it.

It was like homemade dakbal.

The sauce wasn't that rich.

The sauce was thin. - Light sauce.

Yes, it wasn't that spicy, and it was light.

It was interesting to see that...

people wore plastic gloves to eat dakbal.

When you were a kid. - Right.

I still ask for plastic gloves these days...

if they don't give them at a dakbal restaurant.

They remind me of my childhood.

I still wear plastic gloves when I have dakbal.

That's right.

As you can see, it's women who are more excited to talk about this.

Men are quiet on this topic.

Please agree with us.

We should write a dissertation about it.

Why do women love dakbal so much?

Men would usually think...

that there's nothing much meat to eat on dakbal.

I agree. I had nothing much...

to say about this week's topic. I don't eat it often.

So I searched about it.

The keywords were, "women", "dakbal", and "reasons".

"Women", "dakbal, "reasons". I'm sure you had some good results.

Women, dakbal, reasons.

I didn't find anything big.

It said that they like how the portion is just adequate.

It's full of collagen.

I don't know about collagen.

To make your skin glowing by consuming dakbal...

Of course, you have a point.

It's just how you feel about it. - Right.

You should consume at least 250 pieces to have a glowing skin.

That's what I thought.

Hyun Hee said dakbal is a good dish for both men and women,

not just women alone.

But I don't get this.

You want to have it all. - That's not it. Actually,

there are many ways to act cute while having dakbal.

Really? With dakbal? - Yes.

The first step for women to act cute...

is to speak like a baby.

Did you burn your tongue? - No.

Once you have dakbal, your tongue goes like this.

Your tongue would stick out like this. It's not forced.

When you have spicy food,

your lips turn orange because of the sauce.

Right. - Because of the gochujang sauce.

Like lip gloss. - Your lips also get swollen.

That's right. - As if you got Botox.

She is so right. - Like Angelina Jolie.

She is right. - Men would then start...

looking at your lips and think that they are charming.

Then you turn your neck like this, saying that it's hot.

You look like a zombie.

You can act cute and flirt with men like this.

On top of that... - Seok Jin can't take it anymore.

I'm good.

I get you.

You can act cute like this.

When men find you attractive,

ask them to get you some milk.

Milk!

What's wrong with me? - I think you are drunk.

If he does get you milk, you two would be a perfect match.

A perfect match. - Nice point.

I noticed that...

women have dakbal with women only. Men have it with men.

I recommend women and men to have it together.

It's a good menu for a blind date.

So there were some...

sociological analyses that...

women generally like spicy food.

It doesn't necessarily have to be dakbal.

This means women get more stressed than men.

There's this analysis that says that is why women eat spicy food.

When you debone dakbal,

you find it pleasant. - Right.

You try so hard to debone it.

You also feel victorious by deboning it.

For me, I start eating it...

with plastic gloves at first.

But I don't use them anymore at some point.

You know why? You'll eventually be left...

with a small piece of bone once you put it in your mouth...

with the chopsticks.

Then I debone the rest of it...

in my mouth. - You debone it.

I use my teeth, tongue, and the roof of my mouth.

Whatever it takes, I try so hard to debone the rest.

That's the fun part. - Right.

But some people find it a lot of work.

They prefer boneless dakbal.

Which one do you prefer, Hyun Hee?

I don't eat boneless dakbal.

I always have the original one.

I love food with textures.

Sea squirt tails, ice.

Sometimes I eat raw rice at home.

Raw rice? - That's how much I like...

food with textures.

You like the crunchy textures. - That's right. I love them.

Maybe my teeth are growing.

My teeth feel itchy. - Your teeth must be strong.

My teeth feel itchy.

Because of that... - They itch?

So I like chewing stuff.

I always have the whole dakbal. I have it when it's hot...

with plastic gloves. I blow it to cool it down.

That's how it relieves my stress. I love dakbal with bones.

How about you, Nam Joo?

I love dakbal with bones. - Of course.

I don't even have boneless fried chicken.

I like biting off food.

That's what releases my stress.

So I always have dakbal with bones.

Women bite it off. Then they talk as they debone.

"Really? That's what happened?" Like this.

Having spicy food relieves stress.

Women get to debone it anyway.

Deboning relieves stress too.

When there are friends to talk with and spicy food,

women can relieve all of their stress.

Most of those who do not like dakbal...

say that they don't like it...

because of the way it looks. - That's right.

They think the way it looks is hard to like.

So if they want to have it,

they choose to have boneless dakbal.

Does anyone like boneless dakbal? - I like boneless dakbal.

Wait, it's not that I like it.

It's just the easier way to have it.

Imagine if it's all stacked up like a mountain and facing me.

I would feel like they would attack me.

Dakbal with bones? - Yes.