"if you can't eat this, then you're not korean!" kind of thing. >> anthony: where were you born? >> marc: i was born in new york. >> anthony: you were born in new york? >> marc: yes. >> anthony: and were there 'til -- >> marc: 'til roughly twenty-one. i grew up on the streets, grew up in new york city. it was automatically, "you're a chink." wait a minute -- chink is, isn't that supposed to be chinese? i'm korean. and that's where the whole number one korean comes from. hey, i'm korean and i'm proud to be korean. >> anthony: marc is what's called "gyopo." meaning "korean who's lived abroad." as things get better and brighter over here, more and more people are, like marc, moving back home for the ever more numerous opportunities. >> marc: when i came here, it just felt right for me. i was like, "i'm here! these are my people!" it's like, "this is what i've been missing!" but i was considered not really korean, i guess, you know? i was considered an outsider in my own country. i had, like, this thing going on because it was like, "okay, am i not korean enough if i don't do this? or if i don't drink this? or if i don't eat this?" but there's a certain sense of, "well i want to learn this." if that makes me feel more korean. >> anthony: nice. best part's skin. is this so hard? walk in and eat delicious food and get hammered in the street?