it s hard to explain. more of a feeling, an attachment or a bond between people or sometimes between a person and a place. you ladies want a shot? she s like, i m on the clock. i think i get it, though, even though i haven t seen chung moon in years, we always have a blast when we do. that type of connection must be chung. ready for it. i know you are. roller coaster. i m a little terrified zblt sunsets, the city comes alive, and moon and i head out on the town. seoul is known for amazing street food, but tonight world class fine dining. mitch lynn starred ogm, one of moon s favorites, a place where traditio traditional cuisine is given a modern makeover.
what is that. that s a big part of our job when i was just educating people, and to me i m really intrigued by looking at handmade cupture and drug culture, an enormous amount of parallels. you can t industrialize at a mass scale. same thing here, it s hard to mass produce you can t mass produce time, and that s what it needs. starting in seoul where everything is fast, fast. everything slows down after you leave the city. every conversation we ve had about is how long these processes take, how slow everything goes. how do you deal with that juxtaposition between the more modern, never fast enough culture in seoul and taking the time to do things in the countryside, as much as it should be taken. taking time is very important for the artesinal we make that, and then ancestors from
we are blessed with great weather for my last day. ancient forests, sprawling coastal highways, that rich black volcanic soil and mount hollison in the middle, the largest peak in all of korea, but the island s greatest treasure is maybe these women. legendary free divers known as seawomen. they don t use scuba gear or modern equipment and have been harvesting shellfish off the coast since at least the 17th century. most of them are 50 and older. we re meeting with a newcomer. yihan left her old life in seoul behind hoping to learn this ancient profession. she s sharing her morning catch with us and we plan to use it
to make the perfect fisherman s lunch. i m going to make some ramen with the turban shells you caught. we re going to sit over here and drink. the soup base and noodles are in, the shrimp and shells. all it needs is an egg and some green hot peppers. that is awesome. oh, thank you. you re welcome. i did my countrymen proud because the noodles are pretty these are the fanciest noodles i ve ever had. i grew up eating ramen almost every day. yeah? we doctor it up, not this fancy. we put an egg in it, sausage. is this something you knew about in seoul or pretty