120 miles to the north, a bud house crazy dictator with an enormous standing army, a bad haircut, and a nuclear arsenal. this we know. but the war divided a country and a culture also divided families. altered forever the korean character. the chef s early experience working the mess hall during his mandatory military service led directly to super stardom. now from this unassuming army surplus tent, he beams his cooking show live in more than 50,000 homes today via something called the internet. and he s not the only one. there s competition. lots of it. broadcast eating, it s kind of a phenomena in korea, which is how i suppose i wound up in a tent on the outskirts of seoul. hi, how you doing?
it s a slaughter fest. i ve gotten the poor thing killed like 12 times already today, so i think i m going to hang it up. all right, i m ready for some food. in korea, the food delivery system is really good. really good. a whole bunch of food you can just order. order food while you re playing? yeah. pc bomb sounds like a male porn star, i know, but this one has a smoking lounge and a well stocked snack bar. energy drinks seem a popular order. here in seoul, given that there s an entire strata of professional gamers, more substantial food from time to time is required. no problem. anything you want right to your console. real-life, does it have any attraction? real life? real-life. you know, like non-gaming world.
dead inure mouth. dead in my mouth and staying there. she s already dead. come on. i m getting like this weird sense of deja vu. haven t we been in a fish market in seoul at some point in a previous life? what should we toast to this time? to a triumphant return to korea? second time around for me. there s something i m increasingly crazy about i ve been craving since i got off the plane. the spicy delicious snackies that accompany your meal in korea. i missed this. this is for me one of the most exciting things about korean food actually. yeah. doesn t that just make you want to drink more soju? is that a hint or something? oh, no, no, no.
drink it. anthony: my relentlessly cheerful friend and colleague, nari. she loves korea and all things korean. and wants nothing more than to make everybody love it as much as she does. that s why she brought me here, to the garak fish market. where you find the kind of casual joints i love. i will have, let me see, perhaps, the fish. anthony: i want, uh, some banchan. i want some spicy stuff. well, i ll start off by drinking some soju i think. nari: yes. anthony: i m getting this, like, weird sense of déjà vu. like, haven t we been at a fish market in seoul at some point in some previous life? nari: walk down memory lane. little things can be a big deal. that s why there s otezla. otezla is not a cream. it s a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable.
nice. the best part is the skin. is this so hard to walk in and eat delicious food and get hammered in the street? being korean is pretty awesome. last one. yeah. nighttime in seoul and everywhere you go it seems, food and drink. this is what they call kind of like a pub, if pubs could operate in the street. you could have drinks and, well, i guess you could call it pub food. we re about to go eat some really, really good. welcome to seoul. let s do this. my new friend, mark, helped popularize western style hip hop in korea. an event that led directly to me eating silk worms in a tent. how you doing? good to meet you. thanks for having me on.