whole korean sensibility, and the world is responding, learning to love what koreans have always loved. the heart of korea is seoul, capital city, a bustling metropolis. futuristic in look and character. population 25 million. look at that. they ve got a selfie stick. everybody is taking pictures of their food. i feel right at home. in october 2014 i went back to korea. this is what i saw. this makes me so happy. the kimchee. make room for the noodles. oh, that s good. should be no surprise that i m in a happy place now. oh, yeah. first night back. right to the market. bunch of unrecognizable and invariably and inevitably delicious food. good to be back, man, good to be back.
nari s changed, and korea, korea has certainly changed. the korean war ended more than half a century ago, but in some ways it s still going. the north and south have been on perpetual war footing ever since. it s a psychological and physical scar. korea is literally split in half, but that s not what this show is about. there aren t many comparisons to south korea s stratospheric rise over the last decade. one of the poorest countries as recently as the 60s, today it claims one of the world s fastest growing economies. the government has been extremely shrewd and forward thinking about selling the world all things korean, underwriting, encouraging, financing and supporting the export of intangibles, things like music, movies, tv shows, food, the
i got the recipe now. it s everything mama warned you about, and it s got it all, baby, and when the music is over, your life will have changed forever. one, two, three. okay. okay. yes. yeah. dating back to famine years of the korean war, scrounging from american military bases, it is a classic example of necessity feeding the mother of deliciousness. hot dogs, canned baked beans, spam, and instant noodles put together with kimchi.
it s everything mama warned you about, and it s got it all, baby, and when the music is over, your life will have changed forever. one, two, three. okay. okay. yes. yeah. dating back to famine years of the korean war, scrounging from american military bases, it is a classic example of necessity feeding the mother of deliciousness. hot dogs, canned baked beans, spam, and instant noodles put together with kimchi. it became an enduring and deeply loved classic.
things have changed since then, i ve changed and i m guessing nari s changed and korea, korea has certainly changed. the korean war ended more than a half a century ago but in some ways it s still going. the north and south have been on perpetual war footing ever since. it s a psychological and physical scar. korea is literally split in half, but that s not what this show is about. there aren t many comparisons to south korea s stratospheric rise over the last decade. one of the poorest countries as recently as the 60s, today it claims one of the world s fastest growing economies. the government has been extremely shrewd and forward thinking about selling the world all things korean, underwriting, encouraging, financing and supporting the export of intangibles, things like music, movies, tv shows, food, the whole korean sensibility, and the world is responding,