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anthony: number one selling liquor in the whole world. you have to kick the prostitute so many times. nari: that doesn t count. anthony: get in my mouth and stay there. [ laughter ] nari: she s already dead. anthony: come on. i m getting this, like, weird sense of déjà vu. like, haven t we been in a fish market in seoul at some point in some previous life? [ laughter ] nari: walk down memory lane. what should we toast to this time? anthony: to a triumphant return to korea. second time around for me. nari: cheers to that. gunbae. anthony: gunbae. there s something i m increasingly crazy about. that i ve been craving since i got off the plane. banchan. the spicy, pickley, delicious snackies that accompany your meal in korea. anthony: ah, i miss this. this is, for me, one of the most exciting things about korean food, actually, is the banchan, yeah. nari: banchan? yeah. doesn t that just make you want to drink more soju? anthony: is that a hint or something?
nari: well, let me ask you one more question. what do you think about han now after your trip? anthony: i m brimming with han. i mean, not i mean, i could never actually have han because i m not crane and this is, you know, a genetic, almost cellular thing. i understand, but i it s something i feel that i can really relate to. i m definitely a, you know, revenge is a dish best served cold, sort of guy, but also hot. i ll take revenge anytime i can get it, actually. i need some more chicken. nari: you ate a lot of that chicken. you didn t eat all day did you? anthony: no. i did not love myself this morning. nari: but you felt better after your scrub down. out evil, out, out. go away, evil, punish the evil.
anthony: well you don t have to drink it immediately do you? face plant in that thing. nari: koreans, they just want each other to drink as much as possible. peer pressure drinking. anthony: right. nari: it s kind of a big deal. may i, uh, have another glass please? anthony: korean drinking etiquette 101, you never pour your own drink. younger pours for the older and you never drink alone. how come all the korean guys are so tormented? they re all carrying around some unseen weight. nari: every single korean person is born with this thing called han. which is a deep sorrow and anger. it has nothing to do with upbringing. anthony: right. nari: i mean literally as you re born anthony: it s genetic. nari: yeah, it s genetic. it s in our blood. anthony: han, my favorite korean word. it has many implied and specific meanings but, generally speaking, it s a mixture of endurance, yearning, sorrow,
anthony: dong jib. nari: you can t say that we re unique and we re amazing. anthony: that describes me. i m not drinking this. nari: no, you don t have to drink it. [ laughter ] 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. we re overproducing, overcrowding, and overheating. we ve got aging roadways, aging power grids, .aging everything.