province in china. david: been coming here for about two years now. anthony: uh-huh? david: there s no one ever in here. every time i ve ever come in i don t understand how they re open. they re the best dumplings i ve ever had. maybe people just get them to go. anthony: right. david: they all look like buttholes, actually. [ laughs ] but anthony: kind of. yeah, pre-prolapse. [ laughter ] anthony: wang mandu. king dumpling. thick dough, stuffed to the gills with pork, kimchi, and vegetables. precisely made, weighed, and crimped. steamed until soft. eat. anthony: wow. that s nearly the size of your head. david: yeah, you know, it s like pizza. i ll eat them cold, too. anthony: right. david: save two and have them for dinner. anthony: and mandu. smaller, with thinner dumpling skins, served with red chili paste. david: those are the dessert ones. those got red bean in it. anthony: oh, god. wow.
hungry people have been waiting in cars or around the corner ever since the twitter announcement 30 minutes ago. roy choi: yeah, this is just anthony: i feel guilty. i m jumping the line, right? wow. what s the longest line you ve ever had at one of these things? roy choi: 600. anthony: 600 people for one truck? roy choi: yeah. anthony: the kogi taco double-caramelized korean barbecue short rib on fresh corn tortilla, salsa roja, cilantro-onion- lime relish, and a napa cabbage/romaine slaw in a chili-soy vinaigrette. oh yeah. roy choi: the, the rep for kogi is that we go everywhere. we go to every single corner of the county and the city. we re not just going to the hip areas. anthony: what about fantastically what about bel air? can you pull up, like, on a corner in a residential area in bel air? roy choi: yeah, yeah. we go anthony: what happens there? do you get rousted, or ? roy choi: no, no, they come out in the versace robe and, uh - - anthony: tha
[ laughter ] but now she s telling me she s going to be the best artist in the world. so, she s very competitive. she said she s going to destroy me. jane: awesome. [ laughter ] anthony: food is ready. david: so, do you want to explain what everything is, mom? jane: the food i prepared tonight is a very common korean food. which is a beef ribs, uh, stew. david: the kimchi s looking fresh. jane: yeah, the kimchi s fresh. jim: today is, uh, chestnut rice. jane: no one has this kind of rice. david: it s a special rice. jane: special rice for anthony, you know. david: and then stuffed peppers. jane: oh, that s david s favorite. anthony: chung po mook seaweed and jellied mung bean. japchae vermicelli noodles with shiitake mushrooms and vegetables. avocado egg rolls, fried squid, and shrimps. potato pancake. often at the cho house there s a few mexican dishes sprinkled in as well. it is always a great meal, i can
i ll show you my dad s painting. hey, dad? jim: yeah? david: hey, come over here for a second. when did you paint this, dad? 30 years ago? jim: uh, 73. 1973. david: every christmas, he unrolls it, um, and just, like, scotch tapes it to the wall. [ chuckles ] david: and my mom s the artist in the family, now. anthony: so, this is a family of artists. [ chuckles ] anthony: the chos are devout christians, which is not unusual in the korean community. but they are unusual in that they re both artists of a sort. jane treats the house like an ongoing art project, drawing sunglasses on family pictures, stapling angels to dave s paintings that have hung in the white house, getting crazy with the glue gun, adorning wreaths with happy meal toys, sticker- bombing the kitchen with birds, cows, spaceships piloted by her three boys. she is relentlessly, energetically, and inarguably creative. david: she brainwashed me. from the time we were kids, she d, she was like, you re the bes
david: in some occasions, anthropologists have recognized han as cultural-specific medical condition. someone who dies of han is jane: right. david: is said to have died of [ speaking korean ] [ speaking korean ] jane: it s a heartburn. it s heartburn. anthony: wow. i mean, it s been described to me in a way that made it sound benign. this is a burning, uh, sense of injustice, besiegement, and, and desire for revenge. david: the han is the reason why, like, we are who we are. but it s also the same reason why i won t marry a korean woman. [ laughter ] jane: no. you never know. david: no, i know, mom. jane: he s cute. approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you re sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs.