[ laughter ] nari: oh no, no, no, no, no. anthony: oh yeah, yeah, right. nari: i know, the formality of it all. anthony: and appetizers? yes, i remember these guys. oh, our old friend. again. nari: this looks familiar. anthony: it s bringing back memories. oh here we go. nari: so this is called maeuntang, which literally translates to spicy stew. anthony: i need it to burn. nari: and it has everything under the sun, seafood-wise. you can find crab. you can find all different kinds of fish. anthony: fishermen stews all over the world. nari: exactly. this bowl, for me, that s the perfect example of koreans in general. we love being together in a space huddled around a bubbling pot of something. anthony: what can i tell you? oh, this is good. you are failing in your duties as a younger sister. nari: i m sorry, i m sorry. gunbae?
nari: the biggest difference between korean fried chicken and american anthony: chicken tonight? i feel so clean. i ve never felt so man: where is my ticket? [ laughter ] anthony: next i ll be performing a medley from flavor town [ laughter ] anthony: don t play this game with yeah, who is everybody here? man: mr. noh. anthony: oh yeah baby, that s good. man: yeah baby. anthony: come to me. come to me. powerful in a sort of small girlieway. is this drinks that goes with food or is this food that goes with a triumphant return to korea. [ laughter ] nari: woof! anthony: oh yeah. it should surprise no one that i m in a happy place right now. maybe the best way to tell this story is to start at the end. like a dog returning to its own vomit, i keep flashing back to was it last night? the night before? i smell fried chicken on my
daniel: tony, how many bottles can you drink? anthony: we ll see. all: whoa! anthony: yes, i remember now. somewhere near the start of the evening. the moment little brother grabbed the reigns of our soon to be careening chariot. unfettered by earthly conventions like so-called good sense. or inevitable reality of work tomorrow. daniel: all right. eat the egg, eat the egg before it gets cooked too much. anthony: oh that s good. daniel: it s good? you like the marinade more, right? anthony: yeah, yeah, yeah. this being korea, beer is a must. as is, apparently, soju. i had forgotten that part. i m curious, though. i mean, what seems to define korea, as i know it, is it anticipates the future very, very well.
choi: baked beans. anthony: like i used to say to my first girlfriend, how could something so wrong be so right? anthony: all right. we did that right. choi: okay. choi: oh no, no, no, no, no. wow! no. no. anthony: i ll tell you sorry about that. choi: wow. anthony: sorry, man. anthony: regrettable incident. anthony: looks healthy. it just, i mean, look at this thing.
are able to just not wallow in that, is because of this other emotion called jeong. it is a deep fondness that you have for your other koreans. and people always focus on han and i m like yeah i know, han, yes, yes, yeah it exists. it exists, no one s denying that. we all have it, but jeong. no one talks about that, and it s equally strong. anthony: okay. i believe you. nari: i don t think you believe me about this jeong thing. anthony: no i believe you. like, i like the whole idea of han. i totally get that as an engine. i like that, i like that dark side. the fact that this word exists is sort of awesome because a negative emotion had been converted into a number of very, very, very positive developments. nari: absolutely. and koreans are, you know, this amazing group of people that don t curse and eat amazing food and we like to drink and have fun. anthony: oh, stop sucking up. so, to the han. nari: we need to make a serious dent in this.