“This is the first time I‘ve cooked like this”… Lee Yeon-bok, a skill that surprised even chefs (Pookdahang)

TV Jan 05, 2025

Translation


‘Thank goodness I got a good rest’ Lee Yeon-bok, Jung Ho-young, and Fabri are expected to have a fierce competition for the position of main chef on an uninhabited island.

Episode 30 of the MBC entertainment program ‘Thank goodness I got a good rest’ (directed by Kim Myung-jin, Shin Hyun-bin, Lee Jun-beom, Kim Ki-ho / written by Kwon Jeong-hee / hereinafter ‘Thank goodness’), which will air on the 6th, will depict the second day of ‘Chefs on an Uninhabited Island’, featuring Chinese cuisine god Lee Yeon-bok, Japanese cuisine master Jung Ho-young, and Western cuisine king Fabri. Boom and the newly joined Trot Crown Prince Park Ji-hyun will join them in operating a 0.5-star deserted island, and in the studio, ‘CEO Ahn Jung-hwan, Park Jun-hyung, Kim Min-kyung, and chef Raymond Kim will watch them and talk to them.

On this day, Lee Yeon-bok, Jung Ho-young, and Fabri engage in a fierce battle of nerves to be chosen by the guests for the position of the main chef for breakfast on the deserted island. Jung Ho-young and Fabri explain their dishes using all sorts of embellishments to appeal to the guests. Lee Yeon-bok, who was watching this, adds to the curiosity by saying, “I should go all out too” and turning the mood around with just five letters in the name of the menu.



The two chefs with a combined 50 years of cooking experience are also surprised by the secret technique that Lee Yeon-bok demonstrates. Everyone was surprised, saying, “I‘ve never seen a dish like this before.” What is his new technique, and what dish will be born with that technique? Expectations are rising.

Following the accident where he failed to flip the okonomiyaki on the first day the chefs gathered, another unexpected accident occurs while cooking. Lee Yeon-bok, who calmly solved the problem that time, is said to have a mental breakdown due to the unexpected situation this time and is at a loss. How will the chefs overcome this crisis? Curiosity is growing for the main broadcast of ‘Thanksgiving’.

Meanwhile, Lee Yeon-bok’s secret technique that surprised everyone and the identity of the major accident that occurred at the cooking site can be found on MBC‘s ‘Thanksgiving’ Episode 30, which will air on Monday, January 6 at 9 p.m.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com