Actress Seo Hyo-rim mentioned her mother-in-law, the late Kim Soo-mi, on ‘Altoran’.

On the episode of ‘The Taste We Know, Altoran’ (hereafter ‘Altoran’) - Inheritors of the late Kim Soo-mi‘s cooking skills that aired on MBN on the afternoon of the 23rd, Seo Hyo-rim appeared as a special guest and showed off the cooking skills and special recipes that she had completely inherited from her mother-in-law, and shared fond memories and warm feelings with MCs Lee Sang-min, Lee Yeon-bok, Leo Lanta, and Cha Yu-na.

First, when asked “How have you been?”, Seo Hyo-rim began speaking with difficulty, saying “I thought I would be sad every day, but I think I didn’t have time to be sad for about two months because I was dealing with the things left behind and organizing my surroundings. Then, she said, “After sending off my mother, I got a lot of offers to appear on broadcasts, but I didn‘t have the confidence to come out and talk about my mother. However, since the theme of this week’s ‘Altoran’ is ‘Recipes I wanted to make for my mother,’ I came out without hesitation,” revealing the reason for her appearance that was filled with longing.



She also naturally continued the conversation about the deceased with Lee Sang-min and Lee Yeon-bok, who had a deep connection with the deceased while he was alive, and she happily greeted and reminisced with the merchants at Namdaemun Market where she had visited with the late Kim Soo-mi to buy ingredients, and her deep longing brought tears to her eyes, touching the hearts of those watching.

Seo Hyo-rim‘s hands did not hesitate as she got started on the actual cooking. When making braised pollack, which was the last meal of the late Kim Soo-mi, he removed the fins of the pollack with effortless movements, and when adding soy sauce, instead of the precise but time-consuming measurements, he showed his familiarity by adding it in by drawing a circle as if he was not paying attention. The MCs were surprised by Seo Hyo-rim’s skill, saying, “It‘s like seeing teacher Kim Soo-mi.”

In addition, when making shrimp soy sauce braised dish, which was the first dish she learned from her mother-in-law, she explained how to handle each ingredient, such as shrimp, water parsley, and crown daisy, with easy but detailed one-point tips, and showed her sincerity in front of the dish that constantly strives for perfection.

Furthermore, when Seo Hyo-rim ate Lee Sang-min’s grilled pork belly seasoned with the late Kim Soo-mi‘s trademark soy sauce marinated crab seasoning, she expressed her joy by saying, “My family loves it,” and when she made radish and dried radish pancakes made with radish and dried radish that she grew herself, she expressed her affection by saying, “I couldn’t make proper food for my mother when she was alive, but if she were still alive, I would like to make this food for her.”

At the end of the broadcast, Seo Hyo-rim said, “If you hadn‘t suggested this in ‘Altoran’, I couldn’t show you the food that holds memories of my mother-in-law, and I‘m grateful for being able to spend such a meaningful time with the guests,” she said, concluding her appearance on ‘Altoran’.

Seo Hyo-rim, who stretched and showed her warm heart and honest side with her first broadcast activity since the passing of her mother-in-law, the late Kim Soo-mi, is raising expectations for how she will approach the public and viewers in the future.

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

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