Choi Hyun-seok and Kwon Sung-jun won with their cooking skills, not bluff.

In the 10th episode of JTBC‘s ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator’ (abbreviated as Naengbuhae) that aired on the 23rd, in a personal competition using ingredients from Jang Keun-seok’s refrigerator, ‘Huhsef (bluff + chef)’ Choi Hyun-seok and ‘Baby Huhsef’ Kwon Sung-jun won and earned star badges.

First, the moment when Jang Keun-seok, nicknamed ‘Huhsef Geun-seok’, and ‘Huhsef’ Choi Hyun-seok became one through bluff caught the eye. Jang Geun-suk, who likes the expression ‘pretentious’, said, “If you don‘t have arrogance, you don’t have guts, and it seems like you‘re living without dreams, so I’m the type to speak louder.”

Choi Hyun-suk explained arrogance as a romantic aspect. He continued, “People say that things that happen in novels or movies are cringey when they happen in real life, but the people who live that life are sincere.”
Jang Geun-suk sympathized by saying, “In a way, you could say they‘re romantic, cool people.”
Kwon Sung-joon, the ‘baby arrogant’, who was listening to this, also said, “I was so touched. There were a lot of things that our values had in common,“ causing laughter.”

Before the full-scale showdown, Jang Geun-suk’s various ingredients, reminiscent of an Asian grocery store, caught people‘s attention. As expected from Jang Geun-seok who has a ’spicy heart‘ (pride in spicy food), he had various spicy sauces as well as black vinegar and Chinese pepper used in Chinese food, and the refrigerator which caught the eye with eight truffle sauces and different types of caviar also had ingredients for adding spicy flavors such as Cheongyang peppers, red peppers, and rat tangle peppers.

Next, the ’It‘s Show Time’ competition between Choi Hyun-seok and Son Jong-won where they can cook as much as they want without restrictions began, and it became a new classic of ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator’. Choi Hyun-seok presented three dishes ‘Egg Trio’ using caviar, flounder roe bottarga, and salmon roe along with the ‘Sylvia’ frying pan that he defeated Kwon Sung-jun and Kim Poong. Choi Hyun-seok, who made cold pasta with steak and salmon roe rice, heightened interest as he couldn‘t find the knife and tweezers he used, perhaps because of Sylvia’s curse.


On the other hand, Son Jong-won countered with ‘Caviar Prince’, which is made without using fire. He created a picturesque dish with a whole new level of delicacy, such as filling thinly sliced avocados and shaping them into circles and even measuring the weight of the caviar, drawing exclamations. Jang Keun-seok, who highly praised both dishes, chose Choi Hyun-seok‘s dish, which allowed him to taste a variety of flavors, and Choi Hyun-seok continued his undefeated streak.

Lee Yeon-bok and Kwon Sung-jun had a cooking competition under the theme of ‘It Doesn’t Cry Even If It‘s Spicy’, allowing them to taste explosive spiciness. As Lee Yeon-bok’s ‘Haekboktan’ consisting of spicy jjambbong and steak, and Kwon Sung-jun‘s ‘Sichuan Matpia’ with mala beef, chili couscous, and European-style char siu made with fresh mozzarella cheese were prepared, the studio was filled with a spicy smell, and Kwon Sung-jun, who does not enjoy spicy food, endured the spiciness while cooking the food.

The dishes were spicy enough to make you cough just by smelling them, but Jang Keun-suk enjoyed the food comfortably, and Kwon Sung-jun, who showed an interesting combination, was selected as the winner.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com

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