‘It‘s fortunate that you get a good rest’ Chinese cuisine expert Lee Yeon-bok successfully opens a Chinese restaurant on an uninhabited island.

In episode 37 of the MBC entertainment program ‘It’s fortunate that you get a good rest’ (directed by Kim Myung-jin, Shin Hyun-bin, Lee Jun-beom, Kim Ki-ho / written by Kwon Jeong-hee / hereinafter ‘It‘s fortunate that you get a good rest’), which aired on the 24th, executive Kim Dae-ho, Chinese cuisine expert Lee Yeon-bok, Myung Se-bin, and Yang Se-hyung took on the challenge of opening a Chinese restaurant on an uninhabited island. According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership rating research company, the broadcast that day recorded a viewership rating of 5.8% (nationwide), the highest figure among all entertainment programs aired on Mondays.

On that day, executive Kim Dae-ho invited Lee Yeon-bok as a chef and went to an island overflowing with seasonal ingredients that go well with Chinese cuisine. Along with Lee Yeon-bok, his favorite disciple Myung Se-bin and Yang Se-hyung, who is optimized for uninhabited islands, came out as elite workers. The first thing that those who gathered on the island did was to make a sign for ‘Uninhabited Island Chinese Restaurant’.



Then, the four went out to look for seafood around the island. Even in the strongest cold wave where even the sea water was frozen, they looked for ingredients such as oysters, sea cucumbers, and clams. At this time, Kim Dae-ho put the oysters he found in his mouth and drew everyone’s resentment. Just like Boom‘s analysis that “No one can say anything now”, Kim Dae-ho’s free-spirited eating made people laugh. In the end, even Lee Yeon-bok shouted, “Stop eating” and stopped him.

Lee Yeon-bok and the workers returned with the ingredients they had diligently collected. Lee Yeon-bok made Sichuan fried rice with oysters and egg soup with lots of clams. Although it was a cold day with even the cooking oil frozen, Lee Yeon-bok‘s passion made everything burn brightly and made a delicious Chinese dish.

After finishing the meal, they set out to catch the main seafood in earnest. The first fishing they challenged was catching cuttlefish, which were in season and had their heads full of eggs. They took advantage of the cuttlefish’s habit of preferring to go into dark places, so they put clam chambers in the sea and pulled them up. They pulled up a thousand clam chambers, but the cuttlefish were not visible because of the cold weather. Still, they succeeded in catching four large ones.

Since there weren‘t as many cuttlefish as they had expected, the captain suggested a new fishing method. The place the captain guided them to was the golden rockfish fishing ground. Every time the trap was pulled up, Lee Yeon-bok and his workers cheered at the sight of the abundant pollack.

Lee Yeon-bok decided to make ‘Tangsuyuk’ with pollack instead of tangsuyuk, and he came up with a perfect course meal where customers could choose between jajangmyeon, jajangmyeon, and fried rice. The ‘Bollak Tangsuyuk’, which allowed customers to enjoy both dried pollack and whole fried pollack, overwhelmed everyone from the visual alone. Furthermore, Lee Yeon-bok’s skill in quickly making jajangmyeon, jajangmyeon, and fried rice by operating three ovens simultaneously in order to serve customers at once was admirable.

Thanks to Lee Yeon-bok, who can make the best dish with any ingredient, the opening of the uninhabited Chinese restaurant was also successful. At the end of the broadcast, Lee Yeon-bok, who challenged Sichuan cuisine on the second day of the uninhabited island Chinese restaurant, was portrayed as being upset because of the workers, stimulating curiosity.

Meanwhile, MBC‘s ‘It’s a relief to get some rest’ airs every Monday at 9 p.m.

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

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