On ‘The Detectives‘ Trade Secrets’, ‘The Master Chef of Korea’ Chef Ahn Yoo-sung asked for help finding his ‘first teacher’ who he lost contact with 30 years ago. ‘Dopamine addict’ Jo Hyun-young, who also visited as a guest, could not contain her shock at the true story of ‘Malamat’ that took place in an apartment.

On the ‘The Detectives’ Trade Secrets’ broadcast on the 24th, the ‘Rich Detectives’ took on a new request from ‘The Master Chef of Korea’ Chef Ahn Yoo-sung. ‘The Rich Detectives‘’ team leader Park Min-ho met with Chef Ahn Yoo-sung in Gwangju. Chef Ahn Yoo-seong said, “I want to find my first teacher who opened my eyes to the world of sushi,” and asked for his mentor, “Chef Kim Jin-hong.”

Chef Ahn Yoo-seong, who once loved fishing and wanted to become a sailor traveling the vast ocean, came to Seoul with the sole determination to become a Japanese chef. He began learning on the job by living in a small sushi restaurant through an acquaintance’s introduction. Then, in 1993, he heard that Chef Kim Jin-hong, who had come from “J Hotel,” had been scouted by a high-end sushi restaurant in Gangnam, Seoul. Wanting to learn authentic Japanese cooking from Chef Kim Jin-hong, Ahn Yoo-seong went straight to an interview and became his disciple.

When he was the youngest, Ahn Yoo-seong spent all day preparing ingredients and could only practice after his seniors left work, but he did not give up and kept trying. The master, who had been watching the youngest, put sushi made with tuna belly, which is still precious now but was even more precious back then, into his mouth, saying, “You have to know the taste to explain it.” The master, who taught him everything from the basics of sushi to the know-how of serving customers and laid the foundation for Master Chef Ahn Yoo-seong, unfortunately left saying, “I’m going to open my own restaurant,” and all contact has been lost since then. Chef Ahn Yoo-seong said, “I want to make you a warm meal when I see you,” expressing his longing for his master.



The ‘Rich Detectives’ began their investigation based on the information provided by Chef Ahn Yoo-seong. As a result, they met someone who knew Chef Kim Jin-hong. Will Master An Yu-seong be able to reunite with his mentor, Chef Kim Jin-hong, who cared for him more than his own brother and helped him grow? The journey of ‘Detective Love Carrying’ continues.

Meanwhile, the true story reconstruction corner ‘Case Notes - Apartment Utopia’ is visited by Jo Hyun-young, the youngest member of girl group Rainbow who changed her name to ‘Jo Gyu-i’. The client in the story found a woman’s scarf and a jewelry shop receipt in her husband‘s car and came to the detective agency suspecting her husband of having an affair. After the detective’s investigation, it was confirmed that the scarf and jewelry in question were not gifts to the woman he was having an affair with, but items the husband, who wanted to be the representative of the residents, prepared to look good to the ‘Women‘s Association President’. The client also found out that her husband was unemployed but had been pretending to go to work and hiding this from his wife. In the end, the two decided to work harder together. Defconn said, “I should get married to someone like that. I’ll work my way up from the bottom if I‘m a couple like that,” and fantasized about marriage.

However, a year later, the wife came to the detective again and asked for help, saying, “There’s a rumor that my husband, who became the residents‘ representative, is having an affair with the women’s association president.” With the help of the women‘s association president, the husband eventually became the residents’ representative, and the two spent a lot of time together. After continued investigation, the detective caught the fact that the husband and the women‘s association president were taking bribes from contractors and engaging in corruption. In addition, the husband was acting suspiciously while visiting the women’s association president‘s house. It turned out that the two were really having an affair, and they even went to motels together. Furthermore, the women’s association president gave money to the client‘s husband after they had sex, which was shocking. Even after this fact was revealed, the client’s husband made a petty excuse, saying, “I was just trying to please you and my daughter.” The client proceeded with the divorce, and at the same time, he revealed all the apartment corruption that was discovered during the process, ending the case bitterly.

The real-life detective drama ‘Detectives‘ Trade Secrets’ is broadcast every Monday at 9:30 p.m. on Channel A.

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

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