Lee Yeon Bok and Monsta X’s Shownu & Jooheon spread Korean food in Turkey.

Chef Lee Yeon-bok and Monsta X’s Shownu & Jooheon(BOX)continue their culinary journey to Turkey on KBS 2TV entertainment program ‘Newly Launched Convenience Store Restaurant’ airing on the 23rd.

The three people who received a warm welcome from the moment they arrived in Turkey are said to have been featured in the local Turkish media, raising expectations.

On that day’s broadcast, Boksta X was invited to the hottest high-end restaurant in Turkey these days.

The owner and chef of this place, Sinem Özler, is the first female chef in Istanbul to receive a Michelin star and is currently a world-renowned figure.Chef Sinem introduced Bokstax to the colorful cuisine of Turkey.Bokstax responded with a flurry of eating.

Then, Bokstax and Chef Sinem entered the kitchen of Chef Sinem Restaurant together.

When Chef Lee Yeon-bok was invited to Turkey, he decided to create a Korean-Turkish collaboration menu with the help of Chef Sinem, as suggested by the Turkish side.It is said that K -food is currently popular in Turkey.Chef Lee Yeon-bok impressed everyone by coming up with the idea of combining Turkish food that he tasted on the spot with the representative K street food menu, tteokbokki.He then surprised everyone by bringing out the tteokbokki iron plate that he had personally brought from Korea.

After a while, the full-fledged collaboration between Chef Lee Yeon Bok and Chef Sinem began.Monsta X’s Shownu and Jooheon also helped out by making the Turkish dishes they learned that day.At this time, the wild idol Shownu helped out with the cooking, flexing his muscular forearms.It is said that the restaurant staff all showed up to see Shownu like that.The ‘Convenience Store Restaurant’ staff also kept exclaiming “he’s sexy” at Shownu’s overflowing wildness, raising curiosity.

Meanwhile, the whole process was covered in great detail by the influential Turkish media.A famous local food columnist covered the collaboration between Korean and Turkish cuisine.


Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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