Kim Hye-soo "First time eating Hong-eo, it was so delicious it made my mouth sore" (Korean Table)

Photo by KBS1, screenshot from the broadcast of 'Korean Table'.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Actress Kim Hye-su (52) confessed an anecdote about fermented skate (hongeo).

On the 21st, KBS1's 'Korean Table' aired a 10th-anniversary special featuring the couple Choi Bul-am and Kim Min-ja, along with actress Kim Hye-su, who presented warm meals to the participants.

At the event, participants from all over the country who had appeared on 'Korean Table' over the past 10 years attended.

They included Jeju's close haenyeo friends Go Im-saeng and Kim Im-saeng, 97-year-old Bae Il-yeop from Goheung, Jeonnam, who traveled with his daughters, Lee Bong-seon’s family from Boeun, Chungbuk, and Park Jong-gwan, the village chief of Jeongyang Village in Sangju, Gyeongbuk.

Dario, a chef with a Korean mother who was a nurse dispatched to Germany, also helped with the cooking preparations.

Kim Hye-su began preparing grilled chuck flap tail. She said, "The two people I am serving this dish to are really like sisters, even like twins. They are friends of 30 to 40 years."

While preparing the dish, when Dario started talking about fermented skate, Kim Hye-su said, "I really love hongeo samhap (fermented skate with kimchi and pork). Strangely, I liked hongeo from the very first time. When I first ate it, the roof of my mouth was all raw," she confessed.

Dario responded, "I like hongeo too," and Kim Hye-su cheerfully said, "I have become a true Korean. No, I saw on the broadcast that he is from Chungju."

Afterwards, the two presented a meal of grilled chuck flap tail with seasoned chive salad to the Jeju haenyeo friends.

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