"If you rest well, that's lucky" White House chef André Rush, who served the tables of U.S. presidents, also took over the deserted island perfectly.
On the 69th episode of MBC's 'If you rest well, that's lucky' (directed by Kim Myung-jin, Kim Moon-seop, Shin Hyun-bin, Lee Joon-beom; writer Kwon Jeong-hee; hereafter "If you rest well") aired on the 13th, White House chef André Rush, who served the tables of four U.S. presidents from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump, took on operating a restaurant on a deserted island. Using fresh seafood he "caught with his own hands" on the deserted island, André Rush produced the best dishes even U.S. presidents had not tasted, drawing viewers' attention. Audience ratings responded accordingly, and that broadcast recorded the highest ratings among all variety shows aired on Monday, maintaining its position as the "Monday variety champion." (Provided by Nielsen Korea, nationwide/metropolitan households 기준)
On that day, world-renowned White House chef André Rush landed on the deserted island with exceptional charisma. Workers who hesitated, not knowing how to address him because of the language barrier, gave André Rush the Korean name "Saetbyeol-i." Wanting a strong name, André Rush was satisfied with "Saetbyeol-i" and repeatedly shouted "My name is Saetbyeol-i," which drew laughter.
Challenging fishing work, André Rush used his arms, honed by daily push-ups, to pull nets by himself and won the captain's favor with his remarkable efforts. The net brought in high-quality species such as sea bass, red sea bream, scarlet sea bream, and yellow stingray, marking an all-time great catch and proving André Rush's fishing luck.
In addition, the captain, who has 40 years of fishing experience, encountered a special large fish he had not seen in years. The fish turned out to be a humphead porcupinefish with a bump on its head. 'An CEO' Ahn Jung-hwan also exclaimed, "It's a fish I've never seen before," and the captain, admiring André Rush's fishing luck, suggested, "Follow our boat."
The captain served humphead porcupinefish sashimi as a snack. For Boom and all the workers on board who were eating humphead porcupinefish sashimi for the first time, the surprising taste captivated them. In particular, André Rush, after tasting the hump on the porcupinefish that the captain himself called "a truly delicious part," marveled at its chewy yet melting texture and exclaimed, "It's delicious."
Next, André Rush also tried his first night diving for seafood. After listening to Yang Se-hyung's lesson and thoroughly searching the water, he found a conch. He also tried sea cucumber and sea urchin freshly caught on the deserted island for the first time and fell deeply for the taste of K-desert island seafood.
Back at the deserted island restaurant with abundant seafood, André Rush presented "meatloaf," a dish beloved by U.S. presidents. Instead of using meat, the "humphead porcupinefish meatloaf" made with porcupinefish was a deserted island limited edition dish that even U.S. presidents had never tasted. A Korean-style sauce with gochujang blended in to complete an original flavor. After tasting it, Boom and Yang Se-hyung marveled, "It's a taste I've never had before, and it's really delicious," increasing curiosity.
He then set out to make his favorite jjampong. The jjampong, filled with squid, shrimp, octopus, crab, conch and other seafood, moved everyone with its deep broth. Later Boom reinvented this jjampong as "bokkeum jjampong" and served it as a worker meal, and after tasting it André Rush joked, "Boom, you could be a White House chef too!" as he offered to scout him, causing uproarious laughter.
Viewers were fully absorbed by André Rush's performance, which presented dishes at the deserted island restaurant that surpassed White House banquets.
Meanwhile, the preview revealed at the end of the broadcast raised expectations by depicting the deserted island restaurant operations of master chef Ahn Yoo-seong, who came to open a new era of chefs; omakase chef Kim Mi-ryeong; and Michelin-star chef Fabri.
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