Oh My Girl Mimi helped Kim Dae-ho and Ahn Jae-hyun become MZ meme masters on the variety show Taste Relay: Where One Host Leads to Another.
ENA, NXT and ComedyTV co-produced variety show Taste Relay: Where One Host Leads to Another (hereafter "Taste Relay") is a no-recruitment life-of-the-palate relay that, without predetermined lists or preplanned courses, seeks out 100% trustworthy real restaurants recommended directly by top restaurant owners. In the sixth episode broadcast on the 26th (Sun), Oh My Girl Mimi appeared as the second guest on Taste Relay and offered a day of generational unity through memes with Kim Dae-ho, Ahn Jae-hyun and Jonathan. In particular, Mimi captured viewers' appetites and amusement with spirited reactions and candid remarks, creating a pleasant synergy with the "mat-twize trio" Kim Dae-ho, Ahn Jae-hyun and Jonathan.
That day Oh My Girl Mimi appeared as a special guest on Taste Relay and released energy from the opening with a lively dance. Mimi said, "I even brought my passport today. I will try to do the recruiting well. This is about momentum," raising the synergy among the "special mat-twize" Kim Dae-ho, Ahn Jae-hyun, Jonathan and Mimi.
The first restaurant was a dry-aged hanwoo house in Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do. This place, where the owner taught himself dry aging, was already a nationally known restaurant Kim Dae-ho had heard about. The rich meaty aroma and tender texture, which vary depending on the sukseongdo, captured all four of their palates. At this moment, moved by the taste, Jonathan and Mimi sang the latest meme "후메�葯凋�," and Ahn Jae-hyun jumped in surprise, saying, "Homedi what did you say?" In response, Jonathan and Mimi, who held a meme lecture for 1980s-born Kim Dae-ho and Ahn Jae-hyun, even led a meme singalong, provoking laughter. The hanwoo house owner, who captivated everyone with refined flavors, piqued curiosity by recommending a yukgaejang restaurant in Jung-gu, Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, which he discovered during a yukgaejang tour he and his daughter had gone on over a one-night, two-day trip.
But there was an unexpected setback. Although they drove for two and a half hours, the last-order time listed on the portal site was incorrect. Even though orders had already closed, the yukgaejang owner willingly gave them a seat after hearing their story of traveling from Buyeo to Daegu. This restaurant, which conveys long-standing expertise from its interior onward, opened a true new world of flavor with deeply simmered broth so tender that scallions fell apart and additions like seasoned green onions increased the umami the more ingredients were added.
Mimi said, "There are many places that are only a restaurant in name, but this one is for real. The owner's life-of-the-palate restaurants are truly different," expressing admiration for the Taste Relay pick list that was on another level. The owner, who received applause from the "special mat-twize," recalled a pork-and-rice soup restaurant in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, that made them want to visit again despite a busy schedule, whetting their appetites.
The final restaurant was also a famous pork-and-rice-soup restaurant in Gimcheon packed with regular customers. When a table opened at the right time for the four of them, Mimi succeeded in persuading the owner on the condition of filming herself, saying, "I'll slurp and go." The restaurant, which even train engineers from Busan known for its pork-and-rice-soup fame vouched for, boasted a complete harmony of flavors from its signature dwaeji gukbap to boiled pork slices.
Ahn Jae-hyun praised the dish, saying, "My maternal family ran a jokbal restaurant so I've eaten a lot of that, but this place has no odor at all. I think I'll come to Gimcheon to eat this." Mimi, who is famous as a dessert lover, surprised everyone by declaring, "Thanks to this I won't snack today." Even when regular customers coming in and out of the shop praised, "It's worth recommending," and "This place is real," Kim Dae-ho acknowledged, "I learned today. The true representative of K-food is gukbap."
Finally, the pork-and-rice-soup owner named a fish-soup noodle restaurant in Cheongsan-myeon, Okcheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, which she always visits when going to her daughter's parental home, as her life-of-the-palate restaurant, and hinted, "It's so famous that people in the neighborhood will tell you about it without being told," further raising expectations for the continued Taste Relay restaurant relay.
Meanwhile, ENA, NXT and ComedyTV co-produced restaurant relay Taste Relay: Where One Host Leads to Another airs every Sunday at 7:50 p.m.
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