On the 8th, the first airing of tvN variety show 'Chagane' showed Cha Seung-won, Choo Sung Hoon and Tommy setting out to conquer the world with spiciness. Cha Seung-won met food researchers to ask where they could study spicy flavors and received advice to go to Bangkok, Thailand.
Cha Seung-won is as well known for his cooking touch as he is for self-care. Through many years on Three Meals a Day he performed household tasks skillfully enough to earn the nickname "Mr. Cha the homemaker," and in particular his radish kimchi recipe with his own yogurt remains popular.
They tasted a variety of sauces at night markets to sample Thailand's flavors. Choo Sung Hoon generally recoiled from the sauces, but Cha Seung-won accepted them quite readily. Cha Seung-won said, "The fish sauce you recoiled from after eating it yesterday, I think it's in all Southeast Asian food," as an analysis.
Cha Seung-won said, "All sauces contain fish sauce and chili seeds. The sauces in big supermarkets are the same," adding, "Since kimchi is the food our people commonly eat, it would be good to combine it."
[photo credit] tvN variety show 'Chagane'
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