Actor Ha Seok-jin appeared on Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant, showcasing his brainy charm, surprising cooking skills and candid wit.
The episode of KBS 2TV's Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant that aired on the 23rd featured Ha Seok-jin as the second client of Lee Yeon-bok's new segment. The new corner, Lee Yeon-bok's shop, which opened touting itself as Korea's only culinary brokerage, followed its invitation to the award-winning actor Namkoong Min by consecutively booking the representative brainy man Ha Seok-jin, prompting admiration once again for its astonishing casting ability.
Returning in the KBS 2TV weekend drama Love On The Menu, which premieres on the 25th, Ha Seok-jin is a leading actor who has built a solid filmography for 23 years without a hiatus since his debut in 2004. A real engineering graduate, he cemented his reputation as the entertainment industry's representative "brainy man" after winning the Netflix brain survival show Devils' Plan.
That day Ha Seok-jin presented his own recipe for sea urchin roe butter pasta. He said he learned and repeatedly practiced the recipe for this shoot, and even while cooking he simulated the sequence in his head, displaying his characteristic smart charm. With delicate yet smooth knife work and an accurate seasoning that even master chef Lee Yeon-bok admired, he instantly claimed the title of "master of seasoning."
In addition, when chef Lee Yeon-bok and assistant broker Eom Ji-yoon suddenly proposed a "15-minute fridge raid cooking" challenge, he did not fluster but quickly scanned the fridge ingredients and whipped up the Thai traditional dish pad kra pao moo sap, proving himself a true "handsome chef." Impressed, chef Lee Yeon-bok shared his hangover jjamppong recipe, his trade secret, adding a warm moment.
His candid and witty talk shone as much as his brilliant cooking skills. When Eom Ji-yoon admired Ha Seok-jin's perfect visuals, saying, "You are the most handsome in the world," a surprise question followed asking, "How many years has it been since you had a girlfriend?" Ha Seok-jin coolly confessed, "Not years… I don't have one now." On the pressure from his parents about marriage, he made the set erupt in laughter with a witty reply: "I try not to talk with my mother for more than three minutes."
During cooking, offhand flirting tossed out casually shook the hearts of Eom Ji-yoon, the on-site staff and cast, and he even pulled off an uninhibited fire show, displaying passionate energy. As a result, expectations are rising for his performance in the next work Love On The Menu, in which he plays a chef.
After the broadcast Ha Seok-jin said he was leaving with admiration and confidence and expressed his aspiration, saying he would build more cooking skills while doing drama and come back to challenge being an official guest chef, raising anticipation for his future activities.
[Photo] 'Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant'
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