This is a review article written after watching the broadcast.
Chef Lee Yeon-bok confessed that he could not be at his father's deathbed because he went to Japan.
The MBC entertainment program Playlist 109 (hereafter "Plei109"), which aired on the 8th, was presented as the final episode, and guest Lee Yeon-bok sat in and drew attention.
That day Lee Yeon-bok said, "In the late 1980s I decided to go to Japan at a friend's suggestion. I prepared everything as if I would never come back. I even withdrew the deposit and left the children with their mother."
He confessed, "While I was in Japan my father became ill. He suffered a stroke and lay bedridden for six years before he passed away, and I couldn't see him at his deathbed," which evoked sympathy.
He continued, "When I came back to Korea I couldn't even cry. I thought, why would I cry now asking why I didn't treat him better while he was alive, so I couldn't shed any tears," and added, "I felt that if I shed tears it would be insincere. When I came home in the evening and lay down, the tears poured out."
He emphasized, "People say they'll earn a lot of money and be dutiful, but that's meaningless. Even without money, seeing each other often and sharing meals is filial piety." Meanwhile, Lee Yeon-bok, born in 1959, is a chef of Korean nationality who is 66 years old this year and is the owner chef of the Chinese restaurant Mokran.
His father was from Wuhuo District, Shandong Province, Republic of China, and his mother was also from Laiyang City, Shandong Province. He was originally a Chinese national belonging to the Korean Chinese community in the Republic of China, but he acquired Korean nationality, and he appears on various entertainment programs such as "Convenience Store Restaurant" and has shared news as a national chef.
[Photo] "Playlist 109" broadcast
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