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[Restaurant]

Around the time that people hurry home after the day ends...

my day begins.

This is all that's on the menu.

Other than that, customers order whatever they want

and I make it for them as long as it's possible.

The restaurant is open from midnight till seven o'clock in the morning.

You may ask, are there people who come to this old, worn-out place?

Well, there are quite a lot.

[Episode 8: Butter Rice]

Really?

You must've been so happy, Yoo Mi.

Well, it just felt so-so.

You met your first love for the first time in 20 years.

What do you mean, so-so?

Thank you.

This has sugar sprinkled on it, right?

- Yes. - I really like this.

Master, I don't really like the tomatoes.

Can't you just sell the soup separately?

That's an idea.

Strangely, rather than healthy tomato juice

I prefer the sugary soup that has just a few tomato bits in it.

You know a thing or two.

My grandmother made this for me often.

Should I eat it or not?

I can't decide.

Yoo Mi, is this the time for you to be doing that?

What happened after you met your first love?

What do you mean, what happened?

I just passed by him as I was crossing the crosswalk.

I recognized him.

He probably didn't even know that it was me.

Why wouldn't he know?

He was a guy I met 20 years ago when I was skinny.

Even if he did recognize me, I probably would've denied it.

I'm just going to let him remember my delicate self from back then forever.

'Ties' by Pi Chun Deuk.

Who are you calling a wench?

It's not that.

'It would have been better not to meet the third time.'

It's the book with that quote.

We're sorry, Mr. Pi.

What are you saying?

Yoo Mi, you should've still acknowledged him.

- Leave me alone. - Please, go in.

Hello.

Yeah, welcome.

Isn't he an extremely famous person?

I saw him on television.

He is.

He's Leonardo, the walking Michelin Guide.

This reminds of the past.

I had no money when I was studying abroad in Paris

so I went to a shabby bar like this often.

There's still a place like this in the heart of Seoul?

Being judged for three or five stars is really not my restaurant's thing.

Do you serve beer and leek pancakes?

Then please give us that for now.

I really hate critics and the like.

How dare he bring one, when he knows that.

As expected, you have to drink beer in the Czech Republic.

People think that beer in Germany is the best

but that's just what's popular.

The world's best beer is the Czech Republic's Pilsner.

Is that so?

Sure, beer can be imported and sold.

But, that place's shish kebabs were really the worst.

I mean, people who don't even know the basics

are blabbering on however they want, saying that it's a fusion or whatnot.

Also, the mass media is a problem with our country

but the bloggers are a problem too.

They're calling themselves power bloggers when they don't know a thing about taste.

They're just showing off what they ate at restaurants

and introducing the restaurants.

How is that a critique?

That is true.

Then again, there aren't many proper critics in our country.

Isn't that why I'm even busier?

I'd think you would feel more burdened about your critiques because of that.

That's why I have strict rules.

Have you ever seen me take more than one bite when I sample?

No.

If you take more than one bite, that means it's really the best.

Not consuming trash.

That's my strict rule.

Having to force in even a single bite of all kinds of trash in the world

is the grief of this job.

What the heck is he blabbering on about?

It's truly a leek pancake.

It's just entirely made of leeks.

I'm just saying he put in a lot more leeks compared to other restaurants.

In order for the food to taste good, you mustn't spare the ingredients.

Let's see.

Can you eat foie gras?

I'm not sure about that since I've never had it before.

I'll take you to the restaurant that I go to regularly some time.

I'll show you the taste of a foie gras that's truly made properly.

There's a place like that in our country too?

Of course there... isn't.

We have to go all the way to Paris.

Just when the other customers became displeased too

causing the restaurant's atmosphere to turn bad...

Hello.

Welcome.

You're here.

I wanted to hear your music so much that there are scabs on my ears.

Jeez.

You only use that phrase

when you're sick and tired of hearing the same thing over and over again.

Is that so?

He goes by the name of 'Musician No.'

He apparently wandered the whole country

with a group of performers in his earlier years.

But he performs on the streets now.

Here is your butter rice.

As always, thank you.

His very own special trick

is to let it stand for about 30 seconds for the butter to melt.

As for the soy sauce...

Slightly, slightly...

After that, he mixes it a bit.

How fascinating.

Master, please give me one too.

You're eating again?

I want Min Woo to try it. You haven't tried that before, have you?

Yes, it's my first time seeing it.

There's definitely a generation gap.

Back it our days, it was pronounced 'battar,' not 'butter.'

Also, only wealthy people ate it.

It was originally margarine that you put in it.

I'm being reminded of the past for the first time in a while.

Master.

Give me one too.

Me too.

Slightly.

Amazing. It tastes so good.

I mean, how can it taste like this when there aren't many ingredients in it?

It was very delicious.

I don't take money from Musician No.

Instead, I request one song from him and listen to it.

You have waited for a long time, when it must've been boring.

I am No Bong Hwang, a guitarist who almost became famous worldwide and in Korea.

Greetings.

When my mother had me, she said she dreamt of a phoenix.

So, it's Bong Hwang.

But, because she says I'm worse than a quail right now

it's No Bong Hwang.

I shall play one song.

He always plays the same song.

The song that you all like, 'The Young Lady in the Red Heels.'

The young lady in the red heels on the pine trail.

The sound of her red heels.

Where is she going?

She could easily turn and look back at least once.

I'm not sure if she's only counting her steps as she walks

but the young lady in heels is walking on alone.

- Thank you. Come again. - Have a safe trip home.

Bye.

I want to hear it again.

Excuse me.

I'd like a bowl of butter rice.

These are the new main dishes that our restaurant has introduced.

I see that this is lamb chop steak.

Yes.

Since this year is the year of the lamb

we made it using lamb from New Zealand that's less than a year old.

Thanks for the meal.

Look here.

Listen...

I'm sorry about yesterday.

There's no need to be sorry about it.

I thought that his nasty criticism on television

was just his television persona.

But it turns out he does that in real life too.

He was an unconventional type of jerk.

I'm seeing that kind of jerk for the first time here.

The rule is that a certain percentage of jerks will exist.

What's that?

Whether it's at a location or in a group

a certain percentage of jerks will exist.

If you don't see a jerk, no matter how much you look around

then you are the jerk.

I really wanted to bring my wife here yesterday.

You? What for?

If my wife saw that person, she would've said something.

Just eat what you're given!

There are so many times when I want to say that too.

We've been working on a book together these days.

That must be quite a headache.

He kept talking about the finest quality the whole time.

It really pissed me off.

He doesn't even know what's really the best.

That's why I brought him here to show him true taste.

Then, you should've told me earlier. I would've scolded him harshly.

My sense of taste is second to none as well.

Doesn't he eat with his mouth and expel from his behind too?

Who is he to show off alone?

So, I'm saying there were five goldfish...

Please give me butter rice.

If you'll excuse me...

I have something to do, so I'll be leaving first.

Is he a monk or something? Why is he using wooden chopsticks?

Okay.

Relax.

I'm not going to fight.

A person should say what he has to say.

Mr. Critic.

I'm enjoying your appearances on television.

Let me ask you one thing.

Does it taste good?

Can't you eat something like butter rice at home too?

My wife was born and grew up in France, so our staple food is bread.

I see.

So, that's why you're so good at your job.

My wife doesn't like fish, so she never cooks it for me at home.

Even if I catch a big carp when I go fishing, what's the point?

She won't cook it for me.

You're in the same situation as me then.

You're in the same situation as me.

Thank you for the meal.

By the way, will that person who sang here yesterday come again today?

No.

He comes once a week, normally on Thursdays.

I wonder if he would be able to make a living like that.

It's probably difficult.

It seemed like he had a different job during the day.

After that, he came every week on Thursdays...

Listen, I'm guessing he won't be coming today either?

Go slowly.

Go very slowly when you're near that station over there.

Okay.

It was around the time when a few months had passed.

It's been a while.

It's butter rice, right?

I just came to say hi today.

What do you mean? Where are you going?

Where are you going?

I'm telling you to sit down.

Let me see.

What's wrong with your hand?

It looks like a performer won't be able to hold a guitar anymore.

If you ended up like this at the factory

then you should argue that the owner must take responsibility.

Why would you get kicked out without getting a single penny

or for it to be handled as an industrial accident?

This must be the will of the heavens...

telling me to try living differently now.

I owe you a lot for the past while.

- I'll take my leave now. - Bong Shik.

Don't you remember me?

I'm Sook Hee's younger brother, Deok Goo.

You taught me how to play the guitar.

The three of us used to eat butter rice whenever you came over to our house.

My older sister has aged a lot, hasn't she?

It is I who...

Do you have a family?

I'm still single.

I see.

My older sister is also single.

At that time, she said she was going to marry the man...

that her family chose for her.

Yes, she was going to.

But she ran away on the day before the wedding.

Of course, it was after you left.

After that, my sister has stayed at our house in our hometown until now.

She's running a small karaoke right now.

Would you like to visit her with me?

Too much time has passed already.

But, even if time has passed, the butter rice hasn't changed.

Musician No.

There really was a young lady in red heels.

Slightly, slightly.

Slightly, slightly.

Do you remember?

My sister always put more butter just in your rice.

Of course.

Butter was so scarce in the old days.

He told me news of Musician No when the spring came.

He said Musician No returned to his hometown

and is helping out at his sister's store.

Thirty.

Five.

Ten.

Fifteen.

Thirty.

Time's up.

Slightly, slightly.

I heard his name is Oh Deok Goo.

Leonardo, yeah right.

But, didn't that person say that he only eats one bite of everything?

I know, right?

You can just ask him.

Mr. Critic.

You seem to really be enjoying it.

Then, is this the restaurant that you've chosen as the best restaurant?

Well, it doesn't necessarily mean that.

It means that I acknowledge at least this butter rice.

Then, how many stars would you give it?

I can't give it any.

Because this is a nostalgic taste that can't be rated that way.

Nostalgic?

Please give me another bowl of butter rice.

You should have one more bowl, since you're hungry.

Have more.

Do you know that?

The best rating for a restaurant is this.

Master. Please give me grilled short rib patties.

Second round, 32 seconds.

K.O.

I've been sparring to make a living for a while now.

This is the last time that I'm competing.

If I lose this time too, I'm going to quit.

I heard you donated blood today too.

You're already lacking energy as it is. Why would you donate blood?

That woman has feelings for you too.

You've prepared something too.

A proposal.

By the way, is that young lady not coming?

You hear this sound right now, right?

What sound?

This sound right now.

What do we do?

He must be possessed by a maiden ghost.

There's a place that I really want to go to.

You saw a woman there?

Did you see that woman's legs?

Hey, ghosts don't have legs.

Over there. Wait a second!

[Late Night Restaurant]

- Thank you for the meal. - Thank you for the meal.

- Hey, I think I'm drunk. - What do you want me to do about it?

- Hey, take me home. - What are you saying?

Take it.

The young lady in red heels.

The sound of her heels.

Where is she going?

She could easily turn and look back at least once.

I'm not sure if she's only counting her steps as she walks

but the young lady in red heels is walking on alone.

- Slightly, slightly. - The young lady in red heels.

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