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April 18, 2021

Jung Il woo appeared with his Co-star Kwon Yuri in the upcoming drama Bossam Stealing Fate in the the show “Eat More.” There he meat a Chef Im Jiho (임지호) who uses many ingredients from his immediate environment in his dish creations. The hosts for this show are Kang Ho-dong and Hwang Je-sung, who help the Chef in scavanging, and then prepare meals that may cure the scars on guests’ bodies and minds.

During this Yuri told the story of how her mother had breast cancer and survived never telling her anything about it so she could continue her singing career uninterrupted. Jung Il woo talked about his accident and living with his aneurysm. I translated that part.

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Ilwoo in Bold. Gray text, other’s comments. (Inside brackets = others reaction)

0:29 When I had just done the audition for “Highkick” in 2006, I had a big car accident. So I was in the hospital for 4 months, and right after I was discharged from the hospital, I lied to the director that I am ok and I was on a set shooting. I did that over 1 year and my health worsened.

0:50 and it was my debut but I got so much love and it gave me a lot of pressure. (like a responsibility) Yeah, so I was not able to take it any longer.

1:00 so, in fact, around 1 year (you did not feel healthy enough back then), yeah, so I took a rest for a little over 1 year. That time, my right wrist was shattered and that time I got arthritis/ joint inflammation. On my wrist. (because you did not get full medical care) Yeah, that time I got worse as the doctor said “You have to have another surgery” so I did not get my chance to become bigger as an actor that time. I really feel saddened by that.

1:25 but I heard that was not the last struggle you had. I heard you had bigger struggle later.

1:30 year, after that, I was about 26 years old, I was shooting a drama and I had a severe headache. I went to a medical center and got tested and found out that I have a cerebral aneurysm. (yeah?)

1:49 it’s a disease which makes blood vessels swelling and when it bursts, it leads to a stroke. I was so young that I did not go out and just stayed at home because I was very shocked by the fact. (of course that’s scary! Because there is no any early sign or something for that ) I was very scared and it’s like a time bomb, and I was pressured and worried that I can die at any moment

2:13 Since I was in my early 20s, I wanted to go on a pilgrimage to Santiago. After around 1 month, I just went on a trip on the pilgrimage road without hesitation.

2:36 I felt so tired during the pilgrimage so I didn’t think about anything the whole day. the same daily routine, sleeping with tens of people in one place, and having the same goal of going to Santiago made all of us to become very close. That moment, I was not an actor, I returned to a normal young adult and while doing that, I put down much pressure as an actor.

3:07 before, I was nervous and hurrying in many situations but after the pilgrimage I decided to enjoy the moment. Everything I have now is enough and thankful, I think of such things these days.

3:22 (Chef Im Jiho) I have been walking from the southern sea to Gwangju, Suncheon and Yeosu. If I don’t have any shoes, I go to any house and ask for shoes and then walk and walk. It’s not like enlightening, but more like getting to know where my limit is. (Yes, you are right) Where my limit is. It’s a Q&A with myself. (right) We humans are travelers who just have to keep walking.

3:53 These days, I am thinking about this a lot. When I am working, I have to choose something among many things. And when I decided to walk to Santiago, no one told me what to do as I chose to go there. The thoughts I have these days are like that “I don’t want to compromise myself” I don’t want to do things just because it gives me more money.

4:25 he is much stronger inside now. (yes yes, he looks really strong)

4:33 so… are you enjoying your reality now? No, of course I can’t! (laughing) it’s our humans forever homework.

This is the translation of these two videos:

Here are the rest of the videos they shared:

With Ilwoo:

KYR125 SUBS translated this video:

With Yuri:

By the way HERE is an interesting article about Che Im Jiho.

WITAT

I really enjoyed watching this show! I usually talk to my mom on Sundays so we were mesmerized by how he would collect plants, flowers and put them in food. Imagine the years of knowledge and stomachaches! in getting to this level of knowledge. And the presentation of the food! Just WOOw!

My favorite part as I stated in Instagram, was when Ilwoo cooked with him, you could tell Ilwoo was trying to learn as much as he could. He is so earnest!

About his interview, I’m glad he is enjoying his life more. Savoring it slowly… like food! Little by little he is trusting life more, letting go of his fears. But like a good Virgo everything is thought out, weighed and measured… I am surrounded by Virgos, including my mom… and these people leave very little to chance! It’s too bad, because they miss a lot in always trying to be “sure.”

Oh… And I’m so glad MBN does such a great job in posting videos, posters, promo… just look at the amount of videos in just one show! We will be very well fed with Bossam Stealing Fate! Yeah!

October 6, 2020

Jung Il Woo posted this recipe in his Chinese Bilibili account on September 26, 2020. I have finally had the time to translate the recipe. I used the Chinese characters throughout the video to do it, as the sound quality of these videos is not good enough not even for my tutor’s ears. So to do this translation I took almost 200 screen shots! If there is someone that can speak Korean that can understand these videos and would be willing to translate these videos for the rest of us, could you let me know at kdrama.fan13@gmail.com? You will receive full credit and so many thankful fans!

Alright onto the recipe. Here is the video he posted:

Ingredients:

Seafood: octopus in various cuts

Fish: I couldn’t make out the fish he used but in a recipe from Food & Wine I got: 1/2 pound of fresh skinless snapper, bass or halibut in filet.

1 1/2 cups of lemon juice

1-2 tomatoes

1 cucumber

a few chili red peppers , quantity according to taste

1 red onion

mashed garlics to taste

cilantro leaves, quantity according to taste (in the photos it looks like what we call parsley here)

salt

black pepper

olive oil

(In the Food & Wine recipe it also has: 3 tablespoons of fresh orange juice, or 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, manzanillo olives chopped and avocados. In other recipes they also add shrimp.)

Directions:

These are the directions according to the Chinese subtitles. It includes his comments too. Anything in red was added by me to clarify recipe using Food & Wine’s recipe.

I want to make a delicacy that represents South America: Ceviche. ^ ^

Actually, Ceviche (crispy fish with lemon juice) is a dish

where you can use different kinds of seafood.

You can put octopus in various ways.

This dish is very simple to make. Because it’s a simple dish, I have been thinking about how to make it more delicious?

(I think here he is comparing Ceviche to a dish from Japan in the raw fish likeness, but I’m not sure)

Actually you can put anything, but the most representative ingredients of Ceviche are

-tomato and small onion

-cilantro

-red chili

(I am not sure he used lemon or lime, he talks about sweetness vs. sourness, and lime is definitely stronger and more sour, so my guess is he soaked the fish in lemon to “cook” it but added lime at the end) Take a look at the exact translation:

I personally think that if you put a little lime

The combination of the overall taste makes the overall taste of this more sour and sweetI will choose to use lime at the end

-There is mashed garlic

These are the ingredients I want to use

First of all

You can put 0.5 to 1 onion

How much do you put in

Just adjust the amount of spring onions according to your own aftertaste preference.

I have this kitchen knife Tiger was given to me by fans

Also, I use it very well

Now , let’s prepare the cilantro

I like it very much

Then like me. Just finely chop it up

Friends who like more can of course put more

Put the ingredients in the plate like this

(Here I believe he is talking about using different boards to not mix strong smells when cutting?)

Next cut the lemon and juice… not particularly difficult.

I recently have been working on losing weight by eating healthier, but it is not very tasty sometimes. So I wonder if I can lose weight while eating delicious foods. (I’m 34 years old)

So I decided to prepareCeviche. I plan to share with you more healthy dishes while I wait to start other work

I use different boards for the different types ingredients like one for meat, one for vegetables. It’s fine to cut your seafood directly on a board like this.

This is important, using lemon on your board after will help get rid of seafood smell…

Mix it kindly for a little bit

Add seasoning to your taste, I personally will add salt.

Carbohydrates are the biggest enemies in weight loss.

102 photos so far… !

Add salt, but not too much. A lot of people believe that if you eat salty your body will get swollen because it retains more water, which makes it more difficult to lose weight. My own personal believe is that you can add a small amount of salt and still lose weight.

Now let’s change the cutting board. I will cut the cucumber in halves. Some people don’t use cucumber in Ceviche. However I prefer it’s refreshing crispy taste in it. Friends that do not like cucumbers of course you don’t have to put it in!

Now let’s cut the spicy pepper. Cut it in half. Using a spoon makes it easier to get the seeds out. Get them all out…

Cut tomatoes, and onions

Place all the cut vegetables into the seafood and add the lime juice.

It will still need more flavor, so add seasoning to taste: salt, olive oil, pepper, sugar, etc.

Try it right after you stir it all, but of course it’s your choice!

It took 15 minutes to make plus the time preparing the ingredients, but in overall it is a very fast dish to make. You can easily do it at home.

Here are some screen shots with the process, looking at him cook also gave me clues of what he was saying…

Yummmm… can’t wait to eat make this! I actually ate Ceviche in the South American country of its origin: Perú. It was so, so, so delicious! Here is a photo of it:

The corn there was the most amazing corn, in looks, in taste… the kernels were huge!!! They were bigger than the tip of my fingers! All natural! I ate corn there everytime I could… I just couldn’t get enough of it! I’ll have to tell you about this trip sometime! If you ever want to choose a South American country to visit… let it be Perú! It’s ancient history: the Incas (among many other native groups), its amazing cuisine and Machu Picchu are unbeatable! Only Mexico can match it, but Mexico is in North America.

I wanted to see if I could find the apron he was wearing, I really liked it. And I did… you can purchase it here:

https://www.patagonia.com/product/all-seasons-hemp-canvas-work-apron/20050.html

By the way did you know that cilantro and coriander are basically the same! Coriander are the seeds of cilantro! Some people call cilantro coriander for the leaves too. That apron is coriander! Perfect for our cilantro-corander lover Ilwoo!

Here are screenshots of my phone with the almost 200 screen shots to translate this recipe… as a memory of my effort!