"I'm Lee Gyun"The epic that Edward Lee wrote, the secret hidden in his cooking "

Oct 10, 2024

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Interest in Chef Edward Lee, who starred as a white spoon in the Netflix series 'Black and White Chef: The War of the Cooking Class' (hereinafter referred to as a black and white chef), is exploding. Attention is drawn to him, who even drew his Korean identity as a Korean-American by revealing his Korean name 'Gyun' in the final.

'Lee Gyun' is the real name of the king of the Joseon Dynasty. In fact, the real name of the Joseon Dynasty's ancestors is Lee Gyun. Although he later inherited the throne and renamed it Yi Yeon.

In the second semi-final, 'Infinite Cooking Hell', where his true value was displayed, he produced a epic poem. In the mission to make tofu, each dish contained the soul of his identity and impressed viewers. Edwardry, who introduced pine nuts, avocado & tofu soup in the first round, roasted tofu and scallops in the second and third rounds, smoked tofu and duck meat, gave a tofu block gochujang pasta in the fourth round to wow his idea. Round 5 'Kentucky Fried Tofu' deserved to be 'Hwaryong Peak' and round 6 Yuja Tofu Crème Bruele also impressed the judges.

Another hidden secret. From first-round soup to sixth-round crème broules, Edwardry completed a perfect Italian fine-dining course meal. The perfect course was made up of Potaju (soup) in the first round, Poisson (seafood dish) in the second round, Biand (meat dish), Primo Piato (pasta) and Promage (cheese), Sekondo Piato (meat dish) in the fifth round, and Dolce (dessert) in the sixth round. Of course, the judges were busy judging each dish.

In addition, he insisted on cooking a reinterpretation of Korean food from beginning to end. Salad using aged kimchi, tuna bibimbap, dishes using locus, and Korean food that can be easily eaten by people around the world from the last tteokbokki dessert were born in his hands.

In the final mission, I wrote an autobiography. "I'm Lee GyunHis explanation of the dish, which begins with "I always thought it was a waste of food because it was overflowing every time I ate in Korea, but I only learned later that it was a characteristic of Korean food with abundance and love." He reinterpreted the remaining three tteokbokki as desserts."It continued. He impressed viewers with his clumsy handwritten letter, and Edward Lee drinks whiskey and Lee Kyun drinks makgeolliIt was concluded with the words ".

You're even allowed to be a writer? Of course, he is already a successful chef as a writer. Edward Lee, who graduated with honors from New York University's Department of English Literature, is a best-selling author who has published three books, ranging from 'Smoke and Pickles"''''Berter Milk Graffiti'''''Burban Land' In particular, he won the James Beard Prize in Cookbook, which is called the Nobel Prize in the restaurant industry, for his work "Butter Milk Graffiti" in 2019.

What a chef with literary knowledge. It is not to be ignored that Edward Lee's weight is large in that the "Black and White Chef" was able to gain worldwide popularity.

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"I'm Lee Gyun"The epic that Edward Lee wrote, the secret hidden in his cooking "

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