Culinary Class Wars: Cooking the Stories of Our Lives

Afternoona Asks

We were delighted to chat about Culinary Class Wars with returning guest Lisa. We discussed what made the 2024 Netflix food competition so entertaining and unique, who our favorites were among the chefs battling it out to make their names known, what foods we most wanted to eat, and how we would like to refine the next season (hopefully it's not derailed by Chef Paik's ongoing business and legal troubles!). We also talked about various Korean and Chinese food words in our language section.

You can find Lisa on YouTube as Army Auntie and on Instagram as @chibifromouterspace

To get a bit more of an introduction to Lisa, listen to our JSA and Korean American Experiences of Hallyu episode.

Reality/variety/cooking shows mentioned in this episode:

Singles Inferno

Physical 100

Siren: Survive the Island

Iron Chef

Top Chef

Great British Bake Off

Running Man

You Quiz on the Block

Rented in Finland

Love After Divorce

Master Chef

Peak Time

Foods mentioned in this episode:

Japchae - stir fried glass noodles

Naengmyeon - cold noodles

Kalguksu - knife cut noodle soup

Jeon - batter dipped and pan fried meat or vegetables

Gyejang - raw marinated crab

Biji jigae - soy pulp left over from tofu-making process, made into a stew

Dongpo rou - braised pork belly from Hangzhou

Malatang - Sichuanese numbing spice hot pot

Babaocai/Palbochae - Chinese "eight treasures" dish that contains various vegetables, seafood and meat

Bibimbap - rice mixed with stir fried vegetables, meat, and a fried egg (several unique varieties were showcased, including seafood)

Dim sum - Cantonese dumplings

Gim - roasted laver (often marketed as seaweed snacks in Western countries)