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Private Notes
In the pilot episode, Sang kicks things off where it all began: his old stomping grounds in Toronto’s Koreatown. He visits Korean Village Restaurant, a K-Town institution, to hear from proprietor Jason Lee about his struggle to keep the restaurant afloat, through the pandemic. Later, Sang meets his old friend, former K-Pop star Shaun Park, to investigate the Korean hot dog craze that’s sweeping the neighourhood, and round out the night at a karaoke spot with a group of local youth.
In Hamilton, Sang boards the formidable battleship HMCS Haida to meet HooJung Jones Kennedy, a community organizer and Korean War veterans advocate. Over a picnic of buddae jjigae (army base stew) shared with two aging but spirited veterans, HooJung shares the story of her mother’s incredible escape from North Korea at the end of the war. Sang sits down for a cup of makgeolli (rice wine) with a young filmmaker who has an equally high-stakes family story involving the war. Sang rehashes his experiences with his old friend, Dale Yim, over a delicious bowl of the classic Pyongyang cold noodle dish, naengmyeon, at Dale’s restaurant, Song Cooks.
