Roy Choi

But it was great because you go there and you'd make like a ton of money and you'd have a class that was just completely into you and you could say whatever you want. I think the whole time I taught English, I don't even think I really taught anything. I just talked. And they just kind of took the class to like hear the words and hear the lingo and the rhythm.

This sounds like a dream job for me because I just love to talk. It was the podcast before podcast.

This sounds like a dream job for me because I just love to talk. It was the podcast before podcast.

This sounds like a dream job for me because I just love to talk. It was the podcast before podcast.

No, I think once I got to Korea, what amazed me is just how fluid and affordable food is, but it's still the same food. Here in the States, the difference between nutritional food, delicious food, and processed food, it's all an economic barrier, right? And so anything that is below a certain price is usually fast food in most cases. But in Korea, it's not that way at all.

No, I think once I got to Korea, what amazed me is just how fluid and affordable food is, but it's still the same food. Here in the States, the difference between nutritional food, delicious food, and processed food, it's all an economic barrier, right? And so anything that is below a certain price is usually fast food in most cases. But in Korea, it's not that way at all.

No, I think once I got to Korea, what amazed me is just how fluid and affordable food is, but it's still the same food. Here in the States, the difference between nutritional food, delicious food, and processed food, it's all an economic barrier, right? And so anything that is below a certain price is usually fast food in most cases. But in Korea, it's not that way at all.

When I first started going there, that just really opened my eyes to like, you know, food being so cheap yet so delicious. It's like more democratized. And just filled with nutrients, chili paste, ginger, garlic, green onions, different herbs. And so that opened my mind because it made food a part of culture. I was young. I was in my early 20s.

When I first started going there, that just really opened my eyes to like, you know, food being so cheap yet so delicious. It's like more democratized. And just filled with nutrients, chili paste, ginger, garlic, green onions, different herbs. And so that opened my mind because it made food a part of culture. I was young. I was in my early 20s.

When I first started going there, that just really opened my eyes to like, you know, food being so cheap yet so delicious. It's like more democratized. And just filled with nutrients, chili paste, ginger, garlic, green onions, different herbs. And so that opened my mind because it made food a part of culture. I was young. I was in my early 20s.

And here, when you're in your early 20s, you go out of the club or whatever, all you're doing is just debauchery or going through the drive-thru and yelling into this fucking intercom and eating fries and Big Macs and this and that.

And here, when you're in your early 20s, you go out of the club or whatever, all you're doing is just debauchery or going through the drive-thru and yelling into this fucking intercom and eating fries and Big Macs and this and that.

And here, when you're in your early 20s, you go out of the club or whatever, all you're doing is just debauchery or going through the drive-thru and yelling into this fucking intercom and eating fries and Big Macs and this and that.

But over there, it opened my mind to like food is a part of it all. Right. So it's not just complete destruction of your body and soul and everything and then lazy boy and conk out and then wake up. Wake up hating yourself and have to get drunk again to deal with it. It's like you can sometimes have the best meal of your life. And feel good afterwards.

But over there, it opened my mind to like food is a part of it all. Right. So it's not just complete destruction of your body and soul and everything and then lazy boy and conk out and then wake up. Wake up hating yourself and have to get drunk again to deal with it. It's like you can sometimes have the best meal of your life. And feel good afterwards.

But over there, it opened my mind to like food is a part of it all. Right. So it's not just complete destruction of your body and soul and everything and then lazy boy and conk out and then wake up. Wake up hating yourself and have to get drunk again to deal with it. It's like you can sometimes have the best meal of your life. And feel good afterwards.

And feel good afterwards and spend like five bucks and stay there till like 4.30 in the morning.

And feel good afterwards and spend like five bucks and stay there till like 4.30 in the morning.

And feel good afterwards and spend like five bucks and stay there till like 4.30 in the morning.

It's getting better now, obviously, with the street food that's evolved, but also just food culture has evolved in the last 20 years here.