Roy Choi

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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.

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.

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.

He started it all. He started this wave, you know, and Kogi came on the heels of that. But really, it was Momofuku that kind of broke the mold and really allowed a pathway for this millennial generation to really have something to connect that experience to.