Day 43: Interview in the Hanjeongsik Kitchen
In the kitchen of her traditional Korean restaurant, head chef Yoon Jeonghee (A), who is seventy, interviews Choi Minho (B), a young cook applying for a job.
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Dialogue
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A μ΅λ―ΌνΈ μ¨, μ΄λ ₯μ λ΄€μ΄μ. νΈν μ£Όλ°© κ²½λ ₯μ΄ μΌ λ μ΄λ€μ. κ·Έλ°λ° μ νμλΉμ μ€λ €κ³ ν΄μ?
Choi Minho ssi, iryeokseo bwasseoyo. Hotel jubang gyeongnyeogi sam nyeonineyo. Geureonde wae hansikdange oryeogo haeyo?
Minho, I've read your CV. Three years in a hotel kitchen. So why do you want to come to a Korean restaurant?
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B νΈν μμλ μ ν΄μ§ 쑰리λ²λλ‘λ§ μμμ λ§λ€μμ΅λλ€. μ ν΅ νμμ κΈ°λ³ΈμΈ μ₯κ³Ό μ‘μλ₯Ό μ λλ‘ λ°°μ°κ³ μΆμ΅λλ€.
Hotereseoneun jeonghaejin joribeopdaeroman eumsigeul mandeureotseumnida. Jeontong hansigui gibonin janggwa yuksureul jedaero baeugo sipseumnida.
At the hotel I only cooked from set recipes. I want to properly learn sauces and broth, the foundations of traditional Korean food.
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A λ§μ λ€λ€ κ·Έλ κ² ν΄μ. μ¬κΈ°λ μλ²½ λ€μ― μμ λμμ μ₯λ λΆν° μ΄ν΄μΌ ν΄μ. μκΈλ νΈν λ³΄λ€ μ κ³ μ.
Mareun dadeul geureoke haeyo. Yeogineun saebyeok daseot sie nawaseo jangdokbuteo salpyeoya haeyo. Wolgeupdo hotelboda jeokgoyo.
Everyone says that. Here you come in at five in the morning and check the sauce jars first. And the pay is lower than at a hotel.
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B μκ³ μμ΅λλ€. μκΈμ΄ μ μμ§λΌλ μ¬κΈ°μ λ°°μ°λ κ² μ νν λ λ ν° μ¬μ°μ΄λΌκ³ μκ°ν©λλ€.
Algo itseumnida. Wolgeubi jeogeuljirado yeogiseo baeuneun ge jeohanteneun deo keun jaesanirago saenggakamnida.
I know. Even if the pay is lower, I think what I learn here will be worth far more to me.
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A μ²μ μ΄ λ μ μΉΌλ κ±°μ λͺ» μ‘μμ. μ‘μ λμ΄κ³ μ€κ±°μ§νλ λ μ΄ λλΆλΆμΌ κ±°μμ. κ·Έλλ λ²νΈ μ μμ΄μ?
Cheoeum i nyeoneun kaldo geoui mot jabayo. Yuksu kkeurigo seolgeojihaneun nari daebubunil geoyeyo. Geuraedo beotil su isseoyo?
For the first two years you'll hardly even hold a knife. Most days you'll just boil broth and wash dishes. Can you stick that out?
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B λ€. νλ€μ§λΌλ λκΉμ§ ν΄ λ³Ό κ°μ€λ‘ μμ΅λλ€. νΈν μμλ μ²μ μΌ λ μ μ±μλ§ λ€λ¬μμ΅λλ€.
Ne. Himdeuljirado kkeutkkaji hae bol gagoro watseumnida. Hotereseodo cheoeum il nyeoneun chaesoman dadeumeotseumnida.
Yes. I came ready to see it through, however hard it is. At the hotel I spent my first year just trimming vegetables too.
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A μ±μ λ€λ¬λ κ±°λμ λ¬λΌμ. μ°λ¦¬ μ‘μλ λ§μ λ³΄κ³ νλ¨νλ μλ Ήμ μ΅νλ λ°λ§ λͺ λ μ΄ κ±Έλ €μ. μΈλ΄μ¬μ΄λ λκΈ° μμ΄λ λͺ» ν΄μ.
Chaeso dadeumneun georangeun dallayo. Uri yuksuneun maseul bogo pandanhaneun yoryeongeul ikineun deman myeot nyeoni geollyeoyo. Innaesimirang kkeungi eopsineun mot haeyo.
It's not the same as trimming vegetables. With our broth, it takes years just to get the knack of judging it by taste. You can't do it without patience and grit.
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B μ μλκ»μλ μ΄λ»κ² λ°°μ°μ ¨μ΅λκΉ?
Seonsaengnimkkeseoneun eotteoke baeusyeotseumnikka?
How did you learn, Chef?
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A λ΄ μ€μΉλμ κ³λμ»΅μ λͺ» μ°κ² νμ ¨μ΄μ. λ "μ‘μλ λμ΄ μλλΌ νλ‘ λ³΄κ±°λΌ." νμ ¨μ£ .
Nae seuseungnimeun Gyeryangkeobeul mot sseuge hasyeosseoyo. Neul "yuksuneun nuni anira hyeoro bogeora." Hasyeotjyo.
My teacher wouldn't let me use measuring cups. She always said, "Judge broth with your tongue, not your eyes."
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B κ·Έ λ§μ λͺ μ¬νκ² μ΅λλ€. μ λ κ³λλ³΄λ€ λ§μΌλ‘ νλ¨νλ μ리μ¬κ° λκ³ μΆμ΅λλ€.
Geu malsseum myeongsimhagetseumnida. Jeodo gyeryangboda maseuro pandanhaneun yorisaga doego sipseumnida.
I'll remember that. I want to be a cook who judges by taste rather than by measurements, too.
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A νλλ§ λ λ¬Όμκ²μ. λμ€μ λ€λ₯Έ μλΉμμ μκΈμ λ λ°° μ€λ€κ³ νλ©΄ μ΄λ»κ² ν κ±°μμ?
Hanaman deo mureulgeyo. Najunge dareun sikdangeseo wolgeubeul du bae jundago hamyeon eotteoke hal geoyeyo?
One more question. If another restaurant offers you double the pay later on, what will you do?
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B μμ§ν νλ€λ¦΄ μλ μμ΅λλ€. νμ§λ§ μ λͺ©νλ₯Ό μ΄λ£¨κΈ° μ μλ λκ° λ¬΄μμ μ μν μ§λΌλ λ λμ§ μκ² μ΅λλ€.
Soljiki heundeullil sudo itseumnida. Hajiman je mokpyoreul irugi jeoneneun nuga mueoseul jeanhaljirado tteonaji anketseumnida.
Honestly, I might be tempted. But until I reach my goal, I won't leave, whatever anyone offers me.
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A λͺ©νκ° λλ°μ?
Mokpyoga mwondeyo?
And what's your goal?
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B μΈμ κ° μ μ΄λ¦μ 건 μμ νμλΉμ μ¬λ κ²λλ€. μ ν¬ μ§μμμ λλλ‘ λ΄λ €μ¨ μμμ μ λλ‘ μ΄λ¦¬κ³ μΆμ΅λλ€.
Eonjenga je ireumeul geon jageun hansikdangeul yeoneun geomnida. Jeohui jibaneseo daedaero naeryeoon eumsigeul jedaero salligo sipseumnida.
To open a small Korean restaurant under my own name one day. I want to do justice to the dishes handed down in my family for generations.
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A μ’μμ. κ·ΈλΌ λ©΄μ μ μ¬κΈ°κΉμ§ νκ³ , μμΉλ§ μ μ΄μ.
Joayo. Geureom myeonjeobeun yeogikkaji hago, apchima ibeoyo.
Good. Then that's the end of the interview. Put on an apron.
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B λ€? μ§κΈ λ§μμ΄μλκΉ?
Ne? Jigeum malsseumisimnikka?
Pardon? Right now?
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A μ λλΉμ μ€λ μμΉ¨μ λμΈ μ‘μκ° μμ΄μ. λ§λ³΄κ³ λκ° λΆμ‘±νμ§ λ§ν΄ λ΄μ. κ·Έκ² μ§μ§ λ©΄μ μ΄μμ.
Jeo naembie oneul achime kkeurin yuksuga isseoyo. Matbogo mwoga bujokanji malhae bwayo. Geuge jinjja myeonjeobieyo.
There's broth I made this morning in that pot. Taste it and tell me what's missing. That's the real interview.
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