※ This video is an excerpt from *Korea Journey - Earth-Colored Chef Parts 2–4*, which aired on September 15, 2026.

Part 2: The Head Daughter of the Cheonghak-dong Family’s Three Meals a Day

Yoon Gil-rye, who has been running a guesthouse with her husband for nearly 40 years in Cheonghak-dong at the foot of Mt. Jirisan

She is captivating the palates of her guests with the culinary skills inherited from her mother and the culinary expertise she honed while assisting her mother-in-law as the eldest daughter-in-law of the head family of the Eun clan in Cheonghak-dong.

It is said that when she prepares a meal using ingredients such as wild greens foraged directly from the mountain, vegetables grown in her garden, chickens she raised herself, and seasonal produce, guests cannot help but give her a thumbs up.

Move over, even a 20-dish banquet!

From a breakfast table lavishly set with wild mountain herbs from Mt. Jirisan,

to wild vegetable bibimbap for lunch,

and even chicken soup made with free-range chickens raised on the spot for dinner—

There are no fancy secret recipes or expensive ingredients,

but solely through generous hospitality and incredible culinary skills,

Taste the Cheonghak-dong Three Meals a Day table, set to the point where the table legs bend. Part 3: The Lotus-Blooming Temple Kitchen

Venerable Seongwon, the abbot of Seonwonsa Temple on Ganghwa Island, has been practicing asceticism while cultivating lotus fields for 26 years, following the Buddhist teaching of "If you do not work, do not eat."

Having walked the path of an ascetic for over 50 years, the Venerable has made the restoration of the Seonwonsa Temple site—which was responsible for the production and preservation of the Tripitaka Koreana—his lifelong duty. While carrying out Buddhist construction projects, he also cultivates lotus plants.

Venerable Seongwon states that nothing goes to waste with the lotus, developing a variety of dishes utilizing every part of the plant, from the flower, leaves, roots, stems, and pistils.

From lotus flower gimbap and lotus flower sushi flavored with lotus flowers, to kalguksu made from ground lotus leaves and lotus stem pickles!

He prepares the temple meal with lotus dishes that have come to the world through years of research.

He never drinks even a cup of instant coffee on its own.

He says that if he mixes it with lotus leaf or lotus flower tea and drinks it using a lotus stem as a straw,

the fatigue from hard labor completely vanishes.

The monk, who suffered from heart disease in his youth, says that lotus was of great help in recovering his health.

Considering it is a food that benefits people,

he not only cultivated lotus but even earned a doctorate degree in lotus.

We meet Monk Seongwon, who prepares healing lotus meals with his whole heart, pouring his sincere devotion into them and wishing for the health of all sentient beings.

Part 4: A Cypress Forest Painted on the Dining Table

Ms. Kim Suk-ja, who became deeply immersed in the joy of cooking while tending to the 400,000-pyeong cypress forest left to her by her father-in-law.

10 people a day! For guests visiting the cypress forest, she prepares a table with great care, using herbs from the forest and vegetables grown on her own, to create unique and diverse dishes such as cypress boiled pork, crispy green onion chips, pickled lettuce, and tarakjuk.

Upon receiving a table filled with colorful food, guests unanimously exclaim, "It is art!" and "It looks like a painting!"

Ms. Sukja, who prepares meals with the utmost care—not only for the taste of the food but also for every dish and plating—as if painting a picture, is also a painter who majored in Korean painting.

It is said that after losing her health while preparing for an exhibition, working tirelessly through the night, she entered her father-in-law's cypress forest to find healing for her body and mind.

Let us take a look at Ms. Sukja's cypress forest meal, where she serves with the same care as painting, using the dining table as a canvas to make everyone feel truly pampered. ✔ Program Title: Journey to Korea - Earth-Colored Chef Parts 2–4

✔ Broadcast Date: September 15, 2026

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