[Interview] North Korean-born chef delights Southerners' taste buds, breaks down cultural barriers
Lee Myung-ae, a veteran chef and the owner of a catering company called Jinmiga Foods, said there is a single, universal factor that influences people's choices when it comes to eating: food served should be good enough to delight their taste buds. Once this condition is met, she added it doesn't matter to customers where the chef comes from. She learned these lessons from her decades of experience in the food industry, first as a chef and restaurateur in North Korea and now as the owner of a catering business in South Korea.