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It's really more l.a., and so -- >> anthony: so this is not a direct transplant from korea? >> roy choi: it became what we're about to have here in l.a. >> anthony: interesting. >> roy choi: they're different because of the ingredients we couldn't find. >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: but never thinking about pleasing the american palate, just to make ourselves happy. >> anthony: soondubu is the thing to get. a fiery, tongue-searing, ass-burning tofu soup that'll make you forget every bad thing you ever thought about tofu. a spicy, spicy red broth and tofu are the base. we're, we're talking so...

>> anthony: right. >> david: save two and have them for dinner. >> anthony: and mandu. smaller, with thinner dumpling skins, served with red chili paste. >> david: those are the dessert ones. those got red bean in it. >> anthony: oh, god. wow. oh, these are delicious. these are just, like, so huge. >> david: go for it. >> anthony: so, would this be classically post-drinking food or pre-drinking food? [ laughter ] lay down a base of absorbent material? >> david: yeah, i mean, there's a lot of bread here. but i don't really drink. i'm just, uh, falling under peer pressure right now. i'll be one ...

>> estevan: there's a few asian ones sprinkled in the other clubs. >> anthony: more asians, more, more koreans than 15 years ago? we're seeing a crossover with the food. >> david: right. >> anthony: uh -- >> david: for the most part, things are starting to get a lot more open. if you're asking, i think there's going to be a lot more asian/hispanic mixed babies coming up in the future. [ laughter ] >> estevan: i ain't mad at that. [ laughter ] >> anthony: ideal low-riding is about getting appreciated by the people who best appreciate the traditions and techniques, the getting it right. for that...

How are you? >> david: this is my uncle anthony. this is mari. >> anthony: how you doing? >> david: this is, uh, harry kim, aka guam cruise. here's more koreans right here. >> man: here's more koreans. >> anthony: some friends of cho seem to favor this place. they are a thirsty and diverse bunch. >> anthony: i'm asking everybody -- stress position as a child? did, did you have to do the, uh, knees forward? >> man: oh, you know about this. >> anthony: it went right in, right into it. stress positions? >> woman: oh, we did that. >> anthony: you did that? see? >> man: there's this, too. >> anthon...

>> jane: oh, yeah. that's the way we learn from the generation to generation. we don't know why. >> anthony: to take a peek into the dark heart of the korean psyche, maybe it helps to get familiar with han. it's a concept that, for non-koreans, can be difficult to fully grasp. >> david: all right. you want it? here we go. han denotes a collective feeling of oppression and isolation in the face of overwhelming odds. it connotes aspects of lament and un-avenged injustice. >> anthony: wow. >> david: in some occasions, anthropologists have recognized han as cultural-specific medical condition. som...