Annyeong, Joobies!

It's been a while, huh?

Since I've done the updated house tour.

I'm wearing the same outfit, but I have aged considerably.

But, uh...

I'll show you what it looks like.

Come on in.

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Wow!

Come on in to our humble abode.

So, this is what it looks like right now.

We are nearing the opening.

Obviously, there's a lot of finishing touches have to be done.

But, what used to be just a cold marble floor is now this beautiful kitchen.

As told in the previous video, we have this amazing, beautiful, natural light coming in.

And the stove is here, range from Korea.

We have a little refrigeration unit underneath here so that during service or when I'm cooking, there's a fridge so that we can take things out on the go.

We chose wooden slabs to decorate the kitchen because we wanted to give a warm feeling.

I wanted it to feel like you're stepping into my home and you're a guest that's invited in.

Even the structure of this kitchen is quite homey and very different from commercial kitchens.

And we like that.

And I think it's what makes this place even more special.

This is kind of like a Frankenstein of IKEA units and also made-to-order units.

So, this tabletop, I don't know if some of you might notice, but it's a wooden slab from IKEA.

The reason why we used a lot of IKEA, number one, it's very cost-efficient.

Number two, it's very sturdy.

And it's a really great way to build the building blocks or the bones of the structure and also be able to customize it.

And yeah, the IKEA modules, beautiful stainless steel so that it's easy.

And in front of me now, these are plates that we have right in front of us.

They're all made in Korea and they mean a lot to us.

It's really been such a great experience being able to work with a lot of the local artisans and some of the Korean potters.

And some of them are actually secondhand as well and we got a really, really great deal for it.

So, this was $2.

This beautiful plate, guess how much it is? $1.

This we got for $3.

And I really like that we've been able to incorporate a lot of secondhand items because they have history as well as for sustainability.

In that sense, I think I'm really happy about a lot of the finds that we got.

We kind of mapped out all those plates for what dishes are going to be put in so that we can visualize it better.

It is going to be omakase or a course menu.

Why?

Because we have a very, very limited space.

And in order to reduce the amount of waste and space, having a curated menu and being able to book in advance was the idea that we came up with in order to really make this come to life.

The thing with a la carte restaurants, which is, you know, you order off the menu, we can never estimate how much food of one kind we need.

And in order to tell the story and some of the mission that we want to achieve, we felt that it was best to have the curated menu.

And you'll see that in a couple of days.

I want you to come on up, but I'm going to ask you to take your shoes off because this is a Korean household.

And this is our little shoe rack, which all the guests are going to be putting their shoes in.

So this is the dining space.

We have a total maximum capacity of 18 people.

That is maximum, maximum capacity.

But what is cool about these tables is that they can actually like this extend out.

So if we are hosting events or, you know, there's more people who want to join us, we'll be able to extend it out or even just do one gigantic table like this in a communal table for any festivities.

This is kind of the waiter section.

There is a little hidden kitchen also in here.

Not a kitchen, but like a washing area for dirty plates and so on.

Dirty plates are going to go here, get loaded up and then in it goes like this.

And the additional storage units as well as wine racks or wine glasses and for little makgeolli cups.

So cute.

This one also I got for 70 cents.

Isn't that crazy?

Somebody just threw these out like these are beautiful, beautiful glasses.

For now, this is not a finished project.

My dream is to put all the jars here and just fill it with cool preserves so that some of the things that you guys are eating or maybe for the next season are displayed here.

So when I first made the video, I asked you guys what kind of table fare it should be, and there were a lot of mixed responses.

And I really like the idea of sitting down on the floor because it's a very quintessentially Korean experience, especially with all the ondol, so all these floors are heated.

We do have to get some cushions because it is a bit high.

This will be a four top, so four people sharing food.

And in case you need to go to the bathroom, it's right here.

Handy dandy.

And I really like this doorknob because it's Korean traditional pea jar feeling like the ceramic for it.

It was a nice little cute touch.

Anyways, to the bathroom.

Still very small.

I didn't think that I would be fixing the bathroom much when I first started, but I like kind of flashy bathrooms, so chocolate tiles, mirror.

And we kind of changed the dimension of the sink.

The sink used to be here, but that's what made the bathroom so, so small.

So we put it here in the back.

It's a tiny, tiny basinette, but it does the trick.

And it also gives some room for extra storage.

Storage units here, so that any like toiletries or cleaning products, all of it can be here.

Kevin actually built this himself, so there's a bit of a human touch to it.

It's one of my favorite rooms here.

Why don't we go on upstairs?

Unfortunately, I was tempted to keep the kept going side, but we painted it.

Part of me is like, oh, maybe I should have kept it, but no, it's a bit gross.

Oh, and then I'm going to go get my shoes.

Yesenia and I got matching Crocs.

Let's go.

OK, let's go up the stairs.

To our right is our little germination room.

Maybe illegal plants might be grown.

I'm just kidding.

I would never.

We have some chili peppers, some lettuce, some little seedlings that we're hoping to grow.

We have this LED panel just so that, you know, we can boost these little seedlings to grow even stronger.

And they're doing well.

Mommy's rooting for you.

We have water here so that we can germinate and feed some water for the little plants.

And this is my little safe haven area.

Maybe smoking kills, never smoke.

But yeah, this is where I can look down at people and feel superior and just see what's going on in the neighborhood.

And also, I don't know, maybe I'll get a sleeping bag and sleep here and camp with some of my little babies that are growing.

Yeah, it's a nice place to have a cup of tea and just relax.

Mind your step, mind your step.

We put a lock in here because there is confidential information.

And this is our office.

Come on in.

Also, a no shoe area.

But before we go in, I'll show you the little bathroom.

You might want to come in deeper.

Like this.

And this is where I really poop.

This is the stock toilet.

Maybe we'll install a little shower so that we can be super clean after service or before service.

Do a little duty here and wash our hands, obviously, because that's very important.

Look at myself in the mirror, little life revelations.

I should have never cut bangs.

So this is the stock toilet and then to our office.

No shoes again.

Here we are at the office.

Big shout out to Magic Fault because they were incredibly kind enough to give me a lot of this furniture.

Thank you so much.

A little bare right now because we haven't had the time to really decorate it yet.

But we have a familiar face right here and we are definitely open for business.

Not really.

Actually, May is going to be our soft lodge because I'm scared.

And we have these little buckets to sort out and organize some of the gear that we use for filming.

And then we have four people on the team.

So there's two Kevins, Big Kevin, Small Kevin, me, and then Yejin.

So we have little individual buckets for each person.

And Yejin organized these and it's very cute.

It's a bit messy still.

For now, it does the trick.

And we have this little candle that a graphic designer friend of mine gifted.

And we drew a little sharpie of like, smiley face, bad face.

So when I'm in a bad mood, just to let everyone know, I flip it like this.

And you know, hell is going to reach havoc today.

And yeah, so this is where 99.9% of the time I am just editing, swearing, eating.

Yeah, this is this is my home, actually.

And Yejin's.

Shout out.

Definitely really nice to be able to have a place where everyone can come in, work together.

Like it's really made me feel a bit more official in a weird way.

And I even have a calendar and I'm very proud of myself for it I used to just do shit sporadically and freak other people out.

I still do, but I'm trying my best to be a bit more organized.

OK, let's go see the terrace.

Oh, before we move on to the terrace, we built a little mini garden here with mints, some chives, some squash and peas and tomatoes.

Right now they're growing and peas and tomatoes like vine plants.

They need something to latch on to and kind of grow up.

So we're hoping that with some time and love and sun, they're going to start climbing up and make this beautiful like vine wall.

But right now it's a baby stage and it looks a little depressing with no sunlight right now.

But I swear it's going to be super beautiful in a couple of weeks.

Let's go upstairs.

I think Kevin's working right now, but we'll go annoy him.

Hi, how are you doing?

I'm good, how are you?

I'm good.

And we have these stairs that we built.

Oh, didn't see you there.

This is the garden of Dubie.

We built all these baby plants and we have some chili peppers, some flowers.

Wait, what flowers are these?

Oh, yeah.

Marigold.

I love gardening, and this is a love that Kevin taught me.

And it's been an incredible experience.

Planting, we felt that it was really important to have fresh local produce that we grew ourselves, that served in the restaurant.

And it was something that I think in order to be a real foodie, quote unquote, you need to learn about the ingredients and how it's grown.

And we kind of wanted to create like a full circle restaurant where we provide the ingredients, cook with it, serve it.

And then some of the food waste, hopefully not a lot, because we've created measures to make sure that not a lot of food gets wasted.

But if we do, it's going to get composted and then put back into the soil and be able to grow for the next season, for the next year.

And we felt that having this garden was an important way to make our mark in having a little food ecosystem here in Itaewon.

I can really see myself just suntanning here during the summer, pushing both Kevin Small and Kevin Large out and just fully naked here.

Roasting like a little tomato.

I'm actually going to open a few bottles of Korean wine.

We'll chat a little bit downstairs.

Let's go down.

I'm going to open this yuzu wine.

A little glass, one for me, one for you.

Kevin.

One for you, Mattabeshwa.

And one for me.

Cheers!

Pretty good.

So that is it for the house tour video.

So much has happened within the last four and a half months.

Did I think that it was going to take this long?

No.

Did I think that it was going to be this much heartache?

No.

But it is an exciting, exciting start.

And I can't wait to show some of the journey and suffering and moments of joy that will soon be happening.

But I'm so, so happy about this beautiful space.

It is the culmination of hard work, love, energy.

And I want to give a special thanks to Awesome Studio, especially Bon, our architect.