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ongkongers indulged in all things Korean at last month’s festival,
“In Love with Korea @ Harbour City” in Tsim Sha Tsui. Three
Young Post junior reporters caught the love bug and went to
watch Bibap, a show about Korea’s most famous dish, bibimbap.
The show has been highly recommended by Kim Yoon-ok, South Korea’s
former first lady. Let’s see what the junior reporters found out.
Korean love affair with food
A festival to promote our Asian neighbour
featured a riotous comedy and dance show
focusing on its signature rice dish, bibimbap
Junior reporters (above centre, from left) Eva, Gabriel and William with members
of the Bibap cast; (left) Korea’s signature dish, bibimbap. Photos: John Kang
Chefs “cooked”
pizza, noodles
and bibimbap
while using lots
of action,
comedy and
dancing
Compiled by John Kang
The show was part of a project to promote Korean cuisine around the
world. It focused on one of the nation’s signature dishes, bibimbap – rice
mixed with ingredients such as beef, egg and vegetables. While showing
how to make the dish, the cast combined different performing arts – a
cappella singing, acrobatics, b-boying, beat-boxing, and martial arts.
With action-packed dancing and singing, the show was not only a feast
for the eyes, but also the ears, providing all-round entertainment.
The variety of art forms really brought out the energy of Korean
bibimbap. It helped us to appreciate and understand the great range of
ingredients that go into making this, colourful, delicious dish.
Gabriel Yiu
The show featured b-boy dancers and acrobats. The story is about two
chefs competing to create the best possible bibimbap – a dish that
literally means “mixed rice”. Two beat-boxing MCs introduced the main
chefs, “green” and “red”, and their four helpers – “maknae (“youngest”
in Korean) chef”, “rookie chef”, “cutie chef” and “sexy chef”.
The winner is decided by a member of the audience who tastes real
bibimbap. When we watched, the winner was the red chef.
Throughout the show, the chefs “cooked” pizza, noodles, and of
course, bibimbap. They did this through lots of action, comedy and
dancing. There was lots of audience interaction, too, such as a fight
involving a “sack of flour” – luckily they used a pillow instead of flour!
William Cheng
Bibap highlighted a melting pot of different culinary cultures by featuring foods
from around the world. The Bibap cast said that they were really interested in
Hong Kong cuisine, especially the city’s dim sum. In fact, they said that they
were considering using a dish from Hong Kong in their show.
Each part of the performance is based on a dish. The cast had to do lots of
research and think of creative ways to interpret how the food is prepared; for
example, through dance or comedy. If you think of the energetic motions of a
cooks using a wok, or how neatly dim sum is designed, I’m sure they will come
up with something that shows off Hong Kong cuisine!
Eva Chan
Young Post organises regular activities for our junior reporters.
If you wish to join, send your name, age, school and contact
details to reporters.club@scmp.com with “jun rep application”
in the subject field
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