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If I were to describe Jinny’s Kitchen in one word, it would be hungry. Every time I watch Jinny’s Kitchen, I get hungry for Korean chicken, ramen, kimbap, bulgogi — the whole shabang. It's to the point where I have to make sure that I eat something before watching the next episode. Can’t even watch Jinny’s Kitchen early in the morning, because the food joints I craved weren’t open at that time. The struggles are real! If Jinny’s Kitchen's goal was to persuade viewers to eat Korean food, well they definitely won in that category with me.
The great mind behind this show is Na PD. He also did the Game Caterers Series with BTS & other HYBE artists which are other great shows to watch if you want to be cheered up. Jinny’s Kitchen was a short series that took place in Bacalar, a small beautiful town in Mexico. Five well-known Korean celebrities Lee Seo Jin (The passionate boss), Jung Yu Mi (The kimbap queen), Park Seon Joon (The amazing chef), Choi Woo Shik (The Spanish master), and our very own Kim Taehyung (The ramen lover) were the famous faces of this show. For only a week, they worked hard sharing with the world the delicious street foods of South Korea. Not only did we get to see them make different Korean street foods that some of us already enjoy eating, but Woo Shik also taught us a lot of Spanish. I found this show to be both entertaining and educational.
Jinny’s Kitchen kept viewers wanting more, and as an ARMY I am probably one of many ARMY who hoped for the best with V working in the kitchen — because if we think about it, when it comes to BTS and who cooks amongst them, it is Jin and Suga, not V, usually taking the helm. So to see V succeed in the kitchen of an actual restaurant in Mexico was at the top of my list. This show portrayed so many sides of these celebrities we enjoy watching. Boss Jin and his ‘dimples expression’ kept his workers busy. When they weren’t visible, everyone had to work hard; and when they were visible, everyone still had to work harder and sometimes even longer hours. His ambitious sales goals kept the anticipation on a high and hearing the conversations in the kitchen about how hard they had to work made V appreciate being an artist even more.
What I learned about the Mexican community from watching this series is how welcoming and kind they all are. Everyone that appeared in this show, whether they were strangers, visitors to the area or locals were all very nice and hospitable. When the restaurant was full and there was a long line waiting, guests who were dining and close to finishing their meals gave up their table for others. Even when the restaurant was empty, instead of quiet situations being awkward the guests would have conversations with one another and some even left together as friends. There was one encounter where an ARMY recognized V from BTS and without hesitation, didn’t invade his privacy (while filming this show) but instead left him a heartfelt note which read “I love you so much Kim Taehyung.” All over social media, other ARMY praised her and hoped for more ARMY like her. This letter not only left ARMY feeling happy, but it also left V experiencing a mixture of feelings, especially joy. Every now and then throughout the series, you would see diners recognize the staff and their true identities. It was really cool to see how they all handled these situations differently but most of them by simply respecting their space/privacy.
Knowing that three of the members on Jinny’s Kitchen are part of the WOOGA squad made this show more enjoyable for me. The WOOGA squad is a group of friends that began on the set of ‘Hwarang’ in 2016. Park Seo Joon met V from BTS and Park Hyung-Sik, he then introduced them to Choi Woo-Shik and Peakboy. In July 2022, they released In the Soop: Friendcation, and now although we don’t see all of them, we still get to see some of them on Jinny’s Kitchen. When talking about V’s age to Lee Seo Jin, Park Seo Joon mentioned that V was born in 1995, the boss was shocked because of how young V was — to which Park Seo Joon responded with “But now, it feels like he’s the eldest.” This could be interpreted as how close they are, how strong their friendship is, or how easy-going V is to get along with.
Yes, I loved watching every episode. The part where V played tricks on Choi Woo-Shik to get out of frying the chicken and then everyone chiming in with him “Okaaay!” Now that was quite funny. Every time V secretly threw Choi Woo-Shik under the bus, the first instance, buying the shirts (which they ended up wearing anyways and looked pretty neat too) the second instance, when V was meant to say one thing to the boss but ended up saying another, now who wouldn’t sympathize with Woo-Shik after everything V was putting him through? Despite all the fun and games they played on each other, my favorite part would have to be the Run BTS dance at the end. Now in that episode, we don’t get to see who is all watching him from the side, but I know, if I were a fan of BTS, had an opportunity to dine at Jinny’s Kitchen, get the chance to eat yangnyeom chicken made by V and then get to see him dance to Run BTS in the middle of the street, I would think I was dreaming because that doesn’t happen every day.
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Written By: Jasmine
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