and today we're gonna find a date for Ahran.

Ahran, you're gonna try the kimchi fried rice

of three different guys,

and based just on their cooking

you're gonna decide who you're going on a date with.

Sound good? - Sounds great.

(both laughs)

(groovy music)

Hi, my name's Ahran.

I was on "MasterChef Season Five"

and made it to ninth place when I was 18 years old.

I've been cooking since I was about five years old.

I was born in South Korea

and I moved to the states when I was about six.

So I grew up eating a lot of Korean food

and I've had a lot of kimchi fried rice.

- What's up? My name's Eli.

- My name's Inspecta Jones.

- What's going on? I'm Zay.

- [Chris] Eli, what are you expecting?

- Honestly, I'm not really expecting much,

but I think that's the beauty of it.

Just going in like with blindfolds on

and see how things turn out.

- [Chris] Inspecta Jones, you were very confident

that you're gonna win this.

- Man, you got me transporting an over easy egg

from a different borough, man.

I feel like with that type of delicacy I gotta be winning.

- [Chris] How are you feeling, Zay?

- I feel good. I mean this is something

I've been eating my whole life, you know?

- [Chris] You put a lot love into it.

- My (speaks Korean) puts a lot of love into it,

so naturally like I got a like mother like son.

- For me my love language is cooking for people.

- [Chris] No surprise there.

- Yeah, so I'm like really interested

to see their authentic selves in their dish.

(groovy music)

- [Eli] I'll be very honest, I kind of just winged it.

Spam, rice, kimchi, put some gochujang in it, some butter.

Putting some mozz on the side,

hopefully it'll actually melt.

- [Inspecta Jones] Damn, my man got fresh mozz.

- [Chris] Everybody else is sweating right now.

- I don't know if the taste

is gonna be up to par to her standards,

but I'm always willing to learn

and I think that plays hand in hand with my personality.

- Well they did a good job cooking the egg.

It's like the yolk is runny

and I love spam in my kimchi fried rice.

- [Zay] She got the extra spoon. (laughs)

- Yo, she got the (beep) spoon.

That's how you know she eats well.

- I'm really good with spice, but it's really spicy,

but then it lowkey lacks some flavor,

so maybe they're just like.

Sorry, sorry, was that mean?

- [Chris] No, no, no, no.

They're aware this is their last day on earth.

Let 'em have it.

- Well I can tell that like he put a lot of thought

into plating it, so maybe he's kind of like

an artsy type of guy.

- [Chris] Would you go on a date with this guy?

Any red flags in terms of dating?

- I'm curious to know,

is he the type that just likes going

for like adventure and going for a risk

without actually thinking about the steps going into it?

'Cause it's like very spicy,

but then like it lacks a lot of the basic flavors

that I'd want in kimchi fried rice.

- That doesn't mean he likes flavor as a man.

- [Chris] He asked ahead of time

if you were lactose intolerant.

- Oh, that's actually very considerate and I actually think

that cheese always belongs on kimchi fried rice, so.

Plus five for him.

- Plus five.

- [Chris] How attractive do you think this guy is?

- I would say he probably is an eight outta 10.

- Ooh that's high.

- 'Cause you know, normally like the good looking guys

are the ones with the more of the red flags, so.

- Oh, shi, yo.

- Red flags.

(upbeat music)

- For all you people

that wanna learn how to make kimchi fried rice,

you heat up a skillet, put some neutral oil on,

get some chopped scallions, throw in some protein,

kimchi or some fresh vegetables or what have you.

You get a day old rice

'cause you don't want it too sticky for your fried rice.

You kind of want it loose like, you know,

after a couple shots of soju and all that.

You gotta understand you got some red pepper paste,

and soy sauce, and some sugar

just to cut the spiciness and the saltiness.

If you're real Korean and you grew up with your grandparents

you know they always had (speaks Korean)

in the fridge, you feel me?

And if you guys don't know what is that's barley tea.

And you get some cold (speaks Korean),

and some good Korean food,

and I think you kind of lit.

- [Chris] Okay, so before you start I will mention

that he opted out of reheating his dish.

- Oh. - [Chris] Yeah.

- So he wants me to eat my food cold?

Well first of all, the plating is great.

Maybe he's like an artsy guy,

maybe like low key into music or something.

I don't know. - [Chris] Wow.

He is actually a rapper.

- Oh, damn. Look at me.

I am so good at judging people.

I like the way that he like put it in the bowl

and then like flipped it over.

- You did the same thing.

- I did do the same thing.

- That is actually something

that I did once on "MasterChef",

so maybe we would get along

and we have like similar thought process and things.

- [Chris] Oh he did wanna serve this with a drink.

- Ooh.

- So nice of him.

What is the drink though?

- [Chris] Only one way to find out.

- Oh, wow. Did he bring this from home?

- Oh, yo, there it is. - Wow.

- There it is. - [Chris] Yeah, he did.

- I think we could get married.

- Whoa. - Whoa, shit.

- I am very, very impressed.

Considering that like he didn't reheat it,

the yolk is perfectly cooked.

- That's what I was thinking the whole time.

I might have to marry her myself.

- Lowkey tastes like the kimchi fried rice I would make.

I feel like his knife cuts tell me

that he has really good attention to detail.

- [Chris] He would plan everything very well.

- Yeah. He would, he's probably the one

that would like make the reservation

and then send me the resi link or something.

- I can't lie, I'll be doing that on the regular.

- [Chris] Do you think he keeps his room clean?

- Yeah. - Do you keep your room clean?

- No, I'm sorry. (Eli laughs)

- By this plating, I feel like he's definitely,

he like makes his bed every morning.

He probably does the dishes as soon as he cooks too.

- Do you do that? - No.

- [Chris] He was the most confident in winning this also.

- Oh, wow. Good for him.

We like a man with confidence.

(groovy music)

- [Zay] What do I got for us? What was the question?

- [Chris] What do you got for us?

- Oh I got a, I got kimchi fried rice.

- [Chris] No way. (laughs)

- No way. (laughs)

Lots of vegetable chopping, lots of meat grilling.

I like double meat on basically anything that I ever eat.

- [Chris] All of your three fried rices

look almost exactly the same.

- Exactly the same.

So like I gotta switch it up right now.

So this is like a lot of eggs.

There's two, I did another one for backup.

So we got a poached egg, we got a regular egg.

Some of these crushed sesame seeds.

Whoa, I almost poured the entire thing on there.

I'm gonna put some of this on the side right here.

What else can I make different right now?

Oh let's, let's just, let's just have some fun.

(everyone laughs)

- [Chris] Take his scallions?

- She, she needs to eat a lot. (everyone laughs)

- [Chris] Cooking aside, what does this say about you

as a potential partner in dating?

- You will always eat a lot. (everyone laughs)

- He wanted to serve it with this hot sauce and with this.

- Okay, presentation wise

this is probably the worst out of all three.

(contestants laugh)

I mean, also, is this even a full egg?

Oh, and this one is undercooked.

- [Chris] Yeah. One of them was poached.

One of them is not.

- One of them is poached? - [Chris] Yeah.

- Oh, oh, this is not a poached egg. (laughs)

And then this egg is like fine,

but I'm just confused because they're like different.

- [Chris] Don't you like a man with variety?

- Correct.

- I do like a man who can be versatile,

but I feel like there's a time and a place,

and this was not the time or the place.

- Oh. - I understand. I understand.

- That's a bar man. I can't, bro.

- That is, that's a bar.

- [Chris] He wanted to let you know

that he doesn't leave any space.

He wanted to fill the whole plate.

He was all about quantity right here.

- So he's a quantity over quality type of guy.

- [Chris] I assume he meant for both, but

(everyone laughs)

we at least got the quantity.

- Okay. The fact that he like gave me this on the side,

so does he expect me to like wrap it also?

I'm just a little bit confused

because there's like this wrapper seaweed

and then like this sprinkled.

- [Chris] Like I said, variety.

(Ahran laughs)

- Is this spam?

Oh, I think he put pork belly in here.

- I did.

- Wow, that's impressive.

I love pork belly in fried rice.

- Come on, MSG, do me some good.

- Okay, so just, (laughs)

Okay. By the plating of this, is he a gym rat?

- I'm no rat. (Eli and Inspecta Jones laugh)

- Because he put two eggs too,

so it's like an overload of protein.

Maybe this generous portion is because he grew up

getting a lot of love from his family.

- I did.

- But we love a family oriented man.

- [Chris] Ahran, who are you going on a date with?

- Okay, so the first guy's kimchi fried rice had potential.

He seems like a risk taker because it's very spicy,

but the small details aren't really there.

So I feel like he's someone who just goes at his own pace.

So this is a no for me.

The third kimchi fried rice is good in flavor

and I feel like this guy is like a family man,

like very generous.

Probably has a great relationship with his mother.

I don't know.

But he seems like someone who can't really make up his mind

because he gave me all these things on the side

as if he expects me to choose.