Name: we're finished
Uploaded: 2024-11-05T14:28:12.000Z
Duration: 17 min
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I'm wearing the same outfit, but I have aged considerably.

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So, this is what it looks like right now.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

We have a total maximum capacity of 18 people.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

To our right is our little germination room.

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

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