The taste of Lee Jeong-hoo and Kim Ha-seong’s hot dogs created by ‘Black and White Chef’… American culture presented by MLB Pocha[이헌재의 B급야구]

Celebrity chef Austin Kang, who appeared on ‘Black and White Chef’, is handing over Kim Ha-seong’s Gold Glove Burger at MLB Pocha. News 1

The most popular menu item at Korean baseball stadiums is undoubtedly ‘chicken and beer’. So what is the ‘soul food’ at Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball stadiums? It’s none other than a hot dog.

MLB sells specialty hot dogs at each stadium. If you go to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dodger Stadium, you must try the ‘Dodger Dog’. Dodger Dog is a famous hot dog that sells more than 1.5 million units every season. Ha-seong Kim’s team, San Diego Petco Park, is famous for its ‘Vario Dogs’. The ‘Monster Dog’ sold at Fenway Park in Boston boasts an enormous size.

From September 27th to 29th, an event was held at Y193, a cultural complex in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, where you could taste a variety of MLB-style hot dogs. The stage was ‘MLB Pocha,’ a pop-up store opened by MLB to capture the hearts of young Korean fans. An MLB official said, “We wanted to introduce not just baseball, but the various cultures of MLB, including food and atmosphere, to Korean fans through the medium of ‘pojangmacha,’ which represents Korea.”

Kim Dong-wook, CEO of Sports Intelligence, who prepared the pop-up store, said, “Baseball is a game of competition for victory and defeat, and at the same time, it is entertainment with a variety of things to enjoy. “We tried to show the entertainment characteristics of MLB not only to baseball fans but also to a variety of people.”

Otani’s ‘Tuta Dog’ developed by Chef Austin Kang.

The highlight of ‘MLB Pocha’ is definitely the hot dogs. We prepared 9 types of hot dog menu for this event. The origins and playing styles of the 9 hottest players in MLB are expressed through hot dogs.

The representative menu is Korean Major Leaguer Lee Jeong-hoo’s ‘Bossam Dog’. This is a Korean-style hot dog with boiled pork belly and roasted aged kimchi. The ‘Gold Glove Dog’, named after Kim Ha-seong (San Diego), who won the Gold Glove in the National League Utility category last year, has a gold glove shape on the outside and is filled with sweet desserts on the inside.

Aaron Judge’s (New York Yankees) Chicken Parmesan Dog added a Korean twist to ‘New York Style’ Chicken Parmesan, while Corey Seager’s (Texas) Chicken Gangjeong Dog used chicken coated in red pepper paste sauce and coleslaw.

A lineup of 9 hot dogs presented by MLB Pocha. Reporter Heonjae Lee

Chef Austin Kang is the person who created 9 different hot dogs in a short period of time. Model-turned-chef Austin Kang, who has appeared in various broadcast programs such as ‘Masterchef Korea’ and ‘Idol Singles’, recently showed off his cooking skills by appearing in ‘Black and White Chef’, a cooking competition program that is attracting attention on Netflix, and ‘A Man Who Is Good at His Own Job’. I showed off.

Chef Austin Kang, who lived in California, USA, said, “I ate a lot of street food when I was young. I remember eating Dodger Dog the first time I went to Dodger Stadium. Just as Korea has tteokbokki and sundae, America has hot dogs. “So I prepared it in a more fun way,” he said.

A view of the MLB Pocha pop-up store, which opened from the 27th to the 29th. Reporter Heonjae Lee

Among the 9 menu items he created, the one he chose as the best was ‘Otani Tutta Dog’. This hot dog was created with Dodgers’ pitcher Shohei Otani (Japan) in mind. A Dodgers fan, he said, “I think the idea for the Otani Tuta Dog came to me right away and I made it in 30 minutes. “We used the animal-style sauce from the ‘In-N-Out’ burger, which is famous in the LA area, along with Japanese-style takoyaki,” he said. He also came to the event wearing a Dodgers jersey with Ohtani’s number 17 engraved on it.

MLB spent a considerable amount of money to open a pop-up store that lasted only three days. We rented an entire large building in Seongsu-dong, a hot place for MZs, and developed 9 types of hot dogs through the Austin River. An MLB official said, “MLB highly evaluates the potential of the Korean market. The opening game of the 2024 season between San Diego and the Dodgers held at Gocheok Sky Dome in March of this year is in the same context. “We plan to continue to spread the charm of MLB to more Korean fans.”

I don’t know when, but when MLB becomes more deeply rooted in Korea, wouldn’t it be possible for Lee Jeong-hoo’s ‘Bossam Dog’, Kim Ha-seong’s ‘Gold Glove Dog’, and Ohtani’s ‘Two-Ta Dog’ to be sold as regular menu items at Korean baseball stadiums and stores? .

Reporter Lee Heon-jae [email protected]

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2024-09-30 21:06:33