(upbeat dance music)
- Most people have to fly to Korea
to get a taste of their delicious food.
But, in Chicago, we are blessed with food trucks
that highlight Asian flavors.
Trucks, like Bop Bar.
(speaking Korean)
You don't have to be short just for me.
- This is my habit. - All right.
- The food truck is pretty high,
so every time I take an order, I lower myself,
and take an order like that, yeah.
(tearing) - Yeah, yeah.
- This now looks like a 1950s workout.
- One, two, three, four.
- [Elliott] So let's talk about your food truck.
- All right, yeah. - Let's talk about Bop Bar.
- Bop means rice, like a rice bar.
- [Elliott] Okay.
- [Giman] The bop is more than just a rice,
it's like a meal.
- [Elliott] Why did you decide you wanted
to open up a food truck?
- [Giman] Before I started a food truck,
I ran a dental laboratory, so I was bored.
- You were bored with doing dental implants?
- Yeah, I was-- - Crazy man.
(buzzing) (maniacal laughing)
- "Oh my god, don't stop now!"
- It was not fun, so I was looking for something fun.
So I traveled two hours every weekend
to work in the food truck.
I meet a lot of people, they're hungry,
I feed them, they're happy, and I'm happy.
How are you, sir?
- Bulgogi burrito, please? - Ten dollars, please.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, thank you.
- Before you and I get on the truck,
why are you Chicago's Best food truck?
Do your proper stance, though.
Do it with a proper stance.
Get down, there we go.
Why are you Chicago's Best food truck?
- We are unique.
K-Pop, K-Dance, these days everything starts with a "K",
so we're gonna spread K-Food to Chicago.
- He's bringing Korea to Chicago.
We're gonna go on and cook with a K.
- Can we stand up normally?
- No, we have to go on like this.
(laughing) - Oh, my, okay.
- [Elliott] So this is a bulgogi.
- Yeah, that is thin-sliced ribeye beef.
- And it's been marinating overnight.
- Yeah. - Nice.
- So, you're gonna need some garlic, you just mix them.
- Give it a little massage. - Yeah.
This is sesame oil.
Just a little bit of sesame oil in there,
that's good enough.
- Good enough, that's everyone's favorite phrase
with me on this show.
- That's good enough. - Hang on a second.
We say those words again, that's what?
- That's good enough. - Right.
- [Giman] All right, then we move on to the grill.
- So we've got some carrots and some spring onions as well.
- [Giman] Wow, all right you're doing good.
- We've gone from "good enough" to "wow."
- [Narrator] Wow.
- [Giman] You can put the meat on top of that.
- [Elliott] Being on a food truck really is my happy place.
How we're looking?
- The bulgogi is done now.
So the next step is we get the rice for the bi bim bap.
- [Elliott] And how much are we looking for?
- [Giman] That's good enough, yeah.
- We were at wow stage, now we're back to just good enough.
(audience groaning)
So this is our next stage? - Yeah.
- [Elliott] Our vegetables.
- And then we're gonna put some bulgogi on top of that.
We're missing one thing, missing the fried egg.
- We need the wow factor in this bowl.
- [Giman] Wow.
- Wow? - Yeah.
- I've peaked, I have peaked.
(catchy music)
Do you mix everything up?
Do you break the egg?
- What you need to do is just
to mix them all up orally together.
- Plink.
Slightly salty, slightly sweet, savory
I love bi bim bop, because it does satisfy
so many different things.
- I feel proud of my country's food.
Like Korean food, good balance, like meat and vegetables.
- It excites the palate.
So if you're having a humdrum day in the office Downtown,
and you need something spice up your life for lunchtime,
Bop Bar's got you covered.
But just try and aim for that wow factor.