STORY: French chef savors China's Korean ethnic cuisine in NE China
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2-4, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:38
LOCATION: YANJI, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY 

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Yanji
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Waitress
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Waitress
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): Waitress
7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Waitress"Hello. Welcome."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef
"The three famous dishes of
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture are soondae,
sand ginseng, and potato pancake.
Today, I've discovered many new food materials.
Sand ginseng tastes like crispy bamboo shoots
without the strong flavor of ginseng.
It's sweet and spicy.
Soondae is a must-eat for every meal.
This is Yanbian beef hotpot.
It is already fully boiled.
Let's mix it up.
It tastes a bit like Sukiyaki.
Sweet and delicious.
Braised elbow meat wrapped by cabbage leaf.
I'll add some garlic slices, green and red chili rings,
and a bit more soybean paste.
Then, wrap it up.
The crispy and juicy cabbage leaves
wrap the flavorful braised meat.
Great!"

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Waitress
"These are potato dumplings.
The dumpling wrapper is made from frozen mashed potatoes.
The filling is made from cabbage and chili.
It tastes a little bit spicy."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef
"I'm particularly curious about it.
It is said that the wrapper is made from frozen potatoes.
First is to steam the potatoes.
Use the potato starch to make a cold wrapper,
then wrap it up.
The potato wrapper is so chewy,
and quite resilient.
Inside it is the spicy Chinese cabbage filling.
Pollack sauce soup.
It smells a bit stinky.
It has a flavor of fermentation,
which is very strong and intense,
also a bit spicy.
My favorite dish, crispy sweet and sour pork (Guo Bao Rou).
Eat it while it is hot.
With sweet and sour sauce, it tastes crispy and glutinous.
After hot meals,
let's finally have a bowl of Korean cold noodles to cool down."

SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): Waitress
"There are ice, beef, radish and sour radish leaves in it."

SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef
"It's absolutely refreshing.
The noodles are smooth and chewy,
soaked in tasty and refreshing soup.
So cool!
Today, I came to the internet-famous city Yanji
to taste some local cuisine.
As a chef myself,
I have tasted many new dishes so far
that I never tried before.
I find it is very interesting here
because there are some Korean ethnic elements
and rich local elements.
I've really tried a lot of delicious dishes,
and I highly recommend you to come to Yanji and take a look."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yanji, China.
(XHTV)