Ji Chang-Wook Is Running A Filipino Restaurant In Seoul And We Are LOSING IT

The crossover we've been manifesting successful our imaginativeness boards is REAL, and it's called Kumusta – a culinary question amusement that's astir to smash Korean and Filipino nutrient civilization unneurotic successful the astir delicious mode possible. Set successful the iconic streets of Gangnam, Seoul, this isn't conscionable a cooking show. It's a full taste moment, and we are HERE for each azygous 2nd of it.

Imagine this: Ji Chang-wook, on with a squad of Filipino A-listers, ditching their glam and moving a afloat operational Filipino pop-up edifice successful 1 of Seoul's astir buzzing districts. For SEVEN. STRAIGHT. DAYS. Up to 12 hours a day. We're talking Chicken Inasal, Kare-kare, Sisig, and the queen of each dishes – Lechon – being served to Korean diners who are astir apt astir to person the champion repast of their lives, honestly.

The formed getting their hands soiled (and deliciously greasy) includes Jodi Sta. Maria, Janella Salvador, Francine Diaz, and Arci Muñoz. That's fundamentally each Filipino personage you've ever had a parasocial narration with, each successful 1 show. You're welcome.

The amusement was officially launched astatine a expansive media league astatine The Collab, Sheraton Manila Hotel, Newport World Resorts, and the vigor was infectious.  Chang-wook flew to the Philippines to hype this up alongside his Filipino co-stars, and seemingly we get to spot a mode much candid, unfiltered broadside of him – gathering existent friendships, laughing successful the kitchen, astir apt making a messiness – and we genuinely cannot wait.

Oh, and did we notation the Korean personage guests? Kim Min-seok, Kim Myung-soo, and Seo In-guk are each making appearances. The casting section said "let's conscionable springiness the fans everything" and honestly, respect.

Chef JP Anglo, who is the erstwhile MasterChef Philippines justice and certified fable of the Filipino nutrient scene, is starring the kitchen. He's fundamentally the glue holding this full glorious, chaotic, flavour-packed experimentation together. Seoul's nutrient country is famously discerning, and Chef JP is retired present making definite Filipino cuisine doesn't conscionable amusement up – it shows out.

Sure, watching celebrities panic-cook Kare-kare successful Seoul is highest entertainment. But Kumusta is truly astir what happens erstwhile 2 cultures conscionable implicit a shared repast – and however rapidly walls travel down erstwhile there's bully nutrient involved. As E&S Partners CEO Jack Hyunsoo Noh enactment it, the amusement puts Filipino cuisine astatine the halfway of it all, introducing it to a wider assemblage successful a mode that feels wholly genuine.

Kumusta is 100% produced by E&S Partners, a subsidiary of Echolive Korea (the aforesaid radical who brought Waterbomb Manila to beingness successful 2025, truthful you KNOW the vibes are right), with filming and editing handled by Korean accumulation institution PODO Creative. Rebisco is the main sponsor, due to the fact that of people a Filipino snack icon had to amusement up for this.

The amusement debuted connected TV5’s Weekend Trip and if you can't drawback it live, there’s ever Viu. Stream it anytime connected the app, due to the fact that Filipino cuisine is astir to spell planetary and you are NOT missing this historical moment.