Soju, Snacks, And Ramen: How To Party Like A Korean

The Sporkful

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4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week’s show is a raucous Korean-style night out, all on a weekday afternoon. Dan heads to Orion Bar in Brooklyn to learn how to drink like a Korean with Irene Yoo and Peter Kim. Irene is the owner of Orion Bar and author of Soju Party, a book of drink and food recipes that’s also a guide to Korean drinking culture.

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0:00.0	Serious XM Podcasts.
0:10.0	My parents used to have soju in like juice boxes.
0:16.0	They came in like a little box.
0:17.6	And that's not such a dumbass in high school.
0:20.3	I, just to be brash, I brought those boxes into school and I'll drink them in class because nobody could actually tell what they were.
0:27.8	These are my friends Peter Kim and Irene U.
0:30.2	We're all hanging out at Irene's bar in Brooklyn.
0:32.6	And you were drinking soju in school.
0:35.5	Only is like to wait to show off to my friends.
0:37.7	Right.
0:38.0	I hope you were eight when you did.
0:44.4	This is the Sporkful.
0:46.3	It's not for foodies.
0:47.4	It's for eaters.
0:48.3	I'm Dan Pashman.
0:49.5	Each week on our show, we obsess about food to learn more about people.
0:54.0	Even though I have a lot of friends in the food world, it's pretty rare that two of my
0:57.8	friends publish books on the exact same day and that the two books complement each other
1:03.4	perfectly. But that's what's happening this week. And when a great episode falls in your lap,
1:08.5	you go with it. So let's do this. Irene Yu spent years running
1:12.6	the pop-up you eating, bringing her take on Korean American comfort food all around New York
1:17.0	City. Now she's got a new book out this week called Soju Party, How to Drink and Eat Like a Korean.
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