4 dishes, 2 worlds: How food explains my journey to K-Pop industry

4 dishes, 2 worlds: How food explains my journey to K-Pop industry

What if the most honest memoir you could write wasn't in a book, but plated on a dish? In his latest video for Howdy Korea, host Joel Jay Lane conducts a novel experiment in vulnerability, using four iconic Korean meals to navigate the winding path of his life — a journey marked by cultural duality, the Korean entertainment industry and a reckoning with his past. Joel begins his confessional with a bowl of tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) and sunda…