
Man Mi Bakery
10/23/2018 | 29m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Huell visits Man Mi Bakery and tastes the tradition of Korean pastries.
The Yi family came to the United States in 1979 from Korea bringing with them the tradition of Korean pastries. Christine (Yi) Sung takes Huell on a tour of the wonderful bakery her father founded, tasting samples of sweet bean bread, Gom Bo Bread and Ko Ro Ke along the way. With other family members now in the bakery business, Man Mi and the Yi’s are a true success story.
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Man Mi Bakery
10/23/2018 | 29m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
The Yi family came to the United States in 1979 from Korea bringing with them the tradition of Korean pastries. Christine (Yi) Sung takes Huell on a tour of the wonderful bakery her father founded, tasting samples of sweet bean bread, Gom Bo Bread and Ko Ro Ke along the way. With other family members now in the bakery business, Man Mi and the Yi’s are a true success story.
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>> HUELL: WELL HELLO EVERYBODY I'M HUELL HOWSER AND HERE WE ARE ON A RAINY AFTERNOON IN A MINI MALL IN GARDEN GROVE IN ORANGE COUNTY.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING DREARY ABOUT THE VENTURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
CHRISTINE YEE WROTE ME AND WHAT DID YOU INVITE ME TO DO.
>> I INVITED TO COME TO MY PARENTS BAKERY.
THEY ARE TAKING A WEDDING CAKE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE FRUIT CAKES IF YOU WANT.
YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE FRUIT CAKE IF YOU WANT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME KOREAN PASTRIES THAT YOU CAN TASTE.
AND YOU'LL MIGHT SEE A HOT BREAD.
>> SHE PROMISED US A FRESH PASTRIES AND WE WOULD GET TO TASTE IT ALL AND LEARN ABOUT YOUR FAMILY ABOUT KOREAN BAKERY GOODS AND THE TRADITION SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INSIDE.
>> WHAT IS IT.
>> MAN MI.
>> I HAVE NOT EATING ALL DAY LONG I'M READY TO START TASTING.
>> GREAT WE HAVE A LOT FOR YOU.
>> HUELL: LOUIE IS HUNGRY TOO.
OKAY.
HERE WE ARE INSIDE AND THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK IN IS THIS WONDERFUL DPAIS PLAY CASE WE'RE HERE TO WANT TO GO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL KOREAN PASTRIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU EXPLAIN THIS.
WHAT ARE CHOP SAU DONUTS.
>> THOSE DONUTS HAVE RED ZT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OUTSIDE IT'S MADE OUT OF RICE AND WE DEEP FRY IT THE ASIAN CULTURE THE JAPANESE AND KOREAN WE LIKE A LOT OF BEAN PASTE FILLINGS SO WE HAVE IT IN RED, WHITE AND WE EVEN HAVE THE GREEN TEA TASTE.
>> HUELL: GREEN TEA DONUTS.
>> THIS HAS A GREEN PEA.
>> YOU HAVE A GREEN PEA IN A BONE DONUTS.
>> IT'S THE TASTE FLAVOR.
>> HUELL: THERE IT IS ONE HERE TO TASTE.
GREEN PEA.
>> WHEN WOULD YOU EAT THIS.
>> AMERICANS TEND TO EAT THE PASTRIES MOSTLY DE SERTS WE ACTUALLY EAT IF FOR A MEAL THAN ANYTHING INSTEAD OF JUST COMING IN FOR A COUPLE OF DONUTS USUALLY PEOPLE TAKE BOXES HOME.
>> I KNOW WE'LL BE TAKING A BOX HOME.
IT'S VERY SWEET THOUGH.
>> YEAH.
>> HUELL: NOW THESE LOOK MORE LIKE TRADITIONAL DONUTS TO ME.
>> THAT ONE IS UP HERE TOO I DON'T IF YOU WANT TO TASTE IT.
>> HUELL: SURE.
LOOK AT THIS LOUIE WHAT'S THAT ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> IT'S A BREAD CUM.
ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO EAT IT COLD OR HOT.
>> YOU CAN EAT IT EITHER WAY.
IT'S FRESH OUT OF3.
>> HUELL: TOTALLY DIFFERENT, A LOT OF THE KOREAN KNOW WHAT THIS IS SO THEY COME IN AND ORDER.
BUT AMERICANS HAVE NOT ACQUIRED THE TASTE FOR IT.
IT'S SOMETHING WE EXPLAIN TO THEM BUT TO GET THEM A CUSTOMER TUCHLD TO THEM.
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S LIKE THE AMERICAN BREAD.
>> HUELL: RIGHT HERE LOUIE CREAM BREAD.
WHAT IS THAT CALLED THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS ANYTHING I'VE EVER EATEN.
>> IT'S CALLED POLO DQUE.
>> WOW.
THIS IS EXCELLENT AND IT'S GOT MASHD POTATO GROUND BEEF AND VEGETABLES.
>> WHAT IS AN KOE BREAD.
>> THAT HAS SWEET PEAS INSIDE.
>> HUELL: AND THATS THE GUM BO BREAD.
>> OUTSIDE THE COOKIE KRUM BUT MY DAD LIKES TO USE A LOT OF INN GRUED ENTER ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> THIS IS THE RED SWEET PEA.
>> THIS IS THE AN KOE BREAD.
>> ON KOE BREAD AND THEN THIS ONE IS THE COMBO BREAD.
>> HUELL: SO THIS IS JUST PLAIN BREAD.
>> KIDS REALLY LOVE IT.
>> HUELL: MMM ALL I'M DOING IS EATING BUT IT'S VERY GOOD.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A PAN URL CAKE WHAT IS THAT.
>> THEY HAVE PINE APPLES IN THE MIDDLE THIS IS COFFEE ROW CAKE.
>> HUELL: THAT'S TRADITIONAL.
>> WE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AMERICAN STYLE, FRENCH TILE, AND JAPANESE STYLE.
>> HUELL: SO YOU'RE TAKING TRADITIONAL KOREAN BRAEDS AND MIXING THEM AND MATCHING THEM WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
>> MOST KOREANS KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
>> HUELL: WHERE IS THE GUUMBO BREAD.
>> YOU HAVE TO COME IN TO LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM.
>> HUELL: WHAT IS THIS OVER HERE?
>> THIS IS THE FREJ RATED SECTION WHERE WE KEEP OUR XRAEM CREAM PUFZ.
THIS IS THE CUSTOMER CUSTARD CONE.
THE OUTSIDE.
>> HUELL: WHAT IS CORKA.
>> THAT'S THE ONE OVER HERE.
>> HUELL: IT'S THE SAME THING IT'S JUST COLD.
>> WE KEEP IT COLD AND WARM.
THIS ONE IS CALLED THE PEAN RAJA.
FOR SANDWICHES WE HAVE SALAD BREAD.
>> HUELL: NOW I COME TO TALK TO ANNA.
WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THE BAKERY WHAT ARE THEY MAINLY AMERICANS WHO KNOW WHAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ORDER OR KOREAN WHO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT.
>> MOST ARE KOREAN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ORDER.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE AMERICANS AND JAPANESE, AND MANY MANY PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> HUELL: AND I MEAN IF I WALKED IN HERE I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO GET.
WHAT WOULD YOU TRY TO SELL ME IF YOU WOULD TRY TO INTRODUCE ME TO THIS BAKERY.
>> CREAM PUFFS AND THE EGG BREAD I THINK THOSE EGG BRAEDS ARE THE BEST EGG BRAEDS YOU EVER TASTE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
>> HUELL: REALLY?
>> I THINK SO.
>> HUELL: CHRISTINE YOU DIDN'T SHOW ME THE EGG BREAD.
>> I WAS HOPING IT WAS COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE OVEN.
>> HUELL: THIS IS THIS.
YOU MADE THIS HERE.
>> YEAH, IT'S FRESH IF YOU CRACK IT OPEN THE OUTSIDE IS CRISPY AND THE OUTSIDE IS HOT.
>> HUELL: IS THAT KOREAN.
>> IT'S MY DAD'S STYLE BREAD.
KIDS ARE SO USED TO OUR BRAEDS THAT WHEN HE BUY BREAD IN THE GROCERY STORE KIDS WON'T EAT IT SO THE MOM'S HAVE TO COME BUY THE BREAD.
>> HUELL: OKAY.
WE DONE ENOUGH OF THE PRIM NAIR LEE STUFF HERE.
YOUR DAD IS BACK HERE.
OH WAIT A MINUTE LET'S LOOK AT THE PICTURES WHILE WE'RE HERE.
YOU FWRAUT IN GREAT PICTURES.
HERE'S THE FAMILY IN FRONT OF THE BAKERY IN KOREA.
>> THAT WAS OUR FIRST BAKERY HE OPENED TUP IN 19 55.
>> HUELL: WHERE ARE YOU IN THE PICTURE.
>> I'M NOT BORN YET.
>> HUELL: YOUR THE YOUNGEST.
>> YES.
>> HUELL: W DID THE FAMILY COME TO GARDEN GROVE.
>> IN 1989 AND MY DAD OPENED THE BAKERY IN 1996.
MY DAD SAID I WANT TO OPEN A BAKERY AND I SAID OKAY WHEN.
MY SISTER AND MY BROTHERS GOT INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS AS WELL SO WE HAVE OTHER BAKERIES.
>> HUELL: THIS IS YOU'RE.
>> IT'S IN ROLLING HEIGHTS.
>> THIS IS MY BROTHERS IN DOWNTOWN LA AND MY OLDER SISTER.
THIS ONE IS CERITOS.
>> HUELL: SO YOU'RE SPREAD OUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND THIS THIS START INSIDE 196?
>> YEAH.
>> HUELL: ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY YOU'RE NAME IS?
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON HERE.
>> MAKING A MOCHA CAKE ALMOST DONE.
WEDDING CAKE.
>> HUELL: YOU DO A LOT OF WED WEDDING CAKES.
>> JESS WE GET ORDER EVER WEEK.
JUST A LOT OF WEDDING GOING ON IN ORANGE COUNTY I GUESS.
>> HUELL: AND WHAT ARE S THE MOCA CAKE.
>> IT'S A CREAM WE HAVE THE REAL COFFEE WITH THE MOCHA IN HERE.
THIS IS TASTE LIKE COFFEE.
>> HUELL: NOW WAIT A MINUTE WHAT IS THIS?
>> THESE ARE THE MOST FAMOUS IN GARDEN GROVE.
THE FRUIT CAKE, WE PUT PINEAPPLE KIWI.
>> HUELL: OH MY GOSH, LOOK OVER HERE.
IS THIS--THIS IS YOUR DAD RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
NICE TO SEE YOU SIR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HE DOES NOT SPEAK IN ENGLISH.
HE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE YOU CAN SAY YES OR NO.
>> HUELL: WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> YEAH BEAUTIFUL.
>> HUELL: VERY VERY NICE.
LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK BACK HERE LOUIE.
EXPLAIN--OH LOOK AT THIS.
>> WE JUST PUT THE FILLINGS INSIDE WHICH IS THE CUSTARD CREAM THEN WE PUT KIWI PINEAPPLE AND STRAW BARRY INSIDE.
WE MAKE WHIP CREAM ON IT.
>> HUELL: AND THEN ANOTHER LAYER ON TOP.
WHAT IS HE DOING.
>> HE MAKE EGG BREAD.
>> HUELL: WE SAW THE BIG WONDERFUL LOAF OF BRAEDS.
>> TASTE BETTER THAT WAY.
>> HUELL: NOW IS THIS FELLOW RELATED.
>> HE IS FROM THE HACINDA HEIGHTS.
>> HUELL: HI I'M HUELL HOWSER.
>> LAST NAME IS KIM.
>> HUELL: SO YOU MARRIED ONE OF THE SISTER.
>> RIGHT RIGHT.
>> HUELL: I'M LEARNING AS WE GO ALONG.
IT'S A BIG FAMILY.
THIS IS WONDERFUL BACK HERE.
>> YEAH MY DAD HE REALLY LIKES MAKING FRUIT WAKES HE PUTS A LOT OF INN GREED IENTS IN.
IF THE STRAW BERRIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE WE PUT OTHER FRUITS BUT ALWAYS ALWAYS FRESH FRUIT.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I USE TODAY WATCH MY DAD BAKE CAKE I ENJOYED WATCHING HIM AND BEFORE A BLINK OF AN EYE HE WOULD FINISH IT'S LIKE PLAIN BUT ART WITH CAKE.
>> HUELL: NOW IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HE LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER?
HAS THIS BEEN IN THE FAMILY.
THERE WAS A PICTURE OF A BAKERY IN THE KOREAN.
>> THAT WAS MY DAD.
HE ORIGINATED IT WHEN WE WERE KIDS HE JUST DECIDED WELL I THINK I GO INTO THE BAKING BUSINESS SO BEFORE YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE BUSINESS HE STARTED AND HE LEARNED FROM LOOKING AT BOOKS AND WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE AND HE JUST STARTED--YEAH, HE IS VERY MOTIVATED AND--YEAH HE IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT.
>> HUELL: WHAT KIND OF CUSTARD.
>> IT'S WHIP CREAM WE MAKE IT HERE.
>> HUELL: THAT'S NOT A NON FAT CAKE.
>> NO BUT IT HAS FRESH FRUIT SO IT CAN'T BE ALL THAT BAD FOR YOU.
>> HUELL: LOOK AT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
THE WAY THEY'RE DECORATE D THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO TOP IT OFF AND PUT ADDITIONAL DECLARATIONS ON THE SIDE THEY ARE NOT DONE YET JUST PUTTING THE FRESH ON.
>> HUELL: THIS KNOWN THROUGHOUT GARDEN GROVE THESE CAKES.
>> YES A LOT OF PEOPLE COME FROM THE FRESH FRUIT CAKE.
>> HUELL: WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FRUIT CAKES, I THINK THE CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKES.
>> THE ONCE THAT THEY USE AS DOOR STOPS.
>> HUELL: THEY ARE PUTTING WHERE.
>> IN THE PANS IF YOU PEEK IN THERE IS 6 ROLLS IN AND THAT'S CARED A KOOP ER AND IT STAEMZ STAEMZ IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THEY PUT IT IN THE OVEN.
>> HUELL: DO YOU MAKE THIS BREAD IN HACIEDA HEIGHTS AS WELL.
>> YES EVERYTHING CAME AS HERE.
>> HUELL: USING THE FATHER'S RECIPES OR YOUR OWN.
>> NO IS LESSON MY FATHER IN LAW RIGHT.
>> HUELL: IS THAT PART OF THAT ALL THE KIDS KEEP THE TRADITION GOING.
>> YEAH THEY KEEP ALL THE SAME INGREDIENTS EVEN THE MEASUREMENT MY DAD WROTE THEM OUT BY HAND AND SO HE HAD HANDED DOWN HIS TRADITION.
>> HUELL: I'M JUST WATCHING HIM PUT THIS ON OVER HERE THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING JUST TO WATCH HOW HE DOES IT.
REALLY INTO THIS.
>> HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR OVER 40 YEARS SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THIS AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
>> HUELL: WAS IT HARD TO START UP A BUSINESS BECAUSE YOUR DAD DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL AND HE KIND OF CAME TO A NEW COUNTRY STARTING UP A BUSINESS.
HOW HARD WAS NA FOR THE FAMILY?
>> I'M SURE IT WAS DIFFICULT BUT I TRANSLATED A LOT FOR HIM SINCE I SPOKE FLUENT ENGLISH HE ALWAYS FINISHED WHAT HE STARTS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOUSE OR ANYTHING WE CAN USE TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT BUYING A BUSINESS BUT BECAUSE MY DAD HAD OVER 40 YEARS THEY GAVE HIM A LOAN AND WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS FACILITY AND HE KEPT THE PROMISE TO THE LENDERS AND THEY BELIEVED IN HIM SO IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK.
THEY WOULD COME IN MY DAD TYPICALLY GETS UP AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING AND WHEN WE FIRST OPENED THE BAKERY THEY WOULD COME HOME 10:00 JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE FINISHING UM.
NOW THEY COME HOME EARLIER.
BUT IT'S STILL HARD WORK CAUSE YOU STAND ALL DAY.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS FUN WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING IT IT'S HARD WORK.
YEAH.
BUT HE REALLY LIKES WHAT HE'S DOING.
HE THINKS ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW HE'S GOING TO MAKE A CAKE NOW NEW EN VENT TION CAN CREATE AND THINKING ABOUT THE CUSTOMER AND US HE IS ALWAYS BEING VERY CREATIVE.
>> HUELL: OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT HE DOES.
>> YEAH, HE ALWAYS THOUGHT US NO MATTER WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TO DO CREATIVE.
>> IN KOREAN IT'S CALLED KHONG SONG, IT MEANS DEDICATED WHATEVER JOB YOU HAVE HE FEELS YOU SHOULD BE A DEDICATED SO THIS IS LIKE HEAVEN'S GIFT TO YOU.
SO REALLY DEDICATED BE REALLY LOYAL.
>> HUELL: NOW AS THE SON DID YOU LITERALLY LEARN THIS BUSINESS AT YOUR FATHER'S DID HE TEACH YOU EVERYTHING.
>> HE TOLD ME TO DO HIS JOB.
FIRST TIME I STARTED I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
NOW THIS JOB THAT I DO, I DO GREAT SHALL IF I CAN DO IT I DO IT.
ALL THE WAY.
TILL I GET OLD MY SON WANTS TO LEARN TOO.
>> HUELL: YOUR SON WANTS TO LEARN IT.
>> SO HE MIGHT WANT TO BE A BAKER TOO.
>> HUELL: WELL IT'S A HARD JOB ISN'T IT.
>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S HARD, IF YOU KNOW IT'S EASY.
YOU DON'T TELL EVERYBODY HOW TO MAKE IT.
SO YOU KNOW HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
SO NOW I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT TO.
I CAN MAKE A LOT OF THINGS EASY, YOU KNOW.
>> HUELL: IS IT EASY OR HARD TO WORK FOR YOUR FATHER?
>> WELL FIRST TIME IT WAS HARD BUT NOW WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
HE IS VERY HARD TEACHER HE TEACH ME HARD.
>> HUELL: HE WANTS IT DONE JUST RIGHT.
>> EXACTLY IT HAS TO BE HIS WAY IF I DO MY WAY HE SAYS DON'T DO IT.
YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU GET OLD.
SO NOW I DO HIS WAY AND HIS WAY WAS THE RIGHT AND BEST WAY.
>> HUELL: NOW HOWLED WERE YOU HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED WORKING WITH YOUR DAD.
>> 24.
>> HUELL: WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO DO.
>> I WAS WORKING FOR PRODUCE SHOP I HAD BUSINESS NOW I LIKE THIS SHOP SHS THE MOST THING I LIKE IT.
THIS IS GOOD TO WORK.
I MAKE GOOD MONEY NOT HARD WORK BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
I ENJOY WORKING WITH IT ?á.
>> HUELL: IS IT NICE WORKING NEXT TO YOUR DAD.
>> WELL FIRST TIME IT WAS HARD BUT NOW HE UNDERSTAND ME AND I UNDERSTAND HIM SO WE DON'T BOTHER EACH OTHER.
SO WE DO P WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
>> HUELL: BUT STILL EVEN AFTER THE YEARS IF YOU DID SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY HE WOULD SAY THAT YES.
>> YES HE GET ANGRY SOMETIMES.
>> HUELL: WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT.
>> MY DAD HE LIKES TO HAVE HIS THINGS HIS WAY.
THAT'S HIS DETERMINATION IF WE DON'T DO IT IT'S DISRESPECTFUL.
OUR CULTURE IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPECT AND EVERYTHING.
>> HUELL: NOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE CHRISTINE.
>> THIS IS OUR FAMOUS CREAM IF YOU PUF ALL THE KIDS LOVE IT.
AND THIS IS AS MY SISTER-IN-LAW THIS IS THE FIRST THING WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT A USED TO THE KOREAN PASTRY.
>> HUELL: SO YOUR MOM IS INJECTING THIS THING WITH THE CREAM.
IS THIS HER JOB?
>> YES WE KEEP HER BUSY WITH THE CREAM PUF.
BEFORE WE HAD THE MACHINE WE USE TO STUFF IT OURSELVES BY HAND.
>> HUELL: LET'S GO OUT AND MEET--THERE IS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO HAVE ARRIVED.
HI NICE TO MEET YOU YOUR NAME IS?
>> STEVE.
>> HUELL: ARE YOU ONE OF THE SONS?
>> HE'S MY OLDEST BROTHER.
>> HUELL: AND THIS LADY IS?
>> MY LITTLE SISTER.
>> THIS MI FAMILY KEEPS GOING ON AND ON.
>> I'M IN CERITO.
>> HUELL: AND YOU'RE IN?
>> IN LA.
>> HUELL: WE MET THE HACIENDA HEIGHTS BROTHER WHERE IS HIS WIFE.
>> AT THE BAKERY MY BROTHER ONES RáUNZ HIS BAKERY AT THE ON HIS.
>> WE HAVE AN HELPER.
>> HE HAS A LITTLE MANAGER THERE.
HE HAS AN AMERICAN STYLE RUNNING THE BUSINESS HE CAN STILL LEAVE IT HANDS-OFF AND STILL RUNNING.
>> HUELL: WHAT IS THE AMERICAN AND KOREAN RUNNING OF A BUSINESS.
>> MY BROTHER SUPERVISORS AND HE CAN LEAVE IT TO HIS WORKERS TO ACTUALLY RUN EVERYTHING.
>> HUELL: AS TO POSED TO THE KOREAN WAY.
>> THAT'S MY DAD WAY HANDS-ON FROM START TO FINISH.
>> HUELL: SO YOUR DAD IS HERE EVERY DAY.
>> YES WITH MY OTHER BROTHER.
>> HUELL: DOES THE FAMILY REALIZE THAT THIS IS A FRUE AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY.
>> NO I THINK THEY JUST FIGURE THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
AND THEY ARE WORKING AS THEY ARE.
IT'S NOT REALLY A AMERICAN STORY THEY JUST HAVE A BUSINESS.
>> HUELL: BUT THIS FAMILY CAME HERE JUST ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO NOBODY SPOKE ENGLISH.
>> RIGHT IN FACT MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS FINISHED SCHOOL AND MY DAD HE BARELY SPEAKS ENGLISH NOW AND ALL OF HIS CHILDREN ARE MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS.
LAST YEAR MY MOM AND DAD GOT HR CITIZENSHIP.
HE PASSED IN ENGLISH.
HE EVEN SHOWED IT TO ME I PASSED IN ENGLISH I COULD HAVE PASSED IN KOREAN.
SO ME THEY ARE A BIG SUCCESS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.
I WAS GLAD THAT YOU WERE COMING BUT THEY WERE SHY ABOUT IT.
>> HUELL: SO THIS WAS ALL YOUR IDEA TO GET US HERE.
>> I HAD TO CONVINCE MY DPAD THAT IT WAS A GREAT WAY INFORM DO A STORY AND HE SAID NO YOU KNOW--HE DOES NOT THINK IT'S ANYTHING HE DOES NOT WANT TO DO MAYBE HE MIGHT DO A COMMERCIAL ONCE I WROTE THE LETTER I HAD TO SHOW THEM.
>> HUELL: VERY FORMAL.
>> YES WE'RE VERY TRADITIONAL FORMAL.
>> HUELL: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
I WISH THERE WERE MORE TRADITIONAL FAMILIES THIS DAYS.
WELL THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE BAKERIES THEY ARE ALL MI FAMILY BAKERIES IT ALL STARTED RIGHT HERE WITH YOUR DAD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU NOW SHE DOES NOT USUALLY DRESS UP LIKE THIS TO COME TO THE BAKERY.
>> YES SHE DOES SHE GETS SPOILED WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE SHE WORKED VERY HARD SO THEY GETS SPOILED A LITTLE BIT.
>> HUELL: GREAT.
SHE DESERVES IT.
CONGRATULATIONS THIS IS THE LOS ANGELES BAKERY RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE CERITOS BAKERY HERE.
THIS IS THE GARDEN GROVE BAKERY HERE.
THIS IS THE HACI NáE DA HEIGHTS BAKERY AND WE'VE NEVER MET.
>> THIS IS MY SISTER-IN-LAW YOU SPOKE WITH HER EARLIER.
>> HUELL: OH RIGHT IN THE BACK I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE PART OF THE FAMILY.
OH MY GOSH!
THIS IS WONDERFUL STAND OVER THERE WITH THE FAMILY.
NOW WE'VE GOT SOMETHING OVER HERE.
THAT YOU'RE GIVEN TO US TO TAKE BACK A LITTLE SAMPLE HERE.
>> SO YOU SHARE THIS IN YOUR OFFICE.
>> HUELL: KCET WILL EAT IT UP IN MOMENTS.
>> AND WE HAVE LABELS SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY THEM.
>> HUELL: COME ON OVER HERE CHRISTINE.
WE HAVE YOUR FATHER'S FAMOUS LET HIM HOLD IT SINCE IT'S HIS CAKE.
ONE OF YOUR FATHER'S FRESH FRUIT CAKES.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL NOT ONLY HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT KOREAN BAKERIES BUT THE HON ER OF SPENDING THE DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING AND LET'S GET A NICE PICTURE OF ALL YOU TOGETHER.
THIS IS THE YEE FAMILY.
THE MIC BAKERY EMPIRE IS LIFE AND GROWING HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL FAMILY THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR INVITING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HUELL: BYE-BYE "CAPTIONING EQUIPMENT DONATED BY LLOYD RIGLER AND PERFORMED BY RAPIDTEXT."

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