I'm here with Kesha Dozier, the owner of The Chocolate Boutique here in Raleigh.

I'm so excited to be here.

Tell me what's in your collection.

- Hi, so we've got a plethora of different types of chocolates for you today, a little milk, a little dark.

White chocolate as well too.

We've got some inclusions that include things that pair fruit and dark chocolate.

Yum.

Such as a dark chocolate raspberry truffle.

Our customers really love dark chocolate and fruit together.

- Well, I can't wait to try these.

You know, it reminds me that chocolate blends so well with other foods and flavors, and so does Asian cuisine.

Let's head to Charlotte right now to a place that blends Korean fusion with karaoke.

[upbeat music] - Seoul Food is a concept that we've created that looks like southern barbecue, but it tastes like Korean food.

So everything on the menu is going to be somewhat resemblance of that.

It'll have resemblance of southern barbecue, but it actually made with Korean ingredients.

[upbeat music continues] - We created soul food when we first moved to Charlotte 10 years ago because we wanted to bring our dog to somewhere that's other than a dog park where humans can have fun and dogs can have fun.

So we're like, this is brilliant.

We should make a bar that allows dogs, which wasn't around 10 years ago.

And then 2022, we made Seoul Food 2, Mill District, because now we have kids and we wanted somewhere.

We're always looking for somewhere where adults can have fun and kids have fun.

And so we wanted pretty much the whole family to be happy.

[upbeat music continues] - When a lot of people look at our food, it's something that they're definitely used to, so they aren't afraid to try it, for example, like chicken wings or a smoked barbecue.

But when they taste it, they'll taste a different flavor profile.

That's something that they may not be used to, but it's something that they aren't scared of.

I feel like a lot of people are willing to try something that looks actually very similar to something that they eat in daily lives, even though the flavor profile is a little different.

[upbeat music continues] - Everything on the menu from even our mac and cheese to egg rolls, it's all some form of fusion.

With the mac and cheese is a good example.

Instead of using elbow noodles, we actually use ramen noodles.

That's our way of infusing the two cultures.

[upbeat music continues] - So I got the soy glazed pork ribs and the potatoes swirl.

My favorite thing about the pork ribs is portion, honestly.

Usually I'm here with like my whole family, and so we like to get a couple of different things to share.

So this is a really great one for that.

Also, it tastes delicious, of course.

It's a flavor that you can't really get in Charlotte.

We're a big barbecue city, but the Korean twinge on it is really, really good for us.

And then the potato swirl, I just love.

It's really like springy.

It's easy to share.

And it also has really good seasoning on it.

[upbeat music continues] - Right now I have one of their craft beers that I really like.

Come here all the time, and pretty much what I usually get.

I'll say my favorite thing here has to be the soju, specifically the peach.

Last time I came here, it was a really good taste to it.

I think everybody at the table really had a good time when they were drinking it.

I really like the karaoke rooms.

I've heard of a lot of people having a lot of good time in there, so can't wait to check it out sometime.

They have great food, great drinks.

I think anybody that lives around the area would've a really great time.

[upbeat music] - Korean karaoke, it's more of an experience.

It's not about just singing karaoke in front of a large group.

You actually have your own private room, and the whole fun of it is with your own party, with your own friends, you're singing, eating, and drinking, doing everything together.

[upbeat music continues] - So we have a very easy website that they can go to and reserve their karaoke rooms.

And it's really popular for birthdays and celebration because it's something that's a little bit different than just going to a bar and having some drinks.

Like you're kind of, you can be intimate because it's a closed off room and then sing songs and just be happy.

[upbeat music continues] - We have two locations and each locations we have about five karaoke rooms.

Each room holds between, our smallest room holds about seven people, and our biggest room holds about 30 people.

[upbeat music] - We're currently in the karaoke room, specifically the green one.

A nice vibe to it.

We're having a karaoke party listening to Taylor Swift.

Their voices are amazing in the background.

It's a good time having some beers and whatnot.

[upbeat music continues] - I feel like this place really provides a unique experience for everyone from little kids to adults.

It provides something that Charlotte hasn't had yet.

- My hope is that when guests come here and they leave here, that they see this place as someplace that they want to brag about or tell their friends when they come into town that, oh, you have to go to Seoul Food.

That is our biggest hope to be an icon for the city of Charlotte.

[upbeat music continues] - Seoul Food Meat Company has two locations in Charlotte, South End and the Mill District.

To find out more, visit their website at seoulfoodmeatcoclt.com.