i'm opening a pop-up restaurant in LA (it SOLD OUT in 18min 😳)

it's episode 3 of the vlog, and it's packed with goodies (also i film all this sh*t in 4K so y'all better turn that upppp). i have dinner at one of my favorite sushi spots in LA, an impromptu conversation with Celebrity Chef Shota Nakajima, and 2 nights of service at Budonoki, named one of LA's "Most Fun Dinner Spots" by Infatuation (1/12/24). in addition, i SOLD OUT my first pop-up of 2024! i'm doing a collaboartion pop-up dinner with Budonoki on Jan. 28 & 29th, and we sold out on reservations in 18 min 😵‍💫 🫶 Limited walk-ins for bar seating are available on both nights! special thanks to the whole team at Budonoki, the whole Shoku LA team (i'll prob stage with them soon), and Chef Shota for making this episode a fun one :) - h Resy Link for my Budonoki Pop-Up | https://resy.com/cities/la/venues/budonoki/events/hwoo-lee-x-budonoki-2024-01-28 Budonoki's IG | https://www.instagram.com/budonokila/ Shoku LA's IG | https://www.instagram.com/shoku.la/ Chef Shota's IG | https://www.instagram.com/chefshota/ ________________________________________________ CHAPTERS 00:00 - 00:45 - intro to Budonoki 00:46 - 03:34 - recipe testing 03:35 - 06:19 - filming at Budonoki 06:20 - 10:30 - sushi with Shoku LA 10:31 - 11:16 - the wknd plans 11:17 - 17:22 - Chef Shota's TED Talk 17:23 - 23:09 - day 1 at Budonoki 23:10 - 26:56 - day 2 at Budonoki 26:57 - 29:51 - "otsukaresama desu" 29:52 - 32:56 - recap ________________________________________________ FOLLOW MY OTHER CHANNELS Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/hwoo.lee/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@hwoo.lee Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/hwoo.lee.fb/ X | https://twitter.com/hwoo_lee