Bathing Suits are Underwear, Air Conditioning is Necessary, and Other Heat Wave Debates
The Dave Chang Show

Bathing Suits are Underwear, Air Conditioning is Necessary, and Other Heat Wave Debates

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 17, 20261 hr 1 min

On this hot day, Dave and Producer David are joined with Jeff, Hui, and Kylon at the counter for some...hot soup? Dave explains why he likes to fight fire with fire, the group debates if ice cream is really what you want on a hot day, and some other big heat wave topics are discussed, and answers landed on. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at [email protected] with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get.</p...

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Hey guys, welcome to the Dave Chang Show. I mean, for most of you guys, it's probably extraordinarily hot outside. Even in LA, it's been heat advisory day after day. There's fires in Europe.

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It's hot as hell in many parts of the world and not my favorite kind of feeling, but you'd be surprised that in this episode, I'm going to tell you that maybe the best way to combat heat with your food is to actually fight it with fire and to make something steaming, boiling hot, and usually something that's usually reserved for wintertime.

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I'm going to give you a beef braised dish based on my mom's Kalbi Jim. It's not short rib. I'll explain to that in a second. But Koreans have a term for it.

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