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K-drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Sparks Debate: Why a Sichuan Chef “Not Knowing Chili” Feels Wrong

K-drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Sparks Debate: Why a Sichuan Chef “Not Knowing Chili” Feels Wrong
K-Drama and Movie

The Korean drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty features a scene where a Chinese Sichuan chef, acting as a Ming envoy, encounters chili peppers in Joseon Korea for the first time. Many Chinese viewers called this “historically impossible.” Records show chili appeared in China before Korea, and the scene raised broader concerns about cultural misrepresentation. Let’s break down the controversy and the real history of chili in East Asia.

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