The life reversal story of Yakseon (medicinal cuisine) researcher Lee Kyung-ae is introduced on EBS's 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighbor Millionaire.'

As a child, Lee Kyung-ae suffered extreme poverty due to her father's gambling debts. She dug up and ate ginger from ginger fields and even cut and sold her hair to make ends meet. The 'herbal decoction' she drank to soothe her hunger later became the catalyst for her journey into Yakseon cuisine.

Even after reaching adulthood, hardships continued. A Chinese restaurant she struggled to open had to close after just six months when a competitor purchased the building. When her husband went to Saudi Arabia for work, they lived apart for four years, and a coffee shop she opened with the money her husband earned also received an eviction notice from the landlord three years later.

However, Lee Kyung-ae did not give up. She reopened a small restaurant with her husband, and as customers flocked in, she expanded repeatedly. To eliminate the anxiety of dealing with landlords, she took out a loan and built her own restaurant building on a plot of farmland. Despite opposition from those around her, the restaurant established itself as a popular dining spot, recording up to 20 million won in daily sales within a year.

Recalling that time, Lee Kyung-ae said, "I didn't have time to go to the bank, so I put the money in a rice sack and slept on it."

As a Yakseon master with 50 years of experience and a three-time recipient of the Presidential Award, Lee Kyung-ae is also widely known as the cooking mentor for several famous restaurant CEOs. This broadcast will cover her Yakseon cuisine philosophy, the secret behind her culinary touch, and the hidden years of hardship behind her success.

On the broadcast, Seo Jang-hoon expressed frustration about the landlords who forced out her successful restaurants, saying, "I don't understand why landlords do such things." He added, "For the record, I have never once evicted a tenant first."