Almost every video Ed Kim posts on TikTok begins one way: a smiling image of his mother, Jane Kim, sitting across from him at a restaurant, saying, “I’m so hungry!”
The Kims are the people behind The Korean Mama, the Portland-based TikTok account with almost 700,000 followers and more than 24 million likes. Ed takes his mother to various restaurants in Portland, places like Gabbiano’s, Jinju, and Afuri, and films her reactions while they eat. Occasionally, she tries specific cuisines or dishes for the first time, like Filipino food or bubble tea; either way, she speaks candidly in both Korean and English, either giving dishes a “ten out of
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