Lee Yeon-bok, your love for animals is amazing.

Lee Yeon-bok revealed her love for animals.

The 15th episode of KBS2's entertainment show 'Walking into the Fantasy', which aired on the 23rd (Sunday), featured 'couple in their 5th year of marriage' in Gangnam, Lee Sang-hwa's initial trip to the Philippines, chef Lee Yeon-bok, son Lee Hong-woon, son-in-law Jeong Seung-soo, and Lee Yeon-bok's family's second trip to Chiang Mai. The day was drawn. Chef Lee Yeon-bok, his son Lee Hong-woon, and son-in-law Jeong Seung-soo headed to a sanctuary for elephants who had been exploited for labor, and expressed their sorrow while listening to the elephants' stories. Lee Yeon-bok, who is known for her extraordinary love for animals, tried to communicate with the elephants by comforting them, and had a happy time not only taking walks but even kissing the elephants' trunks.

Lee Yeon-bok, who was saddened by the story of a baby elephant that was lame due to an accident suffered when she was young, showed deep interest by tasting the ingredients prepared for elephant digestive medicine and mixed the ingredients herself and made the digestive medicine by hand.

Afterwards, the three people, who had a happy time putting homemade digestives into their mouths, headed to a valley where elephants could be bathed. The excited sight of the elephant entering the valley, spraying water with its trunk, made everyone happy, and the three people spread happiness by bathing the elephant with care, even though they were helpless when the elephant's trunk was baptized with water.

The next destination was Chiang Mai’s indoor table tennis court. Lee Yeon-bok and son-in-law Jeong Seung-su, who love table tennis, showed off the skills they had accumulated over the years, and eventually proposed a match to bet on the game money to the Thai players. They started the game confidently, but Lee Yeon-bok demanded a replacement as the team continued to concede goals, and the mistake of son-in-law Jeong Seung-soo, who introduced himself as 'Ping Pong Magic', caused laughter.

In the end, they lost 4 to 11, but after finishing the game happily, the three headed to the night market, set out a table of local food they each bought, and began to taste it. Lee Yeon-bok and his wife attracted attention by starting a full-fledged meal with local dishes, savoring the taste, and seriously studying the food. As the meal was coming to an end, Lee Yeon-bok brought out a surprise: fried edible insects such as crickets and grasshoppers. The son and son-in-law were shocked by the visuals, but Lee Yeon-bok suggested a rock-paper-scissors game, and in the end, Lee Hong-woon chewed up a handful of all kinds of insects and laughed at the sight of them suffering from the various textures.

Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr