The 'Saturday is a meal' Season 2 presented by the 'mukbang queen' Hibap on E Channel's YouTube 'E Meal Three Times a Day' channel has been completed successfully. Hibap, who challenged to get meals from citizens randomly on the street, surpassed 1 million cumulative views and rose to the status of an 'it-girl'.
In the 'Saturday is a meal' Season 2 (hereafter referred to as 'Saturday meal'), which was released on the 24th, a settlement of account was disclosed regarding how much Hibap was able to eat this season. Hibap devoured 521,000 won worth of food starting from the 'Wagyu ribs' episode, which marked the beginning of Season 2. Following this, Hibap showcased a significant length of receipts with high menu items like pho, chicken, and unlimited refill shabu-shabu, totaling 2.2737 million won worth of mukbang.
The menu that recorded the highest food expenses was the 'seasoned crab' from the six episodes with 'dim sum queen' Chef Jeong Ji-seon, whom Hibap met through the Netflix cooking reality show 'Black O Chef'. In this episode, specially invited Chef Jeong Ji-seon and his young son, it became evident that only the crab dish consumed by Hibap cost 738,000 won, causing surprise. The finale of 'Saturday meal', the 'special' episode, again shed light on Hibap's 'infinite mukbang ability' that had been proven from episodes 1 through 7, making viewers salivate once more.
Meanwhile, the 'Saturday is a meal' mukbang escape game, which began as a spin-off of the E Channel's food entertainment show featuring stars who are genuinely passionate about food, successfully premiered Season 1 last year. 'Saturday meal Season 2', which started in April of this year, gained popularity with the sixth episode of the crab dish recording a standalone viewership of 530,000. Additionally, the seventh episode featuring shabu-shabu entered the YouTube 'trending videos' list, further boosting its momentum.
'Saturday meal' is an intense mukbang escape game. Mukbang YouTuber Hibap embarked on a mission to find 'meal friends' by asking citizens she met on the street to "buy her a meal." Those who bought meals for Hibap were given a roulette opportunity, not only to recover their principal but also to possibly receive 'lucky cash back' worth 3 to 4 times, making their hearts race.
The 'Saturday is a meal' Season 2, an intense mukbang escape show from Taekwang Group's media subsidiary T Cast E Channel, concluded its season successfully after the special episode released on Saturday the 24th.
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