Jin’s fridge, upgraded: Jin of BTS returns to Please Take Care of My Refrigerator after 8 years

After eight years, Jin of BTS opens the fridge door again—and this time, it hums with premium ingredients, half-forgotten condiments, and a quiet obsession with cold raw fish soup.

Please Take Care of My Refrigerator welcomes back its most charming guest, now older, freer, and still proudly “World Wide Handsome,” to stir the pot with mulhoe confessions, gourmet nostalgia, and a few leftovers too mysterious to name.

What begins as a reunion turns into a full-course spectacle of warmth, laughter, and Jin’s culinary coming-of-age. And yes, Jin of BTS did recommend mulhoe to none other than Tom Cruise.

Reunited over condiments and chaos

Jin of BTS opens a refrigerator and finds more than food. He finds a memory, a friendship, a flavor suspended in time. When he steps back into the studio of Please Take Care of My Refrigerator after eight years, the mood simmers with warmth and curiosity.

Cho Se-ho, his companion from the 2017 episode, returns too, now “living a fresh honeymoon,” and together, Se-ho and Jin of BTS fill the room with nostalgia and light. Ahn Jung-hwan reads the moment like a seasoned host and smiles:

“Shouldn’t this be enough to form a sisterhood relationship with BTS?”

The chefs glow. Park Eun-young exclaims,

“It’s really the best,” and Yoon Nam-no adds her touch of whimsy: “I want to live with my face only for three days.”

The laughter spreads, rich and generous like a perfectly aged broth.

Edward Lee brings a story that simmers slow and heartfelt.

“I flew 15 hours to meet Jin,” he says. “My daughter was a big fan of BTS, so we practiced dancing together.” When he shares his signature dish, Jin replies with sincerity: “I felt respect when I saw the dish of my life.”

The gospel of mulhoe, served chilled

If there is one dish that defines Jin of BTS in 2025, it’s mulhoe. Cold raw fish soup, bracing and spicy, with icy broth and tender slices of the sea, carries more than heat relief—it carries obsession.

“I wanted to promote cold raw fish soup to many people, so I created a ‘Cold Raw Fish Soup Promotion Association’ and even served as the chairman,” Jin confesses, not as a joke, but as a proud mission.

He loves mulhoe so much that he eats it at least three times a week. It’s not a trend. It’s a culinary identity.

And when he met Tom Cruise earlier this year, he didn’t waste the opportunity. During the filming of Run Jin: Mission Jinpossible, Jin mentioned,

“Recently, I met Tom Cruise in person and recommended cold raw fish soup (mulhoe).”

The episode captured that exact moment, a perfect blend of pop culture and food evangelism.

What begins as a food segment turns into a full-blown campaign. Jin turns the studio into a celebration of mulhoe, seasoning the air with excitement and just enough weirdness to make it charming. It’s not just soup anymore. It’s diplomacy, fandom, and a slightly spicy religion.

From dorm snacks to premium cuts: the evolution of Jin’s fridge

The fridge tells a story, and Jin of BTS brings one with layers. Back in 2017, the inside of his refrigerator reflected the chaos of dorm life. Quick fixes, minimal ingredients, and very little time to care. This time, the reveal is different. Jin walks in with the quiet confidence of someone who now makes kimchi with friends and prefers cooking over delivery.

“I like to make it myself rather than deliver,” he says, raising expectations before the fridge even opens.

And then it opens.

Alongside a bounty of high-end ingredients, something else lurks. Old, unidentifiable leftovers peer out like forgotten relics from a busier time. Jin sees them and does not try to hide his reaction.

“Please throw them away,” he says, embarrassed but laughing.

The moment is honest and relatable. Even global icons forget the tofu sometimes.

There is charm in the contrast. Gourmet cuts next to mystery containers. Homemade ambition beside the remains of hectic days. His refrigerator is not flawless, but it is alive. It carries traces of someone who loves food, lives fully, and occasionally loses track of time.

Jin of BTS: What stays fresh is the warmth

Jin of BTS came for a fridge check, but ended up offering a feast of personality, memory, and quiet transformation. He laughed with chefs, shared his mulhoe manifesto, and revealed a life lived between stardom and simplicity. The episode becomes more than a cooking show. It becomes a snapshot of someone who changed without losing flavor.

There is something oddly comforting in seeing his fridge now. A little messy, a little gourmet, entirely human. Behind the “World Wide Handsome” smile, Jin of BTS is a man who still blushes at spoiled side dishes and glows when talking about fish soup. In the end, the door closes gently. Not on a secret, but on a story still unfolding, one meal at a time.