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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Fisher

Haribo Kimchi review – Korean snack bar serves lessons in belonging

A taste of South Korea … Jaha Koo. He stands, on right, at his stage snack bar and talks to the audience, as two punters tuck in
A taste of South Korea … Jaha Koo. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

To get the measure of this slight but sweet one-man show, you need to listen to the singing snail. “In every soil grows a different version of you,” sings the animated creature in Korean, projected on a screen.

It is echoing the sentiment just expressed by an eel: “My home has no location,” sings a fish that lives a life of transformation as it moves between saltwater and fresh.

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