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Korean eatery boss impresses guests by balancing table full of dishes on head while serving

Restaurant owner’s head-carrying skills include ability to turn fully laden table into an umbrella on rainy days

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An eatery owner in Korea has impressed his customers by balancing a table full of dishes on his head while serving.
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Fran Luin Beijing

A South Korean restaurant owner has amazed many people by carrying a whole table full of dishes on his head to diners.

The head-turning skills of Kang Jin-gyu, 55, have turned his restaurant into a tourist hotspot in Uidong Valley, a scenic resort near Seoul.

To save the effort of carrying dishes one by one from the kitchen to the dining area, Kang decided it would be easier to take the whole table of food.

Kang Jin-gyu with a fully laden table on his head. He turned to carrying food orders this way after his hands became sore serving traditionally. Photo: YouTube
Kang Jin-gyu with a fully laden table on his head. He turned to carrying food orders this way after his hands became sore serving traditionally. Photo: YouTube

He has mastered balancing a long table for 10, stacked with food and drinks weighing 36kg, on his head.

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Kang makes at least 150 such trips every day, according to the South Korean media outlet SBS.

Kang can even climb up and down staircases, balancing a table on his head.

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He said he used to carry the tables using his hands, but switched to his head because his hands hurt.

Kang said the balancing secret was to not use the highest point of his head, but slightly to the side of it.

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