Oops, We Forgot Your Order: Sorry, It’s Our First Time with Dementia

You order black bean noodles, and instead you get fried rice. You order sweet and sour pork, and instead you get stir-fried vegetables. This is a very strange restaurant in the middle of Seoul. It is called ‘The ‘This Is Not What I Ordered’ Restaurant’. A place where you will find yourself saying ‘this is not what I ordered’ from time to time. Famous Korean chef Lee Yeonbok leads the team of chefs, and entertainer Song Euni is the manager as they work with five senior citizens suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer’s in this peculiar restaurant. This episode shows how the five senior citizens with Alzheimer’s are chosen to run a restaurant with the help of a chef and a general manager. The grand opening is today. What will happen? Here is an example of how public broadcasting tackles the huge issue of memory disorder in an entertaining way, at the same time revealing the complexities of working with those affected by it.