Jung Sik Dang combines ingenuity and impeccable form, turning out dishes like a bowl of tomato jelly, basil sorbet and fresh vegetables, all mixed together at the table in a modern spin on bibimbap (a traditional dish of rice, vegetables, meat and chilli paste, which are stirred together right before eating).
Some players rely on attacking strokes to power past opponents, while others are content to soak up pressure from the back of the court, lobbing the ball back onto the table with heavy amounts of spin.
The bats have changed dramatically, with the pimpled side, used to return an opponent's spin with venom, reduced drastically by International Table Tennis Federation rules.