Simul Parikh Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Came to suburban Detroit to plan wedding stuff with my family, and after gorging ourselves at Loui’s Pizza (Detroit Pizza is real, people! Give it a shake), we got home and while eating sis’ delicious pecan bars for dessert, we threw on episode 1 of “Ugly Delicious” which focused on pizza. It’s Chang, a food writer, and the chef at Lucali’s looking at pizza in America and abroad. Very cool show, thoughtful, the pace is not frenetic and jokey like Bourdain or the new Rosenthal show (which is awesome, too). Chang comes of very “real” and instead of a “too cool for school” vibe, he’s more like me - he’s a “liker”, not very arrogant, and open minded. The chef plays the foil, trying to define things that don’t need defining, and the writer is the go between. Chang created Lucky Peach, and it was a publication for true food nerds. This show has the same elements. It’s not brash. It’s filmed “soft”. It’s very enjoyable. Starting episode 2... he likes quesadillas more than tacos. WTF?? I need to hear more... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrichstar Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 If you liked Lucky Peach and have Netflix, Ugly Delicious is a must watch. The show has the same wit, fun and humor as the magazine. Even some cartoons and profanity mixed in as well, just like Lucky Peach! Also watched the first episode and loved it. Eight total episodes were released yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouskitkatt Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 10:05 PM, jrichstar said: If you liked Lucky Peach and have Netflix, Ugly Delicious is a must watch. The show has the same wit, fun and humor as the magazine. Even some cartoons and profanity mixed in as well, just like Lucky Peach! Also watched the first episode and loved it. Eight total episodes were released yesterday. It makes complete sense that Ugly Delicious follows a similar format of Lucky Peach. If I recall Peter Meehan,& David Chang were co -collaborators on that publication. I can’t wait to binge on it myself. Today seems perfect to do so on account its soggy outside. Junk food & Chang make for a perfect Sunday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhone1998 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I really enjoyed the first episode. One of the more interesting moments to me was watching one of them fold a slice of Neapolitan pizza, a method which made me realize why people might not mind the "soggy" interior of this type of pie as much as I usually do -- they cut a wedge then folded the innermost portion back toward the crust, then made anothr fold perpendicular to the first with the crust itself, creating a nice dry pocket to consume the whole thing. Did anyone else notice this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrichstar Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 In the third episode, it is mentioned that Meehan and Chang founded and ran Lucky Peach. So let's see---ending a magazine with no advertising and moving to a sparkling deal with the most successful streaming media company in Netflix. I see why they closed down Lucky Peach. Follow the $$$$$. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zgast Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 10:31 AM, Rhone1998 said: I really enjoyed the first episode. One of the more interesting moments to me was watching one of them fold a slice of Neapolitan pizza, a method which made me realize why people might not mind the "soggy" interior of this type of pie as much as I usually do -- they cut a wedge then folded the innermost portion back toward the crust, then made anothr fold perpendicular to the first with the crust itself, creating a nice dry pocket to consume the whole thing. Did anyone else notice this? I saw that. I've lived in Italy and I never once saw anyone do that, for what it's worth. Glad people brought this up - really enjoyed the whole first season. Will definitely tune in for the next if it gets made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lion Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Chang brings up some difficult topics in the culinary world, such chefs striving to have authentic food and the issues of fusion. Additionally, another topic that was interesting to hear was René Redzepi discussing having a single restaurant and Chang's mini empire of restaurants in terms of work/family balance. I'm sure my wife will be happy to hear that Redzepi's wife never cooked anything from Noma's cookbook at home as she is not a fan of that style of cooking. Overall found it an interesting series discussing how to continue their evolutionary journey as Chang/Meehan did with restaurants and magazine respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I only have watched two episodes, but I really like it. I loved learning about the history of al pastor tacos and tacos arabes. There are just some hilarious lines too. Chang definitely has his own personality, but I think he is very honest about it. I was cracking up wondering if the taco joint with the guys sticker on it, knew they were serving him, probably, they knew something was going on with the tv cameras. Those crispy tacos looked amazing. I liked the conversation with Rosio Sanchez about her career. I find a lot of the show really fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simul Parikh Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 The NOLA episode is so cool... A truly meta food - Cajun crawfish goes to Houston, Vietnamese immigrants spice it up and create Viet-Cajun style, then Houston Vietnamese immigrate back to Vietnam and make Viet-Viet-Cajun Crawfish... A beautiful episode. Chang is super liberal and some of his talk will be a bit cloying / irritating to folks but ignore that part and watch and learn about truly international cuisine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 15 hours ago, Simul Parikh said: The NOLA episode is so cool... A truly meta food - Cajun crawfish goes to Houston, Vietnamese immigrants spice it up and create Viet-Cajun style, then Houston Vietnamese immigrate back to Vietnam and make Viet-Viet-Cajun Crawfish... A beautiful episode. Chang is super liberal and some of his talk will be a bit cloying / irritating to folks but ignore that part and watch and learn about truly international cuisine. And now the Vietnamese chef featured is opening her “Vie-jun” restaurant in Houston. Super cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I'm vaguely dissatisfied with this series even though I watched all the episodes. For example, why are xiao long baos $8 per basket and tortellini pasta $20 a plate? So are Chinese dumplings better than Italian dumplings? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I agree with you, mostly because I don’t understand the appeal of Italian food. Maybe i’ve just never had really good Italian food, it’s all been sort of “meh” (now, I’m not talking about raw ingredients, I’ve had great prosciutto, olives, bread, but most pasta dishes leave me cold). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zgast Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, thistle said: I agree with you, mostly because I don’t understand the appeal of Italian food. Maybe i’ve just never had really good Italian food, it’s all been sort of “meh” (now, I’m not talking about raw ingredients, I’ve had great prosciutto, olives, bread, but most pasta dishes leave me cold). Take a flight to Bologna. Eat three pasta meals. I’ve got a bottle of wine waiting for our discussion. Great Italian is precisely those raw ingredients assembled and served. I think the takeaway away I got from that episode though is that there’s an inherent bias that prevents even great Asian food from charging similar prices as Western cuisines in the States. Great food is worth more in my book. Can’t say I’m a huge fan of soup dumplings but I’ll definitely pay up for chef driven Asian cuisine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 On 3/24/2018 at 8:40 AM, Simul Parikh said: The NOLA episode is so cool... A truly meta food - Cajun crawfish goes to Houston, Vietnamese immigrants spice it up and create Viet-Cajun style, then Houston Vietnamese immigrate back to Vietnam and make Viet-Viet-Cajun Crawfish... A beautiful episode. Chang is super liberal and some of his talk will be a bit cloying / irritating to folks but ignore that part and watch and learn about truly international cuisine. I just read a great review of a bar not far from my house that serves Viet-Cajun crawfish on the weekends. I had them at the cook-off mentioned in the article and can vouch for the quality. In line with the themes discussed in the episode, the chef making this delicious Vietnamese-Cajun mashup is a "Houstonian of Iranian-Jewish and Mexican extraction." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Indian food is slow-cooked because cow dung is the most abundant fuel! Cows are sacred for their poop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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