Mofuku started with a noodle bar and had to work around. The thing to overcome is always in Japan. There's a culture around, yeah, show up. I said at the counter, I slurped my bowl and I get the fuck out. Doesn't work in America because you love, I want a fortop and I want to have dinner here. And I want to spend an hour and a half here. So you have to sort of invent other ways. Do you think that our culture could keep up with a burger counter where it's sit down, get your burger right away? Maybe you get a dessert and then you get the f*** out,. But not every
Dave talks about getting seated at possibly the worst table he’s ever seen. The discussion turns to the politics of restaurant tables and the best solution for navigating them, including the 'Pretty Woman' move. The discussion then turns to the trend of experiential restaurants with a particular focus on teppanyaki, and other cuisines that might benefit from a similar treatment of food as performance art.
Host: Dave Chang & Chris Ying
Producer: Victoria Valencia, Cory McConnell, Gabi Marler, Euno Lee
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