What does food look like in the eyes of a Michelin chef?
For a long time, food documentaries have been presented to the audience in a beautiful and high-end manner, but in the eyes of David Chang, food is like this:
"Ugly Delicious" trailer
This was David Chang's participation in the filming The food documentary "Ugly Delicious" is produced by Netflix. All 8 episodes of the first season have been released, with official Chinese subtitles. The moment you open the video, you will find that this is an "out of tune" documentary. The food that appears in the camera is basically nothing unusual. It is nothing more than pizza , fried chicken, etc. that have taken over the American dining table. Tacos (burritos), dumplings, and even the home cooking my mom makes every day.
Before talking about the "mudslide" gene of "Ugly Delicious", I have to say that David Chang is the main introducer.
Korean-American David Chang came to Japan alone when he was 23 years old for one obsession: to learn to make Japanese ramen . After that, he went to the kitchen of a high-end hotel to cook high-end cuisine. But that's not what he wants. David Chang, who loves to toss, left his iron job in Japan and returned to the United States to make ramen. The cuisine he produced was called by Western gourmets as "a cuisine that transcends nationality and is not bound by emotions." David Chang, who loves fun, even created a super rock and roll food magazine "Lucky Peach", which is still anti-traditional and anti-mainstream!
David Chang
In the documentary, David Chang takes everyone to explore those daily delicacies that are so ordinary that they are often ignored. In David Chang’s view, “Real delicacy is like a bowl of curry rice. It will not be specifically written into recipes, nor will it be on the cover of gourmet magazines. No one even cares about their history, and it does not receive enough praise from the world. ". In order to let more people know about the past and present of these foods and learn to praise these "unsightly delicacies", "Ugly Delicious" was created.
Episode 01 Pizza
The theme of the first episode is "Pizza". There is a special "Orthodox Neapolitan Pizza Association" in Italy, and its job is to set the standards for authentic Neapolitan pizza. An authentic Neapolitan pizza must have an Aquinto oven, use San Marzano, milk mozzarella cheese, and the dough must be made according to standards.
But this standard does not stop chefs around the world from "creating" a different pizza. In Brooklyn, some people use wine bottles to roll dough; in Tokyo, some people use tuna sashimi and mayonnaise to make "sushi-style" pizza; and in New Haven, there is actually a pizza shop The flatbread is covered with clams... not to mention those pizzas with caviar, quick pizzas that can be refrigerated.
As for David Chang, this chef who has eaten a lot of so-called "authentic food" frankly admitted in front of the camera: I like the pizza chain DOMINOS.
David Chang, who was born as an immigrant, has always been more tolerant of things. In subsequent programs, they went on to discuss what authentic crayfish, barbecue, and fried chicken are... Maybe there really are "authentic" standards in the world, but authenticity never equals deliciousness!
Many times, whether they are cooks or diners, everyone rigidly regards "authentic" and "authentic" as strict criteria for judging food. But food is not a standardized component produced on an assembly line. It is alive in itself. The customs of a place, the experience of the cook and the preferences of the diners are integrated into the final taste of the food. As David Chang said on the show:
"I feel that authenticity is like a state of totalitarianism. It is an overrated concept, but it is not adequately regulated. It's not that I hate authenticity, I hate it. It’s people who only pursue authenticity.”
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