United States, New Orleans .
A big fat man stood in front of a restaurant with an unshaven beard and a bad look on his face.
As soon as he stepped into the restaurant, he was kicked out by the waiter.
The waiter said: Sorry, homeless people can't come in!
The fat man wanted to greet the waiter's mother, but he controlled it and ran to get a decent suit...
Twenty minutes later, the fat man returned to the restaurant. His treatment had changed 180 degrees. Appeared on the table: shrimps with mayonnaise, seafood gumbo, Yifang crabmeat stew...
The fat man shouted: What a miracle!
miracle?
No, this is not a miracle, because the waiter finally recognized his identity...
This fat man is a world-famous catering tycoon. He was once named "The Most Influential Person of the Year" by Time Magazine. He That is: David Zhang.
Recently, he teamed up with Netflix to film a documentary. The food in it is not beautiful at all, it is all ordinary things: pizza, crayfish, fried chicken, barbecue, Peking duck, donkey meat on fire...
But it was filmed A different taste: "The food is not beautiful"
ä¸Ç The persistence of the Italian people
Pizza, the origin is Italy, but when it jumped out of Italy, everything became uncontrollable.
Especially in China, when you go to eat a pizza, the surface of the pizza must be covered with shrimp, avocado, beef, sausage...
Even more local, there are bacon, Mapo tofu, Peking duck...
In the eyes of Italians, the only thing worthy of the word "pizza" is: Italian pizza .
The so-called Italian pizza means that there is only tomato sauce and cheese on the dough. At most one additional ingredient can be added, and no more...
For this reason, Italy has also established an association: Orthodox Neapolitan Pizza Association .
established this association with only one purpose: to ensure the purity, advancement and fighting nature of pizza from the source.
Not only that, the association has also written a guide: "Orthodox Neapolitan Production Code".
and, a set of pizza appreciation methods: first look, second smell, third taste.
Take a look: Tear the edge of the cake and see if there is a tooth-like structure.
Second smell: The edge of the cake should smell like bread, not yeast.
Third taste: Take one bite and the dough melts in your mouth.
The president of the association said: For us, Neapolitan pizza is a philosophy of life.
Yes, even a piece of pizza can be eaten with philosophical depth...
äşÇ The magic of crayfish
Crayfish is the darling of Chinese diners.
According to statistics, in 2016, Chinese people ate nearly 880,000 tons of crayfish...
How ecstatic is crayfish?
An elegant and dignified lady can become wild and wild: pulling her head, shelling, eating meat, and sucking the soup, all in one go.
The crayfish even reminded her of her mother.
She said: Fortunately, my mother passed away early, otherwise she would have beaten me to death when she saw me eating shrimp!
But many Chinese people donât know that crayfish immigrated to Japan from the United States, and then were transferred to China via Japan...
Therefore, in the French Quarter of New Orleans in the United States (where many people of French descent live), there are also crayfish. .
There are two types of crayfish here: French crayfish; Vietnamese French crayfish.
The difference between the two is: the former is made by locals using ancient methods and does not add any seasonings other than the recipe; the latter is an improved version of crayfish brought by Vietnamese immigrants here.
But most locals said: we will never accept Vietnamese French crayfish!
A local restaurant specializing in crayfish also said: The crayfish should not be changed and should remain its original appearance.
The American people are very lucky. After all, there are only two flavors of crayfish. If there were so many flavors like China, a civil war would probably break out...
ä¸Ç Dumplings
New York, Manhattan.
There's a debate going on here: when it comes to eating, do you choose navel dumpling pasta or Asian dumplings?
This is a pointless debate because the answer is clear: Asian dumplings, of course.
Identity aside, letâs take a look at Italian navel dumplings.
host David Zhang gave a fair evaluation: Isnât this just Chinese wontons?
In order to prove the deliciousness of Asian dumplings, David Zhang and the Netflix team went to Shanghai Din Tai Fung ...
In their eyes, Xiao Long Bao is also a type of Asian dumplings
This is a very strange feeling, you I saw a group of Asian Americans speaking fluent English, but when they said "Xiao Long Bao", the pronunciation was very similar to Mandarin...
When filling Chinese Xiao Long Bao, solidified ingredients are put into it. The lump-shaped "glue" melts into soup during the steaming process, and when you take a bite, the soup splashes everywhere.
David Zhang said: This is the most wonderful experience.
But David Zhang is not satisfied because he feels that although Din Tai Fung is delicious, the soul of the food itself cannot be seen.
So, they went to Hebei in search of authentic Chinese dumplings.
A Hebei aunt received them.
Although she came to the door temporarily, Auntie still pays attention to making dumplings: she mixes the dough herself, rolls the skin herself, the stuffing is cabbage and pork stuffing, the Chinese cabbage must be cut into sharp ends, and the roots must be cut into soup, which affects the taste...
This meal Dumplings are very luxurious, not because of the ingredients, but because making dumplings requires a lot of water. Auntie only supplies half a day's water.
David Zhang said: They donât have gas or running water. Only then do I understand how difficult it is for them to do something. Iâm really honored to be here.
While eating dumplings, David Zhang asked his aunt: Are you tired of making dumplings and eating dumplings?
Auntie said cheerfully: I donât get tired of it.
This "Good Food" was launched on Netflix in February last year, with a total of 8 episodes. All have been updated now, with a score of 8.8 on Douban.
netizen commented: I am so hungry after watching . The culture and food are really touching. That Hebei grandma reminds me of my grandma. David Chang, the host of the
documentary, is a dramatic Korean-American.
Before he became a world-famous catering tycoon, David Zhang was a very unlucky man. He went to Japan to learn ramen and returned to the United States to open a noodle shop, but he had very few restaurants and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
In desperation, he added a Chinese folk food to the menu: pork chop (yĂŹ) package.
Gua Bao: Originated from Fuzhou, it is a must-have food when worshiping gods in the twelfth lunar month.
As soon as the pork Guao Bao was launched, David Zhang's restaurant immediately had a long queue. Within a few years, his restaurant continued to expand, even extending to Canada, Australia.
In a short time, he went from a down and out small boss on the verge of bankruptcy to a world-famous restaurant founder.
David Zhang must have never imagined that this snack from China could actually push him to the top of the pyramid.
Interestingly, "The Food Is Not Beautiful" does not focus too much on food, nor does it tell stories. It only tells the audience through each diner: Eating is a very personal matter, including a person's habits and emotions. remember.
There is a foreigner. In Beijing, when eating salty and spicy duck heads, they must be coated with a layer of candied haws of sugar syrup...
There is a chef who brushes his teeth every day and has to hold a piece of chocolate in his mouth before he can sleep peacefully...
There is a Shanghainese who disses Din Tai Fung under his real name because he thinks there is no beef in Din Tai Fungâs soup dumplings, which is a failure...
Crow has a little friend who comes from Guizhou.
He has a favorite Guizhou delicacy: Niu Zhao hot pot.
The so-called cow deflation is to take out the undigested food from the cow's stomach, clean it, and then add it to the soup.
So, removing the cow's shit is a technical job. If it's too early, it won't be fully digested. If it's too late, it will be overdigested and it will become...
When I heard about it for the first time, the office was shocked: Do you eat shit there?
's friend slapped the table angrily: Don't talk nonsense, that's gastric juice. Add it to the soup and make it into hot pot. It tastes delicious!
No matter how others diss this dish, no matter where they go or what they eat, they will never forget this hotpot that scares us all...
In fact, this is an era full of changes.
Today, a company has a bright future, but tomorrow, it declares bankruptcy; today, WeChat is one version, and tomorrow, WeChat becomes another version; today you are still an employee of the company, and tomorrow, you are fired.
What's even worse is that in your hometown, your food is spicy, but when you leave home, it becomes fresh and sweet.
Just as Mr. Luo Zhenyu said the "correct nonsense" in his speech a few days ago: In the past, change may be just a part of life; now, change may become life itself.
However, in this rapid change, when our brains and bodies have adapted to such "fickleness", our taste buds still stubbornly stick to the "taste of childhood"...
in "The Food Is Not Beautiful" ", you can see all kinds of stubbornness: Italians are paranoid about pizza, New Orleans people insist on French crayfish, Hebei aunts are loyal to dumplings...
In the documentary, there is a Shanghainese People say: The familiar taste from childhood is very important, it will stay with you throughout your life.
Perhaps, our obsession with the taste of childhood is our last persistence in this era of rapid changes, and this persistence gives us a sense of security, stability, identity and identity...
This is For example, every Spring Festival, when I return to Chongqing, in the taxi going home, I always open the car window. The city outside the window, which is undergoing massive demolition and construction, is so unfamiliar. Only when the smell of hot pot wafts from the street, I Only then did I realize: Iâm home.
