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Four to Ko
Our chief critic gives David Chang’s much anticipated new eatery a rare four stars.
Dick Johnson
QUOTE (BS Detector @ Apr 14 2008, 11:37 AM) *

Sorry buddy, you've got the wrong place. We try to avoid 'stating the obvious', here. Try 'Beater', maybe.

(LOL. Just kidding!)
Inkslinger
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Apr 14 2008, 01:15 PM) *
Sorry buddy, you've got the wrong place. We try to avoid 'stating the obvious', here. Try 'Beater', maybe.

Don't listen to him, BSD. I was thinking of starting a new thread about it the other day. rolleyes.gif
john.smith
QUOTE (BS Detector @ Apr 14 2008, 11:37 AM) *

lol...........................as if platt is relevant..............................
Inkslinger
QUOTE (BS Detector @ Apr 14 2008, 11:37 AM) *

Actually, I was wondering why no one brought this up earlier! rolleyes.gif
Inkslinger
QUOTE (BS Detector @ Apr 14 2008, 11:37 AM) *

So, basically, a restaurant that has a reservations system that doesn't work effectively (it's a tedious process; you're asked to log in, post your credit card info, it takes a long time and then you're only shown the current week and not even the next 7 days), i.e. there's no regard whatsoever for customer convenience, is worthy of 4 stars? Why not also just have people line up at the door, and make it cafeteria style? Who needs the comfort of servers and hostesses?

To think all this time, restaurateurs were wasting money with white tablecloths and 4-star training, just to impress the critics, when they could have just all been Soup Nazis.
rolleyes.gif
abbe
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ Apr 15 2008, 12:10 PM) *
So, basically, a restaurant that has a reservations system that doesn't work effectively (it's a tedious process; you're asked to log in, post your credit card info, it takes a long time and then you're only shown the current week and not even the next 7 days), i.e. there's no regard whatsoever for customer convenience, is worthy of 4 stars? Why not also just have people line up at the door, and make it cafeteria style? Who needs the comfort of servers and hostesses?

To think all this time, restaurateurs were wasting money with white tablecloths and 4-star training, just to impress the critics, when they could have just all been Soup Nazis.
rolleyes.gif

oh ! was that review REAL ?? i didn't bother to read it of course (get serious) but i had assumed just from the title it was some kind of frustrated parody or some shit.

i mean like for example--

when i was in high school, the teachers accidentally put me in this "regular" English class, instead of the AP-English/Lit class i had requested the prior year. and so at first i was all sad.gif cuz i thought they were trying to tell me i wasn't smart enough to get into the class with all my other five BFF's (who all scored in the top 16 of our graduating class thank you very much-- one was even valedictorian and the other was saludatorian)

anyways. so here i am in this "regular" average class-- and the "course load" was nothing short of retarded i tell you. we were studying SPELLING and VOCABULARY i shit you not. (SPELLING i said, mutherfukkers. in HIGH SCHOOL. i was my grammar school spelling bee champion for fuck's sake)

yah so. every week was spelling/vocab exams, and needless to say, i was always the first one finished. well

the other kids (alls the MOST POPULAR ones, granted. i mean, don't get me wrong, i was kinda "popular" in HS too-- but for reasons OTHER than being a cheerleader or jock or slut who gave out blowjobs and smoked behind the bleachers) noticed this
and so right away they alls tried to ingratiate themselves to me so they could cheat off my paper.

and so i let them every week cuz i honestly didn't give a shit.

until one week, this girl i DIDN'T like sat behind me. and she actually had the GALL to tap me on my shoulder and ask me to scoot over in my seat a wee bit so she could see better.

and so i did. i scooted ALLS THE WAY OVER as far as i could and placed my test sheet waaaaay on the outer edge of the desk so she could have ample view like wide open plains an'shit.
and i looked over at Teacher (who had her face buried in some other nonsense. an issue of Cosmo maybe, the fuck i know) waiting for her to glance up and notice all her Teachings were really for naught.

but she never did.

but then-- all the idiots in the class suddenly scored 97's 98's 100's and whatnot. and so Teacher finally figured the whole sordid scandal out.

ahahaa get this-- they called my moms in OUT OF WORK and told her to come to school cuz they had an issue with me, "for cheating on exams."
needless to say, moms was LIVID and came down to the principal's office to kick my sorry ass.

then they had to admit to her "okay well, it wasn't abbe cheating per se. but she was an 'enabler' and thus quite responsible..."

hahahahahahhaa moms let those old crotchety nuns have it, she bitched them out a fierce one all right. it was awesome ! smile.gif
obviously, they promptly transferred me to AP-English/Lit.


in any case, my point is:

i thought adam-platt gave out those 4 stars cuz he was totally frustrated with being a manipulated whore already. as in: like, i thought alls the big PR guns went and muscled him into coddling their faves as usual. y'know, something along the lines of: "you KNOW you gots to toss our boy chang's salad, yes? cuz you KNOW your fucking paycheck depends on it, yes? any dumb typing monkey fuck willing to chill in OUR playground would kill to be in your cushy cubicle, mutherfukker..."

and so platt was all: yes yes i get it i get it. i HEAR YOU bitches.
and so then he was all "toss his salad? i'll toss that little pork dumpling's mutherfukking salad all right."
BOOM. four stars. "take THAT bitches! now whatever tiny shred of credibility we had left will be GONE FOREVER, and you will never ever ever be able to treat me as your $10 blowjob hooker ever ever again!"


no seriously. that's what i thought the dealie was. i almost (hysterically) respected him for a second there.

but now-- you tell me the review was actually really REAL ???

huh.gif


oh brother.

that's all i'm sayin.
abbe
eeheee oh wow i kinda like that post. maybe we should send it along to alls my PALS like josh-ozersky and ben-leventroll and josh-stein.


oh but then, maybe they would link to it and then some of their idiotarded commentraitors would just say things like: "oh ho hoooo, she was taught 'spelling and vocabulary.' but not GRAMMAR, i see. LOL. aren't i clever?"


dry.gif
douchebags.
Jason Has-Binn
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ Apr 15 2008, 12:10 PM) *
To think all this time, restaurateurs were wasting money with white tablecloths and 4-star training, just to impress the critics, when they could have just all been Soup Nazis.
rolleyes.gif



QUOTE (abbe @ Apr 15 2008, 01:19 PM) *
eeheee oh wow i kinda like that post. maybe we should send it along to alls my PALS like josh-ozersky and ben-leventroll and josh-stein.


oh but then, maybe they would link to it and then some of their idiotarded commentraitors would just say things like: "oh ho hoooo, she was taught 'spelling and vocabulary.' but not GRAMMAR, i see. LOL. aren't i clever?"


dry.gif
douchebags.

blink.gif

NO SOUP FOR YOU

tongue.gif

Dick Johnson
QUOTE (abbe @ Apr 15 2008, 01:19 PM) *
eeheee oh wow i kinda like that post. maybe we should send it along to alls my PALS like josh-ozersky and ben-leventroll and josh-stein.


How come Ben Leventhal is the only one privileged enough to get a special name? What about Josh Ozersky and Joshua David Stein?

I nominate "Josh O'JERKsky" and "Joshua Stupid Stein" as viable possibilities.

LOL. Aren't I clever?
Jason Has-Binn
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Apr 15 2008, 02:41 PM) *
How come Ben Leventhal is the only one privileged enough to get a special name? What about Josh Ozersky and Joshua David Stein?

I nominate "Josh O'JERKsky" and "Joshua Stupid Stein" as viable possibilities.

LOL. Aren't I clever?

josh o'turdsky

joshua stupid swine
virgo
QUOTE (abbe @ Apr 15 2008, 01:08 PM) *
oh ! was that review REAL ?? i didn't bother to read it of course (get serious) but i had assumed just from the title it was some kind of frustrated parody or some shit.

i mean like for example--

when i was in high school, the teachers accidentally put me in this "regular" English class, instead of the AP-English/Lit class i had requested the prior year. and so at first i was all sad.gif cuz i thought they were trying to tell me i wasn't smart enough to get into the class with all my other five BFF's (who all scored in the top 16 of our graduating class thank you very much-- one was even valedictorian and the other was saludatorian)

anyways. so here i am in this "regular" average class-- and the "course load" was nothing short of retarded i tell you. we were studying SPELLING and VOCABULARY i shit you not. (SPELLING i said, mutherfukkers. in HIGH SCHOOL. i was my grammar school spelling bee champion for fuck's sake)

yah so. every week was spelling/vocab exams, and needless to say, i was always the first one finished. well

the other kids (alls the MOST POPULAR ones, granted. i mean, don't get me wrong, i was kinda "popular" in HS too-- but for reasons OTHER than being a cheerleader or jock or slut who gave out blowjobs and smoked behind the bleachers) noticed this
and so right away they alls tried to ingratiate themselves to me so they could cheat off my paper.

and so i let them every week cuz i honestly didn't give a shit.

until one week, this girl i DIDN'T like sat behind me. and she actually had the GALL to tap me on my shoulder and ask me to scoot over in my seat a wee bit so she could see better.

and so i did. i scooted ALLS THE WAY OVER as far as i could and placed my test sheet waaaaay on the outer edge of the desk so she could have ample view like wide open plains an'shit.
and i looked over at Teacher (who had her face buried in some other nonsense. an issue of Cosmo maybe, the fuck i know) waiting for her to glance up and notice all her Teachings were really for naught.

but she never did.

but then-- all the idiots in the class suddenly scored 97's 98's 100's and whatnot. and so Teacher finally figured the whole sordid scandal out.

ahahaa get this-- they called my moms in OUT OF WORK and told her to come to school cuz they had an issue with me, "for cheating on exams."
needless to say, moms was LIVID and came down to the principal's office to kick my sorry ass.

then they had to admit to her "okay well, it wasn't abbe cheating per se. but she was an 'enabler' and thus quite responsible..."

hahahahahahhaa moms let those old crotchety nuns have it, she bitched them out a fierce one all right. it was awesome ! smile.gif
obviously, they promptly transferred me to AP-English/Lit.


in any case, my point is:

i thought adam-platt gave out those 4 stars cuz he was totally frustrated with being a manipulated whore already. as in: like, i thought alls the big PR guns went and muscled him into coddling their faves as usual. y'know, something along the lines of: "you KNOW you gots to toss our boy chang's salad, yes? cuz you KNOW your fucking paycheck depends on it, yes? any dumb typing monkey fuck willing to chill in OUR playground would kill to be in your cushy cubicle, mutherfukker..."

and so platt was all: yes yes i get it i get it. i HEAR YOU bitches.
and so then he was all "toss his salad? i'll toss that little pork dumpling's mutherfukking salad all right."
BOOM. four stars. "take THAT bitches! now whatever tiny shred of credibility we had left will be GONE FOREVER, and you will never ever ever be able to treat me as your $10 blowjob hooker ever ever again!"


no seriously. that's what i thought the dealie was. i almost (hysterically) respected him for a second there.

but now-- you tell me the review was actually really REAL ???

huh.gif


oh brother.

that's all i'm sayin.

laugh.gif abbe, you should think about including some of these posts in your revised or 2nd book.
virgo
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ Apr 15 2008, 12:10 PM) *
So, basically, a restaurant that has a reservations system that doesn't work effectively (it's a tedious process; you're asked to log in, post your credit card info, it takes a long time and then you're only shown the current week and not even the next 7 days), i.e. there's no regard whatsoever for customer convenience, is worthy of 4 stars? Why not also just have people line up at the door, and make it cafeteria style? Who needs the comfort of servers and hostesses?

To think all this time, restaurateurs were wasting money with white tablecloths and 4-star training, just to impress the critics, when they could have just all been Soup Nazis.
rolleyes.gif

amen. (and congrats on your promotion!)
virgo
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Apr 15 2008, 02:41 PM) *
How come Ben Leventhal is the only one privileged enough to get a special name? What about Josh Ozersky and Joshua David Stein?

I nominate "Josh O'JERKsky" and "Joshua Stupid Stein" as viable possibilities.

LOL. Aren't I clever?



QUOTE (Jason Has-Binn @ Apr 15 2008, 02:56 PM) *
josh o'turdsky

joshua stupid swine


laugh.gif i wanna try?

josh ozersky=gosh i'm thirsty

joshua davis stein=got you a tasty wine

rolleyes.gif obviously, i'm not that clever.
Inkslinger
QUOTE (abbe @ Apr 15 2008, 01:19 PM) *
eeheee oh wow i kinda like that post. maybe we should send it along to alls my PALS like josh-ozersky and ben-leventroll and josh-stein.



QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Apr 15 2008, 02:41 PM) *
How come Ben Leventhal is the only one privileged enough to get a special name? What about Josh Ozersky and Joshua David Stein?

I nominate "Josh O'JERKsky" and "Joshua Stupid Stein" as viable possibilities.

LOL. Aren't I clever?


Don't forget Chris Mohney. Or should I say Chris Moron -ey! biggrin.gif
Inkslinger
QUOTE (virgo @ Apr 15 2008, 03:39 PM) *
amen. (and congrats on your promotion!)

rolleyes.gif Thanks!

biggrin.gif
B'eater
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ Apr 15 2008, 12:10 PM) *
So, basically, a restaurant that has a reservations system that doesn't work effectively (it's a tedious process; you're asked to log in, post your credit card info, it takes a long time and then you're only shown the current week and not even the next 7 days), i.e. there's no regard whatsoever for customer convenience, is worthy of 4 stars? Why not also just have people line up at the door, and make it cafeteria style? Who needs the comfort of servers and hostesses?

To think all this time, restaurateurs were wasting money with white tablecloths and 4-star training, just to impress the critics, when they could have just all been Soup Nazis.
rolleyes.gif

Stars have nothing to do with the quality of anything! Stars are just notches - one for every time my ass gets kissed. Dumb bitch!

Respect mah authoritah!
Dishwasher
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ Apr 15 2008, 12:10 PM) *
So, basically, a restaurant that has a reservations system that doesn't work effectively (it's a tedious process; you're asked to log in, post your credit card info, it takes a long time and then you're only shown the current week and not even the next 7 days), i.e. there's no regard whatsoever for customer convenience, is worthy of 4 stars? Why not also just have people line up at the door, and make it cafeteria style? Who needs the comfort of servers and hostesses?

To think all this time, restaurateurs were wasting money with white tablecloths and 4-star training, just to impress the critics, when they could have just all been Soup Nazis.
rolleyes.gif

You said a mouthful!
Dishwasher
QUOTE (abbe @ Apr 15 2008, 01:08 PM) *
oh ! was that review REAL ?? i didn't bother to read it of course (get serious) but i had assumed just from the title it was some kind of frustrated parody or some shit.

i mean like for example--

when i was in high school, the teachers accidentally put me in this "regular" English class, instead of the AP-English/Lit class i had requested the prior year. and so at first i was all sad.gif cuz i thought they were trying to tell me i wasn't smart enough to get into the class with all my other five BFF's (who all scored in the top 16 of our graduating class thank you very much-- one was even valedictorian and the other was saludatorian)

anyways. so here i am in this "regular" average class-- and the "course load" was nothing short of retarded i tell you. we were studying SPELLING and VOCABULARY i shit you not. (SPELLING i said, mutherfukkers. in HIGH SCHOOL. i was my grammar school spelling bee champion for fuck's sake)

yah so. every week was spelling/vocab exams, and needless to say, i was always the first one finished. well

the other kids (alls the MOST POPULAR ones, granted. i mean, don't get me wrong, i was kinda "popular" in HS too-- but for reasons OTHER than being a cheerleader or jock or slut who gave out blowjobs and smoked behind the bleachers) noticed this
and so right away they alls tried to ingratiate themselves to me so they could cheat off my paper.

and so i let them every week cuz i honestly didn't give a shit.

until one week, this girl i DIDN'T like sat behind me. and she actually had the GALL to tap me on my shoulder and ask me to scoot over in my seat a wee bit so she could see better.

and so i did. i scooted ALLS THE WAY OVER as far as i could and placed my test sheet waaaaay on the outer edge of the desk so she could have ample view like wide open plains an'shit.
and i looked over at Teacher (who had her face buried in some other nonsense. an issue of Cosmo maybe, the fuck i know) waiting for her to glance up and notice all her Teachings were really for naught.

but she never did.

but then-- all the idiots in the class suddenly scored 97's 98's 100's and whatnot. and so Teacher finally figured the whole sordid scandal out.

ahahaa get this-- they called my moms in OUT OF WORK and told her to come to school cuz they had an issue with me, "for cheating on exams."
needless to say, moms was LIVID and came down to the principal's office to kick my sorry ass.

then they had to admit to her "okay well, it wasn't abbe cheating per se. but she was an 'enabler' and thus quite responsible..."

hahahahahahhaa moms let those old crotchety nuns have it, she bitched them out a fierce one all right. it was awesome ! smile.gif
obviously, they promptly transferred me to AP-English/Lit.


in any case, my point is:

i thought adam-platt gave out those 4 stars cuz he was totally frustrated with being a manipulated whore already. as in: like, i thought alls the big PR guns went and muscled him into coddling their faves as usual. y'know, something along the lines of: "you KNOW you gots to toss our boy chang's salad, yes? cuz you KNOW your fucking paycheck depends on it, yes? any dumb typing monkey fuck willing to chill in OUR playground would kill to be in your cushy cubicle, mutherfukker..."

and so platt was all: yes yes i get it i get it. i HEAR YOU bitches.
and so then he was all "toss his salad? i'll toss that little pork dumpling's mutherfukking salad all right."
BOOM. four stars. "take THAT bitches! now whatever tiny shred of credibility we had left will be GONE FOREVER, and you will never ever ever be able to treat me as your $10 blowjob hooker ever ever again!"


no seriously. that's what i thought the dealie was. i almost (hysterically) respected him for a second there.

but now-- you tell me the review was actually really REAL ???

huh.gif


oh brother.

that's all i'm sayin.

Not that I don't also appreciate a good mouthful.. wink.gif
Dick Johnson
QUOTE (virgo @ Apr 15 2008, 03:50 PM) *
laugh.gif i wanna try?

josh ozersky=gosh i'm thirsty

joshua davis stein=got you a tasty wine

rolleyes.gif obviously, i'm not that clever.

You're a poet and don't even know it, but you also might be missing the point.

wink.gif
whats anorexia?
Restaurant Reservations
It took a month of logging onto the Web for reporter Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan to snag a seat at Chef David Chang's highly anticipated Momofuku Ko. Was it worth the hassle?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120948049053952941.html

maybe not, says WSJ.
mss
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ Apr 30 2008, 11:45 AM) *
Restaurant Reservations
It took a month of logging onto the Web for reporter Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan to snag a seat at Chef David Chang's highly anticipated Momofuku Ko. Was it worth the hassle?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120948049053952941.html

maybe not, says WSJ.

oh, christ, she just wanted a hug or something

if you want attention for your publication, either write it first or write it negative, that always whips readers into a frenzy and draws others who wouldn't normally read it. denton/gawker certainly subscribes to this
Dick Johnson
QUOTE (mss @ Apr 30 2008, 01:21 PM) *
oh, christ, she just wanted a hug or something

LOL.

Or, maybe Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is Asian, and that's why she didn't like it.

rolleyes.gif

abbe
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ Apr 30 2008, 11:45 AM) *
Restaurant Reservations
It took a month of logging onto the Web for reporter Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan to snag a seat at Chef David Chang's highly anticipated Momofuku Ko. Was it worth the hassle?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120948049053952941.html

maybe not, says WSJ.

hahhahaa "hassle"

nice.

but-- wasn't this system supposed to be like the bestest thing everrrrrrrr ?? cuz it's soooooooo democratic and whatever ???? cuz all the stupid ugly hoi pollois can finally dine in the same fucking room with all the beautiful faboolous cool peoples ????



but suddenly it's a "hassle" now ??

fascinating.
whats anorexia?
QUOTE (abbe @ May 1 2008, 12:58 PM) *
hahhahaa "hassle"

nice.

but-- wasn't this system supposed to be like the bestest thing everrrrrrrr ?? cuz it's soooooooo democratic and whatever ???? cuz all the stupid ugly hoi pollois can finally dine in the same fucking room with all the beautiful faboolous cool peoples ????



but suddenly it's a "hassle" now ??

fascinating.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/05/gael_g...ang_1.html#more

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/05/ko_con...ness_emerg.html

they keep talking about it, so it must be an even bigger hassle than trying to get into mercer kitchen or 66 etc in their heydays ever was! rolleyes.gif laugh.gif

Inkslinger
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ May 5 2008, 01:45 PM) *
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/05/gael_g...ang_1.html#more

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/05/ko_con...ness_emerg.html

they keep talking about it, so it must be an even bigger hassle than trying to get into mercer kitchen or 66 etc in their heydays ever was! rolleyes.gif laugh.gif

Another case of selective journalism! rolleyes.gif

As though no one ever lied about a reservation before. What a shocker! Alert the media! dry.gif
abbe
aww

did poor cute little asian token david-chang get his very first hands-on lesson on why FOH makes soooooo much more $$$ than BOH ?? i guess maybe he thought dealing with lying scumsucker "the-customer-is-always-right" douchebags every day is FUN !!

i can't wait until he starts learning all the other lessons one by one too. oh like for example

when his FOH staff starts thinking:

hey wait a minute. WHY am i here again ? doing this totally degrading going-nowheres glass-ceiling dead-end job ? i mean, it's not as though SOMEDAY, if i work my ass off forever and ever, and tolerate all this ignominy and condescension, i might SOMEDAY make gazillions of $$$ as a PROFESSIONAL CELEBRITY 'ROCKSTAR' WAITER, will i ??
when will my CELEBRITY WAITER hotel/casino/packaged-rice endorsement deals start rolling in ?? when will i get my CELEBRITY WAITER FoodNetwork teevee show ?? when will i get my CELEBRITY WAITER cookbook offers ??

what's that ?? NEVER, you say ?? EVER ?? EVER EVER ?? FOREVER EVER ??

then uh...

WHY am i splitting half the FOH tips with the BOH dudes, just cuz the boss is too cheap to pay the salaries HE thinks the BOH deserves ??

when i can work at the restaurant down the street instead ?? or the other restaurant ?? or the other other restaurant ?? or the other other restaurants across the street from those other fucking restaurants ??
(at least until EVERY restaurant in NYC is built the exact same way as THIS totally awesome super democratic ingenious 'forward thinking' fantabulous restaurant is built, i mean. of course)

OH i know! it must be because i'm not too smart.

yah, that's it.
abbe
personally, i can't wait til the entire staff is completely automated just like the super duper awesome democratic ingenious 'reservationist' was automated too.

AUTOMATS

it's the wave of the future !!

you heard it here first mutherfukkers.
Jason Has-Binn
i m going 2 do the same

go 4 dinner n lie about my res

what do i hav 2 lose?

i get free dinner

yum
Inkslinger
QUOTE (abbe @ May 5 2008, 02:30 PM) *
WHY am i splitting half the FOH tips with the BOH dudes, just cuz the boss is too cheap to pay the salaries HE thinks the BOH deserves ??

Exactly. If he thinks that the kitchen should make just as much as the floor, then why doesn't he pony up the salaries? What's the matter, he can't afford it on his new million dollar a year plus income?

This is the same argument that the owners have always been using. It's no different than JG, or anyone else who claims that the overhead of running the venues is too high. So, they just steal the tips from the pool to pay salaries, while they all live in multi-million dollar homes?
rolleyes.gif dry.gif
Inkslinger
QUOTE
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/re...85/go-for-toque

Go for toque
Chefs are the new rock stars—and they’ve got the groupies to prove it.


By Rebecca Flint Marx, Illustration by Jesse Philips

....Understanding the motivation of nonplatonic groupies can be a struggle for those who work in the industry. “I don’t really get it,” says Abbe Diaz, whose 20-plus years of restaurant work informed her book PX This, a gossipy take on the business. “But hey, why not? If some people can like actors or musicians, I guess chefs are fair game too.”

Krader theorizes that part of the drive comes from plain old status consciousness: Restaurants these days are tantamount to exclusive clubs (anyone been to Ko?). “People collect restaurants,” she says. Snagging a hot chef is “like having a great bag.” So maybe David Chang is just a big Birkin. Says Diaz, “[A friend] had a big crush on him. I think the only thing that prevented her from stalking him is that she’s not sure what his schedule is.” Chang scoffs: “I don’t really have any groupies. It’s kind of absurd.....


huh.gif laugh.gif

Who's the groupie, Abbester?biggrin.gif
abbe
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ May 7 2008, 01:06 PM) *
huh.gif laugh.gif

Who's the groupie, Abbester?biggrin.gif

ee heee

a friend.

she will probably kill me though, for mentioning her in an article about "groupies"-- cuz she's pretty adamant she is NOT a fucking "groupie" goddammit hahahahhaa

in all fairness, she might be right. she just happens to have lots of chef buddies cuz she's in the industry too.

she and david-chang have a lot of friends in common actually, so it's rather surprising they've not met yet. except for one "almost" time, apparently they smiled at each other one night awhiles ago at BarVeloce or some shit, but she was too shy to say anything to him. isn't that cute

personally i think they would make a pretty nice couple.
especially since she's korean. you knoooooow how those korean parents can get hahahahahahahaaa



abbe
hey david-chang !

wanna double date with me and sasha-muniak at CentroVinoteca ??

anytime ! have yer peeples call my peeples
abbe
HA HA HA HA HA AHAHAHAA

oh boy wait til my friend sees me. i am a dead person.
Dick Johnson
QUOTE (abbe @ May 7 2008, 02:06 PM) *
hey david-chang !

wanna double date with me and sasha-muniak at CentroVinoteca ??

anytime ! have yer peeples call my peeples

rolleyes.gif

So, we're doing Love Connection, now?

Non-PX'es need not apply.
Ferret-n-Chicken!
QUOTE (abbe @ May 7 2008, 02:06 PM) *
hey david-chang !

wanna double date with me and sasha-muniak at CentroVinoteca ??

anytime ! have yer peeples call my peeples

blink.gif laugh.gif Take me David Chang, take me!!!!!!!!!!!!! biggrin.gif tongue.gif
Ferret-n-Chicken!
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ May 7 2008, 03:16 PM) *
rolleyes.gif

So, we're doing Love Connection, now?

Non-PX'es need not apply.

Yea, that's right!!!!!! I' not dating any personne that's not extraordinaire!!!!!!! laugh.gif tongue.gif
whats anorexia?
QUOTE (Ferret-n-Chicken! @ May 7 2008, 03:27 PM) *
Yea, that's right!!!!!! I' not dating any personne that's not extraordinaire!!!!!!! laugh.gif tongue.gif

huh.gif are you the groupie, f-n-c?

i wanna get set up too! but i'm not in the industry. sad.gif
Ferret-n-Chicken!
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ May 7 2008, 03:43 PM) *
huh.gif are you the groupie, f-n-c?

i wanna get set up too! but i'm not in the industry. sad.gif

laugh.gif laugh.gif No its not me!!!! I never said thatI have a crush on him....but I would go on a double date with him and Abs at Centro!!!!!! laugh.gif cool.gif biggrin.gif
whats anorexia?
QUOTE (Ferret-n-Chicken! @ May 7 2008, 03:50 PM) *
laugh.gif laugh.gif No its not me!!!! I never said thatI have a crush on him....but I would go on a double date with him and Abs at Centro!!!!!! laugh.gif cool.gif biggrin.gif

laugh.gif ok, then since abbe said that her friend "had" a crush on him, does that mean that she doesn't any more? i'll take him if she doesn't want him. tongue.gif
john.smith
QUOTE (Ferret-n-Chicken! @ May 7 2008, 03:26 PM) *
blink.gif laugh.gif Take me David Chang, take me!!!!!!!!!!!!! biggrin.gif tongue.gif



QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ May 7 2008, 03:54 PM) *
laugh.gif ok, then since abbe said that her friend "had" a crush on him, does that mean that she doesn't any more? i'll take him if she doesn't want him. tongue.gif


omg chef groupies............wtf............................
Ferret-n-Chicken!
QUOTE (john.smith @ May 7 2008, 03:57 PM) *
omg chef groupies............wtf............................

Jealous!!!!!!!! tongue.gif laugh.gif
Jason Has-Binn
QUOTE (Ferret-n-Chicken! @ May 7 2008, 04:01 PM) *
Jealous!!!!!!!! tongue.gif laugh.gif

i wil go to bars now in chef whites

n carry a spatula

chix wil dig me
Captain Kangaroo
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guest
Today, 1:34 PM
I spoke with David Chang on Sunday night and he told me that the next version of Ko would involve him and his chefs driving out to peoples places and cooking their dinner in their kitchen. 3 dinners a night and you have to reserve exactly 3.8 hours in advance. 125$ (plus Tolls

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guest
Today, 1:37 PM
I had breakfast with Chang at IHOP this morning and he told me they would be taking reservations via carrier pigeon commencing in June....

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guest
Today, 1:41 PM
Funny, I had brunch with Chang over the weekend and he said they would now only take reservations via smoke signals in morse code.

guest
Today, 1:51 PM
Just started to read this blog, which, as I understand it, is a blog for Momofuku. I do in fact enjoy the fact that Davig Chang's blog includes the occasional items about other restaurants of interest. Great Blog David.

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guest
Today, 1:47 PM
I'm having lunch at Waverly Inn right now with Chang, Zak Pelaccio and Paul Liebrandt and they're passing notes under the table about running a "Legs & Eggs" kiosk in the Scores V.I.P. room.
Inkslinger
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Ko-BOOM
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Chang wasn't anywhere near Momofuku Ko this weekend, so we're going to have to file this one under unconfirmed rumormongering. From the inbox: "I was at Ko on Friday night and my boyfriend and I had a pretty long conversation with David Chang. Among other things, he told us that they will soon be open 7 days a week, and that they are going to start opening for lunch in two weeks." [EaterWire]


QUOTE (Captain Kangaroo @ May 19 2008, 04:00 PM) *
Today, 1:34 PM
I spoke with David Chang on Sunday night and he told me that the next version of Ko would involve him and his chefs driving out to peoples places and cooking their dinner in their kitchen. 3 dinners a night and you have to reserve exactly 3.8 hours in advance. 125$ (plus Tolls


Today, 1:37 PM
I had breakfast with Chang at IHOP this morning and he told me they would be taking reservations via carrier pigeon commencing in June....


Today, 1:41 PM
Funny, I had brunch with Chang over the weekend and he said they would now only take reservations via smoke signals in morse code.


Today, 1:51 PM
Just started to read this blog, which, as I understand it, is a blog for Momofuku. I do in fact enjoy the fact that Davig Chang's blog includes the occasional items about other restaurants of interest. Great Blog David.


Today, 1:47 PM
I'm having lunch at Waverly Inn right now with Chang, Zak Pelaccio and Paul Liebrandt and they're passing notes under the table about running a "Legs & Eggs" kiosk in the Scores V.I.P. room.


laugh.gif laugh.gif
Inkslinger
You missed one, Capt Kangaroo!

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This is one of Eater's greatest posts ever. There is no news to report but their contract with Chang requires a new post so they concoct a false story. The clever thing is the original post discredits it, and the contradictory information can be fodder for another fake story. Really really brilliant....
Comment #10, left at 05/19/08 02:09 PM.
whats anorexia?
Ko-BOOM: Chang to Allow VIPs to Momo Ko?
We all probably should have seen this one coming: David Chang is having doubts about the strict Momofuku Ko resy system. He tells the Bruni that he's finally realized he wants to be able to give away seats to VIPs like visiting restaurant industry folks and members of the staff:

"He said the no-special-treatment rule is proving tough to stick to. 'There has been a lot of discussion about what we’re going to do about employees who want to eat there, managers, staff who want to eat there on a special occasion,' Mr. Chang said. 'We’re probably going to have to make some amendments.' Beyond that, he asked, is it really right to keep turning away major figures in the worlds of restaurants and cooking?...'some of these people have done us such huge favors, how can we pay back? Basically, if we’re going to make any concessions, it’s going to be for the industry.'"
http://eater.com/archives/2008/06/koboom_chang_wa.php

ohmy.gif the verdict is in. david chang would rather feed pxthis forumers than eater readers. laugh.gif biggrin.gif
virgo
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ Jun 9 2008, 03:01 PM) *
Ko-BOOM: Chang to Allow VIPs to Momo Ko?
We all probably should have seen this one coming: David Chang is having doubts about the strict Momofuku Ko resy system.

duh.
Dishwasher
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ Jun 9 2008, 03:01 PM) *
Ko-BOOM: Chang to Allow VIPs to Momo Ko?
We all probably should have seen this one coming: David Chang is having doubts about the strict Momofuku Ko resy system. He tells the Bruni that he's finally realized he wants to be able to give away seats to VIPs like visiting restaurant industry folks and members of the staff:

"He said the no-special-treatment rule is proving tough to stick to. 'There has been a lot of discussion about what we’re going to do about employees who want to eat there, managers, staff who want to eat there on a special occasion,' Mr. Chang said. 'We’re probably going to have to make some amendments.' Beyond that, he asked, is it really right to keep turning away major figures in the worlds of restaurants and cooking?...'some of these people have done us such huge favors, how can we pay back? Basically, if we’re going to make any concessions, it’s going to be for the industry.'"
http://eater.com/archives/2008/06/koboom_chang_wa.php

ohmy.gif the verdict is in. david chang would rather feed pxthis forumers than eater readers. laugh.gif biggrin.gif

It is actually surprsing that it took him this long to figure out that wasn't a good policy to begin with. Alot of the sucess of a rest can depend how well it's received by it's peers. What's better than having a place that the industry loves to come to?? Since so much of the PR machine is political and often rest's won't have press to rely on for business, it becomes important to cater to the people that will kepp up the cash flow. Obvs Chang gets alot of press but once the hype dies down, a rest needs steady regulars to keep it afloat. Shutting your doors to friends and family is def not the answer to that problem. Honestly I don't know a single person that has even tried Momo Ko, and it's all because no one has the patience to deal with that comp system when their are so many places to go that welcome them with open arms.

Looks like Abbe Diaz was right again. wink.gif

OOops I pressed the swrong button.
Inkslinger
QUOTE (whats anorexia? @ Jun 9 2008, 03:01 PM) *
ohmy.gif the verdict is in. david chang would rather feed pxthis forumers

Of course he would. How else would Abbester be able to bring her friend in for dinner that has a crush on him? laugh.gif wink.gif
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