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I dunno about this, though. I read him talking about being passionate about cooking by talking about his family. That doesn't necessarily translate into Vietnamese food influences. And it certainly could translate as easily into French food influences, which he does show.
Or, say, both. I'd love to see him take on Asian-French fusion.
Even though my post was about fusion, it didn't need to be said twice.
And it certainly could translate as easily into French food influences, which he does show.
But he doesn't really prepare French food, he prepares food using French restaurant-kitchen techniques. (Which all the chefs do, since virtually all restaurants run French-style kitchens regardless of the kind of food they serve.) Being classically trained != cooking French food.
I deleted the episode, so I can't go back for the exact quote, but right after he said, "We need to see more of you in your food" he went on to say something along the lines of "You're Vietnamese, right? We haven't seen any of that."
He actually said "You were born in Vietnam," or something along those lines, IIRC -- more about his childhood than his ethnicity, if you get what I mean. Not that it's much better, but it's not like he was telling Brian Malarky to cook more Irish.
Possibly because he really dislikes Eric Ripert.
Brian knocks them down one by one: his biggest disappointment? Anthony Bourdain. Hung? As bad as they make him out to be. And he explains his confusing claim that trout is not seafood.
How is that confusing? The trout was not from the sea. I get that people will use the term seafood generically, but don't get on my case because I actually make a distinction between fish and seafood.
And yeah, he does come across as a bit of an ass in that interview.
Particularly fish that's not, you know, from the sea.
I guess I don't really see how cooking freshwater fish is so different from cooking saltwater fish that it would completely unscrew somebody who not only is supposedly an expert with fish but also grew up in the mountains fishing and cooking. . . fish.
I'm with sumi. I'm still "what the fuck?!" about it all. Sure, trout isn't seafood, but fuck you! Chicken isn't turkey.