Possibly because he really dislikes Eric Ripert.
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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
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sumi - Sep 28, 2007 8:34:00 am PDT #2233 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
megan walker - Sep 28, 2007 8:55:15 am PDT #2234 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
brenda m - Sep 28, 2007 9:52:05 am PDT #2235 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Particularly fish that's not, you know, from the sea.
sumi - Sep 28, 2007 9:54:18 am PDT #2236 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
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.
le nubian - Sep 28, 2007 10:03:24 am PDT #2237 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
megan walker - Sep 28, 2007 10:05:11 am PDT #2238 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
True, except trout is often prepared very differently than other fish. And I can see where he wouldn't have much experience with trout in San Diego. Also, I think of him as much more of a shellfish guy than a fish guy. Of course, that's because when he says he works with seafood, that's what I think of first.
le nubian - Sep 28, 2007 10:09:09 am PDT #2239 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, thanks Megan. :-)
megan walker - Sep 28, 2007 10:16:39 am PDT #2240 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Still doesn't make him less of an ass. Or change the fact that he called Eric Ripert, Eric Ripart, and his restaurant La Bernadin.
lisah - Sep 28, 2007 10:19:13 am PDT #2241 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
I was just looking at the Le Bernadin menu online and, dag, does it sound good. I wonder if I could swing it for lunch next time I'm up there.
megan walker - Sep 28, 2007 10:20:50 am PDT #2242 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Semi-related, friends are taking me out to Hubert Keller's Fleur de Lys next weekend for my birthday. I am so excited.