That’s right I said it, and I’m not ashamed. David Chang gives me a man boner! Some of you chef and food critics are probably sick of hearing his name thrown around like he has invented sliced bread, and what the hell does my opinion mean anyway? Well, it doesn’t mean a damn thing. I have just been taking a Youtube tour of Chang videos and feel the need to share his awesomeness.
I started developing my man crush a few years ago when a fellow chef friend of mine told me about “cereal milk”, the dumbest idea I had ever heard of. This “milk” was the basis for a few desserts at the Momofuku establishments and sounds absolutely stupid. I wasn’t the only person in the kitchen that laughed at the idea of cereal milk. In fact, it was a running joke when we couldn’t think of a dessert item. Someone would jokingly say,”Let’s make some cereal milk panna cotta.” A very ironic thing happened and my friend brought in the remaining items from his pantry; he was moving away. With all of the canned food items, there was also a half eaten box of cereal and plenty of milk to play around with. Naturally, we jokingly made cereal milk and churned it into an ice cream. At that moment my taste buds took me from first base to third, giving me a fully erect man boner crush.
Now, just to set the record straight, I am not professing my dying love for Chang, I am a very straight heterosexual male. I am just saying I get extra excited about all things Momofuku and David Chang. In a manly way. Good food has a way with messing with your feelings.
Other than the fact that cereal milk almost made me pre, there are a lot of other redeeming qualities about the dude. Often times when passing judgment on a chef i do look at their food or the establishment they are running. I look at a chef and ask myself,”Would I want to work for them?” When it comes to Chang this answer is an emphatic YES! He impresses the hell out of me with his no bullshit kind of attitude. His theories on food; keep it simple, keep it cheap, make sure its fucking good is exactly how I feel. Above all, the thing that impresses me the most is the Momofuku establishments he represents.
In an online video done with Vice, called “Munchies” Chang makes a few statements that really hit home with me. He says,”…all of the other chefs around me were WAY better than I was… I needed to challenge myself and I thought opening a restaurant would be the ultimate test to see if I could, just do it.” It is this kind of thinking that sets David Chang apart from most chefs. He has a very good understanding of food as a whole. He knows that he is not the greatest chef in the world but he knows how to cook really good food. His selling point became great innovative food at a cheap price. And he has created an empire from it, which is why he gives me a man boner.
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