Good show. I watched the Houston episode and the fried chicken episode. Both enjoyable

I might be biased, but the Houston episode was awesome

I like the show....except for the 15-20 minutes every once in a while where they feel the need to get political. Can we talk about tacos without diving into illegal immigration? Can we learn the different styles of fried chicken without hearing how racist Popeyes is? Do we need to have jokes with black Americans overseas about how maybe now they'd rather be mistaken as Africans than embrace being American? It's a totally unnecessary aspect of an otherwise enjoyable show.

Maybe others enjoy those aspects of the show and are glad they were included?

Yes, folks who are left leaning and feel the need to interject their own politics into everything. Those folks that are the reason I can't even watch even something like sports without being politically lectured. I must be silly for thinking cooking shows and sports shouldn't effectively alienate half their potential viewers.

BQRyno said:

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Yes, folks who are left leaning and feel the need to interject their own politics into everything. Those folks that are the reason I can't even watch even something like sports without being politically lectured. I must be silly for thinking cooking shows and sports shouldn't effectively alienate half their potential viewers.

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It's a food show and also about cultures around that food. Food Network will let you turn off your brain is that's all you want. I enjoy things that challenge even if I don't agree with them.

I'll agree to disagree. When he talks to a female black African American studies professor who says Popeyes is racist for having a southern black woman in their commercials, or when I hear "A taco is resistance, politics, all that stuff", what I hear isn't a rational challenge. I think there is plenty to address culturally without getting political. So like I said, I'll agree to disagree.

BQRyno said:

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I'll agree to disagree. When he talks to a female black African American studies professor who says Popeyes is racist for having a southern black woman in their commercials, or when I hear "A taco is resistance, politics, all that stuff", what I hear isn't a rational challenge. I think there is plenty to address culturally without getting political. So like I said, I'll agree to disagree.

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Aren't you injecting your political view on this thread by ranting about the opposite political view being injected in to this show?

MichaelJ said:

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BQRyno said:

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I'll agree to disagree. When he talks to a female black African American studies professor who says Popeyes is racist for having a southern black woman in their commercials, or when I hear "A taco is resistance, politics, all that stuff", what I hear isn't a rational challenge. I think there is plenty to address culturally without getting political. So like I said, I'll agree to disagree.

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Aren't you injecting your political view on this thread by ranting about the opposite political view being injected in to this show?

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A) What political opinion of mine did I inject? These are examples of political opinions presented in the show.

B) I would hold the same view if conservative views were pushed in this show. Let it be about culture, not politics.

MichaelJ said:

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I feel like you ranting and complaining about the "liberal agenda" implies you're a conservative.
However making mention of any politics is really forcing politics in general in to a discussion that isn't about politics.

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Again, I would be against the show pushing a conservative agenda as well. I would prefer it be about culture, not politics. I'm not sure how else I can say that.

As for making mention of politics and therefore forcing politics into a discussion that isn't about politics, this is a discussion about a show. Part of that show is politics, and that's something I criticized. The way I read your comment is:
1) There is a show about food and culture that gets political on occasion.
2) There's a discussion about people's opinions of the show.
3) I give my opinion of the show, which includes my wish that it hadn't gotten political.
4) You say I'm forcing politics into a discussion that isn't about politics.

The discussion is about the show. The show has politics. I wish it didn't. If I say that in the context of show discussion, I don't see how I am the political instigator.

I like 85% of the show. I like the concept. There's one thing I don't like. I think that's reasonable and that my opinion is just as valid as anyone else's.

It's hard not to roll your eyes at "a taco is not just a taco. A taco is resistance."

Seven Costanza said:

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It's hard not to roll your eyes at "a taco is not just a taco. A taco is resistance."

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Yeah he's full of ****

That part doesn't really bother me. You prefer what you prefer and he's a Korean who became famous making Japanese food, so him leaning towards Asian cuisine makes sense.

The problem I had with this series is his insistence that people do things differently than what they're used to doing or what they love doing. Asking why people cook or don't cook a certain way is fine, but he was more than condescending/indignant in a few episodes. It really stood out in the Shrimp & Crawfish episode when he tried to question why the Vietnamese girl in New Orleans made crawfish in a traditional New Orleans style and not in the Viet Cajun style because she wasn't "from New Orleans" and she quickly corrected him by saying she was born and raised there.

As an Asian American himself, that was embarrassing that he would even make that assumption. GTFOH.

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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David Chang seemed like a dick in this series. Did not enjoy it.

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He has always struck me as a bit of dick.

And not the "I'd love to get drunk and argue with this guy" kind of dick (like bordain). But the "you just suck to be around and you aren't nearly as great as you think you are" kind of dick