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Bourdain’s show was about traveling the world, eating cheap food with the local common man. He was good enough to cook in the kitchen at French Laundry and ric
by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Bourdain’s show was about traveling the world, eating cheap food with the local common man.
He was good enough to cook in the kitchen at French Laundry and rich enough to eat in their dining room as often as he wanted. But he was very much anti food snobbery.
- IncreasePosts 3y agoIt's fine to be anti-food snobbery, but it doesn't change the facts, and to make a comment like that descends into reverse snobbery(which is just as ridiculous as snobbery but rarer) Maybe if he was as drunk at the French Laundry as he was at the Waffle House, he would rate it differently.
- lisper 3y agoBeing anti-food-snobbery is great. But let's be real: the Waffle House might be fantastic (I've never eaten at one so I wouldn't know), but there's still a reason that the Laundry can charge two orders of magnitude more for a meal than the Waffle House and still be sold out every single night.
- triceratops 3y agoCan the French Laundry serve as many customers as the Waffle House in the same night? Taste is a matter of taste. And there's a time and place for all foods.
- lisper 3y agoObviously the French laundry model doesn’t scale and obviously tastes vary. The Waffle House has its place. But better? Nah.
- js2 3y agoThis thread is ridiculous. First of all, better can mean many things. In some ways Waffle House is better and in others worse. Second of all, Bourdain's comment was obviously tongue-in-cheek. Lastly, despite the name sake, I never go to Waffle House for the waffles (the item Bourdain was eating —slathered in fake butter and fake maple syrup no less—when he made the comment). Obviously hash browns (smothered, diced, and peppered with two eggs over easy) are where it's at. HN will argue about anything, eh?
- westhanover 3y ago[dead]
- skyyler 3y agoBut can the waitstaff at the Laundry fight?