An Ask Dave Mailbag LIVE From Las Vegas

The Dave Chang Show

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Society & Culture, Arts, Food

4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Dave answers questions LIVE from diners in the Momofuku Las Vegas restaurant in the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. After collecting cards from customers, Dave answers their Ask Daves and talks about the old days of Momofuku, his alternate career choice, and, of course, sporks, amongst much, much more. Stay at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas: https://cosmopolitanlasvegas.mgmresorts.com/en.html Dine at Momofuku Las Vegas: https://www.momofuku.com/restaurants/las-vegas Learn more about the NYT Bo Ssam recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12197-momofukus-bo-ssam Watch our interview with H Woo Lee and Owen Han: https://youtu.be/2Gde-ElEey0 Learn more about Strange Delight: https://www.strangedelight.nyc/ Watch our episode with Anoop Pillarisetti of Strange Delight: https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-dave-chang-show/2024/12/12/the-risk-and-reward-of-being-a-restaurateur-with-anoop-pillarisetti Learn more about Raan Jay Fai: https://www.instagram.com/jayfaibangkok/# Learn more about Birdie G's: https://www.birdiegsla.com/ Watch our episode with Chef Jeremy Fox of Birdie G's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhkVPVTJwnA&t=175s Learn more about Frenchette: https://www.frenchettenyc.com/ Learn more about Café Boulud: https://cafeboulud.com/nyc/ Learn more about Bianco: https://www.pizzeriabianco.com/ Learn more about Secret Pizza at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas: https://cosmopolitanlasvegas.mgmresorts.com/en.html Learn more about Patsy's: https://www.patsyspizzerianyc.com/ Learn more about Grimaldi's: https://www.grimaldispizzeria.com/ Learn more about Spumoni Gardens: https://spumonigardens.com/ Learn more about Ceres: https://www.instagram.com/ceres.nyc/?hl=en Learn more about Una Pizza Napoletana: https://unapizza.com/ Send in your Ask Dave questions to bit.ly/AskDaveForm or askdave@majordomomedia.com. Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedavechangshow. Subscribe to Recipe Club on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@recipeclubofficial. Subscribe to Recipe Club on Substack: https://recipeclubofficial.substack.com/. Submit your favorite food moments in your favorite movies to majorfoodporn.com. Join our community Discord on majordomo.com. Host: Dave Chang Majordomo Media Producer: David Meyer Majordomo Media Coordinator: Molly O’Keeffe Spotify Producer: Felipe Guilhermino Editor: Stefano Sanchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay everybody, we're at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
0:12.0	We're at the Momofuque Restaurant and we're going to do an Ask Dave mail bag.
0:17.0	So we have collected some questions. I have a few. I think we're collecting some more as we go.
0:22.6	And we are here for F1.
0:24.6	I feel like most people here in Las Vegas are here for the F1 race.
0:27.6	This is my third year of doing it.
0:30.6	And this is our first time doing a live podcast and a live mailbag for sure.
0:35.6	So here we go.
0:40.7	Welcome back to the DayChang Show,
0:42.0	part of the Ringer Podcast Network,
0:43.2	presented by Major Duma Media.
0:44.5	Thank you, Ola Tengue as always.
0:46.7	First question we have.
0:48.1	First name Maki.
0:49.2	They're from Irvine, I believe California.
0:51.2	The favorite dish to cook is miso soup, and their favorite Vegas activity is watching F1.
0:58.0	I hope that they cover those manholes and we don't screw it up this year like they did the first year.
1:04.0	But it's a fun event and if you haven't seen an F1 race, it is something to see for sure, just the sound of those
1:13.6	cars going by.
1:14.6	But first question is this. How do I feel about Sporks?
1:20.6	Useless or Genius Utensile? For a long time, I was a huge advocate of sports, mainly because
1:26.6	I love Popeyes and I love
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