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The Dave Chang Show

Dave's Ramen Origin Story, Chewing Our Way Through Language Barriers, and Tips for Seeking Out the Delicious

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Arts, Society & Culture

4.88.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Food may be a universal language, but how much gets lost in translation when you're eating in a place where you're not a native speaker? Dave shares a few of his recent linguistic travails, and compares notes with Noelle and Chris, before revisiting the rural Osaka ramen-shop moment that very likely changed his life. Also: Dave as the Park's BBQ shepherd, locals-only restaurants, a return to Duck House, Chris in Las Vegas, inauspicious fork drops, velveting the shrimp, doing whatever it takes to win over the waiter, OG smørrebrød, Golden Century, Hop Woo's trilingual menu, and Dave's tips for avoiding the tourist tax. Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying Guest: Noelle Cornelio Producer: Mike Wargon Additional Production: Jordan Bass and Lala Rasor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Charles Holmes, the Ringer Music Show, and I'm Cole Kushner from Dicec and Charles and I are teaming up to create last song standing.

0:07.7

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0:13.0

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0:16.6

We're talking good kid to pimple butterfly, damn Mr. Morale, the mix tapes, the Lucy's, and the features.

0:22.8

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0:42.2

Welcome to the Dave Chang show, part of the Ringer podcast network presented by Major Dillon Mead.

0:45.8

Thank you, Yolot Tango, as always.

0:48.3

So we are going to talk about menu ordering when you don't speak the language at a restaurant.

0:55.3

Maybe it's tying into a larger theme of intimidation at restaurants, intimidation being when you're scared of even entering a restaurant ordering at a restaurant.

1:05.6

The peer pressure involved at a restaurant where you're not familiar with.

1:09.4

You don't know the cultural protocol, but there are a lot of things that can make someone anxiety ridden when going to some eating establishment.

1:17.1

But I think the number one thing that is an obstacle for many people is the language.

1:23.8

And I think that is tied to a lot of the cultural elements.

1:26.3

And I think, for example, Parks Barbecue, well known in Los Angeles, one of my favorite restaurants of all time, I tend to go there with people whenever I don't have me.

1:41.4

I was like, there's a pattern.

1:42.2

I brought a lot of people that have never been there before they wanted to eat at parks, but they're scared or they're intimidated going because it's they've never done Korean barbecue before.

1:54.2

Right. So we're not talking today about the actual cultural elements or food literacy knowledge.

2:01.5

That is that that's clear.

2:03.8

I think to everybody, I don't know this.

2:05.8

I don't know how to eat this.

2:06.8

I don't know Kim Chi.

2:07.6

I've never had this before.

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