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Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

JON M. CHU Became a Local Celebrity At His Family's Los Altos Restaurant: Chef Chu's

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Tv & Film, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jon M. Chu joins Seth and Josh on the pod this week! Jon chats all abut growing up in Los Altos, California, the Chinese restaurant his family owns that he grew up working in, his memories of growing up in a family of five with immigrant parents, stories from a trip to France with his mom, how early exposure to technology and video editing shaped his passion for filmmaking, the influences of 'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'Wicked’ on his life, and so much more! Plus, Jon chats about his film, Wicked: For Good, out in theaters November 21, 2025! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 ------------------------- Support our sponsors: Shipt Shipt’s exclusive savings event: Season of Savings, happening from November 16th through December 28th. Shop tons of deals, including member-exclusive savings, all season long. Terms apply. Download the app or order now at Shipt.com Uplift Elevate your workspace with UPLIFT Desk. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/FAMILY for a special offer exclusive to our audience. Fabric Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at meetfabric.com/trips. Policies issued by Western-Southern Life Assurance Company. Not available in certain states. Prices subject to underwriting and health questions. ------------------------- Family Trips is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Theme song written and performed by Jeff Tweedy. ------------------------- About the Show: Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters! New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday. ------------------------- Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson Video Editor: Josh Windisch Mix & Master: Josh Windisch Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen #familytrips #sethmeyers #joshmeyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, Baji. Hey, Sufi. You're in New York City, buddy. I am. I got to see you the other night. It was really nice. You, uh, I, Alexi, because you came and met us for dinner. Me and my wife, our three kids. Um, my sister-in-law, my brother-in-law, my other brother-in-law, and my in-laws. And I was talking to Alexi about how much I liked it, but I said it was chaotic. And she took events at chaotic. But I was like, no, no, no. It was like happy chaos. Wouldn't you have said that was a good word for that? Yeah. Chaotic is an apt word for that dinner. But it wasn't, it wasn't, I get the chaotic sometimes sounds like a negative, but it was like everything you want. It was like a New York City restaurant on a Sunday night. It was a lot of families. It was Italian food. It was plates clattering. I loved every minute of it. Yeah. I mean, it was a, it's a bustling restaurant. And I will say the staff at that restaurant was so good at, oh, we forgot to order this. Can we throw in another

0:55.8

order of this? Yeah, nobody was angry. They, you know, they were just like sweeping plates up and laying

1:02.9

plates out. My favorite part was they had, you know, Parmesan cheese to shave over some pastas that the kids had.

1:13.3

And your daughter, Addy, kept wanting more and more cheese and got a huge amount of cheese on her pasta.

1:19.8

And then after the waiter had given, like, another table some cheese, she turned around and cupped her hands for him to just grate cheese directly into

1:29.4

her hands. And she was thrilled. Yeah. And then she just sort of threw those cupped hands into

1:35.6

her mouth. And they also, it was, the waiters had like a real New York waiter vibe. Like,

1:39.9

they weren't like overstaying their welcome or anything. It was like a full bustle and he did it.

1:44.7

He shaved all this cheese into Addie's hands without ever breaking a smile until he was done.

1:48.9

But like to her, he never showed her that he thought it was funny.

1:52.6

He was just like.

1:53.4

Right.

1:55.0

Yeah, no, but it was great.

1:56.3

Also, Axel was so excited that you were coming that he waited outside the restaurant for you.

2:02.4

Like he couldn't.

2:03.4

We showed up like four minutes before I told you we were going to be there.

2:07.6

And he was like, where is Pashi?

2:10.8

He's on his way.

2:12.3

He kept making me text you.

2:14.5

But he was so happy to see you.

2:16.4

Yeah.

2:17.0

It was also raining a little bit. It was a little bit

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