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The Dave Chang Show

Mr Chow and Black Exceptionalism With Van Lathan

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Society & Culture, Arts

4.88.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Chris are joined by guest Van Lathan as they discuss the impact of TikTok food critic Keith Lee, the concept of Black exceptionalism (and its signifiers), as well as the cultural impact and legacy of restaurateur, designer, and artist Michael Chow and his eponymous restaurant, Mr Chow. Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying Guest: Van Lathan Producers: Victoria Valencia and Euno Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right guys. It's it's holiday season. I'm going to tell you that you should all buy your friends and I'm not going to say your best friends but your friends. This is a good friends present is

0:13.0

commentary. If you have a lot of people you work with that you're close to and

0:17.3

you don't want to break the bank but give them a really nice gift I think

0:21.1

comatier is a wonderful gift and it's one of those gifts

0:25.4

where more than likely once their subscription runs out or the boxes they're

0:29.6

probably going to reorder it again and that's how you know it's a good gift.

0:33.0

I love coffee.

0:34.3

I never really drank it before my kids,

0:36.0

but now I need it.

0:37.2

And I should have always done things

0:39.5

in the world where you have, gives you energy.

0:42.6

This coffee is as good as it gets for me.

0:45.5

I'm sure that if you're a coffee snob,

0:48.3

but I still think the coffee snobs are wrong, right?

0:51.6

I have coffee sn stop friends who actually love

0:54.0

commentary. I do too. My snobious coffee but my snobious

0:57.5

coffee friends will say that it's really good but it doesn't have all the

1:01.9

other stuff.

1:02.6

And if you're one of those people, I'm not talking to you.

1:05.2

Right, honestly, I don't even know why I'm friends with these kinds of people.

1:09.2

But if you like a good cup of coffee and you don't want to to you don't care about the ritual of making

1:13.9

coffee or you want access to some of the best roasters in the world like go get

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