Roy Choi on L.A. Origins, Gambling Addiction, and Revolutionizing Food Trucks
Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen
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4.7 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Gourmet food truck godfather Roy Choi talks with Rachel and Olivia about roaming the streets of L.A. alone as a 5 year old kid, couch surfing as a broke young adult, and his cooking roots. They also discuss generational differences between Gen X and Gen Z, Roy’s miraculous way back from hitting rock bottom, and the magic of food.
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| 0:17.0 | Welcome to broad ideas. |
| 0:18.8 | Now on video. |
| 0:20.1 | Now on video. Rob's so excited and pretty and he got his quaff, everything. Yeah. He walked in. He came camera ready today. You did. He walked in and I was like, why do you look so dapper? Why used to look so good? He's like, I gotta be on video. I can't wear my hat. He can't |
| 0:38.8 | wear his hat anymore, his staple. What happens if you wear your hat? I'm gonna try it. |
| 0:43.7 | Okay. So, I've thought about trying it at times. Me too. And then putting the headphones |
| 0:49.4 | open. Yeah, because you know, somebody's gotta hide the hair. Can't you put the headphones like that |
| 0:53.3 | and have it go down and just be like super swag? If you want to call that swag. Yeah. I call it swag. We're going to try it. We're also not wearing headphones. We're not. Shit. It's all right. We're going to roll with it. But who's our first guest? Our first guest. |
| 1:12.3 | Okay. |
| 1:13.5 | Now, I mean, no disrespect at all to all of the amazing guests we've had because we have had so many. |
| 1:21.8 | But. |
| 1:22.5 | I am going to go out on a limb here and say this probably was my favorite conversation because it was so |
| 1:30.5 | beautiful. I won't give too much away. I may have teared up more than one time. Olivia as well. |
| 1:38.7 | Major fans. Roy Choi, who is a chef known for his cogee truck here in L.A., which is phenomenal. And he's an incredible person. Like, his food, obviously, it's made with love. Like, I can't say enough good things about this. Your love language. Food. We also can't stop talking about it. We can't stop talking about it. You know how many – I have told this story. I'm like, me too. I had the best conversation. Like, I was totally geeked out over this conversation. Like, I just, there was a lot of love. A lot of love. A lot of love. So I'm going to stop talking and we're going to let Roy talk. Let you love him. Yep. |
| 2:19.8 | Let me love you. Sometimes when the world feels insane, you can take a little peek inside of Rachel's |
| 2:31.3 | little brain. All these thoughts are swirling, |
| 2:36.0 | round and round inside, |
| 2:39.0 | to join us on this journey as we take a little ride. |
| 2:44.0 | We'll talk about dogs and kids and things. |
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