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The Dave Chang Show

The Story Behind the Momofuku Chili Crunch, With Eddie Huang

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Society & Culture, Arts, Food

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

When the Momofuku team announced the arrival of the Chili Crunch, chef and polymath Eddie Huang raised some questions regarding its resemblance to the popular Chinese chili sauce Lao Gan Ma. Naturally, Dave and Chris Ying called him up to discuss the issue at length and explain the roots of the new product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dave Chang Show, part of the Ringer podcast network presented by Major

0:15.1

Domo Media.

0:16.1

Thank you to Yulat Tango as always for letting us use their music in the introduction.

0:21.0

I hope everyone is staying safe and wearing masks and I will continue to preach that message

0:27.6

as long as it is needed and staying inside.

0:32.0

It's just not easy when you have people that have immune disorders and even though you

0:38.5

might feel healthy, these are things that I am greatly concerned about for not just my

0:43.1

loved ones but for everyone that out there, particularly the hospitality industry.

0:48.1

So please do your part wear a mask.

0:52.2

If you listen to the last podcast on Thursday, it was just me and Chris Ying having a, what

0:59.6

would basically be a normal conversation?

1:02.1

Chris and I talk a lot and besides us being good friends, we work on all things TV and stuff

1:08.8

like that and I thought it was the things that we covered were so good that we had to just

1:14.9

put it in.

1:15.9

And for Eddie, Eddie Huang, and we wanted Eddie Huang on this podcast number one because I

1:22.6

wanted to talk and explain the Mama Fukucchilli Crisp in relation to Lau Gang Ma and if you

1:29.1

haven't had Lau Gang Ma, you should, it is easily one of the best condiments out there.

1:34.3

I don't know where you could get salsa seka or salsa matcha.

1:38.3

I'm sure someone makes them but I'm not familiar with them but you should all be familiar

1:44.0

and they are all stupendous and a rich colony history behind all of them.

1:50.3

But thankfully Eddie, you know, Eddie just was having a fun time under Scooter Bike and

1:56.7

Taipei and again, man, I wish, I wish things were like it is elsewhere.

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