Gothamist: The New Yorker: Chef David Chang Way Stressed Out

Streamwise

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:03:56 -0500

Whoa, dude, take some valium or xanax, you're WAYYYYY too stressed.

smokey77

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:27:02 -0500

Mfer - let me guess a vegetarian waitress.

broadwayblue29

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:59:23 -0500

Back of House vs. Front of House is a civil war that will never end until Robots run the food industry, which is going to happen in 2034. Naked hipster told me so, wrote me from prison. I've had kitchen managers like Chang, in the form of stressed, out pock-faced middle aged losers. Ipods keep the turn-over rates low.

MFer

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:06:58 -0500

This is the biggest joke in the world. He wants to move to Idaho. Well, go ahead. Nobody's stopping you. Moron. Sorry, pork-mongering moron. He complains about servers? Just wait a few months and tell us about it. Nice thing about his new place is that you'll know when the cook spits on your food.

babyhitler

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:59:32 -0500

at least his hearts in it.

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:26:16 -0500

wait one second, I thought waiters and waitstaff are paid a pittance? finally someone who spilled the beans. thankfully Pb is still reasonable.

Joclyn

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:57:37 -0500

Why would a restaurant only have 12 seats?

lower manhattan

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:01:43 -0500

Waiters and waitresses are vastly overpaid (I know, I've been one). The problem is that you can select them to be more attractive than than your cooking staff. Customers don't want to be exposed to a spitting, fuming, chef or some neurotic kid who knows JUST how to cut the scallions..

GOP

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:56:32 -0500

"Maybe you should pay your cooks more douchebag!!" They get paid more because the tips go to them. Read the piece.

Rocknrope

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:20:28 -0500

And that link to the New Yorker is incorrect.

Rocknrope

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:19:07 -0500

An unhappy, near-psychotic chef with anger management issues who berates his staff? Never heard that one before.

poopmast

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:08:54 -0500

"And one of the main reasons why the intimate Momofuko Ko has the cooks serving diners as they sit around the kitchen counter is because Chang is fed up with servers making more money than the cooks: “Servers are such greedy bastards. A server at Ssäm Bar could bring in seventeen hundred dollars in a week working thirty-two hours; a cook working the same hours would earn three hundred and fifty.” Too true, and the way Chang berates his cooks, they definitely deserve more money. Here’s how his head explodes on the staff:" Maybe you should pay your cooks more douchebag!!

Pharmer

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:53:56 -0500

Seems like the chefs are a passionate bunch. Remember the French chef who killed himself because his restaurant lost two stars?

zodak

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:53:03 -0500

No one gets angry like I get angry. watch out incredible hulk, this guy will question your integrity!

bxbrian

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:46:41 -0500

daaaaaaang I'm scared of that fella.

wowthatsucks

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:45:14 -0500

damn, misplaced my violin...

dr zippy

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:45 -0500

keep him away from firearms and sharp objects!