June 20, 2008
No Pics for You! Chef Bans Photography at Momofuko Ko
Should you somehow manage to finagle one of precious 12 seats at David Chang’s wildly hyped restaurant Momofuku Ko, don’t go pushing your luck by trying to commemorate the experience in photographs. Chang has banned picture-taking at Ko because he feels it’s become a distraction to other diners. “It’s just food. Eat it,” he declares. Could this be a new trend? Serious Eats talks to other chefs around town about their photography policies.
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You're just a chef. Cook.
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Didn't you hear? They were bought out by Pinkberry.
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"Wildly hyped", huh? I believe that, given that if they so much as run out of hand towels, Gothamist publishes a story instantly.
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thenamesdave:
lol, you win this post!
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You don't want to be mistaken for a terrorist!
Jeez, what's his problem?
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The proliferation of digital cameras along with websites like lastnightsparty, food blogs, etc. has produced a culture of people that seem to have some kind of obsession with documenting every minute of their lives. It's gotten to the point where the purpose of an experience(meal, concert, party) is the photos. It's not about actually experiencing the event--it's about having photos of you experiencing the event.
Viva narcissism.
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...and whatever you do, don't dare photograph your plate when it arrives. Leave the weak plating with runny ingredients to the imagination.
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people who go to momofuku whatever are suckers.
they're not good! just hype!
go to... oh wait, I don't want to see any of you at MY haunts. Never mind. Keep going to your hyped up places.
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Yeah whatever. How about we stop talking about it too? How about you don't even bother to try to create a dish that's really fantastic if it's just food? How about you decide to change your career because if you really thought it was "just food", you wouldn't be a chef in the first place.
Geez.