The Dave Chang Show

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Dave Chang has a few questions. Besides being the chef of the Momofuku restaurants and the creator and host of Netflix’s 'Ugly Delicious,' Dave is an avid student and fan of sports, music, art, film, and, of course, food. In ranging conversations that cover everything from the creative process to his guest’s guiltiest pleasures, Dave and a rotating cast of smart, thought-provoking guests talk about their inspirations, failures, successes, fame, and identities.

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Thursday · 13 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: How to Handle Picky-Eating Children
Dave meets someone who worked at an iconic restaurant, but in an unusual way...they also talk about picky eaters, and how being a parent can involve some bribery. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wednesday · 16 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: TV is the New Books?
Dave talks with content creator Ronit Halmos and finds out how online restaurant reviews work, and that while some old habits are back again, some are really gone. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. Learn more about Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/roniteatsssss Learn more about Hanbat Sul Lung Tang: https://hanbatsullungtang.net/ Learn more about Providence: https://providencela.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Monday · 13 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: To Chase Money or To Chase Happiness
Dave serves noodles and hears what it is like to work in an emergency room and the skills that might be useful in both the ER and a kitchen job. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 23 · 13 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: Knowing When to Move On
Dave makes ginger-scallion noodles and talks about competition amongst partners, as well as when and how to move on from a project. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 16 · 44 min
How Long Would You Wait for Your Spouse to Come Home?
Dave serves Greek-inspired food and asks Odyssey-inspired questions: what you would like to forget, what lies you've told, and more. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/CHANG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 13 · 12 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: Your Dad Will Be Mad Either Way
Dave serves a guest who has questions about dealing with her dad on the future of the family business. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 9 · 40 min
How Patriotic Are You?
Dave makes coleslaw and hot dogs his way while talking to guests about feeling patriotic, fashion choices as you get older, and playing with fireworks. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 6 · 10 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: Bad Things People Do in Saunas
Dave's guest is angry about sauna etiquette. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and a little about yourself. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 2 · 10 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: What if Ed Sheeran Was in a Ska Band?
Dave talks with a guest who is in a ska band and whose bandmates aren't sure Ed Sheeran is "their sound." For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and something that you'd like to discuss with Dave. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 29 · 12 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: The Guy Afraid of Nothing...Except Disappointing His Friends
Dave advises a guest on their worries that their friends will be disappointed if he tries something new. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, and something that you'd like to discuss with Dave. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 25 · 11 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: Are You Too Old to Wear Japanese Denim?
Dave feeds a guest who works at the local fancy denim store, and Dave wonders if he is cool enough to wear Japanese denim. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, something on your mind that you'd like to discuss with Dave, and any other pertinent details. Learn more about 3sixteen: https://www.3sixteen.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 22 · 10 min
Noodle Shop Shorts: Dave Tries to Guess a Patron's Job
Dave tries to guess what a guest does for a living as she eats some cold noodles. For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, social media handle, something on your mind that you'd like to discuss with Dave, and any other pertinent details. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 18 · 35 min
Noodles at the Counter: Talking Work with Old and New Friends
Dave makes two noodle dishes to serve some friends at the counter, although he only ends up happy with one. With his spicy noodles the winner, Dave serves surprise friend guests as well as guests who wrote in to join us. They talk about work, from sustained creativity to how much work they actually do, to loving your workplace, and…US citizenship? For your chance to sit at our counter in Los Angeles, write us at tickets@majordomomedia.com with your name, something on your mind that you'd like to discuss with Dave, and any more pertinent details. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get.With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 15 · 47 min
Lyonnaise Salad, Bacon Vinaigrette, Chicken Drippings, and Thai Bird Chilies
Dave makes a warm vinaigrette in his version of a Lyonnaise salad using a tip he learned in his earlier cooking days: using drippings. He makes a roast chicken vinaigrette, as well as a bacon dressing that his brother used to make for him. He talks about frisée, poaching eggs, and how to crisp up limp roast chicken skin in the oven. Chris Ying joins him at the end for a little friendly competition that ends with one of them eating a hot pepper and hardly being able to speak and finish the episode. Watch our previous vinaigrette episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xuXeYrzRbXot1dJbU6qoT?si=RNmCnkV8Q5S1qgplAYA7mg Learn more about Cafe Boulud: https://cafeboulud.com/nyc/ Learn more about Zuni Café: https://zunicafe.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 11 · 35 min
Nothing Fancy Pt. 2: Burgers, Education, Restaurant Shifts, and "The Real LA"
Dave griddles up some burgers and fries some hot chips as he's joined by some special guests he's known for over a decade, and some new guests he's known for under an hour. They talk about education, how restaurants have changed, what belongs on a burger, and "The Real LA." To potentially sit at our counter, reach out to tickets@majordomomedia.com with some information about yourself and why you should sit at the counter. Maybe you need advice? Maybe you've got strong opinions? A crazy story? Tell us for a chance to sit at the Counter. Watch our previous counter episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JG6UH9xoMSSawsO2DpKMn?si=boHn3LAARCeOuqcK64RO5A With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 8 · 44 min
Nothing Fancy: Burgers, Sauce, Graduation, and New Friends
Dave serves burgers and hot chips to some old pals and some new pals in a new iteration of the Dave Chang Show. He talks with these friends about whether burgers are better plain or with sauce on them, if graduation is necessary, and about dogs. To potentially sit at the counter, reach out to tickets@majordomomedia.com with some information about yourself and why you should sit at the counter. Maybe you need advice? Maybe you've got strong opinions? Tell us for a chance to sit at the Counter. With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 4 · 1 hr 4 min
French Vinaigrettes, Summer Salad, Emulsification and Xanthan Gum, and an Onion Competition
After being inspired by our 70/30 lean-to-fat ratio in our recent burger episode, and a desire not to turn on the stove in the summer heat, Dave makes a 30/70 ratio for a great vinaigrette and a lovely salad. Dave makes a few versions of vinaigrettes, explains how to pick your lettuces for a salad, the science behind emulsification, and a vinaigrette hack. He also uses a surprise teaching tool that he came up with while playing with his sons. Dave and Chris finish with a competition for some DCS listeners to win a prize! Learn more about Via Carota: https://www.viacarota.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
June 1 · 1 hr 22 min
Intimacy, Friendship, a BaoHaus Dish Rundown, and New Novel 'Come Undone' with Eddie Huang
Dave has Eddie Huang, author of 'Come Undone', co-host of Canal Street Dreams, and chef, on the show for a conversation that is funny, vulnerable, and illuminating. They talk about their friendship and its complicated beginnings, Eddie's move back to New York City, and the return of Eddie's restaurant, Baohaus. Dave and Eddie also run through some Baohaus dishes and talk about the dishes' inception, execution, and impact. Pre-order Eddie's new novel 'Come Undone', out June 16th: https://amzn.to/3Q8pTAK Learn more about Baohaus: https://www.baohaus.nyc/ Check out Canal Street Dreams: https://basedfob.substack.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 28 · 56 min
American Chef Ultimate Team, Whataburger and Regional Fast Food, and an Ask Dave
Dave puts together an all-star team: his starting 11 for if there was an American team in a Chef World Bowl. Difficult decisions are made, lots of incredible and important American chefs are discussed, and a roster is created, which Dave almost immediately regrets. He also answers an Ask Dave about his appearances on cooking competition shows as a judge, and if he would join as a contestant. Dave also talks about his recent inaugural visit to a Whataburger, and what the trip made him wonder about regional fast food chains. He finishes with a Home Ec, discussing kitchen equipment, starting with the potato ricer. Barbs B Q: https://www.barbsbq.com/ The Last Course cookbook: https://amzn.to/4uifm4P Whataburger: https://whataburger.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 21 · 1 hr 24 min
World Bowl of Chicken and a Dinner Delivery Party with Chris Ying and Marc Johnson
Dave is unable to cook today, so he got some friends, Chris Ying and Marc Johnson, to join him in the inaugural World Bowl: a bracket tournament to decide the best dishes around the world (in a surely not entirely comprehensive way). Today's bracket focuses on the world's great chicken dishes... Dave, Chris, and Marc also compete in a Dinner Delivery Party, each ordering delivery and trying to win the most of 5 categories with their orders focusing on chicken dishes. Who will be the first Dinner Delivery Party champion? Whose order might not even make it to the playing field? Tune in to find out. Learn more about Dave's favorite fried chicken ever: https://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining/restaurants/lung_king_heen/Learn more about Qin West Noodle: https://www.qinwestnoodle.com/ Learn more about Zankou Chicken: https://zankouchicken.com/ With Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Shop Amazon and save the everyday. Visit amazon.com today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dave Chang Show

Noodle Shop Shorts: How to Handle Picky-Eating Children

Noodle Shop Shorts: TV is the New Books?

Noodle Shop Shorts: To Chase Money or To Chase Happiness

Noodle Shop Shorts: Knowing When to Move On

How Long Would You Wait for Your Spouse to Come Home?

Noodle Shop Shorts: Your Dad Will Be Mad Either Way

How Patriotic Are You?

Noodle Shop Shorts: Bad Things People Do in Saunas

Noodle Shop Shorts: What if Ed Sheeran Was in a Ska Band?

Noodle Shop Shorts: The Guy Afraid of Nothing...Except Disappointing His Friends

Noodle Shop Shorts: Are You Too Old to Wear Japanese Denim?

Noodle Shop Shorts: Dave Tries to Guess a Patron's Job

Noodles at the Counter: Talking Work with Old and New Friends

Lyonnaise Salad, Bacon Vinaigrette, Chicken Drippings, and Thai Bird Chilies

Nothing Fancy Pt. 2: Burgers, Education, Restaurant Shifts, and "The Real LA"

Nothing Fancy: Burgers, Sauce, Graduation, and New Friends

French Vinaigrettes, Summer Salad, Emulsification and Xanthan Gum, and an Onion Competition

Intimacy, Friendship, a BaoHaus Dish Rundown, and New Novel 'Come Undone' with Eddie Huang

American Chef Ultimate Team, Whataburger and Regional Fast Food, and an Ask Dave

World Bowl of Chicken and a Dinner Delivery Party with Chris Ying and Marc Johnson