PrintTo Sir Cutlets, with Love
As I type this post, the package above is on its way to Josh Ozersky at The-Feedbag offices. So as not to spoil it for him, we'll show you the packing list after the jump. Don't click through, Josh! Your surprise will arrive soon enough.
Last week, it seemed like Josh's MO on The-Feedbag was to read Serious Eats New York, grab fried chicken photos from our posts on Brooklyn Bowl and Momofuku Noodle Bar, and then blog about how unappetizing it all looked—without even having eaten the chicken in question.
There's no excuse for Josh not getting himself to Brooklyn Bowl, but Momofuku is another story. See, David Chang banned the poor guy from his Momofuku empire. So Mister Cutlets will never be able to try the new fried chicken dinner at Noodle Bar.
Almost the whole Serious Eats crew ate the chicken dinner at Momofuku Noodle Bar last night and, feeling sorry for Josh, saved him a piece of the Southern-style fried chicken.
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And ... the messenger should be there about now. Tell us how the chicken is, Josh! Some folks even say that fried chicken is better cold the next day.
UPDATE: The chicken arrived safely. Josh says:
It’s not that good. You can see that it’s a well-made piece of chicken, nice and juicy even a day later—a great feat for white meat. But the Old Bay-spiced skin was as burned-tasting as it looked, with an unpleasantly harsh aftertaste that shaded from spicy to acrid. I personally didn’t like it, but it was a good enough piece of chicken, and you could see where it would have been enjoyable when it came out fresh. (Enjoyable but not great, not with all that burned-spice taste on this skin.)
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11 Comments:
Is it true that Chang banned him? Or, am I asking a completely idiotic question and don't get a joke... :P
pastry262 at 12:50PM on 08/26/09
I believe it is really true, pastry 262. According to our resident Changologist Nick Solares Josh was banned for life from all Chang restaurants for prematurely posting something he was expressly asked not to.
Ed Levine at 12:56PM on 08/26/09
Josh, I hope you appreciate our generous gesture. We could have sent you the fried chicken remains, but instead we chose to send you a piece of crispy, moist, seriously delicious chicken.
Ed Levine at 12:58PM on 08/26/09
@pastry262: I had heard it was something along the lines of what Ed has said above, but Josh also tells a story on Eater about his ban.
Adam Kuban at 1:00PM on 08/26/09
LMFAO
simon at 1:07PM on 08/26/09
Is it weird that I would sort of LOVE to get this in the mail?
Cupcake819 at 1:38PM on 08/26/09
this is awesome.
jerkfaceirl at 1:50PM on 08/26/09
I wonder if Chang is gonna ban the SE crew for doing Culets a favor with his food. It's a fate worse than death!
exflexitarian at 2:29PM on 08/26/09
@exflexitarian: If he bans anyone, I will fall on my sword for this one and say that he should ban only me.
David Chang: I take sole responsibility for saving a piece of chicken for Josh and sending it over to him. If you're in a banning mood, please spare the rest of the crew and ban only me.
Adam Kuban at 3:09PM on 08/26/09
As I see it Josh has got a pretty good thing going here -- he's maybe the only person to get Momo fried chicken delivered straight to his door.
JudgeFudge at 4:05PM on 08/26/09
Adam, I want to see a visual of this self-sacrificing moment, in the style of a biblical illustration: Chang's solemn finger pointing at you as you rend your garment, exposing yourself to the lightning bolt; Ed weeping, his patriarchal head in his hands, and Robyn as an airborne cherub photographing the whole thing for posterity. Piles of sacrificial pork buns are seen throughout.
annien at 4:09PM on 08/26/09