Were U Not Entertained?

People are funny...

"So, EXACTLY what his mom warned him about came to pass, because the fucking douche couldn't keep his stupid mouth shut. Get a brain, morans!" - Seyo on eater


"So Eddie pulls a publicity stunt, which backfires. Then when it's getting all the wrong sort of attention, he blames the cops for showing up too often and catching his staff serving alcohol to minors?? Seriously? Gimmicks don't last in the city. Proven once again. I'm Taiwanese myself, and would love to see a successful Taiwanese restaurant." - some stinky tofu lover on eater

"He is an over-ambitious kid that though he could through caution to the wind and do whatever he wanted and thought it would be a hit. There is a lot more to this business than trying to be a celebrity, especially when you are not. I heard it was not that good anyway." - classic restaurant lover on eater

"Huang apparently decided to sell the restaurant before he got into deeper shizzy with the S-L-izzy, and he’ll now lay low at Baohaus... Either way, maybe next time Huang will think twice about including an “abrasive vibe” in his business model … (Probably not!)" - Daniel Maurer aka the Agent Nelson Van Alden of the food game

Angry commenters make no sense right about now. It's as if they're the ones that lost the restaurant. Did I smudge your pumas? Did I take a drop in your drop? I'm sorry. As a restaurant owner, I had 3 goals. Make money, feed people, and entertain them. If they left realizing that all Asians do not sit at home on Saturday Night playing counterstrike, that was icing on the cake. Maybe you like the music and hate the food; like the photos, food, but hate the busboy who wears headphones in the dining room; or perhaps you like the restaurant and hate me. Fair enough. I've felt this way at plenty of restaurants but the only one that pissed me off enough to say something was P.F. Chang's. Was Xiao Ye as bad as PF Chang's? I would bet my Yao Ming bobblehead doll that we weren't.

Reasonable minds can disagree at any restaurant whether the food is good... But at the end of the day... can anyone really, honestly, truly say they were not entertained? People like to ask WWJD. I ask myself, WWYTBGL: What Would You Tell Baby General Loko?

Daddy got twisted on the Food Network and almost pissed his pants on the show.

Daddy wanted to open a 2nd restaurant and make enough money to buy a 24k abacus on a esco chain.

Daddy called this place Crackhaus... but the City said stop playin...

Daddy made potstickers named after pootie tang and they were dericious.

Daddy made dope bean paste noodles and some white guy at timeout thought it was dan dan mien.

Daddy didn't want to cook sweat shop food while wearing a white v-neck, shorts, and bootleg gators like the guys in Frushing so ABC's got their panties in a bunch.

Daddy played the Dipset Anthem in the dining room and some people put they two arms up... Touchdown.

Daddy got the NYT to run a photo in the dining section with someone who looks like Daddy hitting a squirt bottle bong in the background.

Daddy doesn't have money for your education, but he did throw the sickest, often imitated, but never duplicated Four Loko party of all time.

All I'm saying is this... If you'd rather read about molecular gastronomy and $20 million dining rooms, go ahead. If you'd rather eat in frushing, take the 7. But if you weren't entertained, you must be the real life Dustin Hoffman from Rainman.

Every one asks what my mom thinks... I called her yesterday and there was loud noise in the back and I asked her what it was. She says, "Your dad is reading your blog again and laughing like crazy person. He keeps calling you Kim Jong Huang cause he thinks you're crazy." Thanks dad. Means a lot...

XY closing: your loss, not mine... I'm going back to baohaus and you can go back to your regularly scheduled programming with Gordon Ramsay and shitty hotel restaurants not named the Breslin. Enjoy that. There are plenty of great restaurants in the city, but there will never be anything quite like Dericious...

Links I liked

New York Observer

Gothamist

Eater

P.S. I really did change after the Sifton review... I took it to heart and made some life changes. That was the best thing that happened to me from XY. Forced me to take a look at myself and take responsibility. People who ate at XY the last month know it was on point. The whole kitchen changed, had a new focus, and we kicked ass. That's what I'll take with me.

SANTANA CLAUS

I don't fux wit christmas trees, but I am all about Santana Claus

Questions...

So your boy boy Oliver Wang put this up on facebook: "will debates over "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" resemble those over "Stankonia"? (Inspiraitonal credit for this thought goes to JP)"


Good question... For the record, I have no knowledge of musical terms... we need to hit the big homie jesse serwer if you want that, but here goes...


Outkast first... Being from Florida (it's not the deep south, but its still more southern than the LES)... we felt people up north didn't start listenin to dat Kast until Aquemini. Some had been down with elevators but it was light. But for me, when Aquemini dropped, I was like what happened to my outkast? This shit sounds more expensive. Where'd you get those trumpets dre? Where'd that shitty high hat (that I love) from ATLiens go? Yall got synthesizers? Who else wanna fuck wit hollywood core? There were more layers to the Aquemini sound. The one track that sounded more like the old kast was Skew it on the Bar-B. Aquemini was still dark dungeon music, but it felt like fine dining. Not as easily consumable as ATLiens. But that's a good thing... 


Been wearin furry kangols so that shit is old
You might slang a rock or two just to pay the rent
$5 for a table dance so now your money spent
You listen to that booty shake music in your trunk
As long there's that tick tick followed by that bump


West Savannah - Big Boi


Ironically, big boi's verse is the best argument for Aquemini and the newer sound, but it was actually recorded for southernplayalisticcadillacfunkymuzic. They evolved their sound and I guess you have to say Aquemini is their "best" album. ATLiens is still my favorite album to drink cod liver oil to, but Aquemini and MBDTF are transcendental albums that had a "new" sound we hadn't really heard from that artist. 


MBDTF is epic MPS: Motion Picture Shit. I love the storybook introduction, the piano and chorus set up Kanye like he's the last emperor or something equally important. Nicki kills it and that leads to the next point, the casting for this album is undefeated. RZA has his best role since American Gangster as the guy who thinks dirty white bitches are ridiculous. You need one of that guy at every PTA meeting. Chris Rock murders his appearance and almost tops the kanye workout bit. Each feature has a perfect role except Kid Cudi, who should have been bringing every one coffee... yes, Cudi, please see if Cy-Hi the Prince is thirsty.


Like Aquemini with Skew it on the Bar-B, Raekwon features on the one track (Gorgeous) that sounds like the last album and it's a good thing. I also like the obligatory motown (smokey robinson) sample for "Devil in a New Dress". So Appalled is a mother fuckin hit. It's dope to hear a crunchy chest thumpin track effortless and slowed down so you can sip your cognac and still be all upset and appalled. Swizz Beats somehow comes off sounding like he didn't just hit the slopes so props to Ye for slipping him some sizzurp. I love when RZA's verse comes on during lunch at baohaus and old people can't understand how it's still music. That's what I mean by transcendental. 


People complain about Runaway but it's my favorite track. It's genre bending. It's every kid's wet dream. What else would a 10 year old want? You are sitting at home playing chopsticks on the piano... then kanye appears to your left with a mixer and some drops. He decides to bless the performance with some shitty hip hop serenade a la Ja-Rule but you love it. He says something about sending chicks pictures of his dick... pause... you weren't ready for it, but its all good cause you heard Pusha-T is about to come over and murder shit which he does... All three of you in the room are young, rich and tasteless.


Somehow, with all these moving parts that wouldn't seem to fit together, in Kanye's hands ... make ill music that doesn't sound like anything we've ever heard in one album. Yes, Devil in a New Dress sounds like Maybach Music, Blame Game is chick music with angry brothers on it, and Hell of a Life could have been on 808... but altogether, this album is bulletproof. 


As is with ATLiens, I can eat Graduation everyday, but MBDTF is thanksgiving. Best meal of the year.

Thanksgiving @ XY

That is the Fried Turkey Leg Platter. Served it yesterday and today as well. Serves 2 to 3. We had it for Baohaus/XY Staff Thanksgiving. Deep fried leg we brined then topped with red cooked gravy. Basically, I took the jus from the chairman bao stock at baohaus and made a roux with it.

This is the brine for the turkey. It's chili pepper and soy based.

Mashed Potatoes with scallions, red sausage, a little lard and white pepper

Back side of the turkey leg. We carved the meat on the outside of the leg, then refried the bone so that the little bits of meat got crispy like chicharron. 

Think I give a fuck about sparklers?

JUST BRING MY BAOS BITCH. Dipset reunion this friday.

This friday at Baohaus, you get a free Birdhaus Bao with purchase of any frush combo (straight or royal frush). If u REALLY don't want to get with the movement and want something besides a bird, we can do that, but u not like us. What up buzzin buzzin, bird flip a dozen dozen...

If u shoppin in the neighborhood, come thru! If ur girl shoppin drivin u crazy, come post up. If u broke and you aint shoppin, but got $4.35, i take that and u can hang out too. Ok? U can't even get a shape up for $4, who are you kidding son? Buy a bao and call it.

If weed carrier jones doesn't come out with Affliction on, this could be the greatest concert of all time... I'm just sayin... Every goon in the tri-state is gonna be up in the joint actin a fool AND four loko's still legal this week so u know it's goin di-down. I hope those birds from the last killa show come through with dipset purses again BRRRRR

Keep the chickens cluckin
Keep the pigeons buggin
This on my wrist is nothin

Xiao Ye Party on NBC

I didn't even see this video until now but they filmed the party undercover and interviewed drunk fools outside haha

Jesse Serwer's "I Like Food" Playlist

Fuck wit it...  http://www.mediafire.com/?i1eifex7k9j8heb


I Like Food    Descendents    342 KB    0:17    Two Things At Once    
Breakfast    Curren$y    7 MB    2:50    Pilot Talk        
Grits feat. Allah Real and Master Killa    RZA    5 MB    4:18    Birth Of A Prince   
Biscuits (Feat. Trife)    Ghostface    4.2 MB    3:24    The Pretty Toney Album    
Butta     Cam'ron & Vado    5.3 MB    3:48    Cam'ron & The U.N. Presents "Heat In Here" Vol.1   
Strawberry F. Killah Sin    Ghostface Killah     3.6 MB    3:07    Bullet Proof Wallets    
Juicy Fruit    Mtume    11.3 MB    5:53    Juicy Fruit        
Peaches    The Stranglers    3.8 MB    4:07      
Black Coffee    Heavy D    3.6 MB    4:28    Heavy Hitz   
Trap Goin' Ham    Pill    4.2 MB    3:00    4180 The Prescription                
Lunchin'    Tabi Bonney    3.7 MB    3:58    A Fly Guy's Theme    
Soup for One    Chic    7.3 MB    7:55    Soup for One 
Hot Sex On A Platter    A Tribe Called Quest    2.6 MB    2:46    Midnight Marauders                
Blue Cheese    UMCs    5.5 MB    3:57    Fruits Of Nature          
Candy    Cameo    5.2 MB    5:39                    
Skew it on the Bar B    Outkast Feat Raekwon    3.1 MB    3:15    Aquemini    
Lemonade    Gucci Mane    4.7 MB    4:06    The State vs. Radric Davis            
Soul Food    Goodie Mob    7.5 MB    3:56    Soul Food    Hip Hop/Rap        
Atliens (Fish And Grits And Pimp Shit)    Outkast    3.6 MB    3:51    AtLiens    
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner    Black Uhuru    4.2 MB    6:03    Liberation    G         
Ital Vital / Ital Ites Dubwise    Horace Andy    12.1 MB    7:21    
Pass the Peas    The J.B.'s    3.3 MB    3:31    Pass the Peas: The Best of the J.B.'s    
What's Beef    The Notorious B.I.G.    6.1 MB    5:15    Life After Death            
Fried Chicken feat. Busta Rhymes    Nas    2.6 MB    2:50    Untitled    
Broccoli & Cheese    Devin The Dude    4.6 MB    4:00    Waitin' To Inhale    
Ice Cream    Raekwon    8.2 MB    4:13    Only Built 4 Cuban Linx       
Kookies    MF Doom    7.9 MB    4:02    MM...Food    
Coffee Cold    Galt Macdermot    4.6 MB    3:20             
Chalupa     Cam'ron    5.6 MB    4:02    Crime Pays        
Popular Demand (Popeyes) feat. Cam'Ron    Clipse    8.2 MB    4:20    Til The Casket Drops    
Jail House Rap    Fat Boys    5.9 MB    5:07    Fat Boys    Rap        
Weinerschnitzel    Descendents    236 KB    0:12    Two Things At Once