A spokesman for the Asia Society confirmed that the organization canceled an event with New York superchef David Chang for Nov. 9, after Chang made disparaging remarks about chefs in San Francisco. …Chang, who was in conversation with Anthony Bourdain, dissed San Francisco restaurants: “Fuckin’ every restaurant in San Francisco is just serving figs on a plate. Do something with your food.”
Chang was supposed to appear at S.F.’s E&O Trading Co for an Asia Society food series event celebrating New Asian cooking…But Bullock said he received a note from an S.F. chef participating in the dinner…indicating a refusal to appear with Chang. “The note said, ‘I just can’t do this, this is now personal,’” Bullock said.
NorCal Asia Society Eighty-Sixes David Chang After New York Chef’s Diss of S.F. Restaurants, via SFoodie
Good. That guy’s a total ass. The only place I’ve ever had a bunch of figs on a place was New York City.
