Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

I love David Chang, and really enjoyed "Ugly Delicious". But this new four-part series is kind of a let-down. I get that he wants to be the next Anthony Bourdain, but that indefinable thing that made Bourdain so unique and compelling is what Chang is missing. These four celebrities (Seth Rogen, Chrissy Teigen, Lena Waithe, Kate McKinnon) he hangs with all are fine and perfectly unobjectionable, fun even, but they also weren't super interesting and the episodes didn't really have much impact. Bourdain was such a devastating loss because he possessed both a gravitas and a sense of adventure that inspired you to want to try new things. This short series, a pale imitation of "Parts Unknown", ends up just a mediocrely produced vanity project for the Momofuku doyen.

What a disappointment. This show amounts to not much more than celebrity self-indulgence. It is a boring series of un-reflective hang-out sessions in which people secondarily eat food.

BLD serves a lighter fare for a traveling food show and it's certainly not at the level of Parts unknown. It's hit or miss depending on the guest. The morocco episode with Crissy teigen was very cringeworthy. The show wastes a bit of time with too much rambling and prepared opening scenes. I enjoyed the Cambodia with Kate McKinnon episode the most. Kate McKinnon could carry her own travel show and hopefully she comes back for another episode.

Oh my god. Really. Seriously. Only Netflix can broadcast such junk. Nothing inside. Nothing. There is no way to describe the empytiness. Its not a show about food, its not about (interesting) celebs, its not culture. Skip it, or jump into a burning fire while you are all lubricated with oil. Trust me, It will be less painful and will end sooner.

I really liked Ugly delicious and I was hoping for a show primarily about cooking. But I was disaapointed. Is it about cooking or travelling or is it sort of a on-the-road-talkshow? It is like it wants to be all of the three things but ends up not really being any of them.