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Podcast: This Is TASTE
Episode: Max Ng
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As Max Ng tells it, his start at Momofukuâwhere he has risen to executive chef at the restaurant groupâs New York City flagship, Ssam Barâbegan when he showed up, as a young CIA student, with a backpack, knives, and a chef coat. Unannounced. On a busy Saturday afternoon. Asking for a âtrailâârestaurant parlance for an unpaid tryout. âWhoa, whoa, whoa, slow down, this is a fucking Saturday and you are demanding a trail,â Max, laughing, recalls a cook telling him. âCome back in a week.â Ng did return, and has never left, and I wanted to talk to him this we...