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Chefs Explain 9 Things That Are Different About Menus Right Now Don't expect restaurant menus to be the same as they were before the pandemic—or even one month ago.
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Posted on 04/22/2021 7:23:04 AM PDT by mylife

Last March, Danny Lee was about to reformat the menu for the spring season at Anju, one of the three restaurants he co-owns in Washington, D.C. It would be the chef's first substantial menu change since the restaurant opened a few months prior.

"Then the pandemic hit, and we had to, overnight, reformat our plans and create a menu that could travel well for takeout," he said. A little over a year later, with the restaurant at 25-percent indoor capacity and outdoor seating offered on a small patio, they're finally serving guests in person again, but his menu strategy has shifted.

There's still a large focus on dishes that travel well, yes, but also a growing number of specialty dishes meant to be enjoyed in-house, including Lee's version of hwedupbap—seasoned rice topped with house-cured salmon, tobiko, and a pineapple chojang. That's just one example of how chefs are reconsidering their menus to account for this moment.

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hwedupbap—seasoned rice topped with house-cured salmon, tobiko, and a pineapple chojang.

Huh?

1 posted on 04/22/2021 7:23:04 AM PDT by mylife
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One shiny silver lining to this pandemic is that the rarest wife and I spend a LOT more time in the kitchen. I’d be fine if a majority of chain restaurants shuttered. When we do go out to eat, we only patronize local eateries. The “woke” chains can rot, IMO.


2 posted on 04/22/2021 7:24:41 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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I just want a cheese boigy..


3 posted on 04/22/2021 7:26:06 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Chefs Explain 9 Things That Are Different About Menus Right Now Don't expect restaurant menus to be the same as they were before the pandemic—or even one month ago.

Don't expect me to come to your stupid overpriced restaurant. How does that grab you?

4 posted on 04/22/2021 7:26:34 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Clearly a publication geared towards true cognoscenti and not mere plebeian mouth-breathers like you and I, if they don’t bother to define such terms. Heck, my neighbor considers me a foodie, I go to serious real Asian places (round eyes in the minority) all the time, and I have no idea what three of those words mean.


5 posted on 04/22/2021 7:27:19 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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MRE’s


6 posted on 04/22/2021 7:27:32 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Its laughable


7 posted on 04/22/2021 7:28:31 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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At home, grill, ribeye is what works for me. Looked up prices at a local steakhouse - steak dinners START at $49 ... that’s the ribeye. For $49, I can buy steak (thick, big ones) for the whole family. It’s just not worth the money to eat out any more (IMO) and that’s before we get to the unhealthy vs healthy food/preparation methods, etc.


8 posted on 04/22/2021 7:28:44 AM PDT by Qiviut (2020 Election steal result: We are beginning our "40 years of wandering in the Wilderness".)
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I just hate it when someone says that "Covid" has forced him to change.

It's government overreach that has forced the change.

9 posted on 04/22/2021 7:29:03 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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i cook all the time and get to go out once a week.
I will sorely miss social distancing in restaurants.....


10 posted on 04/22/2021 7:31:01 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Hillary wants to be Governor of New York!!)
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To: butlerweave

PC made them take pork chow mein out of the MRE ROTATION.


11 posted on 04/22/2021 7:31:40 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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when GWB was in office I ate ribeye every day $2.99 lb


12 posted on 04/22/2021 7:33:32 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Heck, my neighbor considers me a foodie, I go to serious real Asian places (round eyes in the minority) all the time, and I have no idea what three of those words mean.

Well, I spent a year and a half learning Korean, and two years in Korea, for Uncle Sam. All I can tell you is they're Korean. Bap is rice but I've never heard of those three things either.

I stuck with normal Korean food.

13 posted on 04/22/2021 7:34:19 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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14 posted on 04/22/2021 7:35:55 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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Those were the days .... foodwise. I’m carnivore so the price of meat is a budget killer. I’m fortunate to have a lot of venison, which helps considerably.


15 posted on 04/22/2021 7:39:33 AM PDT by Qiviut (2020 Election steal result: We are beginning our "40 years of wandering in the Wilderness".)
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Probably like chow fung. You know, a broad noodle.


16 posted on 04/22/2021 7:39:44 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Boy, does that look GOOD!!!


17 posted on 04/22/2021 7:40:16 AM PDT by Qiviut (2020 Election steal result: We are beginning our "40 years of wandering in the Wilderness".)
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To: IYAS9YAS; mylife

Give me bibimbap and bulgogi please.


18 posted on 04/22/2021 7:41:47 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Meat Salad


19 posted on 04/22/2021 7:41:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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very filling..


20 posted on 04/22/2021 7:42:50 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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