00:00 We walked out of a restaurant earlier and they were like...
00:02 Literally a woman turned to her friend and was like, "Well, I guess not."
00:06 And so who knows who they were waiting for, but it was not us.
00:10 No, I love when they're like the...
00:12 I hear them pass me and go, "That's Chrissy Teigen."
00:14 And the husband always be like, "Who?"
00:15 I think we all feel really grateful to be here.
00:22 It's really cool to be here for this little show that we made.
00:25 So yeah, we're all...
00:27 I mean, the fact that Hollywood Reporter or anybody wants to talk to us about anything
00:30 is pretty incredible.
00:32 For me, this is my first time being here.
00:33 I mean, you're supporting John and things, but to have my own thing going on is really
00:38 special and just people are so excited on the streets and that gives you this energy
00:43 and for me, this newfound energy that I don't get a lot because I'm usually at home with
00:47 four kids.
00:48 And so it's really nice and it's a really jolting bolt of energy and I love it.
00:55 I love it.
00:56 I do.
00:57 How have you been here?
00:58 Oh my God, we just had the most incredible Thai meal.
01:01 Very good.
01:02 It was honestly really good.
01:03 My mom's Thai, so for me, I always get certain things to understand if that restaurant is
01:09 good.
01:10 It's the papaya salad and it's the pad thai.
01:11 You ordered everything.
01:12 I ordered absolutely everything on the menu and destroyed everything on that menu and
01:16 I am feeling it and I feel great.
01:18 I really don't have a background in food.
01:23 I don't have a super developed palate.
01:25 I didn't have a huge interest in food.
01:27 I grew up really poor.
01:28 We didn't go out to eat a lot.
01:29 We had very humble meals at home and we talked a lot about that and I learned a lot through
01:35 this show.
01:36 And I think I was always really intimidated by going to nice restaurants and stuff like
01:40 that and we did go to a Michelin star restaurant for this show.
01:43 But I think the thing that I learned and that I hope a lot of people take away from the
01:47 show is how accessible good food can be in a city like LA.
01:53 It's not all Michelin star and top tier chefs.
01:56 It's a lot of places that you probably walk by every day and don't even notice.
02:00 But taking you to Providence and seeing your eyes and your palate open up to a chance.
02:06 I think it was your first tasting menu, right?
02:07 I mean, it was really special.
02:08 It was really cool to be able to see somebody experience something like that for the first
02:12 time where so much love goes into their whatever eight plates and it's really cool getting
02:17 to witness that for me.
02:19 It was also awesome just to see this part of your life that was not activated now be
02:24 part of your life, right?
02:25 Yeah.
02:26 No, yeah.
02:27 I literally, like we talk about it on the show, like I blend chicken and drink it like
02:31 a milkshake or used to.
02:33 I should say I don't really, I haven't done that in a long time.
02:36 How long has it been?
02:37 Probably since the finale.
02:38 I thought, I thought.
02:39 You achieved chick.
02:40 Like what?
02:41 I thought it was a joke.
02:42 No, it was not a joke.
02:43 It is like, I talk about it so much, it is a little trolling, but during the strike I
02:47 realized I had no hobbies anymore and so I started to cook and it was in large part due
02:53 to Dave and you know, I've been teaching myself how to do different things.
02:57 I bought a cast iron skillet, you know, like the whole, I really immersed myself in it
03:00 because I had nothing better to do.
03:02 But yeah, my relationship to food really changed dramatically after doing this show.
03:06 Do you guys remember your very first really fancy restaurant or tasting menu?
03:11 I never really went to fancy restaurants growing up and I thought there was a steakhouse growing
03:17 up near me in Northern Virginia that I actually thought was the pinnacle of fine dining.
03:24 You know, you don't know what you don't know, right?
03:26 To me that's the interesting point here is what is fine dining, right?
03:30 It's a special occasion and I think that's sort of what the show is about too.
03:34 It's your point of view and some people might think that a three Michelin star restaurant
03:39 is the best meal in the world and some people might think that La Casita Mexicana is the
03:43 best restaurant in the world.
03:44 And when I was growing up, I thought that this steakhouse was the epitome, like you
03:48 couldn't get more grand than that.
03:51 And then as you travel, you realize that there's other things, but that doesn't mean that the
03:54 steakhouse I grew up with is anything less.
03:57 What do you guys have your own favorite or most memorable?
04:00 I mean, Yalvon for me was life changing.
04:03 It was a meal that it blended, it did this Jewish fusion of like beautiful Korean American
04:12 food but with like a Jewish flair.
04:13 So they'd have a matzo ball soup but with maybe a fish broth or the rice porridge that
04:18 they served with a, it was a chicken pot pie rice porridge.
04:23 It was exactly the way that if my brain operated in that way, it's exactly the food I would
04:28 want to eat.
04:29 And it's downtown LA.
04:31 It's kind of a lot for me to get there, but it was so incredibly worth it.
04:36 I've had them cook at my house since, learning their story was so beautiful.
04:41 And they did this big remodel and seeing the ins and outs of being a chef and an owner
04:47 of a restaurant and seeing how complex that is.
04:51 And they shared that with us.
04:53 And you like some people ask us like, what do you think is the most overrated restaurant?
04:57 I'm like, I don't answer that question anymore.
04:59 Like there is so much heart and soul that goes into these restaurants.
05:02 And the ones we saw alone were just so beautiful and spectacular.
05:06 But that restaurant stands out as something that that is really unique and special and
05:12 delicious.
05:13 Have there been other travel shows or food shows, whether fiction or nonfiction that
05:18 you guys have really liked or got inspiration from?
05:21 Or like, did you have anything?
05:22 Oh, I thought the mayor was so beautiful, like that up the chaotic episode of the family,
05:26 like it reminded me of my family a little bit.
05:29 Seeing cousin work the front of house and completely have his life changed by the passion
05:36 and the power that goes into being that first person you see at a restaurant.
05:41 Seeing the growth through all the characters for me is really beautiful.
05:44 I mean, I know it's such a beloved show, but for me, when I watch it, I see it as something
05:49 so powerful and incredible and exhausting and frustrating and chaotic.
05:56 And I love it.
05:57 I think Bourdain is sort of yes, my God, it's cliche, but I think like, you talk about accessibility,
06:03 and I think like he really made food even before I did this show and wasn't really interested
06:08 in food.
06:09 He made it seem really fascinating.
06:11 I think it's true.
06:12 It's a passion.
06:13 And, you know, yeah, he didn't make it seem like this big, scary thing.
06:16 Clearly Bourdain, but I think for me and for a lot of chefs, we always think about the
06:22 PBS shows and the great chefs of Europe, the great chefs of the Southwest.
06:27 I mean, they had this whole series.
06:30 And I think for me, it's one of the reasons why we wanted to make the show too in a completely
06:35 sort of different way was just shed light on things that a diner may not know about
06:41 and a story on a dish that might resonate with somebody.
06:45 So, you know, it was a little bit of everything we wanted to put in the show.
06:48 What do you really want to do this year?
06:50 Yeah, I guess I'd like to be in cage by the end of the year.
06:56 He's not gonna watch this.
06:59 He's not online at all.
07:01 So I feel safe in saying that.
07:03 But yeah, probably that.
07:04 Mine are simple.
07:05 I have four babies now and I want to be able to have the energy to keep up with them.
07:09 I want to take care of myself so that I can wake up and not have regrets of missing out
07:15 on something they did.
07:16 It's hard to split your mind between four kids.
07:19 The physical time is something, but mentally it's a lot.
07:23 And I have a little girl that's about to walk.
07:25 I have a boy that's just a mush that does nothing.
07:28 I have another boy that's so into sports and a girl that like is just absolute perfection
07:33 in a girl form.
07:35 And to divide your time and your brain space for them is really difficult.
07:41 And so for me, I just want to be able to learn to cope and spend time on myself so that I
07:48 can take care of them.
07:51 Because it's a lot.
07:53 And whether it's the soccer games, the Girl Scouts, this, that, and dividing that time
07:59 and making sure that we're there equally for all of them.
08:04 So for me, it's a lot of personal growth and therapy and being able to be my best self
08:12 so I can be great for them.
08:13 I got two young boys and the past year was a lot more travel, a lot more work on the
08:20 road.
08:21 And I sort of got used to staying at home.
08:24 So I'd like to figure out how I could work and be home a little bit more.
08:28 Listen, you give them 100% of your time and they want 150.
08:31 You're never going to do enough.
08:32 They're going to be fine.
08:34 Everyone's going to be in therapy for one reason or another later on.
08:37 That's what I figure.
08:38 I have friends that are literally like, "I was hugged too much."
08:40 I'm like, "Oh my fucking God."
08:42 You can't win with anything.
08:44 What is a classic movie or TV show that you have pretended to see?
08:49 My friends love Succession.
08:50 I have not gotten into it just because it's provocative.
08:54 It's a lot.
08:55 It's in your face.
08:57 And I have to be mentally ready for it.
08:59 And at this moment in time, I am only capable of doing Paint My Numbers and Real Housewives.
09:04 I have reenacted the "Give My Daughter the Drugs" scene from Terms of Endearment so many
09:10 times and yet I have never seen it.
09:13 I have never seen it.
09:14 I've never seen The Office ever.
09:19 And I know, I'm friends with some of the people on the show.
09:21 I haven't even seen one episode.
09:23 I couldn't even tell you what it's about.
09:25 But anyway, The Office.
09:26 It's about an office.
09:27 It's an office.
09:28 I've never seen a single episode of The West Wing.
09:32 And I've never seen any Law and Order ever.
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