The Anthony Bourdain thread

people need to stop frontin, cupcakes are delicious. And you can eat them without a fork, which is v. difficult to do with other cake products i.e. regular cake.

You know who else doesn't like to eat things with forks? Small children.

sometimes a man needs to eat cake on the go, and for that cupcakes are a godsend.

this profile makes david chang sound like an awful and sad human being

Yeah, isn't he great?

Disappointed that Shasta didn't like his food. I wanted to check it out some day.

i just want to clarify that as far as i can tell, laurel is the only person who has come out as anti-cupcake on this thread.

i mean i can see if you're not into cake in general but why would you ever hate on cupcakes specifically. like what, you want a whole cake that you can cut into slices? i'm one guy--wtf am i going to do with a whole cake?

Cut it into pieces apparently?

well yeah and then i've got leftover cake or i need to find people to share it with or something. if i get a cupcake i can eat it and not think about cake again for however long i want.

This summer. He's one guy. With a whole cake.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT CALL ALL DESTROYER PICTURED HERE

http://rantendrant.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/fat_lady_eating_cake-3755.jpg

i really liked chang's food when i had it but i guess it's not v 'authentic'

lol fantastic thing to open @ work! thanking u.

why would you ever hate on cupcakes specifically. like what, you want a whole cake that you can cut into slices?

they're basically all exterior from a baking standpoint and are nearly impossible to keep from drying out.

Already answered your question.

sorry

don't worry polyp, i don't like lots of rests/chefs that people love...

and don't want to say that i'm the Alfred Soto of food opinions or anything, I just think the Momofuku chain is defnitely not my style.

I actually do like cake and I prob wouldn't turn a good cupcake down, but then again if they're not really very good I might just say "no thanks!" at the office party or whatev because I don't like frosting and I like cake to be moist.

Have had Cupcake Cafe or some other fancy West Vill NYC hipster bakery cupcakes and was really not happy w them.

also, something else that bugs: naming your chain after the inventor of instant noodles is pretty corny and low-concept.

someone should start a chain named after/inspired by Hungry Man TV dinners.

hahah it's ok mr. que more just the shock + quick minimize than anything actually bad.

they're basically all exterior from a baking standpoint and are nearly impossible to keep from drying out.

uhhh i have had some moist cupcakes so not sure abt this.

people need to stop frontin, cupcakes are delicious. And you can eat them without a fork, which is v. difficult to do with other cake products i.e. regular cake.

just wanted to point out that the current gourmet cupcake craze has almost made eating them without a fork impossible unless you are totes okay with having frosting smeared all over your face like a neanderthal

That cupcake drying thing is crazy nonsense.

yeah there's this new cupcake place near our house and they smear so much damn frosting on the things that I can barely eat one without unhinging my jaw. i love cupcakes and they are delicious, but it seems like overkill

xxp only if they're proportioned wrong or are going insane with frosting towers or something. but i would not eat a cupcake that had those problems.

too much frosting is a mortal sin imo

haha wait didn't you just namecheck Kick-Ass Cupcakes??????

xp I like that it keeps the top of the cupcake moist but I peel off frosting before eating.

lol yeah i just brought cupcakes from there to my parents house when they had us for dinner! i thought they were well-proportioned.

ftr CAD is saying that this is not too much frosting on a cupcake:

http://www.thehightea.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Cupcakes-Kickass-Cupcakes.JPG

now don't get me wrong, I totally fuck with these, but never would it cross my mind to hold these things up as an example of how one should really frost a cupcake

shocking that these two very well balanced and reasonable dudes are so negative about something frivolous, nostalgic, girly, baby-stroller-y, goop-dot-commy etc

hahahahahhah i can't believe you are just busting out photo evidence like that!

you almost have to smush it or lick it off with a finger--cupcakes should be a little more. . . elegant

i remember thinking it was good at the time but am willing to be overruled by dan instantly producing photos of kickass cupcakes.

Those are beautiful! But also perfect evidence of the boutique approach to baked goods when really I just want a piece of chocolate cake.

yeah i mean cake is pretty undeniable

though i think pie > > cake

looooooooooooooooool I thought Que said "you almost have to smash it" at first and I was all "o_O I have never had the desire to smash a cupcake"

And yes the are gorgeous and they also taste great but there is something to be said for simplicity, right? I mean, these should be an occasional treat, not the norm.

pie is way better than cake

Those cupcakes Dan pictured looked pretty proportional to me.

CUPCAKES should be an occasional treat and not the norm is we're getting technical

*if

the top one on the left and the second one from the top, underneath it look pretty crazy

! So frosting that is as high as the cupcake is an expected, normal proportion to you???????

also want to point out that the only thing visible on the top right one is frosting

If I can see cake around the frosting then there is not too much frosting is my general rule.

i'm kind of over cupcakes too, at least as being this "thing" people "front" about

woah, so that's like ganache ON TOP of frosting? wow.

I could tell what was going on in the top right one. If that's all frosting and you can actuall pull it out of the holder then yes that's too much frosting.

can't actually

See what I don't like about those is that I want a well-distributed amount of frosting with cake in every bite -- that frosting technique guarantees that at some point there will be a mouthful of frosting or else you'll have to pull it apart and re-aportion the bites out, which negates the forkless aspect completely.

it's like people with no baking skills but who want to open a bakery of some sort instead decide to open a cupcake shop and omg toss a few dozen red velvet cupcakes into the display case and suddenly there's a line out the door. yeah it's tasty, sure, but i dunno it's a little boring maybe.

People with no baking skills are baking tasty cupcakes?

it's a funny world we live in