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Rayner Discusses Chang, and other NY Critics

By weinoo
February 15, 2011 in New York: Dining

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Over on Eater today, there's an interview with the estimable Brit crit and former Top Chef: Masters judge, Jay Rayner.

And he takes on David Chang a bit (he evidently was reviewing Ma Peche). To whit:

Oh yeah. The idea that he's the future of upscale dining. Is he? I thought it was very mid-market. You've got to be careful to not review an elephant for being a cow. That's not a criticism of the place, and actually, one of the things I liked about Má Pêche is that it had this buzz, that informality which London is very bad at doing. But I'm slightly confused as to why Manhattanites are so obsessed with David Chang. Maybe it's just pure physical beauty.

Why are we so obsessed?

And are we really more self-important than he?

Mitch Weinstein aka "weinoo"

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