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Irad and I went to see Chef a few nights ago and had a really good time. I went to see the movie because I had heard an intriguing piece about it on npr. No saving-humanity-from-aliens or impassioned-testimony-to-the-power-of-social justice, or excruciatingly-beautiful-portrayal-of-love-and-betrayal, or, or, or...it was just about a guy and a truck.
A guy and a truck who is reunited with his passion, and along the way repairs his relationship with his ex-wife and child. A lot of food porn, good tunes and feel-good.
Great cast with hilarious cameos by Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey, Jr.,The beautiful Scarlett Johansson has a great supporting role and Sofia Vergar is gorgeous and wonderful as Chef's wife. I particularly enjoyed his two sous chefs—John Leguizamo and Bobby Cannavale.
Just to give fair coverage, my sister whose opinion I always respect, HATED this movie and found it trite and cliche. She even sent me a review to support her viewpoint, written by some guy named Scrooge, or something... So clearly not for everyone. Or you have to be in the right mood.
I am so unaccustomed to a feel-good movie. I kept waiting for there to be some eruption of violence or for the kid to get dangerous burns from the fryer in the truck while the parents rediscover their connection to each other while huddling together in the emergency room. But the movie never went there. Nothing but a good story—guy hits rock bottom, guy climbs back out— and some fun. I had many laugh-out-loud moments! Social Media also plays a role bringing in some topical relevance. And it made me want to go out and find the first food truck.....
[cue Food Truck, stage left]
Coincidentally, this week we had a Food Truck Monday at a local outdoor mall. I went with Amnon and we enjoyed experiencing the food-truck-craze live and off the screen. Very clever initiative to create a bit of hipster vibe out in the burbs. Within 20 minutes of kick-off, Legacy Village went from ghost town to mob scene. We sampled the goods at several trucks, including some really horrible sushi-as-junk-food from the Sushi Mobile (hate to pan anyone publicly but sushi-ritos? really?) Our favorite was Zydeco Bistro Food Truck. Interesting and varied menu organized around a New Orleans theme, cooked while you wait, replete with awesome hush puppies!
from Zydecobistrollc.com
I felt like I was in the movies...well, almost.
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