Andrew Zimmern lost his primetime show (and was demoted to nowheresville), in a blink of the eye, over a review he gave of all Chinese food restaurants in the midwest.
His opinion is that they are all “horse shit.”
This, apparently, is racist.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
The term racist is so ridiculously bandied about that I think I’m going to start wearing a teeshirt that says “racist” with an arrow pointing at my head.
The Daily Mail reported-
While discussing the upcoming opening of Lucky Cricket, Zimmern said he wanted the Chinese restaurant at a mall in a Minnesota suburb to introduce Midwesterners to ‘hot chili oil, introduce them to a hand-cut noodle, and introduce them to a real roast duck’.
‘I think I’m saving the souls of all the people from having to dine at these horses*** restaurants masquerading as Chinese food that are in the Midwest,’ he said, adding that his goal is to open 200 locations across middle America.
At another point in the interview he said: ‘Someone else is going to be the next P.F. Chang’s, and I don’t want them to blow it. And is it up to me to do it? I certainly think I’m in the conversation.
‘And just because I’m not Chinese, I leave that to the rest of the world to judge.’
!snip!
The rest of the HORSE SHIT that I will not link is some dopey professional outraged carbon unit using college word salad gibberish to describe Zimmern as in league with Adolf Hitler.
“Horsesh*t”, I thought they served cat and dog meat!
Well…..Zimmern is a SJW himself. He would be the first to pile on someone accused of racism so, good riddance. Live by the SJW code, die by the SJW code.
Slippery, you took the words right out of my mouth. Zimmern is a die hard leftist. I have no sympathy for any lefty.
What would Confucius say?
I just spent 20 minutes talking to a friend from Astoria Queens and we both agreed pizza in Florida is HORSE SHIT.
I’m I racist against Italians?
This is asinine.
The left is ridiculous.
In the midst of his libtardism, Andrew Zimmern is staunchly pro gun.
He is from MN as am I. He may be pro gun in principal, but he is aok with gun control as well and pointing out how many gun deaths there are each year. Especially after some school shooting. https://twitter.com/andrewzimmern/status/227582129075261441?lang=en
I get it that SJW idiocy is madness and calling something horseshit does not make you racist. I’m just sayin, Andrew isn’t out there defending free speech or pointing out liberal lunacy like you are. I’m sure he is just fine with the lunacy as long as they don’t have their long knives out for him.
@BFH – Most pizza most places is pretty bad, but I’ve always found somebody not too far away who makes good pies. I’m curious: what do you regard as the distinguishing characteristics of good pizza?
As for Zimmern, I’ve never seen his show. In fact, I’ve never heard of him. But seeing as how he’s a SoJuWa himself, I’m glad he got the can!
Aleon, Confucius would say “Man who have hole in pocket feel cocky.”
“In the midst of his libtardism, Andrew Zimmern is staunchly pro gun.”
Probably the real reason the plug was pulled.
“… dine at these horses*** restaurants masquerading as Chinese …”
His reference to “horse***” is definitely concerning “restaurants” not “Chinese” – so there is NO racism intended or supplied.
Nothing even remotely racist about a “horseshit restaurant” as opposed to a “horseshit Chinese.”
Maybe the SJWs or NPCs don’t understand English?
izlamo delenda est …
Sometimes I wonder if a lefty writes an opinion piece with a risky word attached to it for the sole purpose of getting out an apology, for the most petty shit. Then they can sit back and force level headed people into apologizing, for things that don’t need an apology, through example.
Love cooking shows, hate Z-man.
His constant lip smacking drives me insane.
I have seen better manners on an Ossabaw Island Swine.
http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/ossabawisland/index.html
I gave up on AZ years ago as he went to communist countries. I.e. Cuba, North Vietnam, etc pretending this was normal fare for the masses of said countries.
It was just pure propaganda for eyeballs.
Zimmern is a New Yorker who went through treatment here in Minnesota and married a Minnesotan. Just like chowmein isn’t “Chinese” most ethnic food isn’t “authentic”. I was invited to a Hmong dinner once where my hosts were gobbling up their authentic dish of Lord knows what while I was trying to hold down my portion of bits of meat with large globs of fat and gristle and other ufos (unidentifiable floating objects) unless a restaurant wants to sell this to immigrants who remember the food they need to and do adjust the recipe to local taste, more power to them
The three Chinese restaurants in my small mid-western town are run by a Vietnamese family, a Korean family, and a Thai woman. So maybe he has a point.
I’ve been watching two dudes talk about China for a few years now. Their channel is ADV China and was originally about motorcycling in China. However, they’ve been put on notice for their candid talk about China and its culture. They have their own individual channels as well.
In the following video, Laowai talks about the “hidden menu” of US Chinese restaurants, I’ve tried it and it’s true, the 3 Cup Chicken is awesome!
https://youtu.be/rA0REivb-Lg
It’s not racist so much as it’s coastal bigotry of flyover country. How the fuck would this asshole know if *every* Chinese restaurant in the Midwest is horse shit? Is he assuming an absence of shitty Chinese restaurants in the coastal areas? Because I have some easy examples of both categories.
Man, after shooting Trayvon, Zimmern really let himself go.
The name Cotton Bowl must also be racist. Lets see how many black players boycott it this afternoon. Sure none will. If they did there would only be 5 players on each team.
And all this from a guy who hates SPAM. But he eats all sorts of gross shit and can’t stand SPAM. I’d rather watch Diner’s, Drive In’s and Dives with Guy Fieri on the Food Channel. Man Against Food also sucked because I don’t know how that guy can eat that much food without turning into Mr. Creosote.
It’s Anthony Zimmerman, for Christ sackes!
Who even watches this leftist moron…..
Is there a cutoff date for authenticity? Does a dish have to be pre-Columbian? Almost every Old World cuisine has adopted tomatoes and corn. Especially tomatoes. You’d think from Italian cuisine that ancient Romans had vast tomato plantations. And you can’t make Indian Chicken Tikka Masala without tomatoes. My Chinese wife has an “authentic” Chinese cookbook, and the sauce for ginger chicken stir fry calls for ketchup! And authentic Southern cuisine would not be complete without grits and cornbread.
The Midwest Chinese restaurants may serve “horseshit”, but that would be because the food is bland or tastes bad, not because it fails to meet Zimmern’s pedigree standard. Good luck with your restaurant venture, Andrew. There is a limited number of food snobs out there, but legions of people who love General Tso’s Chicken and Sweet & Sour Pork. Besides, I thought the hipster food truckers were all into fusion cuisine. Or did that become cultural appropriation last year.
Dave Huff –
Uh….no it’s not.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Zimmern
BFH,
Try New York Style Pizza and Restaurant in Greenacres FL It’s a few miles from the Lake Worth Road turnpike exit. The pizza is great and the veal is better.
MftM
He was always a little to fond of eating testicles for my, ah, taste. My son and I used to always call him Testicle-man after a series of shows wherein in each one he ate testicles taken from some critter, everything from goats to guinea pigs.
The best pizza in Florida is in Ft. Myers Fl. Main St pizza. Beats NY and Miami shops hands down.
They never forgave him for standing up for Guy Fieri.
All popular types of food have derivative shithouse practitioners. The strip mall Chinese buffet with sticky tables, dirty windows and smells like a funky dish rag? The “italian” place with the drop tile ceiling and grape vines drawn on the wall. Most are shit.
They’re not just in the Midwest. Zimmern’s eaten a bunch of nasty stuff but I bet he never believed liberals would one day eat his ugly ass. Still doesn’t deserve being fired but I have no sympathy for people who don’t reevaluate their world view after reality mugs them in broad daylight.
I live in Utah which is similar to the midwest. Asian restaurants here are terrible because they have to make their food bland to appeal to the local palate. I presume Asian restaurant owners in the midwest are doing the same. I’m originally from the Seattle area where the Asian restaurants excellent. I can’t even find a Vietnamese restaurant here and if I did it would probably be crappy.
Billy F,
Where (approximately) in Utah are you?
I’m in WJ, about 1/2 hour south of SLC on the Bangerter.
Deplorable B Woodman –
I lived 20 yrs in Utah. Neola (Uintah Basin), Springdale, and Moab.
My wife (r.i.p) had relatives in WJ and Richfield.
In his 20’s, Zimmern was a NYC street thug who bragged about cold-cocking people and robbing them. I watched him say so in an interview. I guess he was trying to earn street cred by admitting it. He seemed pretty proud of himself about it. Screw him!
Yet, Andrew spin-offs (Bizarre Foods Delicious Destinations, The Zimmern List) keep being funded by the major stockholders of Food Network (Andrew’s Uncle Ira and Aunt Ester) to keep his tasteless, untalented self out of their basement. Even a Komodo dragon would ignore his worthless ass.
I felt kinda bad for him when I first heard the news, but after reading all of the comments on here I suddenly feel fine. How about that? ;b
Giordanos around Chicago is pretty darn good. The Giordanos in Florida (same company) not so much. We were quite disappointed.
Can’t say Andrew ate his career, but his mouth sure ended it.