“Chef Started a Three-Star Food Truck” that shows Jon Favreau’s commitment and personality [Mizumaru Kawahara’s CINEMONOLOGUE Vol.65]

Solid food description and Roy Choi

That said, the cooking scenes are the trademark of this work. Favreau's big hand is in charge of not only the Cuban sandwiches (Cubanos) that Carl sells on his truck, but also the pasta he makes for his ex-girlfriend Molly (Scarlett Johansson) and the grilled cheese he makes for his son Percy. The careful depiction of how they are made will make you want to watch it again and again. The many creative dishes that he cooks one after another to vent his frustrations immediately after quitting his job are also amazing. I love the scene in which the thinly rolled candy is broken into pieces, which look like spider web-like cracks on the surface of the frozen water, and are beautiful.

Favreau himself is in charge of the scene in which Karl cooks (Karl has a tattoo on his finger to emphasize this), but his precise hands and superb cooking skills are evident from his training under a professional. This is the result. The person who trained Favreau as a technical advisor was Roy Choi, a leading figure in the food truck movement, and the character of Carl seems to have been largely inspired by Choi. Apparently, he and Favreau met during the filming of Iron Man 2 , when Choi's famous food truck Kogi came to the set. This may be due not only to his close relationship with Favreau, but also to the fact that they worked together on the set of ``Iron Man 2.''

After this work, Favreau and Choi teamed up on a Netflix original series, ``The Chef Show: That's Why Cooking is Fun!'', which is a derivative of this work. It's a food show where you cook with familiar guests and visit various restaurants and events to experience cooking, but it's also fun to see the stories behind the ``chefs'' told along with their memories. Choi pointed out that at the time, there weren't many movies that depicted food well, so Favreau tried to make the details of the depictions more convincing, and Favreau's serious attitude made Choi feel uncomfortable. He seemed impressed.

A video of Favreau being coached by Choi during the end credits of ``Chef'' shows him cooking grilled cheese for his son Percy. Sandwich sliced ​​cheese between bread and grill directly on a griddle. It may seem like just that, but the way Choi moves his hands and the way Favreau looks at him from beside him are very serious. Every second is wasted in Choi's movements, and he toasts the bread with quick, precise movements, then sandwiches the cheese and bakes it further. He says this during the final process, when everything is layered, baked, and cut.

"Concentrate on this. This is the only sandwich that exists in the world. If you fail, the world will end."

Very cool. That's how I want to concentrate on everything. And it makes me want to grill some grilled cheese.

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