The fact that Chef Denver went from Panda Express to Sous chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant is insanely impressive

@tonynicoletti8161

5 ай бұрын

And he mentioned it like it was nothing

@TakeaSwigofTheJuice

5 ай бұрын

Panda Express is fine dining... You ain't know?

@hellfish2309

5 ай бұрын

he’s got the Filipino advantage 👨‍🍳

@andylarkin5779

5 ай бұрын

​@TakeaSwigofTheJuice they think it's mcdonalds

@ot7stan207

5 ай бұрын

all chefs have potential, they have to start somewhere. Panda express also is a well oiled machine thats why people go there. no surprise there

actually chefs that don't sound like they are of some higher order of human beings. Just a group of passionate people that want to deliver a great experience

They feel like a couple of guys who one day said "why the hell not" and accidentally got a Michelin star. Love their down to earth and approachable energy.

Impossible not to root for these people. Not pretentious and really love their food / restaurant. You can tell how they go out of their way to compliment and make the staff feel good about what they do. It's hard to fake that.

@runegeezy

5 ай бұрын

Not hard to fake, but you can tell when it's fake. And they seem very genuine.

@RoyNatian

5 ай бұрын

Ok, but they have De Cecco pasta on the shelf in back and they say "all our pastas are hand made..." suspicious.

@ZainxIqbal

5 ай бұрын

@@RoyNatianSome dishes are meant to be made with dried pasta. If you watch Alex French Guy's pasta series on KZread, he explains how painfully difficult it is to make your own dry pasta. Using De Cecco for certain dishes is perfectly valid.

@RoyNatian

5 ай бұрын

@@ZainxIqbal that’s not relevant. They said all their pasts were hand made yet there’s pre-made pasta behind them.

@ZainxIqbal

5 ай бұрын

@@RoyNatian Not every dish is meant to be eaten with fresh pasta. When a restaurant says that their pasta is hand-made in-house, it's always in reference to their fresh pasta, such as we can see being done in this video. The reason for using De Cecco Dry Pasta is because fresh pasta can literally not be "al dente", as it has too much moisture and is too soft even before being cooked, and there's a lot of pasta dishes that are served "al dente", especially in traditional Italian cuisine. There's literally only ONE restaurant in the WORLD that makes their own dry pasta in-house: Luciano Cucina Italiana in Rome, Italy by Michelin-Star Chef Luciano Monosilio. It's really not economically feasible to make your own dry pasta whatsoever, let alone doing so in the USA. To give an example of how difficult or even ludicrous it is to expect a restaurant to make their own dry pasta is the equivalent of a restaurant being expected to grow and harvest their own rice on-premises. It's literally not within the skillset, man-power, or financial abilities of a restaurant to do so. Hope that makes sense.

"everybody gets a crispy piece" I love how they're sharing something they had in their childhood with everyone.

For those of you who haven't gotten it - they put out a book called Italian American. I'm a professional chef and it is an exceptional read! They put great modern spins on classic Italian dishes so its not like every other "red sauce" place you would see in Little Italy. Excellent work Chef!

@mslillian4232

5 ай бұрын

Touching dough with bare hands 😢 this is why I don't eat out. People are gross and not hygienic.

@dathunderman4

5 ай бұрын

@@mslillian4232there’s this thing called washing your hands

@richdeangelis5401

5 ай бұрын

theyre business owners. not chefs anymore obviously. there are better dishes/books out there.

@paulbarclay4114

5 ай бұрын

@@mslillian4232 thats what washing hands is for you know you have 100 trillion bacteria in your body? you are made of bacteria? everything is bacteria? its when you dont have bacteria that you get sick and die. stop using hand sanitizer every 10 minutes, its giving you mental illness tell me youre OCD by telling me youre OCD

@richardf6932

5 ай бұрын

How ironic that they are doing modern Italian with the help of a chef who used to work in a modern Chinese Restaurant (Panda Express)....

I got the pleasure to work with these two, and their knowledge and professionalism is some of the best in the industry!

Love the behind the scenes food prep. Working in the food industry or any service industry is no joke. It’s harder than it looks

@ryuhabdle9

5 ай бұрын

I wish they were paid more. It’s a shame they aren’t.

@user-gw2ef2dw4d

5 ай бұрын

I work part time as a prep chef for a casual fine dining restaurant besides studying at university and it REALLY made me appreciate how much effort those workers are putting in on a daily basis. Incredible! Sadly many guests still don’t appreciate all the work.

@TakeaSwigofTheJuice

5 ай бұрын

Ummm it looks pretty hard

The way they prepare their lasagna is absolute insanity. What a bucket list dinner for me

@Mutiny960

4 ай бұрын

You can literally do it yourself. They showed all the steps and the recipe isn't hard. The prep time is what's going to take you an entire day, since you have no experience, to do what they make in a few hours. 100% Possible though.

@niranjanakrishna2925

4 ай бұрын

@@Mutiny960p

@user-er8kz2jg6o

3 ай бұрын

Why the Pam at 1:30 tho.

@kantemirovskaya1lightninga30

26 күн бұрын

@@user-er8kz2jg6o I know... we have a parrot so ZERO non stick in the house-all cast iron'/stainless... just finished making Takoyaki here-cast iron no issues. No Pam needed. These two are awesome to watch though-they LOVE food... it show thru them and their staff

the reason this restaurant is great is because their recipes are accessible yet so damn impressive. very few restaurants do this

@Gravy_Master

5 ай бұрын

What does this comment even mean?

@yalebulldog05

5 ай бұрын

You don't need expensive equipment or impossibly technical techniques to make them. But they are very unusual and beautiful @@Gravy_Master

Just want to shout out to all the Mexicans in theses top restaurants. I remember once Bordouin said the amount of talent that came from Puebla was mind blowing.

@dpclerks09

4 ай бұрын

Also Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Ecuadorians, etc. they're from all over. It's like saying "shout out to all the whites/blacks working in kitchens!"

@adrianprieto6111

2 ай бұрын

@dpclerks09 I never said that.. I shouted out to the Mexicans, and specifically from Puebla. whether they are brown, black, white, or Asian type of Mexicans.. I didn't involve race, because I don't a care about race, I was talking about a geographic delimitation of modern states.

I love how this guy keeps laughing that she does it better and faster than him 😂 so genuine and endearing

ohhh that lasagna looks amazing... This Husband and Wife duo is awesome as well, great staff, you can tell they all adore these two. Hope they stay open for years and years!

Chef Scott seems like a great boss! Very cool and respects his team🙌

A cheese restaurant is my kind of place! Every bit of that looks amazingly delicious.

@eater

5 ай бұрын

Give us all the cheese!

There's truly nothing quite like a good lasagna that gets me absolutely bricked up

I have never had the chance to eat here and I LOVE Italian food. I have had friends tell me it’s fabulous. My wish is to go one day.

These guys have so much passione!!! And they seem like regular, cool people! Kudos to them!

Truly a labor of love… work work work and then more work , that’s is what a real restaurant life is like,, I did it for 40 years and boy I don’t miss it at all..

Looks delish and the owners seem like they take great pride in their food and they seem like very delightful people! I would love to work for them.

I have never seen lasagna prepared that way.. It looks amazing and I want to eat in that restaurant

Apart from the obviously amazing food, it seems like a really nice work environment for the staff.

Never seen anyone do lasagna like that, but it makes so much sense! Those caramelli raviolis look insane as well. Mouth was watering watching every dish get prepared.

Learning something new,and seeing how everything works to come together as a great dish.this what makes a team ,working as a team.

LOVE this series

Hypnotizing dishes!!mouthwatering! I love that she says that she hopes the food is “soulful” 📿🙏🏼

Finally Iv been waiting for so long for this

Wonderful cuisine - recipes, please !!!! And so labour-intensive, but prepared with a ton of love and respect for the ingredients. Next time I am in NYC I gotta go there ...

@trendthis364

5 ай бұрын

I love her and it's been insane to get RSVP. Been trying for a whole year lol

Great insights into what it is that makes a high quality restaurant work

Love these videos, thanks Eater!

@eater

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

“Am I getting in today?” … “you’re the first person in line”🤣🤣🤣

So inspiring. Thank you.

Restaurant looks very dialed in. Would love to eat there some day. Also, I think they make electric/power parmesan cheese graters.

the Mise En Place is incredible

Its great to see Scott Hyper-focus on the cooking the passion for the craft really comes through, I'll have to stop by maybe see the parm arm tattoos. I am heavily into Italian cuisine as its part of my family and look forward to having some from Your restaurant

Everything they make looks so good!!!

rolled lasagna is my favorite! I love spinach, ricotta and prosciutto as a filling.

A lot of hard work every day at Don Angie's restaurant. They must be exhausted when they are finished for the day. Such dedication. The unique dishes look delicious.

Great video! I’ve never been very big on Lasagna but honestly these guys make it look worth while. 🔥 Then again i’ve never ordered it at a “fancy” restaurant so i just haven’t had good lasagna i think. 🤣

This looks so good!

You all seem like super sweet people. Would absolutely love to try your food someday. I wish you the greatest of success.

Looks fabulous great video

Every dish looks awesome

Finally a mise en place episode😭😭😭

This restaurant has some of the most delicious food i've seen on the internet, and this is coming from someone who has watched a million of these restaurant videos lol. Incredible!

They are hard working people. This is why they are successful. Owners putting in work. Great job. I need to learn from u!.

I'd die happy after a big bowl of that salad

I would love to watch more of these videos that was great

Love it and hopefully one day I’ll get to eat that heavenly looking food

The Parm coverage on that salad is dope

All of those dishes look absolutely delicious, oh, and that lasagna! 😋

Mmm, def added to the Going To list and lots of good ideas to riff off of. I like that green olive and crouton dish.

@DoctorMcHerp

5 ай бұрын

Good luck with getting a table, man. They've been booked out constantly for years.

Not only fresh pasta tastes amazing. It's also fun to make from scratch.

@sukibisbotka

5 ай бұрын

ok

The boxed pasta is almost certainly for family meal efficacy and speed due to the amount of prep they have to do during the day. You guys need to relax 😂

Gotta love that they spray Pam on the Lasagna pasta sheets..

Oh my, everything looks so delicious 😋

Love these 2

that lasagna looks incredible, the prep work there is insane.

@EricBarbman

5 ай бұрын

No.

Okay this place needs to be a destination on everyone’s next trip.

Their pasta dough looks incredible. Need to learn how to make mine that well. Think mine is usually a little too hydrated.

So many delicious dishes! Yum!

The amount of cheese used here makes me veryyyy happy!

"Each and every one of our pastas are handmade"…… yea but at 0:09 I see those boxes of De Cecco stacked in the back😂😂

@iancharless

5 ай бұрын

that's for staff meal. The restaurant I work at has many things in dry storage, the freezer and walk-in fridge that have never been our menu either. We have tyson frozen chicken tenders for god sakes. I work in a high end restaurant. We love chicken tenders at the end of a long shift

@dathunderman4

5 ай бұрын

@@iancharlesspretty whack that you’re working at a restaurant and they want to feed you Tyson chicken nuggets of all things

@laerwen

5 ай бұрын

@@dathunderman4 So who is gonna cater an entire meal on top of the work they already do then? People who work in the food industry often don't eat well.

@absoluteego

Ай бұрын

i worked there. it''s not for the staff meal. we supplemented the fresh pasta with dry when needed. @@iancharless

@Dreyno

Ай бұрын

Probably meant their fresh pasta. Dried pasta is completely different and most Italians buy it rather than make it. It’s like comparing long grain rice to risotto rice.

I would love this catered for my wedding .

This looks delicious, I hope I get to eat there one day.

"whats unique about this restaurant is that every pasta is handmade" as you see tons of de cecco pasta boxes in the background lol

I want to go there now 🤤

what a wholesome video

Amazing restaurant, I can't wait to visit

if a person from italia especially from bologna sees how they prepare the bolognese sauce he ll have a head stroke almost instantly

@Coco-zu9ob

Ай бұрын

Same with that bechamel sauce.

Shout out to Chef Denver. You don't hear about that enough. From Panda to a starred kitchen? Damn!

OMG! If I ever get back to NYC, I'm coming to eat.

"...every single one of our pastas... is hand made" -- and in the background they have many boxes De Cecco pre-made pasta on top of the shelf.

@laerwen

5 ай бұрын

Is it on their menu?

If you can, try making your own lasagna pasta. It's heavenly.

did anyone else see the De Cecco dried pasta on the shelf???

chef really solve the problem for crispy lasagna

Looks great

Lots of cooking tips here. Small steps but important.

Super likable, down to earth couple. Folks you could feel good about giving your money to

I’m recommending switching vodka sauce used for lobster with a Pilsner beer and keeping salt levels low for the pasta. Nice work on the ricotta filled pasta.

BASICALLY...it looks delicious

Well done boys

"We make all of our own pasta." Said in front of dozens of boxes of Birilla on the speed rack behind him.

@laerwen

5 ай бұрын

More like one dozen. Is a restaurant not supposed to have any supplies? You saw those boxes, does that make them liars?

@user-cd4zj2ci2o

4 ай бұрын

Ever consider that they need to feed their crew a family meal??

Why is he putting pam cooking spray directly onto the lasagna.. let alone using it at all

@joeyree22

Ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly! 😮😢 gross! It’s just absolute rubbish and using it in a restaurant feels sacrilegious!

The parm arm reminds me of the Geico commercial

Anyone have tips on getting a RSVP?

Honestly, I would kill for some of that garlic flatbread.

interesting that they say they make all the pasta yet at 4:53 there are tons of boxes of pasta on the rack. 🕵‍♂

Next visit to NY I will eat here!

Love it

Yup got me hungry again and i would like to try some of those dishes. So the parm arm though must be some decent overpriced italian macchina to do that or more restaraunt quality brand food processor or blender for that job since they go through so much.

There is like no other way to do this!

Everything looks amazing, but for some reason (as much as i am a trash compactor), the salad looks wild. lol

👍🏼 delivery under 24 hrs how many states how far could ur business be coordinating deliveries? Knowing ea. state tax rates & IRS codes?

Don Angie has become an institution in NYC. For me this restaurant is much better than Carbone in its on right.

They should change the name to "there is no other way" cause they say that a lot! Seriously though i appreciate the quality and labor that goes into making the best possible dishes. consistently and at quantity. Impressive.

This was nice.

Smart young couple. They will do well .

I like this restaurant. It would please me to eat here one day.

thank you guys for making sure we get to have a taste of heaven before we die.