Ming Tsai, you disappoint me
Ming, I watch you on “Top Chef” and you seem so calm, cool and rational (in that David Carradine–I’ll feng shui your house-kind of way)…
I bought your chicken egg rolls at Target today. Okay, I had high hopes for the flavor even though the box was a slight shade away from the blue label generic brand. I even felt excited to watch the egg rolls sizzle away in my toaster oven.
I bit into the flaky crust of the egg roll and the texture and taste seemed nearly perfect. Nearly.
Your judging on “Top Chef” last week was rational and even helpful if a tad on the “Father Knows Best” side.
It’s the PEPPER. The freakin’ pepper! You don’t put that much pepper in eggrolls. I don’t care if you need to spice up those Target brand eggrolls for the average layperson. The chicken, those vermicelli noodles, and every other ingredient seemed okay. The eggrolls weren’t even overly salty (which is a tough trick to pull with frozen). And how about throwing in some better Asian flavors? You admit on the packaging that you used hoisin sauce although I tasted nary a drop of it through all that peppery madness. Game over, dude.
Man, as Lois says to Jack in “Forget Paris” you are “just short of greatness.” That’s right, Ming, you and your Target line cookware are just short of greatness. It kills me…
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January 11th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
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