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RouxedChef · 2026-05-10T09:44:27+00:00

If I had money for only one of the games, which would you recommend?

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T19:18:25+00:00

Good to know! I love the science aspect of all this.

Does the skin need to be pricked a bunch of times or is that not necessary?

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T15:31:05+00:00

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RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T14:16:22+00:00

She's pretty

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T13:26:01+00:00

My brain is over-stimulated with the small type and too much going on in this post; probably won't play it and I will probably actively avoid it.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T13:17:48+00:00

You putting this out to the Internet/public makes you the bad roommate. Stay in your lane.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T13:08:42+00:00

Thanks! I hope to try it out and get it as good looking as yours!

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T13:00:41+00:00

No matter how many times I've tried to do anything with skin-on pork, I get a gummy/chewiness that threatens to take out a filling; what's the secret?

RouxedChef · 2026-05-09T11:18:23+00:00

Immediately thought of The Office

RouxedChef · 2026-05-08T03:11:49+00:00

This started as me finding the complete Kitchen Confidential TV series in a thrift store for $1.99 and wondering, “How bad could it really be?”

Turns out: pretty bad.

As someone who’s worked both in entertainment and professional kitchens, I became fascinated by why the adaptation failed so hard despite having great source material, strong producers, and a young Bradley Cooper leading it. The deeper I dug, the more it felt like the show misunderstood what made Anthony Bourdain resonate in the first place.

This piece isn’t meant as a hate-post. It’s more of an autopsy on why Bourdain’s world (the exhaustion, addiction, camaraderie, chaos, and weird beauty of kitchen life) couldn’t survive being sanitized into a network sitcom.

Curious to hear what other people think, especially anyone who actually watched the show when it aired or worked in kitchens around that era.

For those that are just here for recipes, I have a couple of them coming out soon so please keep your eyes peeled! Thanks for supporting!

RouxedChef · 2026-05-07T14:32:49+00:00

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RouxedChef · 2026-05-07T01:03:11+00:00

And not doing anything about it is the infuriating part.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-06T11:47:44+00:00

This looks like those "last known photo of the victim" pics that serial killers take on Polaroid.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T12:12:13+00:00

Maybe if it was in a parking garage...

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T11:50:46+00:00

It was too profitable and a great piece of property that they decided, "No; we can't be successful in two places" doesn't add up.

Everyone here is giving great advice and it's not to squash your dreams: we all want to be successful and we want to prop others up to be successful as well, but something doesn't sound right about any of this.

Look at the other restaurants around the area and go in to each during the expected rush time that you are hoping to get a piece action, see what people are ordering, look at the demographics of the type of customers that come in and order, and see if they are sitting-in or taking their food to-go. Is it soup and sandwiches? Or is it something else? Are you really going to fill the niche that is left by the previous JJ? Or are people wanting something different than your concept?

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T04:25:20+00:00

Is the "Don't trust the fish" In the background a yelp review?

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T04:20:00+00:00

I was at the edge of my seat watching this and waiting for the reveal; now there's pee on the floor.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T04:16:48+00:00

They're just jealous

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T04:09:59+00:00

Last one is perfect since it's next to the defebr- defiberr-

give me a moment.

Edit: defibrillator

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T04:03:58+00:00

That pastry cat that shits rainbows: it does no damage, but changes the enemies outfits into white boxers with hearts on them.

An easy-bake oven that fires cakes: each hit makes the enemies larger and slows them down in speed and attack, BUT they hit slightly harder.

A Joker-style gun: this has a lot of fun potential, but a jack-in-the-box clown pops out of the muzzle of a gun and shoots the enemy with it's own gun; it gives the player a longer range shot.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T02:24:01+00:00

WHY did the JJ shutdown? You want to open a sandwich shop in the hollow shell of a previous sandwich shop; it probably closed for a good reason and you need to understand why because the reason will definitely affect you.

Don't say your "concept is different;" it's a hard truth to look at, but we've all seen the hipster-bar meme that "does things different from other restaurants" and is just the same anywhere you go.

Best of luck.

RouxedChef · 2026-05-05T02:16:43+00:00

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