Netflix’s Ugly Delicious: A web series for foodies and cinephiles

Chef David Chang travels around the world tasting food from different cultures.

watch online streaming Netflix’s Ugly Delicious a critical appreciation of food, a social commentary, a travel documentary – Netflix’s Ugly Delicious is all these things rolled into one visual treat. Featuring the renowned chef David Chang, the series consists of two seasons. The first season had eight episodes and the Netflix’s Ugly Delicious second one, which premiered in March this year, has only four. These episodes have a runtime of around an hour each.

Ugly Delicious is a non-fiction original series on Netflix combining travel, cooking, and history. Each episode highlights one dish or concept, and explores how it is made in different regions and how it evolves. The first season premiered on February 23, 2018 with host David Chang.

ugly delicious season 2

• Starring: David Chang; Peter Meehan; Aziz An…
• Producer(s): Morgan Neville; David Chang; Ed…
• Original network: Netflix
• Seasons: 2 (2018, 2020)
• Presented by: David Chang
• Genres: Documentary

Netflix’s Ugly Delicious On November 22, 2018, it was renewed for a second season., which premiered on March 6, 2020

Netflix’s Ugly Delicious Each episode examines the cultural, sociological, and culinary history of a specific popular food. Chang challenges and explores the attitudes in each dish’s lore. Mike Hale wrote in his review for The New York Times that Ugly Delicious is “an extended television essay, in the form of free-associative, globe-trotting conversations about food and culture.”

David Chang

I (David Chang) had always been a foodie and would frequently watch anything featuring Gordon Ramsay. At one point, I was quite taken with the English food writer and chef Nigella Lawson. Jamie Oliver was another chef I was fond of watching on TV. And while growing up, my mother would often sit and watch multiple episodes of The Tarla Dalal Show. But David Chang is young (he’s only 42) and while I would sometimes see his name in several articles, I never bothered to look him up. Not until I binge-watched his Netflix series, Ugly Delicious.

At a fairly young age, he has become one of the most renowned names of the culinary world. He has numerous awards to his credit and owns a path-breaking two-Michelin star restaurant by the name of Momofuku Ko in New York. Chang has several other fine dining restaurants spread across Australia, America and Canada. Not only this, the man is a food writer and a curious, inquisitive, knowledge-hungry individual, which only makes him that much more attractive. A Korean-American, Chang demonstrates, through the several hours of Ugly Delicious, how open he is to new ideas and cultures, and I don’t mean that only in terms of food.

Hilarious and soft-spoken (but loud and firm when he needs to be), Chang comes across as a grounded, humble man who is aware of and takes pride in his traditions. And this very traditionalism takes a backseat when he is talking to someone whose rich history and past he knows nothing of. And when that happens, he becomes this liberal, questioning figure of the food world. It is this dichotomy of his personality that the show brings out wonderfully.

Netflix’s Ugly Delicious How it works

Every episode focuses on one dish or cuisine from a specific culture. From thereon, experts and other writers, including a few well-known artistes, discuss and dissect the possibilities of a potential food revolution. The result is an immersive, one-of-a-kind visual experience.

Netflix’s Ugly Delicious The filmmaking

By now, it must have become clear that Ugly Delicious is not your average food show. Because experiencing the delicacies through film and still making it seem so stunning is a difficult act to balance. However, the makers did an excellent job of hiring a talented cinematographer and editor. Each episode tells its own story with compelling graphics and lovely visuals of cities across the world — China, Japan, India, Italy. The list is endless.

Netflix Ugly Delicious Season 2 Review

Terrible Delicious is a culinary docuseries that adequately utilizes nourishment as a vehicle to discuss culture. It’s an absolute necessity watch for anybody inspired by food.

Netflix Ugly Delicious Season 2 Release Date

Ugly Delicious Season 2 premieres March 6, 2020, on Netflix