JOLLIBEE Foods Corp. (JFC) President and CEO Ernesto Tanmantiong on Monday acknowledged the company s workforce as he accepted a management award from one of the country s biggest business groups.
just that s the way it worked out? roy choi: mm-hmm. you know how it goes. anthony: yeah. roy choi: probably one guy showed up. anthony: yeah. roy choi: filipino fast food just behind us. anthony: mm-hmm. roy choi: and then a bunch of riff-raffs in between. anthony: filipinos ought to be very proud of their food. roy choi: mm-hm. anthony: underrepresented. roy choi: i think they re going through kind of what we went through, where the glass hasn t been broken yet to, to translate it but still keep the core and soul of it. but it tastes delicious. anthony: a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain, jollibee s. laugh all you want, but ask any filipino. they love this drive-through mutation for specialties like this fried spam sandwich thing. but it s the desserts where it gets really crazy. anthony: decisions, decisions. roy choi: here we go. uh, we ll take one aloha burger and then one spam little big bite. cashier: all right. anything else?
pakistani and bangladesh food. yeah, oaxaca takes over all of eighth street. anthony: why oaxaca? just that s the way it worked out? roy choi: mm-hm. you know how it goes. anthony: yeah. roy choi: probably one guy showed up. anthony: yeah. roy choi: filipino fast food just behind us. anthony: mm-hm. roy choi: and then a bunch of riff-raffs in between. anthony: filipinos ought to be very proud of their food. roy choi: mm-hm. anthony: underrepresented. roy choi: i think they re going through kind of what we went through, where the glass hasn t been broken yet to, to translate it but still keep the core and soul of it. but it tastes delicious. anthony: a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain, jollibee s. laugh all you want, but ask any filipino. they love this drive-through mutation for specialties like this fried spam sandwich thing. but it s the desserts where it gets really crazy. anthony: decisions, decisions. roy choi: here we go. uh, we l
honestly. that sounds, like totally joy roy choi: that s my life, man. anthony: totally joyless. roy choi: yeah. anthony: uh, what did your parents want you to be when you grew up? roy choi: for me, a doctor or lawyer. anthony: right. you re obviously not a doctor or a lawyer. did you finish college? roy choi: i finished college and i went to one year of law school and i walked out. anthony: right. so, you re a bad korean. roy choi: i m a bad korean. if i was a mediocre accountant, it d be better than being a top chef. anthony: according to who? roy choi: according to korean culture. anthony: right. roy choi: according to korean uncles and aunts. and it s just, it doesn t register that that is a profession. you know? i wouldn t have to explain myself if i just said i was a cpa. anthony: right. roy choi: never. you know, that s, that s, that s weird shit. anthony: i know. you still got some splaining to do. roy choi: still. to just get it acros
roy kim: uh, no. roy choi: yeah. roy kim: well, he still controls the restaurant. roy choi: you just do the work. roy kim: i just do the work. as a korean, he knows. anthony: we start with bonchon, all those delicious little freebie plates of pickles, preserves, kimchi, a spicy squid snack or two. no bonchon? no meal. roy choi: and you know what this restaurant has that a lot of restaurants are going away from? is the, um, is the chair-less rooms. anthony: you don t do the, the feet under? knees forward, feet under? roy choi: oh the, the tea ceremonies. anthony: straight ahead? oh, no can do. roy choi: the seating, yeah. that was punishment for koreans. roy kim: yeah. roy choi: that s, that s a punishment. roy kim: and with the book over your head. roy choi: for hours. anthony: what would a crime be? what got you into that, uh, position? roy choi: yeah, i mean, it could be as, as minimal as a 94 on the test. anthony: korean parents? well, let s just