re: The State of Ramen

And Chang is always trying to be polarizing and iconoclastic. It's part of his schtick. There's a great conversation between he, Bourdain, and (I think), Wylie where they're talking about farm to table. And they're just bashing the whole movement and ridiculing the shite out of it. Then they all admit that, of course, they want farm to table ingredients.

So yeah, he's basically a hipster (and I love the guy) who wants to buck whatever the current trend is.