01-28-2022, 11:49 PM
Binged through to e8. I concur with Doc Yeti - quiet show, interesting characters.
It reminds me of ratatouille only with the cartoon rats. Each ep revels in some simple dish, and the character have epiphanies connected with these comfort foods, just like the scene in ratatouille where the food critic tries some an all these memories from childhood come flooding back - only Midnight Diner achieves the same emotional punch in less than 25 mins.
It’s all so heartfelt and poignant - simple foods, simple stories - each one feels like a tale that could easily have been overdeveloped into a feature film, but the elegance and brevity here is the power behind what makes these work. Tight writing, humorous and surprising (didn’t see the porn star ep coming and never would’ve guessed where that story was going but it delivered in the end).
Perhaps I can identify with this because I was raised with a lot of these dishes. Butter rice, ya miso a with fried egg, potato salad… I remember right well but haven’t enjoyed them in years (feckin diabetes). I remember visiting Hawaii every summer as a kid and having sushi long before it became a mainstay in the mainland. I didn’t care for it as a kid but my gramps would always take me and my mom out for a crazy expensive sushi binge which I didn’t appreciate until I was much older. When it started coming tithe US, I was like ‘srsly?’
Comfort food. Comfort stories. It’s all so sweet and savory.
I also like how it’s so critical of dishes being too salty.
There are some nice shots of Shinjuku. It’s making me wonder if I’ll ever get to Japan. Been through Narita airport otw to PRC and had some surreal experiences there. Missed the opportunity to visit my cousin and a good friend when they lived there for a few years.
This show is hitting just the right spot for me right now.
It reminds me of ratatouille only with the cartoon rats. Each ep revels in some simple dish, and the character have epiphanies connected with these comfort foods, just like the scene in ratatouille where the food critic tries some an all these memories from childhood come flooding back - only Midnight Diner achieves the same emotional punch in less than 25 mins.
It’s all so heartfelt and poignant - simple foods, simple stories - each one feels like a tale that could easily have been overdeveloped into a feature film, but the elegance and brevity here is the power behind what makes these work. Tight writing, humorous and surprising (didn’t see the porn star ep coming and never would’ve guessed where that story was going but it delivered in the end).
Perhaps I can identify with this because I was raised with a lot of these dishes. Butter rice, ya miso a with fried egg, potato salad… I remember right well but haven’t enjoyed them in years (feckin diabetes). I remember visiting Hawaii every summer as a kid and having sushi long before it became a mainstay in the mainland. I didn’t care for it as a kid but my gramps would always take me and my mom out for a crazy expensive sushi binge which I didn’t appreciate until I was much older. When it started coming tithe US, I was like ‘srsly?’
Comfort food. Comfort stories. It’s all so sweet and savory.
I also like how it’s so critical of dishes being too salty.
There are some nice shots of Shinjuku. It’s making me wonder if I’ll ever get to Japan. Been through Narita airport otw to PRC and had some surreal experiences there. Missed the opportunity to visit my cousin and a good friend when they lived there for a few years.
This show is hitting just the right spot for me right now.
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