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Mad Food

Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro

Comedic food talk covering restaurants, cooking, eating habits, hospitality, and even some respectful interviews with big name chefs, celebrities, and regular schnooks hosted by Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro (the team formerly of Air Jordan: A Food Podcast). Straight outta Los Angeles, but covering the entire mad food world.

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  • 31 episodes
  • a few times a week
  • Avg 47 min
  • English

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  • Today · 50 min

    An Inhospitable Ranch Rant & Was The Venice Seafood Schlep Worth It?

    Jordan asks Max for a reality check and wonders if he's entitled after a recent experience at a pizzeria featuring not enough ranch dressing, an ornery owner, and Diet Coke corkage that may explain it all. Then, the boys talk their recent meal at San Damian, the highly acclaimed Abbot Kinney Mexican seafood restaurant that demands all the salsas, better lighting, and less pineapple.

  • Wednesday · 44 min

    Q&A: Dining Companion Pros & Cons, Paris Confusion, The Future, LA Times 101, Brentwood Issues, What's Scungilli and is Cereal Soup?

    Jordan and Max answer audience questions covering MaisonSota in Paris, looking five years into LA's dining future, what cuisine Max would love to learn, sous vide chicken directions, Uncle Pints vs. Lasker, why can't Brentwood have nice things, New Jersey seafood, a Venice schlep decision, the creepy daughter question, LA Times 101 is coming, and a Max fit check.

  • September 25 · 45 min

    Q&A: LA Times Right & Weird on Lielle, Bad Sushi, Storing Booze, Illegal Ingredients, The Zoom Episode, Tokyo Talk

    Jordan and Max answer audiences questions covering SoFi Stadium suite life, Jordan's son's dessert beating all Yom Kippur contenders, grocery store sushi, Mexico City plans, Max's weird storage issue, LA sesame dishes and the "Jordanador," Highland Park chewing, smuggling horse and birds, Tokyo love & hate, the LA Times got Lielle right but butter wrong, and most people thought the Zoom episode actually sounded great, leading Jordo down a dark path.

  • September 23 · 47 min

    Sora Craft Kitchen, Carmel California Eats, More Pod Tension

    Jordan went to Sora Craft Kitchen for the first time and breaks it all down for Max, who was in Carmel with KB eating and drinking during a wedding weekend, and the fellas had to Zoom record this one, which pissed off one of them. Plus, notes for all navigation systems, an aphrodisiac town, and the future of Mad Food may be in peril after this one.

  • September 19 · 1 hr 6 min

    BJ Novak on Vegas, Catalina, Membership Clubs, Cereal, and Chain's New Mall Food Court

    The fellas talk their recent time together in Las Vegas, LA Indian food options, Max possibly being a white devil, the famous punim effect, more Japanese vs. American toilet debating, Rick Caruso dream projects, consuming inside yurts, Jordan's Michael Jackson story, maybe there is pod tension, and all the new menu items at Chain's Westfield Topanga pop-up.

  • September 16 · 38 min

    A Tale of The Chubby

    Jordan recounts a hellish caloric day where the daughter had a birthday party, his GLP-1 wore off, and way too much sushi, pizza, candy, and cake was in sight. Plus, marone vs. madone, Max finally ate a Dubai bar but never goes full chubby, disappointed nurses, and way too many pills.

  • September 9 · 42 min

    Overrated Dishes, Reservation Platforms, San Diego, Pod Tension

    The Q&A returns with Bar Sawa vs. Shunji, homemade ice cream thoughts, Pizzeria Sei bar pies and NY slices, a Catalina discussion, an Israel trip, Alphabet in the Palisades, movie theater soda drinking, a diabolical FMK, Rosh Hashanah meal highlights, 3 Michelin Star bug rules, and are Jordan and Max feeling tension?

  • September 5 · 48 min

    Q&A: The Infatuation Problem, Server Green & Red Flags, The Bel Air Hotel Heist, Parenting Advice

    Jordan and Max answer audience questions covering Enclos, what pairs best with ramen, fish bloodline thoughts, wine bags, DTLA's possible return, Saint James Iced Tea vindication, paying for bread baskets, dropping the check speed, real estate rivals, waiter behavior, more bidet talk, an ungodly pour of scotch, and the good, the bad, and the ugly of Infatuation LA's recent work.

  • September 2 · 57 min

    Michael Cimarusti's 3 Michelin Star Life, Seafood Thoughts, Mount Rushmore Status, and LA Chef Conference

    This year's LA Chef Conference will feature Providence's Michael Cimarusti and Jordo is participating again with a shrimpy collab to feast on, so the Mad Food fellas travel to Hancock Park to talk kitchen leadership, hot vs. cold lobster rolls, clam bellies vs. strips, Michelin ketchup and cocktail sauce, disrespectful nicknames, love for Max, throwing Jordo a bone, the worst and most difficult fish to cook, Michael's at home eating, and reaching and maintaining mountaintop status. Purchase tickets to LA Chef Conference (October 5th) to hear Michael speak and taste Jordan's newest shrimp creation with Santa Monica Seafood ⁠HERE

  • August 29 · 47 min

    Alice Waters’ LULU?, Japanese Toilets, The Dark Triad Returns, LA French Food

    Is Jordan the Joe Pesci of the show? Are toilets with bidets and seat warmers better? Is Max officially a Dark Triad after a text with the all-star formerly known as Netflix Andy? Plus, what's the Pasjoli schlep meter, will Max start shooting up with Reta, and is the closest thing to an Alice Waters restaurant in LA any good?

  • August 26 · 35 min

    Best New LA Omakase & 20 Years of Addison Partying

    Sushi Nakazawa has landed on Robertson, and the boys saddled up to the bar for a Michelin level night of service, "the best sake list in America," wild glassware for the pours, and the only question was: would Jordan be challenged or is it pure pleasure? But first, Max headed down to Del Mar with Hector to celebrate Addison's two decade anniversary and reports on the rice and egg and food media stink eye scene.

  • August 22 · 50 min

    LA Chef Mount Rushmore, Menu Red Flags, Fast Food Rankings, Japanese Home Cooking

    And more Q&A covering French food in LA and the new old name on the scene, everyone calm down about ai, Jordo watered the head without Max and has no sense of fashion, Not No Bar rambunctiousness, Westlake Village food crawl with PHD’s wallet, Benjamin x Chubby Fish, a bad nickname idea, the Leopardo space will be filled soon probably, a rare restaurant Jordan thinks Max would like, the Culver’s order, red Burgundy advice by Bubbles, hanging with food writers, Summer treats to beat the heat, the most famous chef isn’t even known for LA roots for some reason, and did Max lie about peeing in a Vegas pool?

  • August 19 · 44 min

    Q&A: Chain's Mall Era, Guilty Pleasures, Matū Kai Steak Frites, Summer Restaurants and More

    Max's secret from his recent San Francisco trip is exposed, LA restaurants that are making the best of Summer ingredients, a short farmer's market report, Mei Lin and more at Chain's new mall pop-up, Vin Folk's tasting menu, 80s music, bad restaurants to enjoy, living in Venice, Jordo's comfort food, "annihilating" podcasters Jonah Hill style, Saint James instructions, reservation apps, Sphere talk, more hot dog toppings, and the best new dish at Matū Kai is probably going away.

  • August 5 · 37 min

    What Dish Should Jordan Serve?

    He's back serving a dish at LA Chef Conference on October 5th with his friends from Santa Monica Seafood, and has three concepts he pitches to Max for feedback and to help him land on the one that's going to get it done. And if you'd like to taste Jordo's dish and attend LA Chef Conference, you can purchase tickets here.

  • August 1 · 1 hr 4 min

    Contramar, COTE, Nowhere & Celestial in Las Vegas

    The boys travelled to the city of sin for a food, booze, spa, and goblin fueled vacation, reviewing the airline, hotel, spa, restaurants, and bar where it all went down. And this was only day one.

  • July 29 · 52 min

    Q&A: New Restaurant Openings, Top 5 Peking Ducks, Dinner Party Tips, Taco Bell Lettuce, Omakase Etiquette, Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero

    Max gives farmer's market arrival advice and has to suck it up when it comes to everything, a new LA pizza force of a neighborhood, dinner party planning tips, Jordo's Taco Bell lettuce feelings and restaurant bathrooms, kid friendly spots, a Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero talk, tipping, Nancy Silverton being spread too thin, top 5 peking ducks, and what really makes a successful restaurant if it isn't the food?

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