THE I CHANG From: New York | Date: January 22, 2007| Author: Raisfeld, Robin; Patronite, Rob | Copyright New York Magazine Holdings LLC Jan 22-Jan 29, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The radical chef David Chang became an unlikely superstar making strange, cheap, and mesmerizing food at Momofuku Noodle Bar. But with his new project (Asian burritos!) off to a slow start, the willful iconoclast faces an unpalatable choice: stay culty and small or compromise and bring in the masses.

DAVID CHANG HAS NOTHING AGAINST VEGETARIANS. He just doesn't like to cook for them.

That much is made clear on the menu of his East Village restaurant Momofuku Noodle Bar, which off...

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