but is it? bondi: what is the rest of the country? i don t know, but it s that place where they all leave and come here. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la bondi: i can go to the desert, but i am not going to get there by accident. but that s part of the whole experience of the desert is that you know, it ain t friendly, it ain t nice, it ain t good, you know? you re, you re out here, you know, a half a mile. it doesn t matter if you re a half a mile out or you re 20 miles out. you know, there s no reason to walk a mile further, because you re already in infinite desolation. sin city was true, it was real. part of moving out here was you were never going to see the family again. i mean, that was it. i m moving to vegas and you ain t coming to see me and i ain t
and in disaster zones. can you tell me what s happening in here? yeah. i don t even know what s happening in here. i lost control of this kitchen many years ago. katty laughs. hi, guys. don t be shy. hi, chefs. when somebody takes a bite of food. ..in a jose andres restaurant, what do you want them to experience? mm hm. well, listen. um. ..restaurants are. ..without a doubt, just part of the ecosystem of. ..of cities, of the countryside. they are like oases in the middle of. ..of the beauty of the mountains, or. but a restaurant is a place of comfort. i mean, the word has many origins, but one of them will be from restore or restoration . you went to the restaurant to restore yourself. mm. sometimes physically, emotionally, spiritually. in the old days, the monks. and i believe, in a certain way, restaurants are that, still today. so when they come to my restaurant, i want to.i want to make sure people come to a place they feel like a home. but also you feel like you have
they are like oases in the middle of. ..of the beauty of the mountains, or. but a restaurant is a place of comfort. i mean, the word has many origins, but one of them will be from restore or restoration . you went to the restaurant to restore yourself. mm. sometimes physically, emotionally, spiritually. in the old days, the monks. and i believe, in a certain way, restaurants are that, still today. so when they come to my restaurant, i want to.i want to make sure people come to a place they feel like a home. but also you feel like you have a responsibility not only just to have food that is good and people will enjoy, but the ones that want to engage with you, it s a way to learn more about something. i always say that i don t open restaurants, i tell stories. every one of my restaurants, in a way, is a story. mm hm. and when they eat. ..i want them to have the best possible time, but sometimes, if they only are used to fill their physical needs, its fine. but we are always
in the middle of. ..of the beauty of the mountains, or. but a restaurant is a place of comfort. i mean, the word has many origins, but one of them will be from restore or restoration . you went to the restaurant to restore yourself. mm. sometimes physically, emotionally, spiritually. in the old days, the monks. and i believe, in a certain way, restaurants are that, still today. so when they come to my restaurant, i want to.i want to make sure people come to a place they feel like a home. but also you feel like you have a responsibility not only just to have food that is good and people will enjoy, but the ones that want to engage with you, it s a way to learn more about something. i always say that i don t open restaurants, i tell stories. every one of my restaurants, in a way, is a story. mm hm. and when they eat. ..i want them to have the best possible time, but sometimes, if they only are used to fill their physical needs, it s fine. but we are always going to be there
one of our roles here has always been to take away excess money from people who don t know what to do with it, who can t think of a better idea about how to spend their money. in the old days, the mechanism for doing that was you would throw it on a table. put that into the context of throwing away a bottle of 7-up in a club, that s only just we re slightly more honest about it. if you re talking crass commercialism in the very best sense of the word, this is it. is this the cultural center of the country? we may not want to think it is, but is it? what is the rest of the country? i don t know. but it s that place where they all leave and come here. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha what i can go to the desert, but i am not going to get there by accident. but that s part of the whole experience of the desert is that it ain t