❮ Ugly Delicious
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Feb 23, 2018
Metascore
Generally Favorable
77
User score
Mixed or Average
6.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80% Positive
4 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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Feb 23, 2018
100
Ugly Delicious is informative, entertaining, and enriching, and I can’t recommend it more highly.
Feb 23, 2018
91
Neville’s multidisciplinary approach to storytelling matches Chang’s break-all-the-rules mentality. Each episode careens through a number of different styles, including talking heads, cinéma vérité, drunken conversations shot on a phone, illustrations, animation, sitcom spoofs, and even a mock political debate, in which the opposing parties argue over which culture’s dumplings reign supreme. The flexible approach makes for a kinetic, humorous, and entertaining viewing experience.
User score
Mixed or Average
58% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
37% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Mar 18, 2018
10
I wasn't able to watch a single episode without needing to drive as far as necessary to find a meal similar to what was covered. This is less a cooking show and more of a series of history and sociology lessons surrounding amazing, and often overlooked, food choices. The taco episode may be my favorite episode of food related television I have ever seen. Amazing. Watch it.
Mar 3, 2018
10
Ugly Delicious is a great show that really thinks about food as the endlessly moving target that it is. It's constantly surprising, occasionally exhausting, and genuinely interesting. What becomes very clear when watching it, is that David Chang and Peter Meehan really have something to say and that Morgan Neville was the right person to help them show it. Hard to pick a favorite episode, though the show about tacos was pretty epic. Loved it.
Feb 23, 2018
80
A wholly captivating tour exhaustive in its detail, which may or may not leave us with a deeper understanding of who we are, or of other cultures, though it’s likely to induce intense cravings to eat.
Feb 23, 2018
70
It’s well worth the occasional eye-roll or moment of frustration to spend these eight episodes exploring the landscape of “ugly” American foods with David Chang and Peter Meehan. It’s often fun, and sometimes something much more.
Feb 23, 2018
50
The visual curlicues and the attempts to impose a larger thematic structure and narrative--there’s an awful lot of tired talk about how food tells stories--don’t hide the reality that there isn’t a whole lot new or surprising about Ugly Delicious. (The exception: the openness with which it discusses racism as a fundamental force in culinary culture.
Mar 15, 2018
9
I love this show both for the food and its willingness to explore the culture and politics around it. And also explore how we influence each other with the things we cook, so that in a way, food becomes a part of a shared understanding, and the way we reach out to one another. I hope there are more seasons! And loving the cameos - as a fan of both David Simon and Gillian Anderson, it was so cool to see them in the fried chicken episode.
Jun 16, 2018
3
I started to like it until I got to Fried Rice and the constant rant against white people, Wow...give it a break people"
Jul 25, 2018
0
This show started so good. The first episode was fantastic, but about 2/3 of the way through the second episode it got political and ruined it for me. Why couldn't they just make a documentary about food without bringing politics into it? They said here's a documentary about food and white guilt. Netflix is really starting to piss me.
Apr 30, 2018
0
I was really excited when I heard about the series but was quickly disappointed when I started watching it. It reminds me of watching those old off channel cooking shows. I'll stick to TV Food and Cooking Network.
Apr 5, 2018
0
The only thing ugly about this show is the host David Chang who while trying to get the audience to be more accepting of different cultures is completely racist himself.
