Aziz Ansari Talks About the Best Pasta He Ever Ate and His Feelings on the Word “Foodie”

Ariel Knutson
Ariel Knutson
Arie was the Features Director at Kitchn. She lives in Los Angeles.
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published Nov 18, 2015
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If you’re like me, you probably raced through Netflix’s new TV show “Master of None” and are probably fraught over the idea of having to wait for an (unconfirmed) second season. It’s not fair! The show is so good!

Well, lucky for you, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, creators of “Master of None,” went to Reddit to answer some of your burning questions about season one. As you might have guessed, food was a hot topic.

Ansari notes in the Reddit AMA last week that his favorite pasta dish is from Rome, and that his favorite NYC restaurants right now include Santina, Great NY Noodletown, Lupa, and Uncle Boon’s. He also isn’t a fan of the word “foodie,” because “any reasonable person I know puts thought into where they eat a meal, no one is just like ‘FOOD!’ and goes into a random place.” Well said.

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