Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)

No, you see, you don't yell at it anymore. You just say that they suck quietly. Very quietly. That's what you're doing now. You're not in the kitchen going, you suck. You're on The Daily Show going, you suck. I moved to New York City when I was 30 years old from Australia. I was living in Australia at the time.

When I moved here, I was just kind of what struck me about the food in America was that it tasted like shit. Yeah. Like, is that a reason for that? Well, where were you going? I was eating out of toilets most... No, I was like... No, I mean, like, in general, I do feel like there's something in the American psyche that, like, where for most people, the junk food is the norm. Right, right.

When I moved here, I was just kind of what struck me about the food in America was that it tasted like shit. Yeah. Like, is that a reason for that? Well, where were you going? I was eating out of toilets most... No, I was like... No, I mean, like, in general, I do feel like there's something in the American psyche that, like, where for most people, the junk food is the norm. Right, right.

Their idea of nutrition is very skewed and the produce is weird. So I don't know if you... Am I being a stuck-up asshole? Is that something, too?

Their idea of nutrition is very skewed and the produce is weird. So I don't know if you... Am I being a stuck-up asshole? Is that something, too?

So is there a way to overcome that kind of financial access to nutrition? Yeah. No, no, no.

So is there a way to overcome that kind of financial access to nutrition? Yeah. No, no, no.

Okay. So we do eat like shit and there's no way to change this in the near future.

Okay. So we do eat like shit and there's no way to change this in the near future.

You were eating a corporate... I was eating food by the pound at a bodega. I was amazed that Americans eat... When I came here, I was like, oh, New Yorkers are Americans. A lot of chopped cheese for you, huh? Right, and I was like, you know these guys eat food by the pound. They measure it by the pound. No respect for how they cook it. They just dump it up.

You were eating a corporate... I was eating food by the pound at a bodega. I was amazed that Americans eat... When I came here, I was like, oh, New Yorkers are Americans. A lot of chopped cheese for you, huh? Right, and I was like, you know these guys eat food by the pound. They measure it by the pound. No respect for how they cook it. They just dump it up.

No, I agree. I mean, obviously, I've been more educated in American food now. And like I said, but I guess the thing is, I'm on TV. I can go to a restaurant. Well, that's what I'm saying.

No, I agree. I mean, obviously, I've been more educated in American food now. And like I said, but I guess the thing is, I'm on TV. I can go to a restaurant. Well, that's what I'm saying.

I don't know enough about this, and that's why I wanted to ask you about it. From what you're saying, it sounds like the only way people who are less financially successful can eat well is they have to make choices in their life to go, hey, I'm going to buy less iPads, and I'm going to eat. I don't know what the answer is.

I don't know enough about this, and that's why I wanted to ask you about it. From what you're saying, it sounds like the only way people who are less financially successful can eat well is they have to make choices in their life to go, hey, I'm going to buy less iPads, and I'm going to eat. I don't know what the answer is.

Right, right.

Right, right.

Oh, now we have no education. Exactly. It doesn't matter. So nothing matters anyway, I guess. Everyone's going to be dumb and unhealthy. Exactly. How long do you think? Four years? You have about four years before... I mean, you touched upon this just now, but like, is there any, you know, like Eleven Madison, one of the most famous restaurants in the world, and your friend.

Oh, now we have no education. Exactly. It doesn't matter. So nothing matters anyway, I guess. Everyone's going to be dumb and unhealthy. Exactly. How long do you think? Four years? You have about four years before... I mean, you touched upon this just now, but like, is there any, you know, like Eleven Madison, one of the most famous restaurants in the world, and your friend.

Vegan restaurant, yeah. Yeah, it became vegan. And I think they're not just vegan, but they also push sustainability in food and restaurants and commercially. So, I mean, where do you think the future of sustainability, you know, of food in America is going? Do you think it's trending in a good place? Are we in a...