Baohaus is Open, Natashia is Gay Again & We Can't Be Poly

Summary

Canal Street Dreams – Episode Summary

Episode: Baohaus is Open, Natashia is Gay Again & We Can't Be Poly
Date: March 17, 2026
Hosts: Eddie Huang & Natashia Perrotti

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Episode Overview

In this lively and personal episode, Eddie and Natashia record from their newly opened Bauhaus restaurant. They unpack Bauhaus’s reopening week, share thoughts about sexual identity and celebrity crushes, and reflect on their relationship boundaries (and why polyamory just won’t work for them). The conversation twists through queer awakenings, parenting philosophies, literary preferences, restaurant gossip, and the wild energy of the downtown New York creative scene.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Natashia’s (Re)Queer Awakening & Celebrity Crushes

[00:00–06:27]

• Natashia confesses a “fat crush” on rising musician Julia Wolf, attributing her latest "being gay again" moment to Julia’s music and vibe.
• Describes Julia Wolf’s appeal: “She’s just, like, a dark…long dark hair, she’s a little emo…she likes Twilight…it’s really cute…she has a masculine energy, which I actually really like.” (Natashia, 00:48–01:34)
• Reflects on how queer identity—and being bisexual—has changed over time. Natashia identifies as pansexual, saying, “I'm definitely like pansexual. I don't care. I'm into everything.” (B, 06:06–06:10)
• Extended, playful riff on “walk sexual” vs. “pansexual.”

2. Handle & Identity: NYC vs. The World

[02:49–04:15]

• Eddie and Natashia riff on the unique pride of New Yorkers putting “nyc” in their Instagram handles, something nobody else does for their city:
  “It’s only New York and Miami. Nobody’s shouting out Boston in their handle.” (A & B, 03:34–04:06)

3. Relationship Dynamics & Polyamory Fantasies

[06:27–10:22]

• Natashia’s “polyamorous” fantasy sparked by the 2012 movie Savages: “My dream in life to just have, like, two boys…want to make out with me.” (B, 07:01–07:15)
• Both agree open/poly relationships wouldn’t work for them:
  “I would beat the out of you…whoever I’m with, like, no.” (B, 09:16–09:27)
  “For three minutes I was like, fuck, man, do I have to deal with Natashia being gay? Then I was like, nothing’s changing, it’s fine.” (A, 09:37–09:59)
• The “crushes” are playful, not actionable, and the “one-way street” dynamic (Natashia can share her crushes, but Eddie can’t):
  “It doesn't go both ways. This is a one way street.” (A, 10:25–10:28)

4. Queer Literary Obsessions

[10:48–14:24]

• Discussing the book Big Swiss and female writers who portray “despicable women,” including Jen Beagin, Otessa Moshfegh, Miranda July, and Emma Cline.
• Memorable exchange:
  “Once a lesbian, always a lesbian.” (Jen Beagin, as quoted by Eddie, 11:34)
• Both appreciate books centering on the “dirty, messy, unkept parts of self,” celebrating female writers who “write about kind of, like, despicable women.”

5. The Bauhaus Opening: Community & Music

[23:27–25:29]

• Bauhaus reopening felt like a big New York creative reunion.
• Significant moment: playing the Phil Collins x Dame Dash x Brucie B hip hop remix at the party:
  “When the drums dropped, it was like, eruption!...People knew what time it was.” (A, 24:34–25:27)
• Music’s role in setting the vibe and building community: “Of all the art forms, music is the one that inspires me the most.” (A, 24:34–25:27)

6. Restaurant Life: Allergens, Alcohol, Food Innovations

[16:47–22:31; 35:41–37:10]

• On peanut allergies and why Bauhaus can never be peanut-free.
• Alcohol program: sticking to wine and beer to keep the vibe elegant, intentionally forgoing a cocktail license to avoid wild party energy.
  “Chinese food, I do think…wine is a really nice, like, take the edge off thing here.” (A, 18:22–19:06)
  “I don’t want dudes having Long Island iced teas puking in a tree.” (A, 19:44–19:52)
• Innovative kitchen moments: accidental creation of a new halibut dish when a chef used the wrong sauce—an example of “failing up”:
  “He fully was firing it with mumbo sauce…that ended up being even better!” (A & B, 36:13–36:28)

7. Parenthood & Reflections on Upbringing

[28:21–30:15]

• Parenting their son Senna—hopes he’ll look back and appreciate the ups and downs.
• “Kid’s talent is having notes about you. That’s what they do.” (A, 29:10–29:14)
• Both hosts reflect on their own childhoods, the inevitability of passing some trauma along, and accept their imperfections as parents.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Natashia on Julia Wolf:
  “I have a big girl crush on her…she just, like, kind of has a masculine energy, which typically with girls, I always go super feminine.” (B, 01:15–01:34)

• Eddie on New York pride:
  “I feel like people have been sleeping on New York for like, the last five, six years…it’s only New York and Miami.” (A, 03:21–03:53)

• Natashia on Poly Dreams:
  “That’s the thing about all of this that doesn’t work…it’s only a me thing. It’s a me fantasy. Part of it is that the person has to be just like, I love that for you, but not for me.” (B, 09:29–09:37)

• Eddie quoting Jen Beagin:
  “Once a lesbian, always a lesbian.” (A, 11:32–11:34)

• On Restaurant Allergens:
  “If you can’t be in the vicinity of peanuts, you should not be on this block. There’s peanuts everywhere.” (A, 17:38–17:58)

• On Music & Community:
  “This is what we talk about when we talk about downtown New York and community. People knew what time it was.” (A, 25:19–25:27)

• Natashia’s “Type”:
  “My type is…a bird. Penelope Cruz looks like…a hot, exotic toucan…you can’t find that shit. You tell people about it; they’re like, that doesn’t exist because you can’t find it again.” (B, 32:18–32:55)

• On Accidental Kitchen Magic:
  “Sometimes it’s like how somebody invented pizza…he fully was firing it with mumbo sauce, and it was more fire.” (A, 36:13–36:17)

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Selected Timestamps for Important Segments

• Julia Wolf crush & queer identity: 00:17–06:27
• NYC Instagram handle chat: 03:21–04:15
• Polyamory discussion & 'Savages' movie: 06:29–10:22
• Book talk: Big Swiss & despicable women: 10:48–14:24
• Parenting reflections: 28:21–30:15
• Opening night and Phil Collins track moment: 23:27–25:27
• Restaurant’s allergen reality: 16:47–17:58
• Wine vs. liquor license debate: 18:22–22:12
• Kitchen “mumbo sauce” innovation: 35:41–36:28
• Rapid fire “Penelope Cruz” segment: 31:32–33:47

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Tone & Style

The episode’s energy is candid, self-deprecating, quick-witted, and deeply personal, with hosts riffing off each other in a uniquely New York, creative, and slightly chaotic style. Eddie and Natashia strike a balance between banter and insight, making the conversation relatable, even as they dish about the restaurant industry, queer pop culture, and parenting.

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Closing Note

For anyone interested in downtown New York’s creative scene, queer and cultural discourse, or the realities of opening a new restaurant, this episode is both grounding and hilarious. Expect big energy, lots of laughs, and sharp-edged honesty from Eddie and Natashia in their new culinary clubhouse.

Transcript

[A]

Canal Street Dreams. Welcome back. We're in the new studio at Bauhaus just opened this week. We had a wonderful opening, which we're going to get to all the particulars, but I think the most interesting thing that happened this week was Natasha woke up on Sunday and now she's gay again, apparently. How did this happen, babe? Talk to us.

[B]

I. I've been aware of who Julia Wolf is for a while, but then I just started listening. I was like, oh, this is, like, on my list of things to do. And. And Senna was hitting a fat nap because of the time change. And I was like, cool. I went to the gym and I was, like, listening to it and I was like, this is so hot. And then I was, like, looking at her Instagram and I was just like, I'm gay. I was like, this girl is so fine.

[A]

She's fine.

[B]

My type. Down.

[A]

Talk to us about your type. Talk to us about her.

[B]

She's just, like a dark. Like, she has dark features, dark hair, long dark hair.

[A]

She.

[B]

She's like, a little, like, emo. She's sad a little bit.

[A]

Yeah. You like that?

[B]

I like that. She likes Twilight.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

It's, like, really cute.

[A]

Vampire.

[B]

I think it's cute when somebody has, like, a thing that they're so in love with.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And, like, it's just like, kind of to the masses, like, whack.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But then she makes it hot to me.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Just everything about her. I'm, like, really smitten. I, like, I have a big girl crush on her. And she's like. You said something. You were like, she's such a handsome woman. And, like, she is. She just, like, kind of has, like. She's not, like, mask at all, but, like, she has, like, a masculine energy, which typically with girls, I always go super feminine.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, it's. I always like girls that are very, very, very feminine because I feel, like, energetically, I have a bit of a masculine energy. But I really like that about her. I don't know, I'm just, like, very into her.

[A]

She has, like, a distinguished elegance to her. That's not mask. It's just, like, distinguished.

[B]

But I also, like, her music is very, like, Paramore meets Deftones. Like, it's just nostalgic to me, too. Like, I used to listen to Deftones growing up and, like, Paramore and all the. Like, it's just very much this. It, like, pulls at your heartstrings. If you grew up. If you're. If you grew up, if you were born, like, 1990-95. I feel like you grew up in that, like, emo kind of era where, like, all the shows you would go to early on in, like, middle school and high school were these, like. They weren't punk shows. They were like, more emo leaning. And she has that sound but, like, modernized. And she's very just. I don't know, she's like, unapologetic about it.

[A]

Yeah. Her music's on time too. Like, we need that, you know, it's not Portishead, like, you know what I mean? But there's emotions of like, that kind of thing, you know?

[B]

And her emotions are a little young, which I like.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's kind of not taking itself too seriously. It's like, you don't have to have these, like, deep, complex emotions. She's just like, I wish you would call me.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, period.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like that flight facility song, like, crave you. Yeah, I love it. It's just the most basic emotion of, like, I am so sprung for you. And that's the whole song. It doesn't need more than that. But I think my favorite thing about her is that she's Julia Wolf NYC on Instagram. Like, I feel like people have been sleeping on New York for like, the last five, six years, and it's cool to see the younger generation of people back on that. Like, I'm Jacob New York. Or like, I'm Julia Wolfe, nyc.

[B]

You know what's funny is, like, it doesn't happen for any other city. Like, have you ever seen somebody be like, Amanda Smith, Louisiana.

[A]

No.

[B]

Carly. Carly Jones, Dubai. No, it's literally only New York.

[A]

It's only.

[B]

You only get an nyc. I've never seen in la. I've never seen a London. I've never seen like a. Yeah. Scottsdale, Arizona.

[A]

I've seen people do restaurants, like, so and so. Pdx. I'm like, that's corny. No one wants pdx, you know?

[B]

Like, I don't even know what that means. If I saw that, I would be. I think that's like a. A file.

[A]

Yeah. I. With Miami dudes and Miami girls. That'll be like, so and so 305. Like, I do with, you know, Pit. Pitbull, you know, ko. But, like, it's only New York and Miami.

[B]

That's. Yeah, that's actually very true. Like, I've never seen another. Like, no one shouting out Boston in their handle. Like, nobody's like, Natasha Boston.

[A]

No, no. But I do. I do, like, the 305 thing at the NYC thing. And you see mad people now that are just like, yo, I'm so and so New York. I'm like, I need that energy back.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

You know, So I like that about her.

[B]

Julia Wolf, nyc.

[A]

Yeah. So. So she's kind of different. It's not. It's like, it's like a new type for you. It's like a new shorty.

[B]

I mean, I just don't think that I have a type. I think with girls, I was always a little bit more picky with than men because men, like, the bar is just in hell. But it's always just been like, energetic, I guess for me, my typ, like, it's a very like, energetic thing. I think if the energy is there, I'm like into it. But I just like. Yeah, I don't know. I haven't. Obviously we've been together. I haven't been. I haven't like, been looking. I haven't had my eye out for people or like, crushing on anyone. I just feel like. But I. It was funny for this.

[A]

It just hit you.

[B]

No, but I think it was just funny because I was like, oh, my God, I have. I just like texted you and I was like, I have a crush on this girl. Like a fat crush on her.

[A]

It was so funny too because my reaction was like, I just opened a restaurant, now you're gay. Like, but it's cool. There's nothing to do. You're just. It's cool. I'm glad you're gay again.

[B]

I think now. But there since I was like, growing up bi. When I was in like middle school, like, bi was like a fake thing you did for attention. Like, you were. They were like, oh, you like, make out with girls? Hahaha. And it's like, okay. But now there's so many different ways to express. Like, you could be. What is it? Sorry, I'm gonna fuck this up.

[A]

What?

[B]

It's not. There's a word where you're just like,

[A]

I. I like everything LGBTQ and on.

[B]

No, it's.

[A]

Oh my God.

[B]

What is the word? What is the. No, it's not. It's just like, oh my God.

[A]

Pansexual.

[B]

Pansexual.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Where it's just like, you don't have a gender. Pre. There's. There's nothing physically or gender.

[A]

Yeah, I'm walk. Sexual. I just like. You're hot. Steaming.

[B]

I'm definitely like pansexual.

[A]

One walk. You know, I'm just into.

[B]

I don't like, I don't care. I'm into everything.

[A]

See, like, in American, French kitchens, they have, like, the range, the saute station. There's many pans.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Chinese is just a walk. Okay. Just one walk goes on there.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And it gets super hot. And that's. That's your walk. I like, you know, I'm walk, walk sexual.

[B]

I'm not mad at that.

[A]

Just firing the jet burner in there.

[B]

Part of my, like, like, two of my absolute dreams. I'm, like, too selfish for any of this to ever happen because I would never want to be in a poly relationship. But, like, have you ever seen the movie with Blake Lively and Aaron Taylor? Paul. Aaron, Paul Taylor. And, like, I don't know what it's called, but it's two guys, and they're drug dealers, and they're both her boyfriend, and they just, like, she. They make out, and then she makes out with them, and then, like, she's just. Sometimes she's like, I'm gonna go to the mall, and, like, they.

[A]

That just feels like my. Like, she's like, I'm gonna go.

[B]

That's, like, my dream in life to just have, like, two boys that I pick out that want to make out all the time and then, like, want to make out with me. I think it's just the hottest thing in the world. And then also just, like, to have my own girlfriend that, like, isn't your girlfriend.

[A]

It could work too, because it's like, if one dude weed and downers, and one dude sells, like, coke and uppers, then they're on different time. You could actually date two drug dealers

[B]

at the same time. I don't know what they were selling, but they were working together. Like, they were all selling drugs together. What is this movie called?

[A]

I don't.

[B]

Can I look it up?

[A]

Yeah, you would look it up, because it was so.

[B]

It was something, like, so funny. And it was Blake Lively. I saw that movie, and I was like, this is what I need in my life. This is, like, the exact relationship I'm looking for. It's called Savages. Came out in 2012.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Big weed farm. Yeah.

[B]

Yes. And it was Blake Lively. Yeah. With her two drug dealer boyfriends. And then they were dealing with a violent conflict with the ruthless Mexican drug cartel.

[A]

Wow. No CV from Wong's World. I think he shot, like, the trailer and all the BTs for that movie.

[B]

It was so. It was like my sexual awakening. I remember, like, the white boy had dreads, too. And I, like, from Boston, just, like, hadn't seen that.

[A]

It was kind of like, that's an option. Right?

[B]

It was. It was happening on, like, Laguna Beach. Her hair, she had, like, long mermaid hair there. She was making out with her dreadlock boyfriend. And then she had, like, kind of like the, like, wigger boyfriend, too.

[A]

I like trashy Blake Lively. Like, Blake Lively in the town. Blake Lively getting dogged out by drug dealers.

[B]

Like, she was arguably trashy and Gossip Girl as well. Yeah, she was like the. Yeah, like, you have to leave town because you. Everyone's boyfriend.

[A]

She's better. Is that like, her, like, fake cleaned up image is like, I don't know, bro. Like, she.

[B]

Well, I mean, she's in a lot of shit right now.

[A]

Yeah. Because she's. She was fake. Like, yeah. You know, golden girl.

[B]

I think those. Outside of just being, like, a happily married woman, like, when I think about me being, like 60 on a beach and just like, reading smut books, like, my version of that is two boyfriends who also make out. And then just like me being married to a man but also having my own girlfriend that he is, like, encouraging of.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

You know, just like, I like that for you.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You're going on a trip with your girl. Okay, cool.

[A]

Yeah. I feel like we could never be in an open polyamorous relationship. No, it wouldn't work. We would.

[B]

No, I would beat the out of you.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Cuz, like, the thing about all of this that doesn't work and it is not applicable is that, like, whoever I'm with, like, no.

[A]

Yeah. No. So it can't work.

[B]

Yeah, it can't work. Cuz it's only a me thing. It's like a me fantasy. Like, part of it is that the person has to be just like, I love that for you, but not for me.

[A]

No. I was so tired because I just worked. I basically worked like the last 15 days in a row. I woke up and maybe within two hours of waking up, you were like, yo, check out Julia Wolf. I have a crush on her. And for like, three minutes I was like, fuck, man. Do I have to deal with Natasha being gay? What does this mean? Then I was like, wait, I don't have to do anything. We're not acting like we're not. Nothing's changing. It's fine.

[B]

Also, like, she's, I think straight and doesn't know who I am, so it's totally fine. Like, this isn't like I, like, met somebody. I'm not like, I went out last night and I met somebody and I'm, like, having these feel feelings and we're hanging out later. I Was just like, this is fly. Like, you gotta look at her.

[A]

But then I was like, we could just look at it and both admire. Like, oh, yeah, she's fly.

[B]

Yes. But that's what's cool about our relationship is like, you can also do the same and, like, send me a girl and be like, she's fly. And I'm like, no, I don't.

[A]

I would get punched in the face. I'm smart enough to not do that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It doesn't go both ways. This is a one way street.

[B]

Yeah, that's true.

[A]

And that is fine. Yeah, it is.

[B]

Okay, let's not pretend, like Galaxy Express, somebody's hot. Like, if I'm like, oh, Aaron Hernandez. I'm like, you kind of look like him.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

You do appreciate that. And you do look like Aaron Hernandez. You're the Chinese Aaron Hernandez. And I mean, if anybody, like, truly, if you look at two pictures side by side, it's the fade. You guys have the same shape, head.

[A]

Florida.

[B]

Florida.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You guys look the same to me. You look like Chinese Aaron Hernandez, yo. Like, period.

[A]

Thank you. That's the. That's the nicest compliment anyone has ever given me. You know, the other, the other thing, it was just funny, though. I was like, do I have to do it? No, that's cool. I don't. I don't got to do anything about this. This. But you know what's funny? Lesbians are always trying to get in my head about you. It's funny. Like, remember I ran into that. I wouldn't say she was trying to get in my head, but remember I ran into that writer Jen began, who wrote Big Swiss? Yeah, she's very. I liked her. Right. I went to a talk she had with Sean and I was. She was like, oh, did you check out the book? I was like, no, my wife loves your book. But she was so into it reading. And, like, you would read with your, like, feet cuddled reading this thing. You were like.

[B]

I was like, rubbing my feet together. Yeah.

[A]

Like in the book. I'm like, yo, she's like, so wet reading this book.

[B]

I was.

[A]

And then I read the back cover description, and I was like, usually whatever book you read, I just pick it up and read it after you. And I was like, that feels like a you book. And I didn't touch it. And I told Jen about it, and she goes, is your wife a lesbian? And I was like, she used to be. And she just looks at me and goes, once a lesbian, always a lesbian. I was like, all right, all right. Because the book is about, like, a cleaning lady. Right. That is married and then goes for a woman.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. But it's just a really good book. Like, Outside. I don't think that you need to, like, be a lesbian to enjoy it.

[A]

No, I don't think anything. I just like that it was for you.

[B]

Yeah. That was, like, a me book. I don't think that you would be into it, but in many ways, because I know that you love Otussa's voice so much, I wouldn't compare the two and say that they have a similar voice, but I would say that they could exist in the same universe.

[A]

And, like, characters, I find both of them are, as people, quite similar.

[B]

Interestingly, I think characters in Jen Began's book, like, if they were to pop up in a Otessa book, I'd be like, that makes sense. Like, these characters could intermingle and coexist

[A]

and, like, they could Avengers, Civil War, for sure. Their characters definitely could be in the same universe. They're both, like, they. They write, like, vulgar. Like, I think they think they explore,

[B]

like, the dirty, messy, unkept parts of self that most people don't want to talk about or even acknowledge most people, in a way, I think more male writers kind of are a bit more free to do that than, like, female writers,

[A]

historically, I do feel. And. But I feel Otessa and Jen began and, like, Lightly. Miranda July totally as well. For sure is like, they are. And I'll put Emma Klein in that category. They. I really like that they're writing about kind of, like, despicable women.

[B]

Yeah. And just, like, kind of the dirty. That, like, women get up to sometimes. Yeah. Or a lot of the time, honestly.

[A]

And I wouldn't. Yeah. I. I'm mischaracterizing it as despicable. Like, I love their characters. They're like the people I want to be around where they just embrace that. Like, I'm up. Like, if Blake Lively would just embrace that more, she'd be such a better actor.

[B]

I wish that the character that Blake Lively plays in the town could write a book.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Like, I just wish that character. I would. I just want a movie about her.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What's her name? Star. Or the kid's name is.

[A]

The kid's name is Star. Yeah. I forget.

[B]

She's incredible. She's incredible. I just. I. I wish that that character would, like, I'm. I want to follow that character and

[A]

the line she has just. We smoked it to the filter, didn't we?

[B]

You are the best, best character the best.

[A]

Yeah. Krista.

[B]

Krista.

[A]

I want to handle her. Tom's English.

[B]

You know Tom's English. We got to go to Tom's English.

[A]

Yeah. I want to, like, chop up boxies with her and see what's good. Yeah.

[B]

You know, I want to watch her do that. I don't want to do it with her.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I want to watch, and I want to hear her tell me about how she smoked it to the filter.

[A]

Yeah. I never did oxies, and, like, I barely did coke, but sometimes you're just in a setting where you're like, yeah, yeah, you know it.

[B]

No, I've never done an oxy. It's just, like, too. Like, when you.

[A]

I mean, similarly, I accidentally did oxy. I accidentally did it.

[B]

Okay. I'm not gonna say anything, but I do feel like when you grow up in Boston and similarly Florida, it's just like, the. I just was like, this is not for me. Like, just watching people do oxies in the back of, like, a Honda Civic. I was like, that's, like, weird. Like, go somewhere. Go to a. Go to 99. Go do it at the 99 bathroom or something. Like, getting trapped in the backseat of a Honda. I was like, this isn't for me.

[A]

Growing up in Florida is like, going to a restaurant that's just, like, not even aw aware of, like, the allergens on the menu. Like.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I remember one time somebody passed me a blunt. I'm like, oh, what is this? Oh, it's like a. Somebody said it's like a tie stick. Like, like some. Like, what's a tie stick? Like, I don't know. Just, like, weed rolled up or something. And I'm like, yo, I think there's opium in this. And he's like, oh, yeah, I think there's opium in that. I was like, all right. We just smoked opium on a weekday, midday. Cool. Thanks, brother. You know, but that's, like, the beauty

[B]

of being young is, like, that's not even scary. Like, if that happened to me now, like, if I was, like, smoking a cigarette and somebody was like, o, there's, like, a little coke on the end. I'd, like, literally go to urgent care. Like, I'd be like, I'm not okay. But, like, when I was a kid, I would just literally not know somebody. I'd be in the bathroom somewhere and be like, you got anything? Like, yeah. Wouldn't even ask. Don't know what the I'd be doing.

[A]

Like, yeah. I remember going to the beach, like, Cocoa Beach News chilling. And I Was like, playing football on the beach one time, just thirsty. I'm like, yo, can I get, like, some juice or something? And my boy passed me, like, a grape drink, and I drank it. I'm like, yo, what the fuck? I was like, oh, my bad. I gave you the one with GHB in it. I was like, sick. Sick, bro. Sick. Like, just. No one has any concern. It's just like, I'm allergic to peanuts. Oh, my bad. Every. Every dish. You. You ate peanuts?

[B]

You ate peanuts? No. EpiPens here.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah, no.

[A]

But not happening here at this restaurant.

[B]

No, I hope not, Please.

[A]

Thank God. We've been very good about people's allergens. Like.

[B]

Yeah. Do people have a lot of allergens when they come here, or are they, like, freeballing it?

[A]

The one thing is peanuts here, where it's just, like, because of bowels, peanuts are everywhere. We got kung pao chicken. And then because you're frying the peanuts

[B]

in the wok, but also the kitchen's contaminated with peanuts.

[A]

It's contaminated. So when people have serious peanut allergies, I'm just like, you. This is. You shouldn't eat here. You should not eat.

[B]

Yeah, I would think that.

[A]

No, it's too dangerous. Like, have the German wine. Right. And then there are people who are like, I can eat a dish without peanuts in it. I don't mind if it's around. I just can't eat.

[B]

Yeah, well, there's different, like, levels to the allergy. There's some people that are, like, exposed. Like, can't even be in this room. Probably, like, can't even breathe the air.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And then there's people who, like, maybe get a little bit itchy in, like, some hives.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, I have allergies like that for them.

[A]

I'm just like, look, if you can be around peanuts, you're still playing with fire. Like, go for it. Yeah, but, like, if you can't. If you can't be in the vicinity of peanuts, you should not be on this block. There's peanuts everywhere.

[B]

Get the off St. Mark's get off

[A]

St. Mark's if you can't even get the off. Yeah, it's dangerous. There's peanuts everywhere now.

[B]

We're just putting peanuts on the sidewalk now.

[A]

Yeah, peanuts, gluten. I mean, every dish has soy sauce. Every dish. So I was like, gluten and peanuts. You're kind of out of luck here. But the wine is really good. The wine is fantastic.

[B]

Do you guys think you'll ever want to do a cocktail List.

[A]

I would. You know, I've been thinking about applying for the liquor license here. But I will say this because at the flower shop, it is a raging party every night with that liquor license over there, and people love it. And it's. It's dope. It's really a vibe. Especially when you're younger, 43. Chinese food, I do think, see, because we have, like, the hip hop playlist here, the food is really, you know, aggressively Chinese. I think that wine is a really nice, like, take the edge off thing here. Yeah. I think if Bauhaus had a liquor license, it would be too crazy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It would be like when I had those four loco parties, it just got out of control. I think having the governor on this restaurant being like, you can't go over 150 miles an hour is good for me. I think I would get, like, you know, I think that this restaurant, it's you. You can get faded. You can have a great time drinking wine, but no one's gonna, like, stand on the table and get hit by a ceiling fan. Because, like, that happened when I had a liquor license.

[B]

Really?

[A]

On Xiaoye. You know, I'm fine at the flower shop. Like, that thing's built for Cubanly.

[B]

I started looking for fans. I was like, well, there's no fan.

[A]

Yeah, this I like. This is a classy restaurant.

[B]

Okay, cool.

[A]

It's nice. I want it to be, like, elegant date night. Like, I don't want dudes having Long island iced teas.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Puking in a tree. Like.

[B]

Yeah. Bring a flask.

[A]

I don't know. What do you think? Do you think we need to go for a liquor?

[B]

I mean, the thing for me is that I just, like, would love a martini, but, like, that's fine. It's your. It's not my restaurant, which is cool. I don't really care. I'm happy to, like, pull up and drink wine. I'm also happy to, like, keep up my own little bottle somewhere and make my own martini in the kitchen. That's fine. Yeah.

[A]

And my thing, too, is just like, even for me, because it's like, everyone wants to have, like, a glass every night. I can come to work, have, like, a glass and a half of wine. We have the small glasses. Riesling is like 9% alcohol. I feel great. I don't feel bad. So I like that it's a wine.

[B]

Okay, cool.

[A]

Wine, restaurant and beer. We got beer.

[B]

Yeah, Wine and beer. I like beer with Chinese food. I like beer with Asian food. Generally.

[A]

I don't usually like beer. But I love it with Chinese food.

[B]

I don't either. I will it up with like Japanese food. Chinese food. I love a good beer.

[A]

And even with just beer, I mean, you were faded on the couch. Like you were incapacitated.

[B]

Yeah, I was not. Well, but that's why, like, that's what wine does to me. That's why I like drinking liquor. Oh, wine gets me like a little too up. Like room spinning vibes. Like if I have cuz with a martini, it's like the age old say saying, Martinis are like boobs. One isn't enough. Two is perfect, three is too much.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So like I know two martinis and I'm moving. Correct. I'm having fun. I space it out. I have some water, I'm chilling with wine. There's like this weird. I'm not feeling drunk. I'm not feeling drunk. I'm drinking wine, I'm not feeling drunk. And then I'm like on the couch, dry heaving, like holding on like this. Like I'm never doing this again. That's just a personal thing.

[A]

Okay, we will consider going for a liquor license.

[B]

Let's don't consider it on behalf of me.

[A]

I, I do think that I, I, I don't know. I feel like this is a wine

[B]

restaurant and I love that and I support that. I was just asking, I feel like I'm just gonna ask to the, the questions that I think the people want to hear.

[A]

No, you, you are asking. Yeah. This is my thought process is that I feel I want people to come have a wonderful elegant time, Chit chat with your friends, stuff like that. Like, it's St. Mark's we're in NYU territory. Like, I really don't want you. You got fireballs. Like. Yeah.

[B]

No, no, no.

[A]

Come on. Yeah, you know, like I hear that holiday cocktail bars up the block, which I love. So it's just like we got holiday, we got Niagara.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

I feel like, yo, you know, there's enough places to get ripped in within a block vicinity. I like that. This is like, yo, we're doing wine.

[B]

Okay. Totally. Would you ever do like a little like tea service? Oh, you know, like, because it's dinner, it's late night, like sometimes people want an espresso. Would you ever offer tea?

[A]

Oh, I thought you meant like illegal, like scorpion tea bowl. Scorpion bowl.

[B]

And I was like, oh, no, I

[A]

shouldn't talk about that.

[B]

I love a scorpion bowl.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Period like a score. I feel like a scorpion bowl should be on the menu. And I feel like if you were Gonna do cocktails. It would be like an elegant, like, Martini Scorpion. But I mean, like, offer a little green tea. Offer a little whatever.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oolong.

[A]

We're gonna. You know, my thing with Chinese food is, funny enough. I just want beer, wine, Coca cola, apple sidra.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Or hey, song Sarsaparilla.

[B]

Let's get a. I may get that

[A]

cold Chinese tea, though.

[B]

Thank you. Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. You need that.

[A]

Alex needs to get on that.

[B]

I need that. You can just order, like, cases of that off Amazon, by the way.

[A]

We should do it.

[B]

But, yeah, what else? I guess, like, what's been the highlights for you in this opening week? Like, how are you feeling? What are the things that have been, I guess the most standout moments to you?

[A]

Absolute number one highlight is how much love our friends showed. Like, there are friends I haven't seen in years. Came through.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It felt like just our New York was here, and that really meant a lot. I think my favorite moment of the night was like, you know, like, during this whole kind of quote unquote comeback, I've been listening to that Phil Collins, Dame Dash presents Brucey B track. And I have been just planning the whole time, like, when we reopen this shit, I am playing that Brucey B Phil Collins song. And the fact that I played it, everyone immediately was like, oh, my God, like, he's playing the Phil Collins joint. That Brucie B and Dame Dash just talk over. Yeah, I've never seen anyone in a restaurant play hip hop like that.

[B]

And I think also the most, like, Edge Lord song of all time, like, it's just edging you the entire time for the drum drop. I can't even tell you. This whole room, I was sitting right here, and I was watching everybody wait for the drums. And when the drums dropped, it was like, like, eruption.

[A]

It was crazy. It was crazy. And it was just like. I remember when we opened Bow house in late 2009, people were not playing hip hop in restaurants. They maybe played, like, electric relaxation from Tribe, maybe Biggie Juicy. But it was light. And our thing was I was like, we're playing mixtapes in the restaurant. And to be able to, like, bring that energy back, I think meant the most to me because I think you and I agree, of all the art forms, music is the one that inspires me the most. It's the one that gets me through all my shit. And to be able to reopen, Bauhaus, celebrate, and have that song mean just as much to everybody here as it does to me, I was like, this is community. This is what we talk about when we talk about, like, downtown New York and community. People knew what time it was.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

So that. That was absolutely my favorite moment.

[B]

Yeah, I love that. I think the. Just the best. I wouldn't say moment, but I think the best feeling was all of our friends were here, kind of, like, staggering in, having dinner at different times, and then somehow, just naturally, all of our real good homies, like, moved outside, and we're just ripping cigs and, like, passing bottles of wine to each other. And just in that moment, I was like, oh, this is. This is amazing. Like, we have a place that we can come and just be ourselves and, like, hang out and be shitheads, but also, like, have fun and bring our kids if we want during the day and have that vibe. Like, I was just. I don't know, it was like a portal to seeing what the future was gonna be and just, like, even this summer. And that was a really special moment. Yeah, for sure.

[A]

I love that. Guy just ran into a glass door. That was incredible.

[B]

I do that often.

[A]

But. But, like, the other. The funny. The other shit that cracked me up, too, was just, like, how of. It was like a Canal Street Dreams reunion. Like, at one point on the patio, it was Colm Kid, Super Yoshi Jubilee.

[B]

Me. You. Yeah.

[A]

Everyone was.

[B]

Literally everyone was out there.

[A]

James. James.

[B]

Like, yeah.

[A]

Laura Stemmer was here. It just felt like the Canal Street Dreams universe, like, took over the back patio.

[B]

I mean. But that's what's cool about this podcast, I think. Like, maybe some people don't know. It's like, it really is just our homies in the community and people that, like, we would invite to hang out here that are on here. And I think that that's kind of the beauty of what makes this so fun and special.

[A]

Yeah. It's like Kevin Smith, Clerks.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

We have our view. Askew Universe.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We don't go outside that. That's where we're comfortable. And, like, this restaurant is now the clubhouse.

[B]

Yeah. It's.

[A]

It's so sick.

[B]

It is so sick. I'm really excited for lunch.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

So lunch happens tomorrow, huh?

[A]

Okay, so lunch is not gonna happen tomorrow.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Because, you know, like, when you open, a couple guys don't work out in the kitchen, you know, Gotta do some things. We're delaying lunch, but what we're doing is we are offering bowels for dinner.

[B]

Cool.

[A]

So the bowels are available for dinner. We're doing dinner. And when we feel like we got the staff to do lunch. We're gonna do lunch. We're gonna do it huge.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it'll be just in time. The weather is getting good.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

They're about to shut the block down. This is just at least 16 hours a day. Come hang out here. It's gonna be amazing.

[B]

I love it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm excited.

[A]

The restaurant is your new babysitter. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see how he does here. I did bring him here once, and he said, I don't like it. I want to leave. And I was like, okay. I was like, you have a restaurant, homie? Like, this is so sick.

[A]

Yeah. He just comes here and punches people and kicks them and. Yeah. He's like, take me home.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the phase we're in right now. But it is cool. I just like thinking about one day, like, him sitting here under the. In the Eating ass corner, like, doing his homework. You know what I mean? Like, learning, like, his multiplication tables.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Just sitting under a maple thorpe.

[A]

Yeah. And then he's gonna be 25, meeting a girl, telling her how tough it was. Yeah. My parents had me sit under this guy eating ass do is my homework. And, like, they have no idea, like, how it imprinted on me.

[B]

My mom wouldn't let me beat her.

[A]

Shut the up, bro. I'm saving this. For what? He's two and a half now. Yeah. In, like, 23 years.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

She's gonna be telling some girl how terrible his parents were, how terrible his upbringing was. It's fantastic. Senna, your upbringing was.

[B]

I don't think he'll have any notes. I think he's having the best time of his life.

[A]

Kids, their talent is having notes about you. That's what they do.

[B]

No, that's.

[A]

He's gonna have notes about it, but,

[B]

like, no, I don't think so. Like, both. I can genuinely say. I always say. I always say I had the best childhood. And, like, he knows, despite all of it, I still had the best childhood. I can recognize that. Like, I grew up flying airplanes.

[A]

You had a great childhood.

[B]

There was trauma, but you still got

[A]

notes about your mom.

[B]

I have notes, but I can still see. Like, that was an amazing experience. Thank you for that. Like, I had a beautiful life, and then, like, when I was a teenager, I had to, like, face things. But that's fine. Fine. I think you can have notes, but you can also acknowledge, like, people put their whole Into.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That childhood.

[A]

No, my childhood was terrible. I can say Emery and I's childhood was terrible. But I really love my parents. Like, no matter what.

[B]

I love too.

[A]

I just. I do. I love them. They're. They're psychotic, but I love them.

[B]

Yeah. So I think the job of. I think the inescapable part of parenthood is you can't. You can't help but to, like, slightly your kids up in some way.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Unless you're just, like, have your head in a book all day and, like, don't leave your house and are wearing bubble wrap and, like, I don't know.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But that's not real life, so.

[A]

But I embrace it now. And it's fun. Like with Senna, when I go get him in the morning, I don't take it as an affront when he's like, no, not you, Mommy. I'm like, whatever, bro. I'll see you later.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, I know you're gonna come find me later, and we're gonna be fine. Like, this is. We're dudes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I really enjoy my relationship with him.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. So anyway, I. This was an incredible week. Very special.

[B]

Very special.

[A]

I feel it was like, too many, many years in the making. Like, I feel. I told Roman this. I feel like I waited my entire life to open this restaurant the way we did last Wednesday. Probably my greatest night I've ever had in a restaurant.

[B]

So.

[A]

Thank you to everybody. Thank you to you. Thank you to everybody.

[B]

Amazing.

[A]

You know? Yeah. Love you. We love Julia Wolf too. Oh, I should do a rapid fire. Give me two seconds. Give me two seconds.

[B]

Okay, we're gonna do rapid fire. Also, like, favorite moment from service so far.

[A]

Oh, okay. I got. I got gay rapid fire for you.

[B]

Oh. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

[A]

Julia Wolf or Julia Fox?

[B]

Julia Wolf. Wolf.

[A]

Okay. Julia Wolf or Penelope Cruz?

[B]

Penelope Cruz.

[A]

Penelope Cruz or Monica Bellucci?

[B]

Penelope Cruz.

[A]

Penelope Cruz or Azalea Banks?

[B]

Penelope Cruz?

[A]

Penelope Cruz or Dua Lipo?

[B]

Penelope Cruz.

[A]

Penelope Cruz or Devin Aoki?

[B]

Penelope Cruz.

[A]

Penelope Cruz or Christina Aguilera?

[B]

Penelope Cruz.

[A]

Penelope Cruz or Rihanna?

[B]

Penelope Cruz.

[A]

Wow. Number one.

[B]

Here's my thing. My.

[A]

Okay, we'll have some Penelope Cruz or Javier Bardem?

[B]

Both of them, because.

[A]

No, you have to pick Penelope Cruz or Javier Bar.

[B]

Running through me as a married couple just doing whatever the they want to me.

[A]

Okay, Penelope Cruz or Tina Kunaki?

[B]

Penelope Cruz. Oh, here's my thing is I take it back from the beginning of the episode when you ask what my type is. My type is a bird looking. I like a. Who looks like kind of like A bird. Okay, like. But like, you know what I mean? Like, Penelope Cruz looks like a bird to me. Yeah, but like a hot fucking exotic toucan. You can't find that shit, like, uncharted. Like you're just roaming through the Amazon. There's one of them. We haven't discovered them. You tell people about it. They're like, that doesn't exist because you can't find it. Again, that's the type of woman she is. The fact that she's married to Javier Bardem. My. My one. The one man in the world who I'm like.

[A]

Like, I feel like your type for men, though, is like a cultured repeat offender.

[B]

Yeah, my type for men is like, you. Something really bad happened to you as a child. You did a little bit of crime, but then you turned it around and you, like, have some type of nice life. But like, you're also just like. Like something bad has happened. You've seen something bad. That's why it's an energy, it's an essence. But for women, like a bird. I like a bird. You know what I'm saying? Like, what's a good example of another woman who kind of looks like a bird? Oh, another bird.

[A]

I mean, Gwen Stefani kind of looks like a bird.

[B]

Not that type of bird, though. I'm talking about a different one.

[A]

Another bird. I mean, Nadia Lee Cohen looks like a crane.

[B]

Nadia Lee Cohen. Yes. I would say a little bit. And then, like, I don't know, off the top of my head, I can't. But, like, Penelope Cruz is just an exotic bird to me.

[A]

Yeah, she flamingo. Yeah.

[B]

That to me is like her and Vanilla sky, like, being all coy and cute.

[A]

It's just like.

[B]

And then Vicky Christina Barcelona. I'm like. I don't even know why he was. Why are you messing with blonde Scarlett Johansson? Like, you have this crazy bird, like, relax. But, yeah, Penelope Cruz all the way.

[A]

Incredible.

[B]

That.

[A]

That was my favorite. Rapid fire. That was good.

[B]

That's my.

[A]

That was good. Favorite moment of service so far. Yo. So my favorite moment of service is we have a dish on the menu that I love. It's probably my personal favorite dish on the menu. I eat it every time I sit down to eat. Eat the crispy soybean halibut. All right, so good. Soak. We grind up soybeans. We fry them. They're really crispy. And basically it goes in a kind of like, mapua tofu ish sauce onto the halibut. That's oil poached, delicious, classic on Saturday night, the dish starts coming out, and I'm like, that sauce looks a little light. It's a little orangish. It's supposed to be like a deep red, almost like a burgundy or mahogany colored sausage. Interesting, Chef. It's coming out like a little, like, orange, natural, winey color. He's like, yeah, what's going on with that? Like, let me taste it, taste it. And I'm like, it's a little sweet. It's delicious. It's a little sweet. I was like, chef, check real quick. I think Jaden is firing this with the mumbo sauce. And we go, jaden, show us the sauce you've been firing it with. With just the helibut sauce. Right, Chef. It was the mumbo sauce, but he has created, like, a more fire dish. I love that, cuz when I go eat Shanghainese food, I like the sweet and sour fish dish. And he basically made hood Washington D.C. sweet and sour soybean crusted halibut. And that is now the sauce.

[B]

And now you're running it like.

[A]

We're running it, cuz, like, I want to try it. Yeah, it's so good. Because. Because all of our fish dishes were more savory and salty and spicy and vinegary. And, like, this one is a sweet one. I was like, yo, we needed a sweet fish dish. So, like, now we have a mumbo soybean, crisp olive poach, olive oil, poached halibut. It's, like, incredible.

[B]

I really need to try that.

[A]

Yeah, we're gonna fire it up. Because that was my favorite part of service. Like, sometimes it's like how somebody invented pizza.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, homie just has been firing the dish with the wrong sauce all night. And it was more fire.

[B]

Yeah. You guys failed up.

[A]

Yeah. Like, because the first one I went, I was like, well, that looks odd. And then we kept getting compliments on it. I was like, all right, let's check this thing out. It's like, yo, he fully was firing it with mumbo sauce.

[B]

That's so sick, though. That ended up being even better.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because I will say I had the halibut. And I was like, that was my favorite thing that I ate for dinner.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Obviously didn't have everything on the menu, but I was like, the halibut was the one thing. It was the halibut and the pickled pork.

[A]

Pork, yes, That.

[B]

I was like, this is crazy. The pickled pork over the porridge.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is like banana.

[A]

Yes. Yeah. Pickled pork was a real favorite. And Linda's tuna tataki sold more than any other other dish. So that was interesting. Linda's tuna tataki was the biggest seller. Then pork with pickles, and then. But my personal favorite is now this crispy soybean mumbo halibut.

[B]

All right, I have to try. Way.

[A]

That was fun.

[B]

Very exciting. All right, I have to go listen to Julia Wolf on my headphones.