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Q All right. So, on the strength of that, you, I guess, see the potential to really lean into restaurants, right? And You then open Budokan, also in Philadelphia, which, describe it for people, I've been there, but describe it for people who don't know what this restaurant is.
A Budokan, the original Budokan was a Pan-Asian restaurant, so it was sort of fusion. It's very theatrical in its design, and a centerpiece of it is a, like, you know, 12 foot golden Buddha. Again, I don't take credit for the culinary concept I did not create on my own. It started in, with Wolfgang Puck at a restaurant he had in California called Chinois on Main. Then, uh, another gentleman opened a place called China Grill in New York and in Miami, and I had gone to all these places, loved the energy, and I went and spoke with different designers to ask if they would design my restaurant, one of which was Philippe Stark, who turned me down, but said, there's ways of buying my furniture, call these people. So I ended up designing it myself with my friend Owen Kamahira,
AI assessment note: “the original Budokan was a Pan-Asian restaurant, so it was sort of fusion.”
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Q Focus on the big picture, and then hire the right people, but they would still come to you with design schemes that you might suggest tweaks to, or say, well, let's think about maybe something a little darker, or maybe, you know, teak wood instead of the light blonde, whatever. Is that fair?
A Yeah, but I, Again, if you would talk to any of the designers that worked with me, they'll tell you that I'm a unique client in the sense that I respect what they do. Most business people, and I don't look at myself as a businessman. I think it's, it's insulting to be called a businessman. I'm, I'm a creative person that happens to end up being a businessman because I have to be, but where a business guy will go, those damn designers, they spend money because they don't give a shit what they spend. They just want to And I don't look at it like that at all. I look at it like, give me the best that you can give me. If it's too much, I'll tell you. I want to blow people away, man. Shock and awe. And, you know, part of it is a bad thing, because I have to be concerned with money, too, with budgets.
AI assessment note: “Yeah, but I, Again, if you would talk to any of the designers”
