Simu Liu & Melissa Barrera: Spy Roles, Food, and Career Journeys at Bangkok Supper Club

Culinary Delights at Bangkok Supper Club

• 🍜 Simu Liu chose Bangkok Supper Club, a favorite New York restaurant recommended by his friend Ronnie Chang, for its exceptional Thai cuisine.
• 🍽️ Chef Max presented six signature dishes, including uni crab tartlets, scallop ceviche, crispy pork jowl garlic rice, grilled chicken thigh, dry-aged branzino, and pandan coconut cake.
• 💡 Melissa Barrera's current favorite New York restaurant is Quero, a Northern Mexican spot, while Simu enjoys KBBQ at Chongro and Coat in K-Town.

Favorite Food Cities & Recommendations

• 🏙️ Simu considers Los Angeles his favorite food city due to its vast variety, including Thai, Chinese, Ethiopian, and Filipino cuisines.
• 🌮 Melissa's top food city is Mexico City, specifically mentioning a restaurant in Polanco called Sira, known for its fried parsley tacos.
• 🇨🇦 Simu shared his top Toronto dining spots, including Pie, Akin, Fishman Lobster Clubhouse, and Hana Hana Sushi, also noting Melissa's fondness for the Mandarin Buffet and Wendy's Frosties.

"The Copenhagen Test" & Spy Roles

• 🕵️ Simu and Melissa discussed their new show, "The Copenhagen Test," streaming on Peacock, where Simu plays a spy enacting a false reality.
• 🎭 Simu expressed his long-standing desire to play a spy, drawn to the mystery, high stakes, and secrecy of the role.
• 🍸 Melissa's character is a bartender, and she took a class to prepare, admitting she got "wasted" during the learning process.

Career Transitions & Beginnings

• 🎬 Melissa began her acting career in telenovelas, noting the transition to American media wasn't "crazy," just involved bigger platforms and budgets.
• 💼 Simu transitioned from accounting to acting after being fired for skipping work to be an extra in a Guillermo del Toro movie, "Pacific Rim."
• ✨ He found the energy of a movie set incredibly appealing compared to a "stagnant" accounting office, describing his journey as a series of "happy accidents" and chance meetings.

New Year's Traditions & Resolutions

• 🍇 Melissa shared her family's New Year's traditions, including eating 12 grapes, wearing specific colored underwear, and running down the street with suitcases to manifest travel.
• 🎯 Simu and his friends adopt a "word of the year" as a theme; his past word was "elevate," and Melissa's for the upcoming year is "expand," while Simu's is "dive."
• 📊 During rapid-fire questions, both preferred an all-you-can-eat buffet over a five-course tasting menu, and both favored physical menus over QR codes, especially with pictures.