Chaos Menu
(n.) A chaos menu is a series of dishes that are linked not by their cuisine, ingredients or techniques, but by a theme or story that may be deeply resonant to the chef. Each dish contains combinations of ingredients that don't typically go together. At worst a chaos menu is incoherent, but it can have surprisingly positive results.
CONTENT WARNING Carmy is a high end chef who inherits the family sandwich shop in Chicago after his older brother's suicide. He has PTSD from an abusive mother and the abusive boss in the pressure cooker Michelin star restaurant he worked at. He treats it using AA meetings and by transforming the family business into a fine dining experience that serves elevated takes on his mom's traditional recipes: a chaos menu. Leave a comment to opt out of any of these topics, Carmy as a whole, or me as a player!
INFO Age: 33.
Zodiac sign: Capricorn.
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 150lb
Appearance: Muscular little freak. White. Dirty blond curly hair, Roman nose, weak chin, overbite, the bluest eyes you've ever seen.
Voice: Nasal, tenor, Chicago accent.
Scent: Grease, vegetables, garlic, cigarette smoke, dish soap.
Outfit style: Carmy wears redline Levis, white Nike Cortez, and plain Merz or Whitesville tshirts. Sometimes a big winter coat or some knitwear. When he's cooking professionally he wears black chef pants, a double-breasted white chef jacket, a pair of Birkinstock Tokio, and an apron.
Scars: A gnarly scar across his palm. A small dimple of a scar by his nose. Several faded flecks from minor kitchen accidents over his hands and forearms.
Body modifications: Ten tattoos. Left arm: 773. Devil shaking hands with a bottle. Planet earth inside a Pyrex measuring jug. Left hand: Flower. SOU over fingers (Sense of Urgency) Right arm: Snail with "live fast". Pair of angels. Long fish with an hourglass on it. Right hand: Hand with a chefs knife stuck through it. Chest: triangle.
PERMISSIONS powers/fighting: sure! carmy is a normal human guy.
death: probably not, let's chat.
touch/kissing/sex: yes.
ships: richie, claire, mikey, natalie, crosscanon m/f around his age. anything else case by case.
fourthwalling: fine if it's non-diagetic or audience what audience.
face doubles: not my thing, but i'll make an exception for jon bernthal characters if you wanna play with the resemblance to his dead brother.
threadjacking: ask me, ask my partner.
writing prefs: action brackets are great but i prefer prose for deep multi-para tags.
PLAYER NAME: Prox (they/them) CONTACT:leftbeef CURRENT CHARACTERS: john gaius & daniel molloy. TRIGGERS: me with my child abuse trigger apping from the bear. anyway. csa.
IN CHARACTER
CHARACTER NAME: Carmen Anthony Berzatto CHARACTER AGE: 33 CHARACTER CANON: The Bear CANON POINT: 310 ABILITIES: None, normal human.
SURVEY
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND? WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WEALTH?: Carmy grew up dysfunctionally upper middle class; the kind of thing where everyone in the family is on that grindset and most people are in big debt to the banks to invest in property or business, the family home is a nice big five bedroom, nobody is ever complacent about money even though they can afford to spend it. Migrant rich.
For Carmy's part he's pretty bad at money, as an adult with a well paying job he invested a lot of his money in vintage denim and $90 white tshirts and rare out of print cookbooks. He runs his restaurant at a loss because he buys the most expensive ingredients and often throws away entire plates of expensive food. His business partners and bookkeepers are constantly trying to rein him in but he just thinks there's more important things.
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?: Carmy didn't go to college, but he studied at a prestigious chef school.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?: He worked at a three Michelin star restaurant in NY under a (fictional) world famous celebrity chef. Also one time his mom drove her car into the living room during the feast of the seven fishes.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S: How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead.
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN: Carmy is strictly straight-edge and pretty chaste. While he buys $10000 butter from Orwell, Canada but doesn't really eat the expensive food he cooks except to taste test. He recently quit smoking, which was his main vice. So genuinely none? He's deeply repressed and unwell and has devoted his life to one thing.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?: None. This man goes to the AA friends and family meetings.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?: Separate yolks. Whisk (not a fork) with kosher salt and heavy cream. Put whites in an electric blender, then strain through a chinois. Fold the yolks through the whites, pour immediately into a pan of browned butter. Using a wooden spatula, carefully lift up and flip segments of the mixture as they cook, pressing curds to give the cooked skin a crinkled appearance. Continue until pan is turned and eggs are mostly sealed. Plate with fresh sourdough, English mustard, baby spinach.
Oh, you mean for Carmy to eat? Hardboiled, peeled, cold, while he's doing something else.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?: Hélène Darroze.
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CONTACT:
CURRENT CHARACTERS: john gaius & daniel molloy.
TRIGGERS: me with my child abuse trigger apping from the bear. anyway. csa.
CHARACTER AGE: 33
CHARACTER CANON: The Bear
CANON POINT: 310
ABILITIES: None, normal human.
Carmy grew up dysfunctionally upper middle class; the kind of thing where everyone in the family is on that grindset and most people are in big debt to the banks to invest in property or business, the family home is a nice big five bedroom, nobody is ever complacent about money even though they can afford to spend it. Migrant rich.
For Carmy's part he's pretty bad at money, as an adult with a well paying job he invested a lot of his money in vintage denim and $90 white tshirts and rare out of print cookbooks. He runs his restaurant at a loss because he buys the most expensive ingredients and often throws away entire plates of expensive food. His business partners and bookkeepers are constantly trying to rein him in but he just thinks there's more important things.
WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?: Carmy didn't go to college, but he studied at a prestigious chef school.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?: He worked at a three Michelin star restaurant in NY under a (fictional) world famous celebrity chef. Also one time his mom drove her car into the living room during the feast of the seven fishes.
DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S: How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead.
NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN: Carmy is strictly straight-edge and pretty chaste. While he buys $10000 butter from Orwell, Canada but doesn't really eat the expensive food he cooks except to taste test. He recently quit smoking, which was his main vice. So genuinely none? He's deeply repressed and unwell and has devoted his life to one thing.
WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?: None. This man goes to the AA friends and family meetings.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?: Separate yolks. Whisk (not a fork) with kosher salt and heavy cream. Put whites in an electric blender, then strain through a chinois. Fold the yolks through the whites, pour immediately into a pan of browned butter. Using a wooden spatula, carefully lift up and flip segments of the mixture as they cook, pressing curds to give the cooked skin a crinkled appearance. Continue until pan is turned and eggs are mostly sealed. Plate with fresh sourdough, English mustard, baby spinach.
Oh, you mean for Carmy to eat? Hardboiled, peeled, cold, while he's doing something else.
IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?: Hélène Darroze.