‘Get Jiro’ Review: Adult Swim’s Anthony Bourdain’s Adaptation Is Best When it Focuses on the Food

Bourdain and Joel Rose co-wrote Get Jiro! in 2012, imagining a future Los Angeles where status is defined by the best restaurant reservations you can secure and the competition between chefs regularly turns violent. When the mysterious newcomer Jiro (Brian Tee) attracts attention for serving flawless omakase in a simple strip mall in the city’s Outer Ring, the most powerful restaurateurs decide he’s a tool they can use to shift the balance of power.

   

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