Roy Choi uses Google Glass to make St. Patrick’s Day East Los Leprechaun Burrito

Roy Choi has donned Google Glass to record a video for his latest Kogi BBQ special -- the East Los Leprechaun Burrito -- and promote the head-mounted computer as an early adopter.

In a video shot by commercial and music video director Jason Goldwatch, Choi wore the voice-activated Glass and used its Allthecooks app to look up a burrito-inducing recipe: “OK, Glass, find a recipe for Irish food.� He found “Irish hearty stew -- potatoes, braised beef and cabbage.� So Choi took those components and tried “to make them feel and taste like L.A. but still feel like St. Patrick’s Day.�

“OK, Glass, record a recipe. East Los Leprechaun Burrito.� Which is carne asada, Choi’s Potatoes Anna Banana (a play on pommes Anna) and kimchi. In the middle of recording the recipe, he was interrupted by a phone call from his mom. “Mom, I’m busy right now ... “ Aww.

He didn’t forget the salsa verde -- er, leprechaun sauce. “This is what happens when you puree leprechauns. They have no bones, heh-heh.�

The burrito will be available on the trucks starting Tuesday. (St. Patrick’s Day is Monday, but the Kogi trucks don’t run on Mondays.)

In a phone interview, Choi said, “I started thinking about Kogi and L.A. and the first thing I started thinking about was House of Pain, DJ Muggs, Cypress Hill, L.A. hip-hop in the ‘90s era ... East Los Angeles, Latino culture, immigration, English as a second language, our ancestors, L.A. hip-hop, California, freedom, Kogi, eating on the streets. All these things and the technology. From there we can make a burrito.�

Choi said he has grand plans to integrate Google Glass technology into food experiences, whether using it to create videos or communicate with his team. “Kogi kulture,� after all, was born of technology.

Also, “you might have a dilemma. If you have a sweet chili chicken quesadilla in one hand and a burrito in your other hand, how are you going to also turn on -- what’s everybody watching on TV now? -- ‘True Detective’ -- on your HBO Go? Now you can do that.�

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