![]() Eddie goes to China as an Asian-American to see if he and his cooking would be as well received. That being said, the premise of this book is top notch. More pages than not have several lines of explanation which to me seems like it would have been better to just work into the text or leave out altogether.īut we all know how picky I am. If you've seen him in an interview, you'll know that he tosses out pop culture references and slang like candy, and the footnotes in the book are entirely indicative of that. So with this next statement I'm going to sum up what is both fantastic about Eddie and what made this book so difficult to get through: I'm a big fan of Eddie Huang and have enjoyed the stuff he has produced in the past, even Fresh Off The Boat which I'm realizing is maybe not the most accurate portrayal, but a fantastic TV show nonetheless. Given, I was pretty busy so it's not entirely the books fault.but a fair bit of it actually was. In 2011 he made the Chow 13 and was voted one of the 101 People You Must Meet in 2011 by Town and County Magazine.Īs someone who reads usually several books a week, this book took me a whopping 20 days to inch through. Also in 2012, Huang was named a 2013 TED Fellow. He hosted Cheap Bites on the Cooking Channel the end of 2011 and also appeared on several episodes of Unique Eats before leaving the Cooking Channel for Vice where he hosts a recurring segment, also called "Fresh Off the Boat". ![]() His straightforward menu consists of pillowy steamed buns filled with a flavorful protein of choice, cilantro, crushed peanuts and Taiwanese red sugar, and sweet bao fries. In December 2009, he opened BaoHaus, a Taiwanese bun shop, on the Lower East Side of New York. ![]() After being laid off from a New York law firm, Huang worked as a stand-up comic and as a marijuana dealer. Not long after graduating from law school, Huang decided for a career change. He attended The University of Pittsburgh, Rollins College and graduated with a B.A. Huang identified with African-American culture, especially hip-hop, at a young age. He was raised in Orlando, Florida, where his father managed a successful group of steak and seafood restaurants. Huang was born in 1982 in Washington, D.C.
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