Category Archives: Food & Drink

Asian American Commercial Watch: Taco Bell’s The Internet is Talking & George Takei

Posted on April 15, 2016 by John

https://youtu.be/ePisqWLV6ZA I remember seeing actor and activist in the beginning if this Taco Bell television commercial campaign for it’s quesalupa’s I think starting around during the Super Bowl. But I think this is the first commercial with Takei being the … Continue reading →

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8Books: “Have They Run Out of White Poets Yet?” by Franny Choi

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Lily

I’m giving Franny Choi the post title because of her amazing poem responding to the latest in a long string of poems by white people that shouldn’t have been published. Calvin Trillin’s poem “Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?” ran … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Eddie Huang: Sprite Obey Your Thirst™

Posted on April 8, 2016 by John

While watching a March Madness basketball game, I saw this Sprite commercial with Eddie Huang (for some reason Sprite isn’t making the commercial embeddable): “Eddie Huang knows there’s no substitute for the classic lemon-lime. Keep it fresh at http://www.sprite.com. #ObeyYourThirst” YouTube … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: McDonald’s “Flavor Guy”

Posted on April 1, 2016 by John

https://youtu.be/ihVJsQKA-OM In this recent McDonald’s commercial, we have two Asian American actors being briefly highlighted as the fast food chain tries to promote it’s latest offering on a wider scale: flavored coffees. The actors in the commercial are Danny Cho … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2016: March 10 – 20, 2016 | San Francisco & Oakland

Posted on March 7, 2016 by John

One of the things I’ve enjoyed over the years while living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1999 is the the annual Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Film Festival, better known as CAAMFest, “Celebrating Asian American Film, Music … Continue reading →

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Charlie Rose: Danny Bowien & Mission Chinese Food and Mission Cantina

Posted on February 29, 2016 by John

If you follow this blog, you may know I’m an avid follower of Charlie Rose and appreciate his more in-depth television interviews. I recently came across this one with Danny Bowien, chef and co-founder of the restaurants Mission Chinese Food and … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Snickers Crisper – “Internship”

Posted on January 28, 2016 by John

https://youtu.be/ldqhTv01t8w I caught this Snickers commercial about their new candy they are launching called Crisper: “Crispy satisfaction is on the horizon with new SNICKERS® Crisper – a delicious combination of crisped rice and peanuts topped with a layer of caramel … Continue reading →

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The Fung Brothers: Americanized Chinese Food with Jeremy Lin

Posted on January 13, 2016 by John

As you may know, Taiwanese American NBA basketball sensation Jeremy Lin joined the Charlotte [North Carolina] Hornets this season. If you’ve ever been to North Carolina, you know there aren’t a lot of Asians there, and even fewer Chinese restaurants. … Continue reading →

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Din Tai Fung Invading Seattle with 4th Restaurant Planned in Southcenter

Posted on January 4, 2016 by John

Back in mid-December, I had blogged that the famous Taiwanese restaurant chain Din Tai Fung was opening their third restaurant in Seattle. Well now, Din Tai Fung is announcing their fourth in the area: “International dumpling sensation Din Tai Fung … Continue reading →

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Din Tai Fung expands dumpling footprint to downtown Seattle

Posted on December 16, 2015 by John

Din Tai Fung recently announced that they will be opening their 3rd restaurant in the Greater Seattle area: “The restaurant’s legendary lines remain robust at its Lincoln Square and University Village locations, and owner David Yang Wasielewski announced plans to open his largest … Continue reading →

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Traveling Japan: McDonald’s in Japan

Posted on October 26, 2015 by tinabot

I suppose it is fitting to talk about McDonald’s in Japan as it was the last stop before we headed back home Stateside, a sort of transition from Japan to America. I have pretty much removed McDonald’s from my dietary … Continue reading →

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Taiwanese Americans Cannot Hold Their Liquor

Posted on September 2, 2015 by John

When I saw this article on 47% of Taiwan’s poulation lacks alcohol-metabolizing gene posted on Facebook and read the details, I laughed, since it is pretty common that Asians often do get the “Asian flush”.  ALDH2 is an alcohol-metabolizing gene and if … Continue reading →

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