“Landlords in New York are generally the scum of the earth. They're beneficiaries of the worst kind of nepotism, eating off the good business decisions of their parents. They have no compassion because they've never had to work for shit… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school. — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“By the time Christmas came around, while all the other kids made cards, she had me sit in a corner and face the wall… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path. — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“Word … I like this hip-hop! You got more of it?” “Yeah, Doggystyle comes out soon and I’ll send it to you.” When I got Doggystyle,… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“Of course, my pops put chili oil in it immediately, but I wanted to taste the broth: intense, deep, and mind-numbing. It was one of those bites that make you think maybe, just maybe, your taste buds carry a cognitive key that can open something in your mind. Like the first time I heard Lauryn Hill’s voice scratch over “Killing… — Eddie Huang Copy Share
“People reacted with hate and fear and then community by wearing American flag shirts, bandannas, crying, huddling, lost, and senseless. They packed the gymnasium to talk about how they felt. A lot of students were from New York so I understood their pain. For them, it was personal. But for me, it was surreal. I didn't take it personally: I'd… — Eddie Huang Copy Share
“I wasn't an Irishman, but I knew how it felt to have someone standing over you, controlling your life and wanting to call it something else. From the people at Christian Fellowship to First Academy to my parents to Confucius to thousands of years of ass-backwards Chinese thinking, I knew how it felt. Everything my parents did to me and… — Eddie Huang Copy Share
“The easiest way for Americans to make sense of Chinese history is to compare everything to Jewish history. There's an analogue for everything. Torah:… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“What we did do was got to Chinese school. Whether you lived in D.C., Ann Arbor, New York, or Orlando, if there were Chinese people, there were Chinese schools where you went every Sunday to take Chinese Language and cultural classes. Chinese people would drive hours from every direction to take their kids to school. All teachers were volunteers and… — Eddie Huang Copy Share
For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet. — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying, I stand far away and use chopsticks that are… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
BaoHaus is idiosyncratic, creative, and artistic. My restaurant doesn't look like a Taiwanese restaurant. — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
