“Now I just get to suffer on TV”: Hudson Yang on Cooking His Way Back to Taiwan

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Hudson Yang grew up on television. He was nine years old when he was cast as a young Eddie Huang on ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, the first network sitcom centered on an Asian American family in two decades. Now 23, a Harvard graduate, and still a self described “little chubby Asian kid” at heart, Yang is turning his lifelong love of food into a second act. His cooking and travel series “Order Up!” follows him through a crash-course chef apprenticeship in restaurant kitchens around the world.…

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TaiwaneseAmerican.org Co-presents FOTB and Baby Steps at CAAMFest San Jose

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TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to support CAAMfest San Jose, the Bay Area's Asian American Film Festival for the South Bay, organized by the Center for Asian American Media. The festival has a history of presenting amazing works in film, TV, and digital media. TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to co-present two programs: Opening Night: FRESH OFF THE BOAT on Friday, September 18, 2015 @ 7:00pm Feature Film: BABY STEPS on Saturday, Sept 19, 2015 @ 2:30pm Screening location: Camera…

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Meet Actor Hudson Yang from ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat

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I recently met up with Hudson Yang, the young actor who co-stars in the new ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat alongside the first all-Asian American cast since the 1990's TV show All-American Girl. Fresh off the Boat is based on celebrity chef Eddie Huang's memoir of the same title, which recounts the struggles and experiences of his Taiwanese immigrant family living in Orlando through his rise and success as the restauranteur behind the NYC Lower East Side's BaoHaus. Known for their classic…

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