Honored to be recognized as @thecut@nymag ‘s ‘New Vanguard’.
Thank you to @caroltlee for the thoughtful conversation and for holding space for all the vulnerability.
Link in bio for the full article.
📸 last slide: @graceannleadbeater
Do you know someone who left home to be closer to themselves?
video assist: @jkevin100 & @phiiiii_y
#taiwanese #queer #diaspora #lgbtq #taiwan #nyc #taiwanesefood #immigrant
TONIGHT!!!
Currently in my kitchen making a big pot of homey Taiwanese daikon pork bone soup 蘿蔔排骨湯 for @queersoupnight at @boyfriendcoop . I’ll be there tonight along with chefs @meoohmaia and @rene__lozzi , who are cooking up amazing vegan and vegetarian soups.
Stop by if you’re around — no tickets needed. Come hang, eat soup, and support a good cause @fig_nyc_ 🥄
Happy Year of the Fire Horse🐎
So happy to celebrate with friends, family, and community. Manifesting peace, wealth, and good health for us all✨ 恭喜發財，幸福加馬 ！
A little look back at our book tour last year for For the Love of Kewpie💛 So grateful for every stop, every moment, and every conversation.
@yuandmebooks@ototo.la@nowservingla
📸1-4 by the sweetest @matthunzi
Tickets are live now for OHYUNG’s IOWA album release show with @transmusicarchive at Stone Circle Theater @sctrpc on friday March 6th ✨Featuring a performance of the record by OHYUNG in collaboration with performance artist @allthatjasss , an ambient set by @yatta.sound , DJ set by @bitepoint_ . Food provided by @thelescook thanks to trans music archive.
This is a notaflof event, so please dm us for a discount code if needed.
IOWA Vinyls will be for sale, as well as You Are Always On My Mind shirts. All proceeds go to the @iowatransmutualaidfund
There is limited capacity and will probably sell out so don’t wait on tickets! It is an early show, doors at 7, music at 7:30pm, don’t be late ♥️
📸: @jdr___llc , @graceannleadbeater , @owenscarlett@jazminrjones
It’s been freezing in new york, so we stayed in and made 羊肉爐—a Taiwanese lamb hot pot that heats you from the inside out, meant for the coldest months.
Comment “hotpot” and I’ll send you the recipe🍲
2016. I saw a hiring ad on Facebook for Jamie Oliver’s new restaurant in Taipei. I applied, got my first job in food, and convinced myself I was hired—despite having zero professional cooking experience—only because I could be a human translator in the kitchen.
I lived in a tiny studio I shared with a coworker, and rode my rusty bike to work every day. Running the fryer, I’d secretly trade fries for strawberry balsamic spritzes with the bartender.
It was a popular restaurant—even @janetagram came to visit. I lost five kilos two months in from lifting heavy pots, breading endless arancini, and kneading stacks of pizza dough. I learned more than I knew how to name at the time. Once, I stayed overnight making fresh pasta on my day off because we were completely out. An Italian restaurant 86’ing all pasta dishes? Nightmare.
I still cook with my first chef’s knife, the one my coworker helped me buy, my name engraved on it. I’ve never sharpened it. I should.
2016 was also the first year I went to a Pride parade in Taipei. Three years later, from my room in LES—carved out of a living room with a fake wall—I watched the news come in as Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
The gays are the best holiday hosts😌
1-4: Thanksgiving at mine
5-7: @lahbco & @jarbae Holigays
8-10: @libbylark & Jen’s annual holiday party
11-12: Christmas Eve dinner at an Airbnb in Joshua Tree, with whatever we could find in the kitchen
