The guys of Wong Fu Productions get fancy and very full at the Plate by Plate food benefit. They show off their culinary knowledge or lack thereof, while their palates dance with the flavors of gourmet food. Unfortunately, we can’t taste the food in this delicious episode of Wong Fu Weekends. They also run in to a couple they’ve done music videos for David Choi (Won’t Even Start, That Girl, By My Side) and Sam Kang (Red Light)
Wong Fu Weekends : Episode 58
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This past Sunday, The Great Food Truck Race returns for a second season this summer with more – more teams, more cities, more grueling challenges and more prize money. The series features eight of the top food trucks in the country battling for a life-changing $100,000 grand prize, double the cash prize awarded in season one. The trucks spend one wild weekend in each city not only selling specialties from their mobile kitchens, but also competing in extreme challenges like butchering their own meat for barbecue in Memphis and foraging the mountains of Denver for wild mushrooms. Season two also amps up the action with special guest stars, including Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts and NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback John Elway. In the end, culinary chops, strategy and moxie will determine who wins the ultimate food truck prize.
In the season premiere, the teams start at the picturesque Malibu Pier and sends them on their first Truck Stop Challenge: to create an inventive dish with one lobster and all the farmer’s table ingredients they can hold. After award-winning chef and food truck operator Susan Feniger chooses the winner, the trucks head to Las Vegas and are confronted with their first Speed Bump – the host Tyler spins a large wheel containing numerous food truck problems and lands on ‘out of propane,’ so the teams must proceed without use of this necessary fuel. At the end of two days in Vegas, the team that sells the least is sent on the road home. The cross-country route then takes the teams to Salt Lake City; Denver; Manhattan, Kan.; Memphis and Atlanta where the competition intensifies with more grueling challenges – leading up to the final battle between the two top trucks in sun-splashed Miami.
Among the food trucks competing is the Korilla BBQ Truck from New York.
Korilla BBQ, which stands for Korean + Grill, is the brainchild of Columbia University graduate Edward Song. After graduating during the country’s economic downturn, he found himself thinking outside the box — unexpectedly enrolling in cooking school and taking his passion for Korean food to the streets of New York City. His high school friends Stephan Park and Paul Lee have been with the truck since day one, and together they have made Korean food accessible to the masses in a fast and convenient way.
Last season, the Nom Nom Truck came close to taking the first The Great Food Truck Race. The Great Food Truck Race Season 2 airs Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on the Food Network.
The Great Food Truck Race Season 2 with Korilla BBQ Truck
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Did you know that there are more Chinese restaurants than McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, and Domino’s combined in the US? With so many Chinese Restaurants in the US, you’d expect a reality show based on that sooner or later. Wait no longer!! WE tv is debuting a new show tonight called “Family Restaurant”. It’s an engaging new family is dishing out dim sum and drama with the Quon’s. Here’s more about the new TV series:
In WE tv’s all-new series, FAMILY RESTAURANT, viewers see the kind of mayhem (and comedy) that can arise in our evolving world, as cultures and generations clash within one hilarious family. Meet the Quon’s, owners of a booming Chinese restaurant, the Lingnan. The series showcases the fun-loving family and their lovable-but-bossy matriarch, who constantly creates conflicts with her children over everything, from how to “advance” the business, to them dating outside their race. You never know what the day may bring behind the walls of this 60-year-old institution, but it’s sure to include drama!
Chinese immigrants, Amy and Kinman Quon, are the kind of restaurant owners who greet you by name, seat you at your favorite table, and bring you your regular order without even asking. To them, “predictable” isn’t a bad word – it spells comfort and consistency. They appreciate that in their business and in life in general! However, their first generation “westernized” children, Miles and Mandy, think their family’s restaurant empire could use a little more spice – other than the Szechuan sauce. Beyond bringing the business into the 21st century, they wish they’d be a little more open-minded about their personal lives, too! Amy and Kinman want not only what’s best for their children (which means their pick of the right spouses, clothes and careers), but what’s best for their business, too. Can mom, dad and Lingnan regulars stomach all the progressive change the kids are dishing out?Cooking frenzies, communication breakdowns and front-of-house antics abound, the daily trials and triumphs of running a busy restaurant can ignite some serious family friction. But the Quon family bond runs as deep as their passion for the Lingnan.
FAMILY RESTAURANT premieres on WE tv TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011 at 10:00PM ET/PT with back-to-back half-hour episodes. The series airs regularly every Tuesday at 10:00 & 10:30 PM ET/PT.
Family Restaurant on WE TV
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Maylin cooks mouth-watering meals at her father’s restaurant in Chinatown, while her father and brothers take all the credit. When a dignitary from China arrives for a sumptuous banquet, Maylin’s father serves him her special new dish, Roses Sing on New Snow. The visitor is so impressed that he demands the recipe! After her brothers fail miserably at re-creating it, the father must call for his daughter. Maylin demonstrates as the dignitary follows every step. After tasting his own cooking, the man realizes he cannot duplicate the dish. The chef is the most important ingredient of all! Maylin finally receives the credit she deserves for her inspired fusion of Old and New World cuisine.
The 7 minute short film directed by Yuan Zhang is based on the book Roses Sing on New Snow: A Delicious Tale by author Paul Yee. See more short films geared towards kids: The Friends of Kwan Ming, Asthma Tech, The Chinese Violin and Jaime Lo, small and shy.
Roses Sing on New Snow : short film
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Our friends at Tuesday Night Project, in partnership with Glenn Suravech Mosaic Sound Recordings and Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, present: J-Town Summer Sessions: A Live Concert Recording and Celebration of Art + Community on August 6, 2011, which will be one week following the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple’s Obon Festival event.
The event will take place at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, 505 East Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013.
J-Town Summer Sessions will celebrate Tuesday Night Project’s thirteenth year of its 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe free public arts series with a concert featuring a number of musical artists from the Asian Pacific and Los Angeles community. In addition, music producer and recording engineer Glenn Suravech will be doing a live recording of the J-Town Summer Sessions concert and producing tracks of select pieces from each artist.
To purchase tickets online, please visit here.
$20 General Admission Presale ($25 General Admission at the door)
$15 Student/Senior(60+) Presale ($20 Student/Senior at the door)
Kids 12 and under FREE!
Presale ends at 11:59pm on Thursday, August 4th!
Sean promotes J-Town Summer Sessions 2011
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Here’s another short documentary from the HBO’s 2011 East of Main Street series. Chef Anita Lo of Annisa restaurant in New York gets profiled. Starting her restaurant on a dime, she talks about her journey into the world of food and cooking. Anita has a really multicultural background that feeds into the cuisines she creates. Best known for her foie gras soup dumpling, she brings in Asian influence into her classic French cooking technique. Get a peek into her life and the culture of her Annisa team.
Also see East of Main Street for apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai.
East of Main Street: chef Anita Lo
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More about Anita Lo
Anita Lo is the Executive Chef and owner of Annisa Restaurant. She is also one of the most revered female chefs in the country, having earned numerous accolades for her inventive contemporary American cuisine which reflects her multicultural upbringing and classic French training. Lo, a second generation Chinese-American, grew up with her family in Birmingham, Michigan and fostered an interest in food at a young age. While completing a degree in French Language at Columbia University, she studied at Reid Hall-Columbia’s French language institute in Paris.
After studying at L’Ecole Ritz-Escoffier, a prestigious culinary institution, and working at David Waltuck’s Chanterelle and Mirezi, she opened her own restaurant, a project that would eventually define her culinary career. Annisa became an instant hit after opening in 2000, earning a glowing two-star review from The New York Times. Food & Wine Magazine named Lo one of ten “Best New Chefs in America” in 2001, and The Village Voice proclaimed Lo “Best New Restaurant Chef.”
In July 2009, after nearly ten years in business, Annisa suffered an unfortunate blow-a fire destroyed the restaurant entirely. Lo decided to take some time to travel as plans to rebuild Annisa got underway. She scoured the globe for inspiration, traveling as far as Mongolia and Egypt. Meanwhile, Lo appeared on the first season of Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters” where she battled her contemporaries in weekly challenges that tested their culinary prowess. She finished fourth out of 24 chefs. In April 2010, after a complete renovation of the original Barrow Street location, Lo reopened her beloved Annisa.
