Eddie's first stop in the Bay Area is Oakland, where he hangs with a local biker gang that shows hipsters how to shoot guns and hunt for rabbit. After a few gruesome hours in the Oakland outback, they head back to the clubhouse to shoot the shit, throw back a few cold ones, and talk about the disconnect between people and the process it takes to put meat on their plates. Then they cook up a delicious meal of southern-style deep-fried rabbit.
Taiwan has a complex cultural blend embedded in its history that has given it a character unlike any other place in the world. In the first of three Fresh Off the Boat: Taiwan episodes, Eddie gets hopped up on betel nut, gives a survey at his favorite delicacies at Shilin night market, and goes late-night shrimping. We found ourselves in some interesting scenarios, and they all highlight the endearing sense of humor that pulsates through Taiwanese culture. If there’s one thing we came away with, it was that Taiwan knows how to have fun.
Eddie rolls through Tehrangeles and shops for Persian rugs that cost as much as cars, eats brain and tongue sandwiches, and tests out magical saffron ice cream before ending the night at Little Tehran's most famed hookah spot.
In this episode of Fresh Off The Boat, Eddie heads back to Taiwan to get heavy into the heavy metal scene - face paint, screaming lessons, and furry pink pillows. A long the way Eddie makes a quick pitstop to taste Taiwan's famous "little snacks" in Gongguan before debating the pros and cons of Taiwanese independence over a home cooked meal with local Metal group, CHTHONIC.
In Miami, Eddie jumps on board the Bangbus for a drive through Hialeah with porn star Jada Stevens. Eddie takes Jada to Morro Castle for his favorite fritas before witnessing her make a few unsuspecting guys' days. Lives? Whatever. After work, Eddie and Jada wine and dine over Argentinian in South Beach and get real on the misconceptions of her career.
In this episode of Fresh Off the Boat, Eddie heads to Mongolia to take part in the Naadam festival, which celebrates the "three manly sports"—archery, horse racing, and Mongolian wrestling. Then he discusses the effects of Mongolia's recent shift to democracy with some camel herders over a cup of home-brewed camel vodka.
Eddie meets up with hometown hero Danny Brown to eat some massive Big Baby burgers and survey the ways in which Detroit has been affected by the economic downturn, and how a select few like Danny are doing their part to turn the city around.
Eddie takes his first shot of Russian vodka, chows down on some "communist dogs" with one of the few black Muscovites, and discusses the country's diverse generation of millennials and their evolving ideologies.
Eddie heads to Brick Lane, a historic enclave in East London that's home to Turks, Jews, and now Bengalis, to chow down on some tikka masala with a British twist. He then tries his hand at a game of cricket with a Pakistani cricket league and spits some real shit about the effects of British colonization and institutionalized Islamophobia in London.
Eddie ventures into the heart of the city where he meets with Qiuxiang Wang, a humble street food vendor working to live in the city on her own terms. He spends time in her home, where she's constantly making grilled skewers, grabs a midnight snack at a popular nighttime market, and gets a glimpse into what life is like for those trying to keep homegrown markets alive.
Eddie travels north to the Bronx, where he and WorldStarHipHop star Loopy hit up local bodegas, chow down on a Japanese-Dominican plantain mash-up disaster, and talk about holdin' down the hood, over mani-pedis.
It's the season finale of Fresh Off The Boat - Chengdu. Eddie, a.k.a. The Human Panda, returns to his bamboo roots and discovers that pandas watch panda porn. He gets a taste of Chengdu traditions with hip hop pioneer DJ SuperBestFriend and eats pig brain mapo tofu at a "fly restaurant" on the brink of demolition.
In the series premiere, Eddie Huang travels to Jamaica, where he learns firsthand about the country's economic struggles since it gained independence from Britain in 1962.
Eddie Huang travels to Sicily to discover the ancient Arabic and African influence on Sicilian culture and cuisine; and finds a new wave of immigrants changing Sicily once again.
Eddie travels to the border of Mexico to find out about the dynamic between a developing country and a first world of the United States.
Eddie spends this episode drinking wine and enjoying the culture in Burgundy, France and learns about the history of the region that makes some of the most well known wines in the world.
Eddie Huang travels to Istanbul to eat the diverse food of the region, and ends up experiencing first hand the changing religious landscape of a once cosmopolitan society.
Eddie goes to his childhood home to spend Chinese New Year with his family and reflect on how the unique culture in Orlando, Florida has influenced his life and career.
Eddie Huang heads to his parents homeland and explores the complex history of the Taiwanese people.
Eddie Huang travels to China with his parents to explore his heritage as a Taiwanese-Chinese-American, and to discover the most important dish of his life: Red Cooked Pork.
The United States is suffering through one of its most divisive, uncertain moments in history and as the majority of America watches their screens for self-fulfilling prophecies - those who are tired of watching, are mobilizing. Eddie arrives in Washington D.C. during the week of the inauguration to explore the District's own fight against adversity and the problems of these volatile times.
Eddie checks out Toronto by embedding himself in a handful of immigrant communities to better understand how ethnic food flourishes under the support of multiculturalism.
Eddie travels through Japan looking into individualism and how this has helped and hurt the Japanese.
Eddie explores Hawaiian identity in the margins of its own habitat and how Hawaiians seek to take the island back.
Eddie takes viewers on a journey through his New York, introducing viewers to his friends and family.
Eddie road trips through Cape Cod, seeing that "white" culture is a misnomer as it's impossible to capture a people by color.
Eddie visits Seoul to see how South Korea's rise through soft power changed the country for better or for worse.
Eddie drives through LA, exploring the city's food history from the invention of the drive-thru to the current health and wellness food movements.
Peru has become the gastronomic capital of Latin America. Eddie visits to explore how the acceptance and preservation of bio and human diversity have made Peru a culinary powerhouse.
In the season finale, Eddie arrives in Dubai, the opulent heart of the United Arab Emirates, to explore how the city's extreme wealth drives technology, culture and food.
We bring you outtakes, behind the scenes footage and bloopers from the first season of Fresh off The Boat. Enjoy!
That's a WRAP for Season 2 of Fresh Off The Boat. This year, we saw some really great moments traveling from Mongolia to Russia to Chengdu to NYC. So much so that we couldn't possibly fit it all into our previous episodes. But worry not, because we're coming at you with a blooper reel containing some of the most outrageous leftovers from the Human Panda and the FOB crew. Watch your boy, Eddie Huang, in the moments where the cameras shouldn't have been rolling. Can't wait to see you next season!
