
TOM
Tom Huang is an indie filmmaker, as well as paying his bills as a writer, director and producer. His latest feature, Why Am I Doing This?, a multi-award-winning film about an Asian-Am guy and a African-Am guy failing in Hollywood, is now out everywhere on DVD, including amazon.com. The Boston Herald called it “a raucous look at life in Los Angeles for an actor,” while Tom’s mom said, “I don’t get it.” He is currently working on Unusual Targets with Harry Shum, Jr. from Glee, and is also trying to catch the first season of Mad Men on DVD because everyone says it’s so good.

Being American, and being Asian, I love seeing things that have fused the two, that shows how our increasingly diverse cultures in America have had sex and made a hapa child that is Asian in background, but totally American in it’s design. In this case, what do you get when you mix Asia and the American spirit? No, I’m not talking Keanu Reeves … I’m talking about the all-you-can-eat Asian food extravaganza.
I’m talkin’ the all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ experience, where, for a set price, they give you all the various Korean marinated flesh from four different animals you can ask for (no sharing or take-outs, please), and then make you cook it all yourself on a table-top grill (who thought that up scam up? You pay so you can cook?). Or the Hong Kong buffet, where you pick from about 500,000 trays of Chinese food (including the real shit like chicken feet and rubbery cows parts), poorly prepared sushi made by a Chinese immigrant in a karate outfit, and a soft-serve ice milk ice cream machine that you can top with nuts, chocolate sauce and lychees. Read more...