EP60 ”Playing the Violin Gets You No Girls” - Lee Chang

From Taiwan to the American dream

 

Lee Chang is a chef and one of the owners of QQ Asian Kitchen, a family style Michelin guide fine dining restaurant in the center of Prague in the Czech Republic.

Lee grew up in Colorado where his parents emigrated from Taiwan to live the American dream.  He was supposed to be the pride of the household as the only child.  They made him play violin which was not exactly the coolest thing to do in his eyes so he gave that up and then later he surprised them by telling them he wanted to do a degree in English to which they responded "don't you speak english already?"

Through a series of random decisions Lee ended up in Prague where he opened his restaurant.

He told me how it was being the only Asian kid on the block and how Asians are doing as a minority in the US of A.  Their history is not held high as the US authorities treated Asians in ways that most people do not know about.  We discussed why Asians are so successful and how they are being used as examples of success in ways that might make them targets for hate. Lee explained to me how he used the fact that he was teased for being different as a drive to get better and stronger instead of giving up.  

And we discussed my brief adventure with Jenna Jameson

 

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