EP: 69 AsiaTown Cleveland with Karis Tzeng, featuring Special Guests Ball Ball Waffles, Egg Tarts and Aldous Lau

Karis Tzeng is a VP of Planning at Midtown Cleveland where she works on many projects for the district including the stewardship of AsiaTown. If you think of AsiaTown as a place to "get take out" you are missing so much...from an array of Pan-Asian foods spanning multiple cuisines and cultures, to art and history, and distinct traditions that arrived with each wave of immigration.

We talk about the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated for roughly two weeks. It's the Year of the Rabbit, signifying fertility, luck and creativity. If you went down to Asia Plaza for the start of the festival you saw lots of little kids in rabbit ears, ladies dressed in beautiful red clothing, and maybe you saw the Kwan Family do their Lion Dances. Most Asian cultures celebrate the Lunar New Year, but with differing customs and foods. Fortunately, Cleveland's AsiaTown reflects that diversity, which is part of its uniqueness.

Aldous Lau is the owner of Ball Ball Waffle, a Hong Kong Street Food that you will want to try. He shares a bit of his story and then makes me my first waffle!

This episode is presented by Real Food Remedy (formerly Perfectly Imperfect Produce) and The Katz Group of Restaurants,