In this episode of Chinese Food Fight Club, we talk with fishmonger Liwei Liao, the dry-aged fish king of Los Angeles. Born in Taiwan and raised in Bayside, Queens, Liao studied engineering at UCLA before launching The Boba Truck at the height of the social-media-food-truck convergence in 2008. In 2018, Liao opened The Joint, a sustainable seafood market and coffee shop in Sherman Oaks where his motto is #freshisboring. Here, Liao tells us why he's a champion of dry aged fish, and talks about his childhood growing up in Queens, New York.
Stuff we mention in this video:
• The Joint's $320 Temaki Box
• Alley Pond Park in Bayside, Queens
• Bronx High School of Science
• Damian, Los Angeles
• Paul Bartolotta
• Jon Yao's Kato in Los Angeles
• Father's Office in Los Angeles
• The Brother's Sushi in Los Angeles
• Anajak Thai in Los Angeles
• Rustic Canyon in Los Angeles
• Sea Stephanie Fish
• Ora King Salmon