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.

Chinese Food Fight Club is a multimedia platform and consultancy inspired by a dining club created by Andy Wang and Danica Lo at Legend in New York City in 2011. Our mission is to connect the Chinese-American community with other Asian communities while amplifying the stories of Asian and Asian-American creators, chefs, artists, activists, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. You can find us elsewhere on the internet at Instagram and you can watch these episodes on YouTube.

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