Season 1 Plot
Fresh Off the Boat is a genre-bending venture into subculture through the lens of food. Raw, wild, and heartfelt, Eddie Huang gets down in the underbellies of cities around the world in search of what's cooking in their back alleys and underground spots. He's hunting rabbits with biker gangs in Oakland, eating seafood and surfing in Taiwan, hitting low-rider BBQs in East LA, and dining on rice and beans with your drug dealer's grandmother in Miami.
Fresh Off the Boat Season 1 aired on October 15th, 2012.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Bay Area
Eddie's first stop in the Bay Area is Oakland, CA. where he hangs with a local biker gang to show hipsters how to shoot guns and hunt for rabbit. After a few gruesome hours in the Oakland outback they head back to the club house to shoot the shit, throw back a few cold ones, talk about the disconnect between people and process it takes to put meat on our plates, all before cooking up a delicious meal of southern style deep fried rabbit.
2. Taiwan
Our far flung adventure of this first season is Eddie's homeland Taiwan. It is a country with a complex cultural blend embedded in its history that has afforded it a character unique to any other place in the world.
3. Los Angeles
In Fresh off the Boat's LA stop, Eddie combs through the city's crevices eating Mexican with Roy Choi, saffron ice cream in Little Persia, and barbecuing with one of the most legendary lowrider clubs in town. The City of Angels never fails to bring the weird and unexpected to the table.
4. Back in Taiwan
Coming up on the next installments of Fresh off the Boat's Taiwan venture, Eddie goes deep into Taiwan's unique subcultures. He vibes out in the metal scene, judges a cosplay fashion show, taste tests stinky tofu and learns what goes into defining Taiwanese identity.
5. Miami
Fresh off the Boat Miami brings you sex, hip hop and Haitian food. Eddie gets a food tour of Hialeah in the back seat of the Bangbus, chows down on some barbecue in the parking lot of a strip club with Uncle Luke, and vibes out on the Biscayne Bay with Chef Creole's usual Sunday crew.
6. Season One Leftovers
We bring you outtakes, behind the scenes footage and bloopers from the first season of Fresh off The Boat. Enjoy!