The WORST episodes of Huang's World
Every episode of Huang's World ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Huang's World!
Huang's World 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.
#1 - London Part 2
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2014
In part two of Fresh Off the Boat - London Eddie takes us around the East End to have breakfast with former gangster Dave Courtney, get romantic with a sexy British photographer, and discuss the global phenomena of "hipsterdom."
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#2 - Miami Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2013
Eddie links up with 2 Live Crew rapper Uncle Luke at Club Rolexx in Opa-Locka to taste Luke's pick of the best BBQ in town. Case and point, the cars lined up in the lot come more for the food than the girls. After eating sauced up St Louis ribs and smoked chicken, Eddie and the "Mayor of Miami" take a stroll down the street to another of Luke's hood favorites, the conch truck.
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#3 - London Part 3
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2014
In the final installment of Fresh Off the Boat - London, Eddie travels around the city with the young storytellers from Fully Focused, a youth-led media organization that aims to create a new image for London's misrepresented youth. He then joins them for their weekly Jerk Friday, where he munches on homemade jerk chicken and speculates about the ingredients of the very secret sauce.
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#4 - Moscow Part 1
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/2013
In part one of Fresh Off the Boat - Moscow, Eddie takes his first shot of Russian vodka, chows down on some "communist dogs" with one of the few black Muscovites, and discusses the country's diverse generation of millennials and their evolving ideologies.
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#5 - London Part 1
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/30/2013
In part one of Fresh Off the Boat - London Eddie heads to Brick Lane, a historic enclave in East London that's home to Turks, Jews, and now Bengalis, to chow down on some tikka masala with a British twist. He then tries his hand at a game of cricket with a Pakistani cricket league and spits some real shit about the effects of British colonization and institutionalized Islamophobia in London.
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#6 - Taiwan Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/2012
In the second episode of our Taiwanese adventure, Eddie trips down to the Southern tip of the country to vibe with its burgeoning surf culture. He parties on the beach, almost gets eaten by the ocean, and then kicks back with some kiwi before heading back to Taipei.
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#7 - Back in Taiwan Part 3
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/2013
It's all about the historical for the last episode in Taipei. Eddie spends an afternoon on Shenkeng Old Street soaking up deep rooted traditions. He hits up the Randall Cunningham of stinky tofu restaurants, explores ancient Eastern medicine with cupping therapy on his thrown out back, and finally kicks back with a tea ceremony.
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#8 - Back in Taiwan Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2013
In this episode of Fresh Off The Boat, Eddie's trip to Taiwan brings him to the soy milk district, Yung Ho Doujiang, for a Taiwanese breakfast feast. Then he's off to Normal University for a one man cosplay fashion show before winding down with some slightly underwhelming German sausages served in a toilet bowl.
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#9 - Miami Part 3
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2013
Eddie follows Chef Creole to the heart of Little Haiti where food is paramount to the neighborhood's steadfast Creole roots. The two stop at Creole's kitchen and trade techniques before grilling up a 100 lb pig and serving it up at the Dolphins tailgate. Bookending Fresh off the Boat's season finale, Creole's clan brings Eddie out on Biscayne Bay to barbecue steak and vibe out, Haitian style.
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#10 - Washington D.C.
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/2017
The United States is suffering through one of its most divisive, uncertain moments in history and as the majority of America watches their screens for self-fulfilling prophecies - those who are tired of watching, are mobilizing. Eddie arrives in Washington D.C. during the week of the inauguration to explore the District's own fight against adversity and the problems of these volatile times.
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#11 - Shanghai Part 1
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/2014
In the first part of Fresh Off the Boat - Shanghai, Eddie ventures into the heart of the city where he meets with Qiuxiang Wang, a humble street food vendor working to live in the city on her own terms. He spends time in her home, where she's constantly making grilled skewers, grabs a midnight snack at a popular nighttime market, and gets a glimpse into what life is like for those trying to keep homegrown markets alive.
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#12 - Bay Area Part 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/2012
Eddie kicks it with Julez of the Barber Gang, a crew of Filipinos who cut fades and liners in San Francisco's Little Manila. First Eddie gets a fresh cut and hangs with local rap group The Jealous Guys, before heading off to Julez's favorite Filipino joint to talk chicken adobo, and how sisig could become the next sushi. Also in this episode, Eddie dives into the art of the Mission burrito, giving you a locals only tour ending with him crowning his personal favorite.
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#14 - Miami Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/2013
In Miami, Eddie jumps on board the Bangbus for a drive through Hialeah with porn star Jada Stevens. Eddie takes Jada to Morro Castle for his favorite fritas before witnessing her make a few unsuspecting guys' days. Lives? Whatever. After work, Eddie and Jada wine and dine over Argentinian in South Beach and get real on the misconceptions of her career.
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#15 - Los Angeles Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2012
In the first part of the LA episode, Eddie rolls through Tehrangeles and shops for Persian rugs that cost as much as cars, eats brain and tongue sandwiches, and tests out magical saffron ice cream before ending the night at Little Tehran's most famed hookah spot.
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#16 - Taiwan Part 3
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/26/2012
The family edition of Fresh off the Boat brings you father-son hang time with Eddie and his dad in Taipei. The Huang men catch up over the most meticulously crafted dumplings in the world, and pay visit to Eddie's grandpa's resting place in Yang Ming Shan.
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#18 - Chengdu Part 3
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2014
In the Season 2 Finale of Huang's World, Eddie learns the subtleties of Sichuan cooking from master chef Yu, visits the sculpture factory of artist Deng Le, and climbs into a treehouse parlor to discover an appreciation for the delicate hand motions of Taiwanese tea-pouring. He also spends his time with different generations of Chinese families to discuss cultural preservation as China moves forward and becomes open to the rest of the world.
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#19 - Shanghai Part 3
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/2014
In part three of Fresh Off the Boat - Shanghai, Eddie spends his final day eating some quality breakfast dumplings, going undercover at a bootleg mall, and enjoying classic Chinese-American food in Shanghai while discussing what it was like growing as a Chinese-American in the USA.
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#20 - Detroit Part 3
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2013
In part three of Fresh Off the Boat - Detroit, Eddie meets Allan Hill, a born-again Christian who's lived in the abandoned Packard Plant for seven years. Standing in its crumbling ruins Eddie eats mystery-meat pasties and homemade yogurt before visiting a local soup kitchen with Allan and his crew.
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#21 - Detroit Part 2
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2013
In part two of Fresh Off the Boat - Detroit, Eddie heads to Dearborn, Michigan, home of the highest Middle Eastern population per capita outside the Middle East. There, he mows some Iraqi pastries, checks out Wild Wednesdays where the community does its bulk shopping, and engages in kebab diplomacy with a Lebanese community leader and some young Muslim activists.
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#23 - Los Angeles Part 3
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2012
The Techniques have settled down since the old days of the infamous LA car club wars. Now they're family men, riding low with their kids sitting shot gun instead of a shotgun riding shot gun. In this episode, Eddie spends a Sunday afternoon with the club, riding around in their candy painted lowriders, enjoying the California sun, and swapping barbecue secrets.
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#24 - Taiwan Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/2012
Taiwan has a complex cultural blend embedded in its history that has given it a character unlike any other place in the world. In the first of three Fresh Off the Boat: Taiwan episodes, Eddie gets hopped up on betel nut, gives a survey at his favorite delicacies at Shilin night market, and goes late-night shrimping. We found ourselves in some interesting scenarios, and they all highlight the endearing sense of humor that pulsates through Taiwanese culture. If there’s one thing we came away with, it was that Taiwan knows how to have fun.
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