I'm Angel. I started on this journey in 2013 when I uploaded my first YouTube recipe tutorial.
I'm a first generation Taiwanese American living in Seattle, and I speak fluent Taiwanese thanks to being raised by my Grandparents.
Tell me about your Heritage & Taiwan. My grandparents were always very proud of their Taiwanese culture and heritage, something that I never understood until I was in my late teens. Over the years, I began to realize that Taiwanese people are very friendly, kind, and they love to host and make people feel welcome through food. These are all warm qualities that I admire and what made them great loving grandparents and overall just good people.
When you walk into a Taiwanese home, the host will usually ask (in Taiwanese) “have you eaten yet?” It’s synonymous as asking if you’d like a glass of water or how your day was. Taiwanese food is usually served Family style, so there’s another bonding aspect to connecting with people over food.
In 2020, my grandfather passed away from cancer at the age of 93. He was loved and will always be missed. My grandmother is with us, but it still feels like yesterday, I was a little girl eating with both my grandparents at my side. My fondest memories will always be of us sharing meals together.
Why are you making these videos? My hope is that through these recipes, even if it’s 30 or 50 years later, and there’s no one around to ask, we (anyone) will always be able to reference back to these videos and remember how to cook the Taiwanese food my grandparents and I once enjoyed together.
What keeps you going? Every now and then, I’ll get an email from one of my viewers and they thank me on a recipe they've tried. For one woman, it reminded her of a Taiwanese dish her mom use to cook, which they never got a chance to learn while she was still alive, and when she made it for the first time, it tasted exactly as how her mom cooked it, and it took her back in time to a special moment . . . and for others, it was a fond memory of a particular food that will always remind them of their dad.
Anything else to add? One of the magics of food is that it’s nostalgic. My goal is to connect and enrich people’s lives through my love of food and entertainment. Keeping to the Taiwanese hospitality I hope this would make my grandparents proud. I’m Angel Wong and welcome to my Kitchen.
xoxo, ~Angel
"Sharing a meal with a facinating stranger is one of life's true delights "