A local chef with roots in San Francisco's Chinatown is enjoying a higher profile these days thanks to a her starring turn in a new reality show.
The lunch rush is on and the restaurant is buzzing. If you blink, you might miss Kathy Fang zipping through the kitchen and dining roomFor some customers, it might come as a surprise to see San Francisco's newest celebrity chef in the middle of the grind afterrecently wrapped up its first season on the Food Network.
But outside the new found celebrity from"House of Fang," the first season shattered barriers in the food reality show world by featuring the first all Asian-American cast on the Food Network. And while the exposure was great for Kathy Fang, it also came with a heavy weight on her shoulders. "I do feel like I am stepping into that role, of being the next generation of Chinese food," said Fang."The Martin Yans and Ming Tsais opened the door, but I want to move the food forward.I am bringing in a lot of books on Chinese food and Chinese history, because if I am going to be out there to spread the gospel, I want to do our history justice."
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