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A Chef At Last

Eric Huang

Musings on the hospitality industry, owning a restaurant and how a decade of high intensity cooking changes a man.

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    Career fine dining chef turned fried chicken guy. I've spent my entire life in restaurants and whiled away the monotonous stretches by pondering on the absurdity of our profession. Unfortunately, a lot of lobsters died along the way.

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