There’s nobody like you, by Eddie Huang

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In 2009, Eddie Huang, author of the acclaimed memoir Fresh Off the Boat, opens Baohaus, his first Taiwanese restaurant on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It’s a wild, chaotic gamble that exemplifies Eddie’s spirit. But as the restaurant’s success grows, Eddie is faced with the challenge of either sticking to his principles or living someone else’s dream for his life.

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0:00.0	A look out into the small dining area, it's a tiny 400 square foot space, subterranean,
0:19.2	no windows.
0:20.2	It used to be an ice cream shop with maybe three seats, now it has 12 cheap plastic
0:25.9	tools I bought from Ikea, the bathroom doesn't work.
0:29.9	My thought is this, if the food is good enough, people will come.
0:50.2	Arthur, chef and TV personality Eddie Huang spends much of his early life struggling to find
0:56.7	his purpose.
0:58.5	Along the way, friends and family try to tell him what that purpose should be.
1:04.6	But as we'll hear in this week's story, Eddie's experience opening his lawlessly successful
1:10.7	Taiwanese restaurant Bauhaus teaches him that he can't and shouldn't spend his life living
1:17.5	other people's dreams.
1:20.6	In this series we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness
1:28.0	prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories.
1:34.2	And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.
1:40.3	From weight to what, this is a meditative story.
1:46.3	I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide.
2:06.8	The body relaxed.
2:10.4	The body breathing.
2:14.3	What senses open, your mind open.
2:23.5	Detain the world.
2:51.6	I walk in off second avenue and the place smells funny.
2:58.1	Even for a video store, it smells more like a goodwill.
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