{"id":252,"date":"2014-06-04T15:53:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T15:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/?p=252"},"modified":"2014-06-26T18:47:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T18:47:17","slug":"makerslane-ep5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/makerslane-ep5\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker&#8217;s Lane Ep. 05: Outer Borough&#8217;s Carson Yiu Tells His Story Through Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>In celebration of APA Heritage Month, we&#8217;ve collaborated with <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/studioapa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Studio APA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hyphenmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hyphen Magazine<\/a> to present <b>Maker&#8217;s Lane<\/b>, a webseries directed and produced by NYC-based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/oneouncegold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sahra Vang Nguyen<\/a>. Each episode in this 5-part series features an Asian Pacific American entrepreneur from a distinct creative field in New York City.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"arve wp-block-nextgenthemes-arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-qzf0-ruebyk69f4815ae72df388031781\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 940 \/ 529\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.276596%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-qzf0-ruebyk69f4815ae72df388031781\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qZF0-rUEByk?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qZF0-rUEByk?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apa.si.edu\\\/now\\\/makerslane-ep5\\\/#arve-youtube-qzf0-ruebyk69f4815ae72df388031781\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/qZF0-rUEByk?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smorgasburg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smorgasburg<\/a> is New York&#8217;s biggest and most competitive food market, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/metropolis\/2013\/04\/05\/smorgasburgs-exclusive-secret-to-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">with a low acceptance rate of 8.5 &#8211; 11.4%<\/a>&#8211;almost as hard as getting into Brown University with its 9.6% acceptance rate. I first met Carson Yiu, owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/outerborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Outer Borough<\/a>, when I was scanning the 100 Smorgasburg food vendors trying to decide what to eat. Outer Borough caught my eye with its Taiwanese beef rolls&#8211;crispy scallion pancake rolled around marinated beef shank, scallions, cilantro, cucumber and secret sauce. One bite in, and I was hooked. Over the next few days I was craving Outer Borough, so I looked them up on Yelp to see if they had a location\u00a0somewhere in the city. I couldn&#8217;t find an address or a telephone number&#8211;just a Facebook Page. I commented on their wall, &#8220;Do you guys have any week day appearances??&#8221; When they replied, &#8220;Not right now!&#8221; I was crushed. Needless to say, I returned to\u00a0Smorgasburg the following weekend to get my fix of Outer Borough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.14-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-257\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.14-PM.png\" alt=\"Carson Yiu\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.14-PM.png 1920w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.14-PM-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_254\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.38.12-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.38.12-PM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Carson Yiu is part of a new class of APAs in creative culinary arts, along with Eddie Huang and Roy Choi.\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carson Yiu is part of a new class of APAs in creative culinary arts, along with Eddie Huang and Roy Choi.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was essential I included a foodie in my launch of Maker&#8217;s Lane.\u00a0 Some of the most notable Asian American entrepreneurs in mainstream media right now are culinary creatives and restauranteurs, including Eddie Huang, owner of BaoHaus and inspiration behind ABC&#8217;s new sitcom <em>Fresh Off The Boat<\/em>, and Roy Choi, owner of LA&#8217;s infamous Kogi Trucks.\u00a0 Initially, I thought Smorgasburg was just a weekend gig for most of the vendors, many of them have brick and mortars around the city. After spending time with Carson and witnessing his daily grind, I realized that Smorgasburg is a full time gig requiring a week of preparation and then an intense weekend of selling to customers. With the constant flow of foot traffic at Smorgasburg, vendors serve all their business in 2 long days versus spreading it out across a week from a storefront.\u00a0 It was fascinating to learn how the emergence of food markets and other event-based opportunities in New York are making it possible for food entrepreneurs to create a sustainable business outside of the restaurant route.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked Carson to be featured as an entrepreneur for Maker&#8217;s Lane, I knew at the very least I would get a good story about one of my favorite things to eat at the most competitive food market in NYC.\u00a0 After filming him, I was thrilled to discover such a powerful and inspiring story about self-love, family, representing your culture and overcoming rejection.\u00a0 As Carson describes in the episode, his goal is to use Outer Borough as a platform to tell his story to the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.40.02-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-256\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.40.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-03 at 4.40.02 PM\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.40.02-PM.png 1920w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.40.02-PM-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.39.33-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-255\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.39.33-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-03 at 4.39.33 PM\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.39.33-PM.png 1920w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.39.33-PM-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.34-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-258\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.34-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-03 at 4.41.34 PM\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.34-PM.png 1920w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.34-PM-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.52-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-259\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.52-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-03 at 4.41.52 PM\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.52-PM.png 1920w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-03-at-4.41.52-PM-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of APA Heritage Month, we&#8217;ve collaborated with Studio APA and Hyphen Magazine to present Maker&#8217;s Lane, a webseries directed and produced by NYC-based artist Sahra Vang Nguyen. 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