in the new The Hulu Show Inner ChinatownA background actor stuck playing various clichéd Asian characters in a police procedural becomes involved in a crime scene in Chinatown. Comedian Ronnie Cheung, who co-stars in the show based on the much-acclaimed book of the same name, is a bit of a connoisseur of Chinatown neighborhoods around the world, having lived in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and now the United States. States. “It’s very funny, because the idea of a Chinatown is basically in a non-Asian country, right? But the best Chinatowns are probably in Malaysia or Singapore,” says Chieng, who remains a senior correspondent. The Daily Show. “But damn, I’m biased. I have to go along.” New York City. This is my Chinatown and I think it is the best Chinatown. It has food, tailors, massage parlors, coffee. New York City’s Chinatown is where it’s at.”
As he held his Love to hate it Comedy Tour, A Conversation with Ronnie Ching Condé Nast Traveler Returning to Japan again and again, about eating So a toast to SingaporeAnd wondering why the hotel staff won’t leave him alone.
What he wants on vacation:
When I go on vacation, I don’t like doing touristy things, so I tend to go to places I’m familiar with, e.g the airWhere I feel like a local, or Japan—my wife and I go almost every year, so we have our places. Japan is such a great mental reset. You can’t help but leave kind of fresh. I like to go to Singapore because my mother is there. I love food and I know how to get around. I feel it too Like an Australian native Because I lived there for a long time, and also in Malaysia. I like to walk slowly.
Where he eats in Singapore:
I go to my usual places Singapore. I actually have one Food Guide on Apple MapsSo if people want to see it, they can log into it. I usually go to Tong Ah Eating House, and I get teh tarik, which is milk tea. It’s one of the few places in Singapore where you can still make it from scratch. They have really good kaya toast, which is egg and coconut jam, and coffee pork ribs.