LA Restaurants
This restaurant is known for its Xiao Long Bao (steamed soup dumplings) which means "little dumpling in a basket"
What is Din Tai Fung?
This fruit is known as the king of fruits and is STANKY.
What is durian?
This celebrates the beginning of the lunar calendar and is accompanied by big feasts with family and loved ones.
What is Lunar New Year?
This is the first international film to win an Oscar for "Best Picture"
This shop is widely regarded as the best boba within the USC Fryft zone.
What is Pot of Cha?
This restaurant is most famous for its affordable udon that they cook right in front of you and its tempura assortment.
What is Marugame Udon?
This dessert features ube and crushed ice and its name is Tagalog for "mix-mix"
What is halo halo?
This festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month and celebrates the autumn harvest. This is supposed to be the day of the year when the moon is the fullest.
Mid-Autumn Festival (Chuseok, Tsukimi)
This was the first romantic comedy to feature a majority APIDA cast.
This kpop group recently broke the record for most views within a day of releasing their new music video on YouTube before the record was beat by another Kpop group... name both for full points!
What are Blackpink and BTS?
This restaurant is known for its late night hours and hot soups (and you get a free fish before you eat!)
What is BCD?
This custardy snack has two different types of crusts: puff pastry or cookie crust.
This holiday is known as the "festival of colours", celebrating the arrival of spring.
What is Holi?
This is the longest running TV show about an Asian American family.
What is Fresh Off the Boat?
This Canadian YouTuber initially gained fame on social media under the pseudonym IISuperwomanII.
Who is Lilly Singh?
Located next to a YouTube personality's boba shop, this restaurant is a popular spot to get pho, spring rolls, and other Vietnamese delicacies.
What is Golden Deli?
This snack is made of a stick-shaped biscuit coated in chocolate and has its own holiday in South Korea
What is Pepero?
In Japan, this holiday takes place on May 5 and celebrates children's personalities and happiness.
What is Children's Day?
This actress was the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe in any lead actress film category.
Who is Awkwafina?
This manga/anime is about a boy who wants to be the best pirate in the world
What is One Piece?
This restaurant sponsored Jimmy Zhang's attempt to crash David Dobrik's party earlier this year and their fried rice and noodles are often found at on-campus events.
What is Northern Cafe?
Served as an entree or snack, this fried or baked pastry has a savoury filling of spiced potatoes, onions, peas, cheese, and meat. It may take different forms, including triangular, cone, or half-moon shapes, depending on the region.
What is a samosa?
This "Festival of Lights" lasts five days and symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
What is Diwali?
This animation studio has a strict "no-cut" policy to protect their films from being changed by international distributors.
What is Studio Ghibli?
This Chinese American actress played the wife of Alexander Hamilton in the original Broadway cast of the musical Hamilton.
Who is Phillipa Soo?