How to tell if your wok is hot enough

Rose Wong is the founder of Pearl of the Orient restaurant which was the first restaurant in Cleveland Ohio to offer Northern and Szechuan Chinese cuisine when it opened in 1978.

She gave a cooking demonstration about Healthy Asian Cooking at an event at her sister Margaret Wong’s law offices.

Here she explains how important it is to have a very hot wok and how to tell if it is hot enough.

Cleveland Cooks

Chinese in Cleveland 

Margaret Wong welcome to Asian health event

Immigration Attorney Margaret Wong hosted an educational reception at her law offices in Cleveland to show healthy Asian cooking examples and to learn about the health issues of the Asian population.

This video is her brief welcome first in English and then in Chinese.

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Why immigrants choose to come and stay in Cleveland

Leaders of the Cleveland Indian, Vietnamese and Chinese community spoke on a panel run by the Maltz Museum and Global Cleveland titled Begin the Conversation: Cleveland's Immigrant Communities Today: Pan-Asian Community.  They were asked why they chose Cleveland and stayed there.  Gia Hoa Ryan from Vietnam, Asim Datta from India, Johnny Wu from Panama and China and Nupur Goel whose parents came from India answered.

http://www.clevelandpeople.com/

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Johnny Wu – growing up with diplomat father

Cleveland Asian Community leader and filmmaker Johnny Wu spoke at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage on a Global Cleveland panel titled Begin the Conversation: Cleveland's Immigrant Communities Today: Pan-Asian Community.  He spoke about his upbringing in a diplomat’s family that traveled to many countries.  His father was strict and made him learn Chinese and martial arts at an early age.


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2nd generation loses culture of immigrant parents

Leaders of the Cleveland Indian, Vietnamese and Chinese community spoke on a panel run by the Maltz Museum and Global Cleveland titled Begin the Conversation: Cleveland's Immigrant Communities Today: Pan-Asian Community.  A question was asked about the 2nd and 3rd generation losing their culture and Gia Hoa Ryan who came from Vietnam in 1971 and Asim Datta from the Indian community answered. http://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/vietnam/vietnam.htm



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Foreign Students have to learn about others and assimilate

Cleveland Asian Community leader and filmmaker Johnny Wu spoke at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage on a Global Cleveland panel titled Begin the Conversation: Cleveland's Immigrant Communities Today: Pan-Asian Community.  He said that both native born and visiting students need to learn from each other and respect each other’s cultures. http://www.clevelandpeople.com/




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Night Market Cleveland

Night Market CLE is a summer event series the Final Friday of every month through September. Modeled off of the historic night markets that would "pop up" in Asia, Night Markets will have street food, shopping, and entertainment. It will be authentically Asian and uniquely Cleveland.

Imagine a warm summer evening. The fusion of ethnic food, wares and entertainment. The enjoyment of visitors exploring the ethnic and cultural attractions of the area. Roving food carts. Music playing while shoppers weave through the marketplace. Join us under the stars on Rockwell and E. 21st street and experience local arts, crafts, produce, food and entertainment!

#NightMrktCLE is the result of a strong collaboration between St Clair Development Corporation and the Campus District.

Here are a few photos from the 9-25-15 Might Market.

Johnny Wu and Ava Reiss

Octopus

Debbie Hanson, Ewyn Tsang Oanh and Mike Powell

Unicorn Dog

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) held a Community Listening Session at Ariel International Center on January 28, 2015. The event was coordinated by City of Cleveland Community Relations Board Asian Liaison Chia-Min Chen.

White House Initiative team

Photos, videos and resources from the AAPI event

17th Annual Cleveland Asian Catholic Mass and Gathering

About 1000 people celebrated the 17^th Annual Cleveland Asian Catholic Mass and Gathering on Sunday, October 5 hosted by the Asian Ministry of the Diocese of Cleveland.

The cultural and ethnic diversity of the Asian Catholic communities assembled at the Mass was reflected throughout the celebration. Members of the various Asian communities came together with their own traditions, dressed in colorful ethnic clothes: shimmering saris, kimonos, karawangs, hanboks, barongs, and ao dai.

The entrance procession included Vietnamese drums. During the Mass there was an incense ceremony by the Vietnamese, and the Indian aarti. Hymns were sung by the choirs in various Asian languages: Tagalog (Filipino), Korean, Vietnamese and Hindi (Indian).

The readings and the prayers of the faithful were also said in various Asian languages.

Photos and videos of the Asian Catholic Gathering