There are the extra apparent issues like Alexis (Highdee Kuan), Charles’ childhood friend-turned-ambitious LA prosecutor who’s hoping to interrupt a career-making case, and her habit to raw Buldak spicy ramen. However there are additionally the delicate touches that Asian People will acknowledge and respect. When a disoriented Charles is hiding out at Alexis’ dwelling after barely escaping an ambush at a Korean spa, she palms over a bag of everybody’s childhood fave Shrimp chips — you recognize, the one you might actually eat in a single sitting. You catch a fast glimpse of a half-empty, purple-labeled bottle of hoisin sauce within the Solar household’s fridge earlier than Bruce decides to warmth up a bao. One of the best place to purchase groceries, particularly produce, is 99 Ranch, as vouched by the Asian chain’s buying baggage on each kitchen counter. Jim’s Bakery in Monterey Park will get a shoutout for having the perfect egg tarts in Southern California and being “conveniently situated subsequent to an LA Health.” Even the decades-long debate over the wrongly villainized MSG will get a fast nod — “The MSG would not give him complications?”; “That’s not an actual factor!” — vindication for the meals part that’s so core to Asian delicacies (and so scrumptious!).
