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AND A HAPPY MEAL AND USING

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FLAVORS HE GREW UP WITH IN THIS

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TAIWANESE AMERICAN HOME.

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STEVEN ROMO SPOKE ABOUT--.

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>> REMEMBER LUNCH REBELS?
WHAT IF THEY LOOKED LIKE THIS?

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WHAT IF THEY LOOKED LIKE THIS?

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>> CAN YOU IMAGINE THE KIDS WHO

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GOT MADE FUN OF FOR THOSE

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LUNCHES?

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>> ON A MISSION TO REVAMP

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CHILDHOOD STAPLES.

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>> WHY BE THAT WHEN YOU CAN HAVE

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AN ENTIRE CAFETERIA OF THESE

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LUNCHES.

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>> HE CALLS HIMSELF A

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PROFESSIONAL CHEF BUT HAS A

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KNACK FOR COOKING.

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ON LITTLE FAT BOY HE HAS

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RECIPES THAT CENTER ON HIS
TAIWANESE AMERICAN UPBRINGING.

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TAIWANESE AMERICAN UPBRINGING.

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>> IT’S LITERALLY EXACTLY THE

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SAME AS I REMEMBER.

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>> HIS LATEST SERIES TURNING

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AMERICAN CLASSICS ASIAN IS

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TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

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>> HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THIS TO

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SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN THEM?

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>> WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF A

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LUNCH--  OF A BRAND LIKE

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LUNCHABLES  EXPLORED THE

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PRODUCTS OF OTHER CULTURES?

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>> FROM OTHER FLAVORED

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TWINKIES.

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>> FLAVORS FROM AROUND THE

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WORLD.

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>> TO TOASTED SESAME CHEERIOS.

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EVEN THE HAPPY MEAL GOT A
MAKEOVER BY GAW.

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MAKEOVER BY GAW.

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>>  GAW NOT ONLY FOCUSING ON

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PREPARING THE FOOD BUT ALSO

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MOCKING UP HOW THE COMPANY

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COULD PACKAGE THE NEW ITEMS.

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FOR THIS CHILD OF THE 90s FROM

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THE MIDWEST, THIS IS ALSO ABOUT

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SELF REFLECTION.

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>> GREW UP IN OHIO.

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>> I LEFT A LOT OF MY CULTURE

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AT HOME BUT AT SCHOOL I WAS

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VERY MUCH AN AMERICAN KID.

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>> WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR

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EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SELF ABOUT 2024

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FRANKIE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

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>> BEING ASIAN MEANT THAT I HAD

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TO STAND OUT AND I FEEL IF I

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COULD GO BACK TO THAT KID I

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WOULD BE LIKE, THE THINGS THAT

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MAKE YOU YOU ARE ACTUALLY

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UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.

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>> REIMAGINING WHAT AMERICAN