MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- "Bizarre Foods " host Andrew Zimmern is apologizing for his comments about Chinese restaurants after he was criticized as culturally insensitive.
Zimmern just opened his own Chinese restaurant, Lucky Cricket, in Minnesota.
Last week, Fast Company posted an interview from the summer in which Zimmern says he was saving the souls of people who dine at "(expletive) restaurants masquerading as Chinese food" in the Midwest.
The Eater said his remarks represented cultural elitism. An op-ed in The Washington Post called them insulting.
In a statement to the Star Tribune , Zimmern admits his comments sounded arrogant. He took responsibility and attempted to clarify, saying many diners in the Twin Cities area eat Chinese food in malls, and he hopes to expose them to the "greatness of Chinese and Chinese-American cuisines."
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Andrew Zimmern Apologizes For Comments About Chinese Restaurants
/ CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- "Bizarre Foods " host Andrew Zimmern is apologizing for his comments about Chinese restaurants after he was criticized as culturally insensitive.
Zimmern just opened his own Chinese restaurant, Lucky Cricket, in Minnesota.
Last week, Fast Company posted an interview from the summer in which Zimmern says he was saving the souls of people who dine at "(expletive) restaurants masquerading as Chinese food" in the Midwest.
The Eater said his remarks represented cultural elitism. An op-ed in The Washington Post called them insulting.
In a statement to the Star Tribune , Zimmern admits his comments sounded arrogant. He took responsibility and attempted to clarify, saying many diners in the Twin Cities area eat Chinese food in malls, and he hopes to expose them to the "greatness of Chinese and Chinese-American cuisines."
(© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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