Based on the life of Asian-American restaurateur, chef, food personality, and former lawyer Eddie Huang. He serves as the show's narrator in the first season.
Eddie Huang decreased his involvement with the show in season 2 due to his disagreements in creative direction of the show, in particular how the Louis character is portrayed as nice, friendly, and naive versus the dark, abusive, and strict personality he had in the book.
This is the first U.S. network television series centering on an Asian American family since Margaret Cho's All-American Girl (1994).
In season one, all episodes are told from Eddie's first person perspective. In season two, the perspective switched to third person and focused on all members of the Huang family.
Huang didn't return as narrator in season 2. Instead of recasting the role, it was dropped from the series altogether.