and last updated 2021-05-03 07:35:26-04
CINCINNATI â May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so the Asian American Cultural Association of Cincinnati (AACAC) is kicking off the month with Asian Food Week.
After a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes over the past year, the local Asian American community decided to host events all month long with the hope of educating those from other communities.
The first of those events is Asian Food Week where 50 restaurants, stretching from Northern Kentucky to Oxford, Ohio, are offering deals, specials and secret menu items to customers. We want to use food as a catalyst because food does connect a lot of the cultures together, Koji Sado with the AACAC, said. We want to normalize the perceptions and the cultural biases that exist.â