The Takeaway Table Podcast

Happy Chinese New Year! In this episode, we're getting rowdy with Jenhan to expose our most controversial opinions for the new year - from setting an age limit to angpaos, to renting a girlfriend for reunion dinners. You might wanna sit down for this hot take debate. 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Explaining the wardrobe malfunction  04:00 - Being bananas  04:45 - CNY special menus are overhyped? 11:47 - CNY ’25 is too close to Christmas  12:30 - Jenhan’s Beef with translations 15:09 - Festive short films are cancelled 15:23 - S-Tier to ASS Tier CNY Influencer MVs 27:40 - Unmarried people don’t deserve angpaos  32:40 - You actually care about relatives or just want money  34:20 - Traveling to avoid relatives  36:46 - Lion dances at home is flexing  38:48 - 20 minute firework shows  40:30 - Lion dance that have LED lights  41:20 - Stop visiting your GF/BF’s house  42:25 - Rent a boyfriend 47:00 - Non chinese food tastes better during CNY 48:00 - Why does lemon sounds weird in cantonese  52:35 - Outro