Still, it is called Wang Gang Asian Eats. Did I secretly hope to spend the next 1,000 or so words making a series of dick jokes? Maybe. But the Wang Gang menu is largely pun-free.

“As a chef, I will never make egg fried rice again,” Wang Gang, a celebrity chef with more than 10 million online fans, pledged in a video message on Monday.

Cooking is one of the safest topics, and Mr. Wang, who started working at restaurants at 15, sticks strictly to food on his show. Still, he was dragged into a political whirlpool.

EDWARDSVILLE – The owner of the local restaurants Wang Gang Asian Eats and Chappy's was indicted Thursday on multiple counts of theft, sales tax evasion and filing false tax forms. Ryan P. O ...