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For the past four years, Andrew and David Fung have been sharing their worldwide culinary adventures and offbeat wit with fans via their YouTube videos. Now, with their FYI Saturday series "What the Fung?!" they're hoping the move to the small screen exposes them to a larger audience. "We've always wanted to do a food and travel show," Andrew Fung says, "so we were like, 'Cool, let's do it.' " In the half-hour series, which premiered two weeks ago, the Fung brothers go on a comic culinary journey as they attempt to eat their way across the United States on a budget of only $50 per day per brother. In the process, they sample everything from iconic regional dishes to more imaginative and innovative fare in locales such as New Orleans, Tampa, Fla., and Asheville, N.C. "We picked cities that had an emerging food scene," Andrew Fung explains. Along the way, they also gain access to the kitchens and the people behind the food they eat and learn how to make signature dishes from restaurant owners and chefs. And according to Andrew Fung, there was a lot to like. "(We liked) the masala dosa in Denver, the foie gras peanut butter burger in San Antonio, banana rum milkshake in Philly, regional Chinese dumplings in L.A., Burmese curry and prata in Philly and shrimp and grits in Charleston," he says. "Those were all delicious and made with a lot of love and care. A shout out to those spots." And they also met their fans, which according to Andrew have a lot more in common than just a love of food. "According to Google analytics and our own observational evidence," he says, "they're mostly Asian-Americans between the ages of 18 and 26. But we have plenty of fans from all types of backgrounds and all over the world. A commonality is that they're all interested in Asian culture or like basketball and sneakers." What book are you currently reading? " 'Fresh Off the Boat' by Eddie Huang and 'Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama." What did you have for dinner last night? "We had Vietnamese seven course beef with spring rolls and a broken rice plate. It was delicious in every way possible." What is your next project? "We're constantly pumping out YouTube videos that we hope add value to people's lives in a cool and entertaining way." When was the last vacation you took, where and why? "To be honest, we haven't taken an official vacation in four years. When your job is to create YouTube videos, you end up taking your work with you wherever you go, whether it be Singapore, Hong Kong, Asheville, North Carolina, or Chicago. And that's cool, because we love making videos." YouTube foodies go in search of cheap eats on FYI's 'What the Fung?!' BY GEORGE DICKIE David (left) and Andrew Fung Perhaps you've heard there's a new movie about the Avengers. Perhaps you've also heard there's a country called America (yes, as in "Captain America"). Both facts are pretty impossible to miss, especially given the anticipation and hype surrounding "Avengers: Age of Ultron." It's colossal in the way an early-summer blockbuster should be, in the tradition of other Marvel movies that have launched previous warm-weather seasons, even if it's more of the same by definition. It's certainly a kick to see so many of the Marvel superheroes united again, from Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to Captain America (Chris Evans) and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). And let us not forget Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), as if anyone could, thanks to her slinky modus operandi. Add Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Nick Fury (franchise staple Samuel L. Jackson), and all the major players get their moments, but It's Iron Man who really sets the story in motion. His alter ego Tony Stark gets the idea to create a whole brigade of Iron Men to protect the world, but when things go haywire, the result is the sinister Ultron – who boasts the alternately soothing and threatening voice of James Spader, a master of such talent as he also confirms weekly on NBC's "The Blacklist." In the hands of writer-director Joss Whedon, who has shown through "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and (appropriately enough) "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." how capable he is of adding personal touches to the characters amid the expected mayhem, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" pretty much hits every level it can and should. It also offers other new figures in the creepily super Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen). The only drawback of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" is one that really isn't its own fault ... the feeling that you've seen a lot of it before. B y the time a series hits this point, factoring in all the movies that have featured the main characters individually, it's an enormous challenge not to be repetitive. Chris Evans BY JAY BOBBIN BY BY JAY AY BOB OBBI BIN Avengers assemble anew against enemy Ultron Page 8 June 1 - 7, 2015

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