Absolutely
He still doesnāt use chopsticks.
He really is a treasure. In a way he reminds me of my grandfather who came over as an immigrant from Mexico. Stories like this and some of the work of Gustavo Arellano are a great reminder of where we came from culturally and an international food city to where we are now for better and for worse
Heās written about that before.
imagine if heād penned that in a fortune cookie when he had the chance.
āyouāre not being insulted if they give you a forkā
not to mention:
āthat wasnāt chicken in the lemon chickenā
āitās āfried riceā, you stupid plick!ā
āsometimes you win, dim sum you loseā
āwe mean you no harm. we seek only supercomputers for our youngā
alot of immigrant children are embarassed or despise the food they eat growing up only to realize its so much better than the āAmericanā food they think they wanna eat.
As a child myself I aspired to eat at places like Black Angus or Red Lobster based off the commercials.