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Re: The rise and fall of Chinatown: The hidden history of displacement you were never told 02:36 by ♭♫ [+-]

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And then some of the other changes – there’s just been a disproportionate amount of franchises opening in the area. And I personally feel like nothing sucks the soul out of a community more than Asian Starbucks. I feel like in our zip code, half of it is boba shops and specifically franchises. There’s less and less independent businesses and just less unique restaurants in general.

Re: Cantonese Stand-Up Comedian 04/25/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Vivek Mahbubani learned Cantonese after his parents insisted he do so but over time, he's turned the language into his "superpower", performing full stand-up comedy sets in Cantonese.

"It helps me build a bridge between two cultures," he said.

Re: Master Stock Duck - 滷水鴨 04/25/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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He wants to add more traditional-ish Cantonese dishes to his menu, like soy sauce chicken, which nods to Grand Palace’s five-spice duck. The dish involves building a master stock, known as lo sui, using soy that’s sweetened with rock sugar and seasoned with a heap of spices. The stock is then repeatedly re-used to boil whole ducks, or in Cai’s case, chicken thighs – “Breast meat is too dry!”

“Just imagine thousands of pounds of chicken over the past decade cooking in that master stock, and you just keep adding to it, so it gets better with time,” said Cai. He inherited 3LP’s lo sui from his father. “That’s something I can leave to my kid.”

Of course, there’s no guarantee Henry Junior, now eight months old, will want to take up the heavy torch of keeping the lo sui alive, much less taking over 3LP from Cai, whenever that time comes.

Re: A Guide To The Cantonese Bakery 04/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

Among other uncontrollable factors, the price of eggs will put many Cantonese bakeries out of business.

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Iconic Chinatown bakery facing economic uncertainty

The cost of doing business remains unpredictable for small business owners.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch musical has been translated into Cantonese 04/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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In 1998, the American composer and lyricist Stephen Trask paired up with writer and actor John Cameron Mitchell to come up with a groundbreaking rock musical loosely inspired by a German babysitter and prostitute who worked in a small city in the US state of Kansas.

Now, a Cantonese version of Hedwig is coming to Hong Kong, and its creators promise to stay true to the original’s spirit while giving the American tale a local context.

“The original production is from more than 20 years ago. We see this as a succession to that. People fought for love and fought for their rights back then. How do we take the energy from what they built and keep going from there?”

Re: A Glimpse of Angel Island 04/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Ellis Island might have been a welcoming place for many immigrants to the United States, but Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay tells a more troubling history of immigrant detention. Starting next month, the Oakland Ballet will premiere “Angel Island Project,” a dance production highlighting the stories of immigrants, primarily from China, who were detained there in the early 20th century. As part of KQED’s annual Youth Takeover, high school students Nico and Maite bring together choreographers and a local historian to talk about the project and the lessons that histories of immigration can teach us today.

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Angel Island is composed by Huang Ruo who was deeply inspired by poetry carved into the walls by detainees held at the Angel Island immigration Station between 1910-1940.

Ruo’s 80-minute oratorio is scored for a string quartet, 16 singers plus a narrator and has been transformed into a dance work, featuring 12 Oakland Ballet Company members and created by 7 Asian American Pacific Islander choreographers.

The Cantonese of Brooklyn Chinatown relocated to Sheepshead Bay 04/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

This thread is closed but I wanted to add to it:

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Like Manhattan’s Chinatown, Sunset Park’s Chinatown was initially dominated by Cantonese speakers, but that changed in the 2000s with an influx of immigrants from Fuzhou.

Since then, some of Sunset Park’s Cantonese population has moved to nearby Bensonhurst and Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay. Sunset Park now has many Mandarin and Fuzhounese speakers.

Re: Buddhism & Stoicism: The Secret Connection 04/24/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Everything Happens for a Reason | Buddhist Wisdom for Life

Re: support your favorite Chinese restaurant before it disappears for good. 04/23/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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The reasons for the final farewell are familiar ones in the world of mom-and-pop operations in Seattle nowadays. “Our business hasn’t been the same since the pandemic,” co-owner Christine Su explains. “And then with food costs going up, and then also wages, it’s been really hard.”

Re: sar ke mah??? 04/23/2025 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Hong Kongers mostly call it 「馬仔」
「蛋散, 馬仔」are basically the same thing in different shape.

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