Tag: Dim

DIM SUM is a contact sport at Lin Heung Tea House. A new cart rolls onto the dining room floor, and for just a moment, the clatter of a thousand porcelain bowls and spoons quiets as a dozen hungry ­customers bum-rush the lady with the curried tripe and siu mai. If you don’t ...

Sometimes I forget that I am Chinese. I forget my physical appearance often labels me as “the Asian girl”. I forget about my culture and my ancestors who have come before me. I forget that in America I’m typically seen as either Asian or American which leads to me feeling like none...