I stopped by Sam Woo to buy a duck and was surprised to see zongzi. I have not found any place in San Diego that has good zongzi so I did not have high hopes.
roast duck
New Gold Medal Restaurant
I love visiting Chinatown when I visit a city. Los Angeles was the first. I remember driving there with my mom and my brother. There were many exotic places we visited and we brought home lots of Chinese food unavailable in San Diego. Next was San Francisco where we met my aunt who introduced me […]
Noble Chef
When I was little my mom told me about life back in China. My mom, dad, and brother where born in a small village in Toishan. There wasn’t alot to eat other than rice and the occasional chicken. Perhaps that was why my mom would fill the freezer full of chickens when they had a […]
Sam Woo
Sam Woo Restaurant: Won ton soup was delicious won tons made from a mixture of pork and shrimp. It’s a great deal for breakfast at $4.26.
Minh Ky’s Chinese New Year celebration
According to tales and legends, the beginning of the Chinese New Year started with a mythical beast called the Nian. Nian would eat villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after the Nian ate the food […]