Tag: chinese
Sunday Snippet: Lindsay Wong (The Woo-Woo)
And because I was embarrassed, I did what my mother and grandmother always did: responded to fear...
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Sunday Snippet: Jimmy O. Yang
My dad growing up told me that you know work hard, get a good job, you know, make money. Nobody...
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Sunday Snippet: Aziz Ansari
I am the first generation in my family that was born in America. Anybody else first-generation...
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HK Breakfast at Happy Day Cafe on Kingsway
When we learned that Bino’s was closing down after so many years, we immediately started to...
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Lucky Plus Chinese Restaurant, Vancouver
I grew up with the culture of the Hong Kong style cafe in Vancouver during the 80s and 90s. I...
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Fresh Off the Boat Is Offensive and Ignorant
An Asian-American family moves to a neighborhood where they are practically the only Asians, the...
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10 Traditional Chinese Superstitions I Never Really Understood
Every culture has its own set of customs, traditions and superstitions. Many of us were told that...
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Movie Reviews: If I Stay, The Giver, Dim Sum Funeral
If I Stay (2014) Chloe Grace Moretz plays teenager Mia Hall. While she was born to a couple of...
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A Walk Through Vancouver’s Chinatown
As a kid, I spent a fair bit of time in Vancouver’s Chinatown, both with my parents and my...
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Dining at Din Tai Fung in Taipei 101, Taiwan
There are few Asian food items that are quite as iconic as the humble dumpling, particularly...
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Dim Sum at Shanghai Elan Restaurant, Burnaby
When I wrote about Morak Korean Fusion Restaurant last month, I noted that while there are no...
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Traditional Chinese Dining Etiquette and Manners
There are many rules that you learn as a child. You learn that you shouldn’t hit other...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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