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#chinatown

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Ms. Que Banh

2010. When I played a scarface #Asian mafia boss lady on a horror film short production. Filmed at the old Hung Fat #kungfu club in Chinatown. Gentrification got their longtime, oldest kungfu association in BC, evicted a few years ago.

Gloria Tsoi, pictured with me, owns & runs the kung-fu club - passed down from ancestors. We've been friends since the 90s.

Their website:
hungfut.ca/

Monochrome medium shot. Two Asian women dominate the foreground, posed with crossed swords. The woman on the left, in casual wear, stands three-quarters to the camera. Me, on the right - shorter, and wearing a decorative chains & zippers jacket and pants. Both hold swords, positioned diagonally. Natural light streams in from a window behind them. The composition is slightly asymmetrical, with more space to the left. The tonal range is soft. The focus is sharp on the subjects' faces and swords, with the background slightly blurred
#AsianMastodon#DragonLadies#AsianWomen
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Adrianna Tan

Buying things in cash from Chinatown grocers is quite a bit cheaper than buying from the online Asian grocer I use.

Something that costs $9.99 online is $8.50. I can also try different new restaurants as they open. Fave recent new Chinatown spot is Rice Roll Express which has good freshly made cheung fan. Saw a new takeout dimsum spot today that looks better than the one TikTok tells people to go to.

My Chinatown strategy is, if I see a large number of old Chinese aunties in line, I stand in it and get what they get.

It’s never let me down

I also prefer Chinatown to the west side Chinese grocers. It’s just more density of cool things to see.

#Chinatown#Chinese#sanfrancisco
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Adrianna Tan

Hell money: in Taoist Chinese culture, we burn paper money for our ancestors to use in hell

(Yes we believe everybody goes to hell)

Heaven and hell are sort of the same (doesn’t have the Christian interpretation)

I’m not up to date on dates but I think Qing Ming festival is around the corner

A photo of a fake currency note. It says 10000 and looks like a US dollar note but has a fake president and says Heaven’s Bank
#Chinese#Taoist#Chinatown
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Adrianna Tan

This has been happening for the last 7 years.

Things I like at her shop (Sun Kau Shing Co on Stocktown):

- Doll Lee original and pandan Kaya (brown and green ones)
- Many types of soy sauce you don’t get elsewhere
- glutinous rice balls
- fresh egg noodles at the counter
- Malaysian instant coffee (Chek Hup brand)
- Old Bei Jing Yogurt (tastes like a malai lassi)
- Cantonese canned fermented soy beans and dace (a fish). This is a staple in a lot of home cooking

And a pretty shop cat

A photo of a beautiful cat in a Chinatown shop
#Cats#CatsOfMastodon#Chinatown
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Dining & Cooking

Could This Be the End of the Party in Dimes Square? diningandcooking.com/1954357/c #BarsAndNightclubs #Chinatown(Manhattan #CityCouncil(NYC) #dining #LowerEastSide(Manhattan #ny

Dining and Cooking · Could This Be the End of the Party in Dimes Square?On Wednesday, the New York City Council convened to vote on matters of critical importance: organic waste collection, blockchain technology, the upcoming mayoral race and 18 red bistro chairs that dot the corner of Canal and Ludlow Streets.Like hundreds of restaurateurs across the city, Jon Neidich, an owner of Le Dive, applied for a permit last year for sidewalk seating outside of his buzzy wine bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.Under ordinary circumstances, his application would have been approved or rejected by the Department of Transportation, and never even considered by the City Council. Instead, Christopher Marte, a
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