Comments by "Maggie Chan" (@maggiechan33) on "Munchies" channel.

  1. I grew up in that neighborhood of Chinatown/Little Italy; went to Transfiguration Parochial School, but have moved away. Next time I go to Chinatown/Little Italy, have to visit Jen. Jen is truly what her surname is: Precious.
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  2. HK is his birth city.
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  3. Hong Kong Style Pan-Fried Noodles is the best way to cook nood's; it is crunchy on the outside, but soft + tender on the inside. Once the thick Chinese meat + veggie sauce is poured over the nood's - with the savory sauce drenching both crispy + soft nood's, + the delightful textures of the nood's - it is a party in your mouth. Although this style of nood's preparation is labor intensive, it is well worth it.
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  4. Thanx for the info RE Edward Hopper's "Chop Suey" I don't think my forefathers, Toisanese-Chinese whom came to the US to build the Transcontinental Railroad, were "bad cooks"; they were not 3 Michelin Stars chefs, but poor farmers + peasants + they had to cook food without many of the ingredients available in Guangdong Province. I read that the Chinese Railroad Worker's food was so good that many of the white workers also ate our Chinese Food. It speaks to our sense of practicality that we serve our food to all people, including the disadvantaged ones. (Before the Civil Rights Act, in the South, Chinese-owned stores were 1 of the few places Black Folks were allowed to shop.)
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  5. It is quite obvious Lakana knows + love food; the passion + dedication she spends to make make all food perfect, is evident. Her great-grandmother, grandmother + mother waking her up @ 4am, had trained her to make her 16 hrs workday a "walk in the park". Besides the many aromatic herbs + delightful fruits, Lakana also has a wonderful fig tree (8:28), in her garden.
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  6. Lucas DEFINITELY deserves celebrity more than Akwafina; he knows how to speak ( no word fillers: ah, yea...) + for a Hong Konger, his English is superior.
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