Mei Lai Wah. in One of the 9 Chinatowns of NYC.

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My hubby took this video in Chinatown, Manhattan. NYC has 9 Chinatowns. This is the first and most famous one for tourists. Chinatown used to be all Cantonese, Toisanese and Taiwanese. But in the last 20 years, Chinese from all over have come.
This is Mei Lai Wah. Now tons of white people line up so they can experience the hype. These are the best pork buns in the country. 'They are like pork donuts.
It's funny though the workers there will come out and say in Cantonese if you are Chinese skip the line and get your pork buns.
They have always catered to Cantonese.
The White people just think they are called in orders. The thing is ABC's (American born Chinese) have a reputation for not speaking Chinese. The younger ones dont but the older ones do because their parents are from China so they had to learn the language. And most of the parents never learn English so ABC's have the best of both worlds. Both American and Chinese.

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