individuality
with won tons
My father grew up
in America. My mother came here as a young girl and lived all over the
country. As a result, we ate a wide variety of foods. We had turkey
on Thanksgiving and lamb at Easter. We celebrated New Year's Eve twice
in the year, once the American way and once the Chinese way.
Despite her Americanization,
my mother was loyal enough to Chinese foods to make a special weekly
trip to Chinatown. She would stock up on dried mushrooms and tiny dried
shrimps and pickled vegetables that came in cans that looked exotic
to me because they weren't in supermarkets. All of us loved
to help in the kitchen, but I was my mother's special assistant. I loved
helping her make fried rice.Stuffing and shaping
won tons
was the real family enterprise. We all left our individual stamp
on the won tons in the way we sealed them and the way we crimped the
edges. I preferred sealing with egg, my sisters preferred water. Mom
would steam them or fry them in the wok or put them into chicken soup.ABOUT
PAUL SIU, D.D.S. Paul is a Manhattan based dentist who specializes
in cosmetic dentristy. Because of his skills, many smiles are beautiful,
happy, and eager to be seen.
Dr. Paul Siu
57 West 58th St. New York, NY 10019 212-838-0017
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