My son’s first time trying Uyghur food. Started off with the Tiger Salad and Manta. 🥗🥟
Spicy fried noodles. So good. 🌶
Also ordered the lamb soup and the lamb skewers aka my late night street food of choice during my years in Shanghai. 🔥
“Dolan’s owner, Bughra Arkin, came to the United States to study international public policy and management at USC before veering into the restaurant business.”
I’m also glad I got to meet the owner tonight. He came over to take our order and I let him know that I was moved by his story.
His story is worth a read and his food is amazing and worth the trip out to the 626 to support his business and family. ❤️ latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
“For Arkin, food is his medium to convey his sense of cultural autonomy, and he hopes that while people enjoy the flavors of his hometown that they could also educate themselves on the grim realities of modern Uyghur culture.”
Here’s a cute thread that explains the importance of Taiwan’s upcoming elections in a way my 7 year old niece can understand.
Yes, I used the help of AI for “low effort Sanrio inspired” cuteness. #Taiwan
"Once upon a time in Taiwan, the Taiwanese lived freely and filled every day with good food and fun adventures.
In every part of the island, there was a shared love for their democratic way of life."
"Near this happy land, there was an insecure, mean bully.
Even though he never visited Taiwan in his life, he didn’t like Taiwanese happiness and freedom and so he lied a lot and tried to think of many ways to ruin their fun and take over their island.”
So, I was going to do a whole thread this morning sharing my first NFT collection that celebrates Lunar New Year with 15 freakin cute lucky rabbits I co-created with my son and Midjourney.
But nothing feels lucky or worth celebrating with this mass shooting in Monterey Park.
I just finished minting them last night when I heard about the shooting. Had a whole thread I was going to start at 9am introducing one lucky rabbit each hour. Was going to debut my AI artist alias name too. But all I can do is doom scroll.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Meanwhile, let me tell you some things I wish Monterey Park was trending for instead. This little Japanese owned sushi spot I’ve been going to since I was a kid is still busy with a wait every night.
It’s so tiny and packed, I never share the name but IYKYK. 🍣
“Their stories reflect the seismic changes sweeping Asia, where voices for democracy have been suppressed by corruption, growing inequality and the widening influence of the so-called China model and its blend of repression and prosperity.” latimes.com/world-nation/s…
I remind my son how lucky he is to be American with the freedom to protest and vote.
“They’ve coalesced online through the Milk Tea Alliance, a grass-roots social media campaign that brings together a shared love for the pan-Asian beverage and an enmity for autocratic regimes.”
“To understand why, it is best to try to think from the perspectives of China’s leaders. Their intended messages are aimed at different audiences: domestic Internet firms and the domestic public at large, as well as those outside of the country.” chinafile.com/reporting-opin…
Hey, that’s a nice U.S. IPO you got there, it’s a shame if something were to happen to it.
“To get rich is no longer glorious.”
~ not Deng Xiaoping