If you find your shumai in Houston, Texas especially authentic, you have Hoi Fung to thank. He is the first chef who brought authentic Cantonese cuisine to the city in 1982 after moving from Hong Kong. Now, his own daughter is carrying on the family’s legacy of cooks, with her own spin on Chinese food.
Shop address: 7320 Southwest Fwy APT 115, Houston, TX 77074, United States
This is the fourth episode of our latest “Mean Street Gourmet” series about mom-and-pop stores across the Chinese diaspora. In the next episode, Up next, we take you to Paris to meet a xiaolongbao maker who was inspired by her French and Chinese roots.
00:00 Houston’s first Cantonese restaurant 00:36 How it started 01:06 Father and daughter 01:30 Daughter’s specialty 02:21 Why carry on the legacy
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