
Have You Eaten Yet?
Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
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Narrado por:
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Brian Nishii
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Cheuk Kwan
From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brought delicious Chinese food across the globe. Unraveling a complex history of cultural migration and world politics, Cheuk Kwan describes a fascinating story of culture and place, ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better story.
Dotting even the most remote landscapes, family-run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community, and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far-flung settlers, bringers of dim sum, Peking duck, and creative culinary hybrids like the Madagascar classic soupe chinoise, Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces—an insight into time, history, and place. From Africa to South America, the Jade Gardens and Golden Dragons reveal an intricate tangle of social schisms and political movements, offering insight into global changes and diasporic histories, as the world has moved into the 21st century.
Author and documentarian Cheuk Kwan, a self-described “card-carrying member of the Chinese diaspora”, weaves a global narrative by linking the myriad personal stories of chefs, entrepreneurs, laborers, and dreamers who populate Chinese kitchens worldwide. Behind these kitchen doors lies an intriguing paradox that characterizes many of these communities: how Chinese immigrants have resisted—or often been prevented from—complete assimilation into the social fabric of their new homes, maintaining strong senses of cultural identity, while the engine of their economic survival—the Chinese restaurant and its food—has become seamlessly woven into cities all around the world.
An intrepid travelogue of grand vistas, adventure, and serendipity, Have You Eaten Yet? charts a living atlas of the global Chinese migration, revealing the synergies of politics, culture, and family.
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Fascinating
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Some parts of the book was nostalgic for me, having spent part of my childhood among many Chinese friends in Indonesia when it was still a colony of Holland.
I highly recommend this book for history buffs.
It is very well written, fast moving and every part will hold your interest.
Sorry when it came to an end.
Only mr. Brian Nishii is qualified to narrate such a book.
My thanks to all involved, JK.
A MUST READ
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Thought provoking
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A delight
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If you’re interested in hearing stories about Chinese diaspora throughout the world this book is for you. If you’re looking to hear stories about cooking and Chinese culinary history or point of view you will not find that here.
Incorrectly Classified
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Yumm and wow
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I also watched the documentary series on YouTube by the author. If you like the book, you must watch them! I especially love the episode about Noisy Jim, and the one in Istanbul.
The narrator had a mission impossible, handling so many languages and Chinese dialects. He performed admirably👏
wonderful history of Chinese diaspora and food
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Wonderful cultural history via food.
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If you wanted to understand the Chinese
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saddened me
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