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Sara's Weeknight Meals
A Tale of Two Chinatowns
Season 13
Episode 1310
Two unique Chinatowns of North America are the focus of this deep dive into Chinese cultural heritage. First, we go to Vancouver for a culinary tour of this century’s old community. At a local tea shop, she learns to make two deceptively simple appetizers cooked with tea. She samples Dim Sum at a shop owned by an opera singing second generation Chinese local and more.
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