queens, a living breathing example of the glorious mash up that is this borough. so it seems just right that a first generation indian dude takes me to a chinese dumplings spot close to his hindu temple. hew garden dumplings is everything you need in life. anthony: so born and raised in queens? heems: yeah. anthony: in what neighborhood? heems: most of my life i ve been in glen oaks and belrose which is like further east. anthony: largely or mostly indian? heems: our neighborhood is mostly punjabi, and then there was the christians from kerala, malayala, and pakistani s those three. anthony: and the next non-indian neighborhood over? heems: more like guyanese, instant indo-caribbean. anthony: right. heems: and then the other neighborhoods like whiter but still indian. it s hard to escape us in queens, which is why i like it here. anthony: spicy beef and tripe s, boiled pig tongue and tripe marinated in sugar and soy, served cold in chile oil. anthony: traditiona
malayala, and pakistanis, those three. anthony: and the next non-indian neighborhood over? heems: more like guyanese, instant indo-caribbean. anthony: right. heems: and then the other neighborhoods like whiter but still indian. it s hard to escape us in queens, which is why i like it here. anthony: spicy beef and tripes, boiled pig tongue and tripe marinated in sugar and soy, served cold in chile oil. anthony: traditional indian food at home, what about outside the house for you? heems: because the food s so good at home, we don t really go out to eat indian food because it was just be my mom going, i can make better dal than this. so its new york. so it s like lo mein and pizza when we weren t eating indian food. anthony: lions head meatballs. pork, ginger, soy. heems: so we used to come through flushing even when we moved out further east because they didn t have grocery stores there, my temple is over here and so even as we moved further out to long island we alw
here. anthony: spicy beef and tripe s, boiled pig tongue and tripe marinated in sugar and soy, served cold in chile oil. anthony: traditional indian food at home, what about outside the house for you? heems: because the foods so good at home, we don t really go out to eat indian food because it was just be my mom going i can make better dal than this. so its new york. so it s like lo mein and pizza when we weren t eating indian food. anthony: lions head meatballs. pork, ginger, soy. heems: so we used to come through flushing even when we moved out further east because they didn t have grocery stores there, my temple is over here and so even as we moved further out to long island, we always ended up coming back to here or jackson heights, which are like these first places you come. sometimes i joke because queens is so great and diverse but its also because the airport is right here. so it s just like you get off of this 16 hour flight with no money in your pocket from indi
it s hard to escape us in queens, which is why i like it here. anthony: spicy beef and tripe s, boiled pig tongue and tripe marinated in sugar and soy, served cold in chile oil. anthony: traditional indian food at home, what about outside the house for you? heems: because the foods so good at home, we don t really go out to eat indian food because it was just be my mom going i can make better dal than this. so its new york. so it s like lo mein and pizza when we weren t eating indian food. anthony: lions head meatballs. pork, ginger, soy. heems: so we used to come through flushing even when we moved out further east because they didn t have grocery stores there, my temple is over here and so even as we moved further out to long island we always ended up coming back to here or jackson heights, which are like these first places you come. sometimes i joke because queens is so great and diverse but its also because the airport is right here. so it s just like you get off of th
it s hard to escape us in queens, which is why i like it here. anthony: spicy beef and tripes, boiled pig tongue and tripe marinated in sugar and soy, served cold in chile oil. anthony: traditional indian food at home, what about outside the house for you? heems: because the foods so good at home, we don t really go out to eat indian food because it was just be my mom going i can make better dal than this. so its new york. so it s like lo mein and pizza when we weren t eating indian food. anthony: lions head meatballs. pork, ginger, soy. heems: so we used to come through flushing even when we moved out further east because they didn t have grocery stores there, my temple is over here and so even as we moved further out to long island we always ended up coming back to here or jackson heights, which are like these first places you come. sometimes i joke because queens is so great and diverse but its also because the airport is right here. so it s just like you get off of this