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