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 india and like where am i going to live? well, i m already here so let s start with this place. anthony: soup dumplings, piping hot and filled with ground pork in near boiling broth. heems: this is why i come here. anthony: yeah this is dumplings. anthony: so when you were growing up what was the international breakdown of a typical class at school? heems: my high school is a public high school, but it was maybe 70 percent east and sout
right here. so it s just like you get off of this 16-hour flight with no money in your pocket from india and like where am i going to live? well, i m already here so let s start with this place. anthony: soup dumplings, piping hot and filled with ground pork in near boiling broth. heems: this is why i come here. anthony: yeah, this is dumplings. anthony: so when you were growing up what was the international breakdown of a typical class at school? heems: my high school is a public high school, but it was maybe 70 percent east and south asian, mostly chinese and korean, and all of those kids end up going to harvard. all of those kids end up going to nyu and those types of schools, and you know if the american dream is alive i think it s alive in places like queens. anthony: what do you mean by that? heems: that there are still a lot of people coming here with nothing and making something out of it. and as i kind of lose hope and the idea of diversity is a positive thing
anthony: soup dumplings, piping hot and filled with ground pork in near boiling broth. heems: this is why i come here. anthony: yeah this is dumplings. anthony: so when you were growing up what was the international breakdown of a typical class at school? heems: my high school is a public high school, but it was maybe 70 percent east and south asian, mostly chinese and korean, and all of those kids end up going to harvard. all of those kids end up going to nyu and those types of schools, and you know if the american dream is alive i think it s alive in places like queens. anthony: what do you mean by that? heems: that there are still a lot of people coming here with nothing and making something out of it. and as i kind of lose hope and the idea of diversity is a positive thing or the idea of that america is an open place, i think in a place with so much race and diversity, it gets in the way less here than it does in other places. anthony: will america look
anthony: soup dumplings, piping hot and filled with ground pork in near boiling broth. heems: this is why i come here. anthony: yeah this is dumplings. anthony: so when you were growing up what was the international breakdown of a typical class at school? heems: my high school is a public high school, but it was maybe 70 percent east and south asian, mostly chinese and korean, and all of those kids end up going to harvard. all of those kids end up going to nyu and those types of schools, and you know if the american dream is alive i think it s alive in places like queens. anthony: what do you mean by that? heems: that there are still a lot of people coming here with nothing and making something out of it. and as i kind of lose hope and the idea of diversity is a positive thing or the idea of that america is an open place, i think in a place with so much race and diversity it gets in the way less here than it does in other places. anthony: will america look
soup dumplings, piping hot with ground pork and near boiling broth. this is why i come here. this is dumplings. so growing up, what was the national breakdown in school? my high school was a public high school but maybe 70% east and south asian, mostly chinese. all the kids went to harvard or nyu, those type of schools and the american dream is alive, it s in places like queens. what do you mean? still people coming here with nothing and making something out of it and as i kind of lose hope, the idea of like adversity as a positive thing or america as an open place or in a place in so much race and diversity, another place.